Milford chronicle., 1952-12-26
Happslings Of Interest
throughout Delaware

INSPECTIONS The Christine
season means suspension 81 fsar-
lar drills during the next o
weeks for members Of the naia-
ware National Guard. buf earies
Of inspections viii be held durlno
January It was announced 81 Cant
Harold J. Reed, public Information
officer for the Guard
The next drill will be held Non
day, January 5th, for member n
the l98th AAA Group 261st AAA
Battalion, and the 287th Armv
Band.
BANKING-To show the heavv
loads that are being experieneed
today by bankers, the first nine
months Of 1852, there was $1,000
OOO,OOO,O00.O0 handled ia checks.
This means that the year es2s
will be a S1,500,00O 100000 90 ve.r
which is $50 above last year. Kew
York City bankers will handle over
$5OO,OOO,000,000.00, a gain Of 11q
This indicates that most all bus
mess transactions are being ham
died by a debit and credit relation
ship by the bankers.
IRK-OUTS - The recent sus-
sex County Chorus try-outs have
been announced by Mrs. Ruth
Koenig, Of the Lord Baltimore ITigh
School. Students from the George
town High School who will sing
IN the chorus are Gail Veasev. loan
koeppel, Marlene Sharp. Carole
LlDle, Norma Jean Steigelman and
Nancy Abbott, sopranos; 10y Jones.
Joan Short, Marianne Reuss. altos.
Lynn McIlyaine and Landis Wilson
Jr., tenors; Harry Aiken, Frank
calhoun and Virden Macklin
bass.
APPRENTICES IA Lewes boy
and another from Wilmington have
received appointments as apDren-
tlces in the Pilots Association for
the Delaware Bay and River They
are the latest to join the ranks Of
the association to study navigation
IN a tour-year course.
The LeWes boy is Leland 8
Burton, Jr., son Of a pilot, who ii
enrolled in the Delaware eronn sP
pilots. Carson Smith Of WHINING
ton, a nephew Of Capt. Derrick 8
Lingo Of RehOboth Beach. was an
pointed under the Pennsylvania
group. They will begin their ap-
prenticeships IN January.
KIWANIANS TOLD-C M An
derson, superintendent of the Dow
eF electric department and a mem-
Der Of the club, discussed electrical
engineering and Kiwanis member
ship classifications at the dinner
meeting. Of the Dover Kiwanis Club
In Club l3 last week.
He said that 40 pef cent Of air
engineers graduating from college
every year enter the electrical en-
gineering field and pointed to the
municipal engineering field as hav-
ing a wide horizon for engineers.
Mr.. Anderson also discussed the
how to get along wiCh people"
phase Of public service.
KiWanis, he said, has / $50 mem
bership classifications, which means
that with two from each clsssifica-
ton eligible for membership, a
clubs membership could be $500.
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WOUNDED-A Clayton, ~ J..
lieutenant was reported wounded
in action in Korea in the Defense
Departments 71Sth list, released
this week.
No residents Of Delaware or
nearby Pennsylvania or Maryland
were included in the list.
Second 1t. Charles II. Haegele.
"A, of S34 Pearl Street, Clayton,
was wounded in the left leg BY
mortar fire November Both, his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles J.
Haegele, we're notified. A platoon
leader in the End Division, he is
now hOspitalized in Tokyo.
Haegele was graduated from
Clayton High School in 1916 and
from Glassboro State Teachers
College in 1949. He taught at a
junior high school in Oregon be-
fore entering the Army ia October,
1850. He was sent to Korea last
September 25th. A brother, Robert,
is an Air Force sergeant stationed
in England.
IlPERS0NATTON- Children of
the Rehcboth School became ami
mated Christmas toys recently in
a song, dance, and drama program
staged in the school Tor their par
ents.
The smaller ones appeared in a
playlet, "Topsy TurVey Toy Shop"
giving their version Of how toys
come to life. Older ones appeared
in musical, when Toys Come to
Life, with the soloists in good
form and the choruses enIvening
the production. Groups portrayed
animated toy soldiers performing
in military fashion, and as clown
and dancers. Approxi-
mately 300 children took part in /
the evenings performance.
A social hour sponsored by the
Parent Teacher Association in the /
school cafeteria concluded the eve
ning's fun when hundreds Of sugar
cookies made by the girls Of the
Home Economics Department were 1
served with mothers Of the girls
as hostesses.
CAUGHT-Douglas James Mark
sr, 81 Wyoming, paid two fines ag-
gregating SS5 and costs Friday Of 1
asst week because Of the alertness