Milford chronicle., 1953-07-17

arrive at the two camps Saturday,
July 25th.
In addition to setting up the two
camps, the detail also will draw
ratiOns for the main body of troops.
Approximately is men will attend
a 'Pre-Camp Cook School,, to be
held at Fort Miles starting July 80.
NO STAMP-Chief u. S. District
Court Judge Paul Leahy in viii
mingtOn, fined John Henry knight,
49, of Dover, $1O0 and placed him
on Is months probation on Tues
day after Knight had pleaded gull
~ to a charge of not buying fed
eral gambling tax stamp.
! Asst. U. S. Atty. Michael A.
POppiti, who prosecuted, told the
| judge that Knight was arrested last
September by Dover police on a
numbers charge and that he had
recently completed 10 months of
a years sentence on this charge
imposed by the Kent County Court
OF Common Pleas.
LIQUOR-Brig. Gen. George J..
Schulz, state liquor commissioner,
announced the appointment Of w.
Deane Johnston of the Hotel Rich
ardsOn, Dover, as chief inspector Of
the Delaware Liquor Commission,
on Tuesday. The appointment is
reflective Wednesday.
Mr.. Johnston has been a Kent
County inspector and succeeds
Elmer c. Jewell of near Delaware
City. He has been with the COM
mission for 10 years. A former
state senator and state representa-
/ tive, Mr.. Johnston is we'll known in
Republican circles. Mr.. Jewell will
continue as an inspector
JAILED-Jack McAllister of Mil
ford pleaded guilty in Superior
| Court at Dover last Friday on two
charges of assault and battery,
and was sentenced to serve a
year in the Kent County Jail by
Judge Charles L. Terry, Jr.
McAllister was indicted by the
grand jury for what Deputy Atty.
Gen. Henry ]. Ridgely described as
deliberately firing two shots from
a % calibeF revolver into CleVe-
land Davis and one shot into Luz
cille Davis McAllister at Milford
on May 18th. Herman G. Brown, de-
fense counsel, applied for a parole,
which was denied by Judge Terry.
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COAPLAINTS-Acting on COM
plants of residents Of GEORGETOWN
regarding conditions Of vacant
\ lots, the Town Council of George
town has again taken action to no.
tify property owners that weeds
must be cut and lots cleaned. This
is in accordance with an ordinance
passed by the council last year,
which provided a penalty after
warnings go unheeded.
Approval for the building of an
addition to First Presbyterian
Church, Georgetown. and making
repairs and alterations was grant
ed by the council, which also issu-
ed building permit to John L.
Briggs, general contractor, for the
construction of a home on Wilson
Street in the Robinson Addition of
| Georgetown.
ACTING MAYOR-George Luff
is acting as Smyrna mayor follow
ing his resignation to that post by
1.-THE Smyrna Town Council last Fri
day night following the resigna-
tion of Mayor George r. Stevenson
for reasons of health. A special
election is to be held September
21st to fill the unexpired term.
There is also one vacancy on the
council since John E. Wilson, Jr..
resigned last month.
The council expressed apprecia-
ton to the residents who have CO.
Operated to ease the water pump
ing crisis by sprinkling their lawns
only between 6 and 8 p. m, It was
agreed that the town will buy ma
terials for a banner across the cor
ner of Main and Commerce Streets
giving dates of the chest X-ray
survey in Smyrna area in Septem-
Der.
80
| SUSSEX DIVORCES-A decree
nisi was granted in thirteen divorce
suits, in Superior Court, George
town, last week, by Judge Caleb
Layton, III. The list granted fol-
lows: Evelyn H. Powell VS. Samuel
! w. Powell; Mary B. Lahman VS.
Merrill ElwoOd Lahman; Alice E.
Green VS. Walter S. Green; Bertha
Savage VS. Robert B. Savage; James
1. Mitchell VS. Alice Georgia Mitch
ell; Genevieve Brumbly Hudson VS.
Clyde Eugene Hudson; Cecil B.
GrOton VS. Elwood r. Groton:
Thomas H. Reed, Sr., also known
as Thomas Henry Reed VS. Rosa
Elizabeth Reed; Nettie Virginia
TimmOns VS. Francis e. Timmons:
iCharles Mortimer Moore VS. Stella
Sylvia ZabOrowska Moore; Bar
bara Weaver VS. Robret L. Weaver:
Margie Elizabeth Prattis VS. Thom-
as Prattis; Harry Lyons Fisher VS.
Alice Mae Fisher.
! COUNCIL--A delegation from
East Street approached the Har-
rington city council recently with
Ia request for water mains. That
body held its decision in abeyance
until it could ascertain the inten-
tions of an industrial plant. which
had expressed interest in locating
in the area. The plant would need
a larger main than the two-incb
one required for the residences.
Full-time Harrington CITY en-
ployees with less than Ave wears
service will have a weeks vacation.
3 while emDlOVpes with Yoora eo,.,,i,,