Milford chronicle., 1953-09-04
LEWEs

There will be a hero's welcome
for 21-year-Old Louis b. Hall of
LeWes, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Ray
mond + Hall, when he returns
home after more than two years
in a communist prison camp in
Korea.
The American Legion Post and
the Veterans of Foreign Wars of
LeWes, plan a banquet and a street
parade to honor the young cOrpOr-
al, who was captured four months
after being sent to Korea in 1851.
Halls family has also planned
their own private celebration when
he arrives. The very first thing
they will do, according to his mo-
ther, is to go to church and give
thanks that Lou is home at last.
Then big turkey dinner with all
the family and as many Of LOUIS
former pals as the family can To-
cate.
With the first news Of Louis re-
lease, people from LeWes and the
Cape HenlOpen area called, visited
and wrote their best wishes to the
Hall family. Then, when LOUIS per-
sOnal telegram arrived, the re-
joicing reached even greater pOr-
tiOns. The telegram, received Au-
gust 10, read: 1.-THE Reds have f.
nally decided to let us go home.
There's nothing wrong with me
that coming home won't cure. Start
celebrating. can't wait to get
home. Love. Lou"
LOUIS high school education was
interrupted by the Korean War.
Letters came at the rate Of one
every four or five months. but
LOUIS family wrote to him often.
His mother worried about LOUIS
attitude toward Interrogation by
the Communists, wrote to him IF
you keep smiling and do as you're
told, and don't become suFly and
ill-tempered, God will take care
Of you, / firmly believe"
The Halls received a big pack
age with three smaller bundles in
side marked: do not open until I
get home" Mrs. Hall said she lust
couldn't wait. Inside were three
beautiful outfits, such as the veal
thier Koreans wear. Complete with
underslip. slit skirt and Jacket.
The three outfits were the right
size to fit LOUIS mother and two
sisters.
The Halls are thrilled with their
gifts, but more thrilled that they
will see Lou soon.
DR.. Eugene CrOnin, marine BIZ
Ologist of the University of Della
ware, will have open house, to be
held at the Marine Laboratory in
LeWes on Friday, September 4,
from 300 to 800 p. m.
The present temporary labora-
tory is located on Pilot Town Road
in Lewes, beyond the monument
commemOrating the first Dutch
settlement and almost opposite
the Roosevelt Inlet.
The staff of the laboratory will
present exhibits based on research
work under way in the salt waters
of the state and also collections of
some of the interesting and i'm
portant animals from the Della
ware Bay, Indian River Bay and
the Atlantic Ocean.
The Marine Laboratory was op-
ened in 1851, under the supervision
of the Department of Biological
Services. It's program includes
studies of fish, crabs, oysters.
planktOns microscopic drifting an
imals), the salinity, temperature.
and oxygen conditions in salt wa
ter, and other. important aspects
Of this field of research. Other in
VestigatiOns are conducted to ans
Wer the specific problems facing
the sportsman and commercial
fishermen and to discover new
facts about salt waters and the
animals they support. A teaching
program is offered for University
OF Delaware students and Della
ware teachers.
Persons interested in this i'm
pOrtant research are urged to
visit the laboratory for the open
house program.