Milford chronicle., 1953-02-27


Fort Miles-Bethany Beach Areas
NO. l and No. 2 and No. "a has been
suspended during the Month of
March 1858.
Firing in these areas will be re-
sumed only after notification tn
that effect has been published.
BASEBALL LEAGUE-The PONY
League, a baseball circuit for younc
Doys, is seeking an eight-club league
for the coming season.
Seven clubs are practically, GER
tam, 1t was revealed at a recent
meeting of league managers and
- guests in Harrington. It is boned
that an eighth club will ioin he
fore final plans are made at Bridge
Vile
The new clubs include Seaford
and Georgetown.
Kahler Hoch and William Shock
ley are preparing schedules to be
submitted at the March meeting
Almost all the boys are Scouts
ana play in the league as part of
the Boy Scout program.
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AGAIN MAYOR - Georea p
stevenson was reelected to his sec
ono term as mayor Of Smyrna in
THIS weeks municipal election. He
received 25S votes to 2S7 for his
opponent, George C. Rothwell. Mr.
stevenson also is magistrate in
Smyrna. "
In the two council contests Geo. !
N. Blendt and William r. Staats |
were victorious. Blendt was re- /
turned to the Smyrna governing
Dooy by the top vote of 263 votes
while Stats was second man on !
the ticket with 236 votes. !
Robert A. Mills gave Stats q
close race, the former getting 234
VoCes while j. Frank Greenwell
tralIed in the council race with
229 votes. There were sos votes
cast, with IL being disqualified
%
JUDGES NAMED-Gene Short of
the Smyrna Bucking Broncos Club.
Is Is state winner of the annual All
crop Judging Contest held during
farm and Home Week at the Uni-
Verslty OF Delaware Sammy Tvn-
dali, Laurel Sycamore Club. placed
nrst in Sussex County and second
IN the state. New Castle County
winner is Charles Wilson of the
Korner Ketch Club.
Forty-twO boys judged classes in
barley, wheat, oats, soybeans, and !,
RED clover. Sam Gwinn, State All l.
Leader, announced that the winners
nave the choice of a scholarship to
4-H Short Course or to All CamD
in August. The contest and awards
are sponsored annually by the Del |
aware Crop Improvement Associa-
ton.
DIVORCES-A decree nisi has
been handed down in each of II di-
VOrce suits, heard in Superior I
Court, Georgetown, by Judge James
b. Carey. The DEGREES, granted as
OF February 18th, are as follows: !
AIphonsO Stevenson Mary Cox l
Stevenson; Charlotte A. Hayman v c
William L. Hayman; Richard H.
McGee, also known as Richard Nc .
Gee v Doris Lee MCGEE; Bette L
Plunkett William E. Plunkett: v
Madeline Kathryn Backert Nor 3
nan Ezra Bachert; Robert w. Z
Naull Helen M. Maull; Beatrice z
Kimpton John William
kimptOn; James Randolph Handy
Martha E. Handy; Joyce FOskey
4imoge V George Joseph Limoge,
IT.; Otto Weiderkehr WinOna N.
Elsie V. Davis King F
3. Davis. v
SHOOTS SELF-Clarence R. Car
y, 80, of WOOdside, a small COM e.
nunity south of Camden, shot and m
Tiled himself with a IL gauge shot c,
,un in the second floor bedroom of o.
MS home last Sunday morning at vi
bout 1O:S0 o'clock while his wife n
nd 16-year-Old daughter were on o,
ne first floor Of the home. Kent II
'ounty Coroner William Fleischa-
Ter, Jr., listed the death as a sui
ide. ~
The family physician, DR.. M. D. =
'aunce, Of Camden, who had been G.
reating Mr.. Carey for the past six q
lonths for general failing health \"
nd a nervous condition, was call ~ ~
d to the home and pronounced the :,
ian dead. The body was taken to "
he Tolbert Funeral Home in
myrna.
Mr.. Carey is survived by his wife, %
lrs. Sarah NJ. Carey, and the
aughter, Susan J. Carey.
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APPOINTED - Governor ]. Cal j
b Boggs informed the House of
representatives. recently that he had
ppOlnted 19 persons to the Gov
rnor's Fire Prevention Council to
erVe until January 2, 1854. They OF
re: y,
Colonel E. S. Slayer and Elmer a.
odd, Rehoboth Beach: Lavton r cE
aynard, Mt. Cuba; Captain Joseph
homas, Rose Hill, New Castle: r,
hls K. Kyttle, Sr., and Minnie ~
yttle, Laurel; Fire Chief George ~ =,
. Morgan, George w. Duncan. e.
lieutenant Colonel d. Preston Lee. m,
ertha Carlisle, and J. James Ash II,
n, Wilmington; David Bovd. ' v,e
Ralph Boyer and Rob MI
t c. Stewart, Dover; John Bam- 49,
srger, Sr, and Elizabeth Luff. of
1eswold; Curtis Ennis, Ellendale; ~.
ouise r. Whitcomb, Newark, and lh.
ngie Potter, Harrington. se.
SAVING MONEY - "Money-sav- po Dc
g Recipes" will be demonstrated tre :
Miss Louise Prothro at a special To
Getting for Kent-Sussex Negro Pc
)me Demonstration members. The Po
Getting will be held in the Jason Fir
gh School, Georgetown, March Sis
4 at p. m. ,