Milford chronicle., 1953-06-19
Happenings Of Interest
Throughout Delaware

SUSSEX DIYORCES-A decree
nisi was handed down by Presi-
dent Judge Charles S. Richards
in four divorce suits, heard on
Friday, June 18th, in Superior
Court, at Georgetown. They were
granted in the following cases:
William T. Belpree VS.. Mamie F.
Belpree; Sara G. Jones VS.. Robert
B. Jones; Richard M. Morris VS..
Willie Mae Morris; Peggy J. BEN
nett VS.. Paul A. Bennett.
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SUSSEX COP LADIES THE
regular June meeting of the Sus-
sex County WOmen's Republican
Club will be held at 8 p. m, on
June "a, 1853, in Georgetown in
the Republican Headquarters in
the Fire Department Building.
Mrs. T. ]. Waller of Seaford, Del
aware, President of the club, will
preside. Plans for the dinner meet
ing in September will be discussed.
The speaker of the evening will
be Mrs. Mildred Minner, who will
talk on proceedings of the Levy
Court. The membership drive win
be ended at this meeting. Bring
N your new members.
FlREWORKS-A gala fireworks
display for July Fourth crowds In
Rehoboth is planned by the Cham
ber of Commerce. Beginning at
9;l5 p, m, the cost of the fireworks
exhibition will be $3.50, most of
which will be raised in the vicini-
/ ty.
The display will be entirely
aerial so that spectators over a
wide area may see it. The spon-
soring group will solicit the whole
town for donations to add to those
already received. M. X. Fried and
William J.. McCabe are co-chair-
men of the resort committee to
raise the necessary fund.
CLASS REUNION-On Saturday
night, June 18th, the Caesar Rod
ney class Of 1888 held their tWen-
ty-year reunion and Banquet in
the school cafeteria. The Banquet
was prepared and served by the
Adult Fellowship of the Wyoming
Methodist Church. OF twenty-seven
original members of the class,
twenty attended the banquet. One
member, George Hall, is deceased.
One other member, Col. X. w. Col
Inns, is stationed in Paris. Guests
of the class at the reunion were DR..
and Mrs. w. B. Simpson, who took
the members on an inspection tour
of the entire school buildings,
which was enjoyed by all.
CRUSHED SHOULDER-Carlton
James, IA, son of Granville II.
James, Georgetown, was seriously
injured last Saturday afternoon
when he fell from tractor and
the machine passed over his. body.
Fortunately, an attached culti-
vator missed him. Carlton was at
work cultivating one of his fathers
fields at the time he slipped from
the seat and under the wheels of
the moving vehicle.
Taken to NanticOke Hospital,
Seaford, in the American Legion
ambulance, he was treated for a
fractured right leg and crushed
shoulder. Hospital authorities re-
ported that his condition was
fairly good. The accident hap
pened about 3 p. m, last Saturday.
U. OF d. GRADUATES-Three
residents of Milford and the sur
rounding areas were awarded de-
grees at Commencement Exercises
at the University of Delaware on
Sunday afternoon, June 14th. DR..
John A. Perkins, president of the
university, conferred the degrees.
William Richard Clendaniel.
Bachelor of Mechanical Engineer
ing.
Harry Ennis Mayhem, Jr., Bach
elOr of Mechanical Engineering.
Homer Wellington Minus, Eel
ton, Bachelor of Science in Arts
and Science.
Albert Edmund Forster, presi-
dent of the Hercules Powder Com
pany, Wilmington, Delaware, de-
livered the address to the gradu-
ates and received an honorary de-
gree of doctor of science.
SCHOLARSHIPS-The Delaware
Optometric Association has an
nOunced that it will make avail
able to Delaware residents four
optOmetric scholarships to attend
the Pennsylvania State College of
OptOmetry; two of them 10 begin
with the 1954-55 academic year
and two to begin with the 1856
56 academic year. Two Of the
scholarships are four year, full
tuition scholarships with a mone-
tary value of $4,000 each, and two
are four year, one-half tuition
with a value of $1,1O0 each. The
scholarship program and selection
of the recipients will be handled
by a three. man committee, of
which DR.. r. Wells Campbell of
Smyrna is chairman. The other
committee members are DR.. S. w.
Smith of Newark, and DR.. N. S.
Hofecker of Laurel.
WATCHES PRESENTED - En-
graved watches and miniature
badges were presented fO four vet