Milford chronicle., 1952-05-23

CARNIVAL - The Delmar Fire
Company will hold it's annual car
lival from June % through July
}, when there will be entertain .
nent for young and old. This is the /
source of the volunteer il
revenues.
The carnival grounds on Route
l3, just south of town, was pur-
chased last winter by the Delmar
and will be used indefin- +
itely. Other plans for the remain
der of he large tract of land are
under consideration.
WOMEN-There will be called |
meeting of all Republican Women !
in Kent County for the purpose of
organizing a Republican Womens'
Club, Monday evening, May 26, at
8 o'clock at the Republican Head
quarters, South State Street, Dow
e., Delaware. All interested women
are cordially invited. This is our
opportunity.
BAKE-On Thursday morning,
May 20, at 10 a. m, in Argos Limo
leum Store, Milford. Sponsored by
the Milford New Century Club. Good
things to eat will be offered for sale.
-
HELD-FOllowing a report to the
city police force by the TOrsch Can
ming Company last week that a
large quantity of canned goods was
missing from the warehouse in Mil
! ford, a former emplOye who resided
at the plant, was arrested and plac-
ed under $500 bail for further in
vestigatiOn.
Chief Samuel Powell of the Mil
ford police, learned that the former
emplOye, a native of Georgia, had
been peddling canned goods by the
case from Milford, since last fall as
far as Baltimore, including many
places in Sussex County. The Off
] GER said the man was known as
yard boss and had access to the
packing room.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES rem
ovation of Harrington School will
take place this summer, it was de-
cided at a recent meeting OF the
Harrington Board of Education, &C
cording to ]. c. Messner, superin'
tendent of schools.
The improvements, he explained
will include installation Of hard
wood floors for primary and inter
mediate grades, new lights through
out the building and painting of tn
interior of the structure.
Previous improvements includes
work on the rest rooms, installa
ton of a hot-water supply for tn
kitchen, and the subdivision Of tn
boiler room to provide room 10
clinical purposes.
MIR. Messner added that the II
terror of the Harrington graC
school would be repainted tn
. summer.
:. SURRENDERS-JOhn Thompso
81. of near Milford, was held
= state police of Georgetown ear
n Saturday in the shotgun slayi
n of his 52-year-Old neighbOr, Willis
- L. Watson, last Friday night.
=, Watson, according to state polio
- died instantly. The shooting OccU
/, red about Z p. m, in yard at t
- home of WatsOn's sister, Whe
- Thompson rOOmed.
= THOMPSON surrendered to sta
~ police at about 5 a. m. at the Su
~ sex Poultry Company plant nei
i Lincoln after he had asked Il
p ?. plant guard to call state police.
10 Magistrate Oscar B. King, Georg
at town. held him without bail. Sta
S-tpolice said they would consult Il
e deputy attorney general of Suss'
/ County before placing the form
- charge.
se PENSIONS-Th number of D'
- aware veterans receiving disabili
SH last month, from the March tot
90 federal government rose to IA
- pensions or compensation from t
-, ~ of 4.373, it was reported this we
81 81 by the regional Office Of the Vet
49, 80 ans Administration.
on The VA also reported a red'
HI a. ton of SO in the number Of De
W. ware veterans of World War II
ceiving federal aid for educati
~, and training under the "GI Bl
10 10 There were 1855 at the END
'ei March as compared with 1886
the end of April.
On-the-job training also snow
a decline from 242 to 229, while
number of farm trainees was
lee five less than in March.
of Among disabled veterans,
eu, number receiving schooling was
lay one more than the preced
yer month. The Job trainee list rems
me ed the same, 13 each month.
III III MIK-A sharp decline in d.
lbI, wares milk production could
4oy ,Dy' come alarming if the present tr
"a, ~ to do away with dairy herds {
~ tinues, according to Walter
~ president of the State Board OF
Far- riculture.
M yoo A survey conducted by the
i'00 partment of Agriculture indic
that farmers are reducing herds
abandoning them entirely in Il
of other crops, poultry raising
;1n similar, more profitable Operati
lNN Cause for this change, accor'
TO the survey, is the inability
aret farmers to secure, what they
snts lieve is, a fair price for their
21, duct. They sight the fact that
2 of nrocessOr is able to secure incr