Milford chronicle., 1952-08-29

ming, September End Rep. Boggs
VIII be introduced by Mrs. George
M. Fisher Jr., of Dover. The meet
ing will be held at Grace Fellow
ship Hall of the Wesley Methodist
Church of Dover and will begin at
8 o'clock. All women of the county
are cordially invited to attend.
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TANKER-A Baltimore contrac- /
tor has succeeded in moving the
hulk of the tanker F. L. Hayes some |
80 feet toward the southern en-
bankment Of the Chesapeake and
Delaware Canal-and prospects are
that the ship will be floated within
a few days.
The Philadelphia District Office,
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, re-
ported that R. w. Stasch and Com
pany, working around the clock
since last Thursday, has pumped
the vessels four forward tanks
completely dry, thereby raising the
bow of the vessel about Is feet.
HURLERS FINED-The case of
the red houses was cleared here
late last week with the apprehen-
sion and fining of eight teen-aged
sharpshOOters who used South Mil
ford homes for targets and tomatoes
for ammunition. 4
/ One Of the plastered dwellings
had screens broken by partic-
ularly heavy barrage, a housewife
living there told the police.
/ Policemen in a prowl car caught
up with the youths and hauled
them into Sussex County Juvenile
Court, where at an arraignment
they were fined $5 each and given
stern warnings against repeating
their offenses.
YOUNGEST-Archivists at Re-
publican National Headquarters at
Washington last Friday said that
Mrs. Edmund n Carpenter, 80, Of
Greenville, newly-elected national
cOmmitteewoman from Delaware,
is the youngest woman ever seated
on the COP national committee.
Mrs Carpenter conferred with
National Chairman Arthur Summer
field and other party leaders at the
new campaign headquarters in
Washington. One of those to whom
she talked was Miss Bertha Adkins
of Salisbury, Md, who has been re-
appointed executive director of the
Women's Division of Republican
National Headquarters.
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/ EISENHOWER - Kent County
Republican Headquarters announc-
ed today that round trip railroad
/ tickets for those planning to attend
the meeting at Convention Hall,
Philadelphia, Thursday evening,
September 4th, with Dwight D..
Eisenhower as speaker, are avail
able
The tickets, priced at $1.15, may
be purchased at the headquarters
office on South State Street, Dover,
until and including the day of the
speech. The train to Philadelphia
will leave Wilmington at 1880 o.
clock in the evening, Daylight Saw
ing Time. Further information may
be secured at the headquarters off
ice.
TAXES-Grier H. Minner, county
treasurer and receiver of taxes, has
announced his schedule of sittings
lin various districts of the county
during September for the receiving
of taxes as follows:
/ Tuesday, Sept. 2, National Bank
at Smyrna; Wednesday, Sept. 8,
Baltimore Trust Company at Cam
den; Thursday, Sept. 4, Sawyer's
store at CheswoiI; Monday, Sept.
8, City Hall at Milford; Tuesday,
Sept. 8, Johnson's store at Mag
nolia; Wednesday, Sept. 10, R. w.
Slaughter's store at Clayton;
Thursday, Sept. IL, Haggerty's
store at Little Creek; Monday,
Sept. Is, Town Hall at Harrington;
Tuesday, Sept. 16, frehouse at
Frederick.
Mr.. Minner called attention to
the fact that a one per cent penalty
will be added for each month on
county taxes unpaid by Sept. 30. !
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FLOWER SHOW - The fifteenth
annual flower show sponsored by
the Ever Ready Glass of Asbury
Methodist Church School, Harring-
ton, will De held this year, Friday
evening, September 18th. Doors
will be open at z o'clock. A short
program will be rendered at S:15.
At the conclusion of the program,
homemade ice cream and cake will
be on sale, Mrs. Oscar Gillette,
president Of the class, announces
the following chairmen:
Classification and prizes, Mrs.
Charles H. Derrickson; Entries,
Mrs. Edmund Taylor; Tables, Mrs.
Elmer A. Smith; Judge, Mrs. Clar-
ence Raughley; Publicity, Mrs. w.
w. Sharp; Posters, Mrs. Clyde Per-
ry; Package and Apron Tables,
Mrs. Preston Anthony; Ice Cream,
Mrs. Carroll Welch; Cakes, Mrs.
J. A. Masten.
The entire proceeds from this
affair will be for the benefit Of the
building fund.
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WOMAN SpEAKER-As previ-
ously announced the new political
action group Women for Better
Government. will meet at the Dim
ner Bell Inn on September Srd, at
$50 p. m. An outstanding speaker
on women's role today will come
from Washington, D. c., for the ex-
press purpose of addressing this
promising new women's Organiza-
ton in our state. DR.. Winifred G.
Helmes is the Status of Women AS
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