Milford chronicle., 1953-12-25

of the school. Different speakers
and singers every night. Starting
at 1880 p. m, and Sunday at 1900
p. m. The public is cordially inyit-
} ed to these services.
YOUNG PEOPLE-A considerable
amount of interest is being conferred
. on Young Peoples Rally, sched-
uled to be held in the Dover Cen
fury Club beginning at 7:45 D. m,
Jan. l, under sponsorship of the
,, Del-Mar-Va Zone of the Church
of the Nazarene.
Guest speaker will be the Rev.
Robert Jones of Coatsville, Pa.
: Calvary Church of the Nazarene,
| here, host for the rally, welcomes
: friends and visitors.
PARTY The International
Ladies Garment Workers Union
; Local 4O3 held it's annual Christmas
3 Party and turkey dinner last
Saturday in the Harrington New
!. Century Club Building with Mrs.
2 Anne Calvert as chairman, assisted
5 by her committee Mrs. Ethel
t Holden was hostess for the party
and chairman of the program,
which consisted of group singing of
e Christmas Carols, with Mrs. Ethel
= Rosengren at the piano. The young
a er guests added to the fun with
t recitatiOns and songs. Billy May
Y hew of Milford played several
: Christmas Carols on the coronet.
t The door prize was won by Mrs.
Hildegarde Pflumm.
It Out-of-town guests were Paul
d Reynolds, president of DelmarVa
It Central Labor Union of Salisbury.
II and Mrs. Reynolds, P. F. Kelley,
secretary-treasurer of the same or
) ganization, and Mrs. Kelley, and
: delegates Mrs. June Landlord and
Il Marion Copy of Sharptown, Md.
T. Mrs. Ruth Murray, business rep
resentative of the ILGWU Upper
p South Department of Baltimore, Of
= which Local 4O3 is part, presided
, over the business session.
She was presented with a hand
. bag by members of the local.
IL BRIDGE POLICE-Four patrol
: men were added to the Delaware
9 Memorial Bridge force today.
bringing the total to ten and
permitting establishment of five
!. day week, according to Walter B.
,e McKendrick, Jr., general manager.
70 The force has been working on
:. a seven-day basis with staggered
- time off.
II The oath was given Monday morn
M ing in front of the bridge Admins
IN tratiOn Building Wilmington by
n Municipal Court Judge Thomas
RI Herlihy, Jr., Wilmington, to:
bv Harry Passmore Cloud, Ebright
nd Road, Brandywine Hundred; John
ay Francis Boyer. Jr., Sixth and Gin
III. ton Streets. Delaware City; RodgeI
ed PomerOy .Elderkin, Jr., 2OO1 Newport
IT. Gap Pike, Cranston Heights and
by George R. Marine, st. Georges
IT. On hand was Hugh R. Sharp,
st Jr., chairman of the Delaware State
y Highway Commission.
ESCAPE BLAZE-The Citizens
10 Hose Company answered two
~ alarms within IL hours last Sunday
NV the first at house on the Wood
he land Beach-Leipsic Road and the
H. second a grass fire.
The first alarm was to a house
in owned by Wilbert Rawley and &C.
of cupied by Harvey Carrow, two
H. and-a-half story brick-frame dwell
ay ing. The roof was burned of and
n the house Quilted. A washing ma
nv chine and freezer were salvaged.
he The Smyrna firemen were assist
RE ed by the Clayton, Leipsic, and
er Cheswold fire companies.
Mr.. CarrOw was awakened by
smoke at 1880 a. m, and aroused
ers his wife and four young children
iii They took refuge at the home of a
ext brother, Arthur, near Leipsic.
ng According to James TruaX
ew Smyrna fire chief, the family was
Der lucky to get out" the fire being
AN under way for some time before il
was discovered.
bv- The chief said the blaze started
INV in a chimney leading to a kitchen
itv stove, and flames fared between
ark partitions OF the old brick part o.
m the mousse ana the new frame annex
the Forty volunteers from Smyrna
rushed to the scene. The Smyrna
of American Legion ambulance insti
cen tuted a shuttle service, returning
eed firemen to town WHO suffered minOl
ar injuries in the cold weather. HarolC
Singer, a wholesale milk transports
18th ton man, sent two tractor trailerl
mn to carry water to augment tn,
ing Smyrna companies supply. Firemel
the were on duty for four hours, finall,
Isle returning to Smyrna at a. m.
S, -
. yam LEWES ELECTION-The tow
'oU of Lewes is once again dividing it
~. attention between Christmas cele
tho brations and the annual municipal
~ election. Vacancies to be filled ar
- mayor and two commissioners.
ysa New Years Day is the deadlin
L., for candidates to file with the boar
secretary, Miss Edna Short. Tn
ooU election will be Jan. 8. Mayor Oti
M H. Smith is rounding out his secon
~ twO-year term in office. The Outgo
- ing commissioners are Charles
80 Richards and Louis F. Ingram. In
ar gram has been filling the unexpire
,o-s term of the late Harry M. Snyder
on who died within the past year.
Townspeople believe that Mayo