Milford chronicle., 1952-10-17


Superior Court, Georgetown. hand
ed down a decree nisi in each Of
cases and one annulment-decrea
absolute. The DEGREES granted a.
OF October 10th are az follows.
Marguerite G. Joseph VS. George a
Joseph; Preston b. Hope. II. vs.
More 2. Hope; Mildred E. Newberrv
vs. Paul Newberry; James e. Cul-
len, Jr, VS. Doris Hazel Cullen.
Helen Nabb Spear VS. William PAM
Spear; Barbara B. Cooper VS.
Douglas H. Cooper; Onita June
Davidson VS. Alfred L. Davidson:
Mary Lou Ruppel Wren vs. Clarence
G. Wren.
The annulment-decree absolute
was granted in the case of Joseph
w. Rooney VS. Ellen B. Rooney.
sometimes known as Helen Rooney,
sometimes known as Nellie Schoff-
stall, sometimes known as Ellen
Guth.
ONLY KIDDING-Shot by a play
ful companion, who told police he
was only kidding, 14-year-old
Donald Tucker, Beaver Street.
Greenwood, is in fair condition at
the Milford Memorial Hospital.
State police said Tucker was
shot in the hip by Francis L.
Swift, IS, also of Beaver Street,
in Greenwood, who told them he
meant to aim the 20 calibre pistol
at his friends feet.
No charges have been placed yet
against Swift, machine operator.
Troopers emphasized there was no
evidence of malicious intent.
According to police, Tucker was
standing with a group Of friends
in a vacant field near his home.
Swift, as a joke, swung the gun
toward Tucker and pulled the
trigger, meaning to fire into the
ground at his friends feet.
He apparently just didn't aim
low enough" commented a trooper.
The bullet entered fuckers body
at the hip, travelling upward. Hos
pital attaches said that Tucker, a
Greenwood High School student.
was resting comfortably, and that
no operation for removal Of the
bullet had as yet been scheduled.
The wounded boy was taken to
the office of DR.. C. Greylock Noble,
Greenwood, by his father. The ply
sician ordered him taken to the
hospital.
ACCIDENTS-Mrs. Harriet Re-
gan of Cedar Beach is in the Mil
ford Memorial Hospital suffering
from an injured back as the re-
suit of an auto collision last Thurs
day, one of four which gave Mil
ford police one of their busiest days
in recent history.
A car operated by Mrs. Regan
and one driven by Alfred Panacy,
1 Selbyville, collided on Route SO,
according to the police. Auto dam
age was $500.
Police gave these accounts of the
other crashes:
An auto which Mrs. Catheryn
I
backing cut of her driveway was
struck by the car of James H.
! NOvale, New Castle Both were
fined $40 by Alderman Davidson.
Mrs. Anna CObbs, Milford, fail
ed to negotiate a turn in the Re-
hObOth Road and her auto smash
ed into a truck which Willard E.
Wyatt of DagsborO had pulled off
the highway. Both vehicles were
demolished. Mrs. Cobbs was fined
$40.
When Miss Margaret Case Of Mil
ford braked her car for a stop
light, it was rammed from behind
by the car of Robert B. Clendan-
iel of Lincoln. The crash propeIl-
ed Miss Cases machine into the
rear of one driven by Mrs. Doris
Kemp of Milford. Clendaniel was
fined $3.50.
SPOTTERS - The Hartly obser-
vation post, rated one of the best
in the country, was inspected re-
Gently by Army and civil defense
officials with the Columbia Broad
casting System making a transcript
ton of the proceedings for a ma
tion-wide radio program.
The post, one of the first to be
manned on an around-the-clock
schedule, was visited by Major Cur
tbs and Sergeant Lewis of the Bal
timOre Air Filter Center, with Gov
ernOF Elbert n. Carvel and George
Ehinger, Dover, state director Of
the airplane spotting service, also
attending.
The governor paid tribute to the
volunteer services being given by
the civil defense corps in all It's
branches.
The project was sponsored by
the Hartly Lions Club under the
direction Of George c. Moore, pres
ident at the time, while the Hartly
Fire Company provided the space
for the post, with Andrew Fultz,
president of the company, heading
that phase of making the post pos
sible
The observation structure was
erected by volunteer labor and a
portion Of the materials was do
noted. It was ready for service
last May 16 and went on full
time basis July IA. Newlin e. Wood
is the supervisor and Norman King
is the chief observer, assisted by
Ralph Holland, Melvin Bleckman,
and Ethel Leager, Hartly; Dorothy
Smith, Kenton; Mrs. Roy Everett,
Downes Chapel, and Mrs Virginia
Butts, Marydel.
Avenue M. Y. F. To
Hold Halloween Party