Milford chronicle., 1952-04-25

monthly meeting this Friday eve I
ming, when Cub Scouts, their par /
ents and friends and pack person i
nei will meet to review the accom- {
plishments of the past month and /
plan the Cub Scouting program for {
May The meeting, to be held in the |
Varney Auditorium, of the Com j
munity Building, here, will climax
Ia three-mOnth effort of group Of
veterans and interested parents to B
.re-activate Cub Scouting in this
area.
OVER THE TOP - GEORGETOWN
has gone over the top in the Red
Cross drive with S1,784.5O. This
does not include collections now
being made for Flood Disaster
Funds. Georgetown is in Area No. I
8 and Harbeson, also in Area No. 8 I
was the first town to report going
over its quota of $154.O0. They col
lected S168.00 and are now collect
ing funds for Flood Disaster. Cool |
spring, also in the area had a quota /
of $4,000, which has been subscrib- /
ed. Flood Disaster Funds are being
raised there too. No report has
been received from Stockley and
Milton, both towns also included in
Area No. 8. Harvey B. Spicer is
campaign chairman of the area.
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FIRING - Anti-aircraft practice
firing will be continued during the
month Of May, it was announced
today by 1t. Col. Walter L.
Abrams, Fort Miles Post Com
mander.
Firing will be conducted from
Bethany Beach firing point into
/ Restricted Area No. 2, only from
May 1st thru May 18th and from
May 10Th thru May 29th in both
Restricted Areas No. 2 and No. "a.
Firing is scheduled from the Fort
Miles Automatic Weapons Range in
to Restricted Area No. 1, from May
lst thru May 10th only. There will
be no firing on Saturdays, Sundays
and holidays. Effective May 1st the
hours of firing will change for the
summer, being conducted only
from 100 pm. to 700 pm. day
light time.
INSTALLED - Thomas B, At
kins, an Army veteran of World
War II, was installed as command
er of Raymond Reynolds Post, No.
1887, V. F. W., in ceremonies con-
Quoted by Thomas Wiley, past
, commander, last week at George
town.
> Others installed are Rodney
Rust, Sr., vice commander; Rodney
M. Wilgus, Jr., junior vice com
mander; w. Layton Johnson, quar-
termaster; Horace Smith, advocate:
Gordon Langabee, chaplain; John
| 0. Blake, surgeon; John w. Pep
l per, Thomas Wiley, and William
, E. Pusey, Jr., trustees.
2 Mr.. Atkins succeeds John w
Pepper, who was presented with a
!, gift in appreciation of the work
S and service to the post as com.
S mander for the past two years.
1 HOMELESS - Friends are Dro-
viding temporary shelter and the
Clothes Closet" group of Grace
Methodist Church, Georgetown, is
> providing emergency clothing for
, the family of Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson
TrOtt and five children who were
: left homeless when a fire destroyed
/ their three-rOOm house last week
y at Georgetown.
No one was home except some of
: the children when the Georgetown
hremen found the house, one of
> several located near the Railroad
YMCA a mass of flames.
All of the furniture and effects
! were destroyed and only two walls
were left standing when the fire.
: men extinguished the flames.
- The building was owned BIZ
|, George w. Vickers. There was M
u insurance and an estimate of tht
!, loss was unavailable.
COOTIETTES - Mrs. Anna r
Vinyard, national president of tn
Cootiettes, was the honored CUES
, and principal speaker at a recep
tlOn and dinner, held at the V.FW
!" Home, here, Monday evening. Tn
, affair, sponsored by the MiIforl
p Cootiettes Club, climaxed the off
= cial visit to Delaware of the Cooti
- =; cites president and followed b
II just three weeks a similar visit b
" w. J. Cow, National Commander o
. the Moo.
70 Arrangements for Mrs. Vinyard'
= visit to Delaware were made b
~ Mrs. Mary c. Hugg, Cootiettes' OIL
~ ganizer for the state. Mrs. Lol
1o Szymanski and Mrs. Lola Thomp
70 70 son, Of the Ki-Yets unit, were i
bo charge of activities at Wilmington
of while Mrs. Helen West, Mr.
IN Audrey Savage, and Mrs. Ann
h Sparklin comprised the committe
no on arrangements for the dinner q
~ Milford.
Id. FATALLY BURNED-W. Arthu
SIS Sherman. aged 80 years, we
ce known farmer of Cave Neck, nes
RS. Milton, died shortly before miC
nd night, last Friday, in Milford Men
Orial Hospital, as a result of burn
and shock. mir. Sherman used kel
Osene to start a fire in the kitche
on range, in the farm house, early o
lie Thursday morning. The kerosen
m can caught fire and was hurle
tal through a window by the force
a the explosion. Mr.. Sherman, his Ell
he tire body in flames, ran screamin
,er across the fields, near his hom
in seeking aid OF neighbors, who e.
TT, tinguished what was left of h