Milford chronicle., 1952-08-22
Happenings Of Interest.
Throughout Delaware

SHOOTING-Willie ]. Martin, 80. +
was shot in the throat with a .25
calibre automatic pistol in his
room at 46 South Queen St., Dover,
last Saturday night and is in SER
ious condition in the Kent General
Hospital.
Addie Gray Smith, 81, who said /
Martin is her hoy friend, is
charged with firing the shot. She
is in Kent County Jail in default
of bail on a charge of assault and
battery with a gun, which was
lodged against her by Dover police
pending developments in Martins
condition.
SEEKS POST - Mr.. Edwin R.
Powell, well-knOwn farmer, feed
dealer and poultryman, of Ocean
View, has filed for the office Of Re-
ceiver of Taxes and County Treas
urer Of Sussex County, subject to
the Republican Primary to be held
this Saturday, August 23rd.
Mr.. Powell is just now finishing
out a four-year term as State SEN
atOr from the Fourth Senatorial
District of the State of Delaware.
He stated today that his qualifica-
tiOns in both private and public
life well qualify him for the Office
of Receiver of Taxes, and requested
the support of all voters of the
County in the Primary.
ARROWHEAD-Camp Arrowhead
for boys closed it's seventh season
on last Saturday with a full COM
plement of 95 campers and coun-
selOrs headed by Col. Ralph 1. Sas-
Sc, a former football coach at the
Military Academy.
The highlight of the closing week
was a horse show, when the camp
ionsip ribbon for the most out
standing boy rider of the 1852 sea-
son" was awarded to Richard POlin
of Salisbury, Md. Other winners in
the various classes were Melvin
Lane of Washington, Peter Kort-
mon of Wilmington, and Charles
Pack of Milford.
Judges for the show were Clifford
E. Morris of SwaTthmOre, Pa, and
Lewes Beach, and Mrs. William H
GrigsOn Jr., of Philadelphia.
OBSERVER POST - The State
Chief of the Ground Observer
Corps, Mr.. George Ehinger, an
nOunced today that another pos
will go into operation shortly il
Kent County. The Viola Post under
the direction of Mrs. Lola Judy o.
, Viola. Mr.. Ehinger said that it wai
, the spirit and drive of Mrs. Jud!
through which this post came int
being. Mrs. Judy created enough in
terest in the project to get loca
business firms to help out witt
the needed building materials alonI
= with the $4,000 donated by tn
9 State Department of Civil Defens
: to complete the shelter, and put
, into working order. The post 81
!, IperVisor, Mrs. Judy, said she hope
! to have enough volunteers to Ope1
ate on a 24-hour basis, as requisite
by the United States Air FOrle.
= POSTPONMENT - Hearings fC
l. Justice of the Peace Arthur T. A6
): kins of DagsbOro on a charge {
j false Imprisonment and Town Off
d GERS Spencer Hitch and GeOrg
}. NAPLES on charges of false arres
: were postponed for two weeks b
n Justice of the Peace George Collin
n here.
S The pOstpOnement was granite
because Justice Adkins entered tn
ii Johns Hopkins Hospital in Bait
: lmore today for an operation, Jus
tice Collins said. Mr.. Collins ais
put off hearings for the town of
GERS. Hearings for all three me
! will be held at the same time fl
d their convenience and the cOnveI
Al ience Of the court, Justice COlliI
ii said.
In The charges grew from a wa
IN rant signed yesterday by CliffOl
n Jackson, former SeafOrd town of
n Ger, who was sentenced Wednesd5
r by Justice Adkins on charges groN
n ing from a traffic complaint.
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lie ENIISTMENTS - According
+ word received from the U. S. Arm
ne and u. S. Air Force Recruiting st
n tion in Dover, the United Stat
e. Army has opened all theaters
W operations for direct enlistmen
ce Men with or without prior servi
r. may enlist for one of the follOwi
n, theaters: Far East Command; y
UT tied States Army, Alaska; Europe
as Command includes the Meditt
s. ranean Area and United Stat
of Forces in Austria); United Stat
Army, Pacific; or United Stat
Army, Caribbean.
Veterans with prior Army sci
en- ice are eligible to enlist in a
% branch of the Army for which tn
u can qualify. This is the first til
~ since 1948 that these Opportunit
.U, have been available to veterans a
aIi original enlistees, and there is
ta a indication as to the length OfHil
m nc this program will be in effect +
Sc Sc full information visit the us AR
lle and U. S. Air Force Recruiting S
u ne tion, Room 2, Post Office Buildil
~ Dover. Telephone Dover 404S.
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~ SAPP REUNION-A family rel
II ion of the William Henry Sapp {
m who married Emily Fowler a
. Jane Dilahay, whom are buried
nc Barratt's Chapel Cemetery, will
No. held at Richardson Park in Dow