Milford chronicle., 1953-09-18

Canning Company, and Mrs. Nuckols
nave purchased the Bigger canning
plant at Cheswold, it was announced
last Tuesday
Ihe plant has been inactive for
sometime and, according to the an
nOuncement, Mr. NuekOls will op-
crate it in conjunction with the
). Z. Van HOlten & Son Company.
MIR. Nuckols' business activities the
past several years have been at
Preston, Md.
Operation of the plant, which will
begin soon. will provide additional
employment opportunities in this
area.
DROWNS IN POND-Sandra Grif-
fifth, 2-year old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Russell X. Griffith, Jr., of near
Seaford, was drowned in Hearn's
Pond, near her home, last Saturday
at about p. m.
The child and her brother Dennis.
), were playing near the edge of the
pond when she fell lntO the water.
which is about three feet deep.
The boy ran to the house and told
his mother of the accide2t. The little
girl was pulled from the water but
efforts at resuscitation failed. The
first aid squad of the Seaford Volun-
teer Fire Company and DR.. John c.
Rawlins, a local physician, were
called.
Besides her parents and brother.
the little girlis survived by a sister.
Kathryn Alice; her grandparents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell K. Griffith. Sr..
and Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Willis,
and her great-grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Philip H. RaWlins.
Services were held at the Wat
son Funeral Home Tuesday at 2
p. m, with the Rev. R. Jervis Cooke.
pastor of st. Johns Methodist
Church, Seaford, officiating. Inter
ment in Odd Fellows Cemetery.
SAFE STATE-Delaware ranks
fourth in the nation in its overall
safety program, J. James Ashton.
manager of the Delaware Safety
Council, told national and state
council officials in Dover last week.
Law enforcement, driver improve
ment, school safety program, motor
vehicle program, safety council pro-
gram, and press support were a
mong the factors weighed by the
National Safety Council in rating
the overall program for each state.
Awards will be presented to these
departments at a luncheon of the
state council Sept. %, in the Hotel
DUPONT Ballroom. The Delaware
AAA will award plaques for the ma
tional traffic safety contest.
80
LLMENT-Milford's schools
opened last week to a record-break-
ing enrolment of 1881 pupils, the
largest in local school history, and.
despite the enlargement of local
school facilities, the need of addi-
tional classroom space is apparent.
The present enrolment is $50
pupils greater than that of last
year, and reflects the continual
population increase in the area COM
prising the Milford Special School
District
Milford High School currently
has an enrolment of 603 students
and the elementary school shows
even a greater gain with 837 pupils
enrolled; the Benjamin Banneker
School, combined elementary and
junior high school for colored chill
dren, has an enrolment of 191.
CITY EMPLOYEES HURT-Lu-
ther Scott, and John Passwaters.
occupants of the Milford City Truck,
were treated for shock and bruises
lat the Milford Memorial Hospital,
on Thursday last when the truck,
which was driven by Joseph Messick
was struck on Northeast Front ST.,
by truck operated by George Mas
hold, Jr., of Frederick. Both trucks
were badly damaged.
The Milford police are investigat-
ing the accident.
ROSBR0W SPEAKS-The Kent
County Republican Women's Club
met Monday evening, September
14th in the Grace Fellowship Hall
of Wesley Memorial Church, Dover
The meeting was i'm the form of a
covered dish supper. The guest
speaker for the evening was, Mr..
James NJ. ROsbrOw of Wilmington,
Delaware, cO-author of the Della
ware Citizen. He was introduced by
Mrs. J. w. Mcdowell. During the
business session, Mrs. Paul ScOtten,
President, announced the Delaware
Federation of Republican Women
will hold its first annual state con-
ventiOn, in Dover, Friday, October 9.
Two sessions have been scheduled
for the convention, both of which
will be held in the Grange Hall,
Dover. The first session W illbe a
business meeting at p. m. Evening
session will be in the form Of a
banquet, prominent speakers at both
sessions.
For the covered dish supper, Mrs.
William Richardson of Lebanon
was made general chairman, assist
ed by Mrs. Beatrice Snyder. who
headed the telephone committee.
Union Methodist