Milford chronicle., 1953-11-20

~ ~ Oii uOliceu dead on arrival at
Nantlcoke Memorial Hospital last
saturday afternoon, after he snn-
posedly had accidently hanged him
self while at play in the ward ot
MS nome on the Atlanta Road, near
Seaford A0si
According to state police who in
Vestigated the death, young Robin
son was playing with his 6-vear-old
brother with heavy twine ON
tree outside his home. The brother
went into the house leaving
Mackewin by himself.
When the family sat down to eat
ne was missed and the mother and
an older brother found him hanging
from the tree. He was rushed to
the hospital in the Seaford Volun-
teer Fire Department ambulance
and pronounced dead on arrival bv
DR.. William B. Cooper.
Surviving are his parents, Earl g.
and Mary H. Robinson, and the fol-
lowing brothers and sisters, Melody.
Robert, Shirley, Milton, Jerry, Cliff
ton, Wayne, Phyllis and James
Funeral services were held from
the Church of God in Seaford Tues-
day of this week at 2 D. M. and
were conducted by the Rev. Bruce
McCane. Interment was in the
Blades Cemetery.
ALMOST PERSUADED-Tbe Rev
Ulysses Brown of the 300 block
East Street, Milford, believes that
II you can't use moral persuasion
use some more effective means. He
did last Sunday morning when be
said John Simmons, Margaret Sim
mons, and NOllie NAPLES insisted,
against his will, on entering his
home for drinking party.
Mr.. Brown hooked the screen door
OF his home when they tried to
enter. When the party tore off the
screen door, Mr.. Brown got his
shotgun, and pointed out the DOR
shot the load in the ground, and
told them to scatter, and they
promptly Obeyed.
He then secured a warrant for the
three, and they have been appre-
hended by the Milford police, held
on disOrderly conduct charges.
SMYRNA FIRE TRUCK-A $21.-
900 American-LaFrance 1,OOO-gallon
pumper has arrived at the Citizens
Hose Company, in Smyrna. The
contract price, minus accessories.
was $18,50O.
The volunteers have been given
training in the handling of the new
acknowledgements pumper by w.
w. Babylon, delivery engineer, who
spent three days in Smyrna teach
ing the men.
Approximately Is qualified drivers
have been trained and demonstra-
tions have been given to all firemen
The equipment has a 75O-gallou
water tank, carries 1900 feet of two
and one-half inch hose, and $50 feet
of one and one-haIf inch hose.
1t is also equipped with high pres
sure fog used with certain types OF
water hits the fire it turns to steam
and the steam cuts off oxygen which
puts out the fire, ccording to Fire
| Chief James Traux.
FOUR AUTOS DAMAGED-Four
new OldsmObiles were extensively
damaged early last Friday when
the new-car carrier, on which they
were being hauled, ran into barri-
cade at the south end of the new
Route 19 dual highway, a half mile
west Of Laurel, and overturned.
The tractor was demolished in the
accident, and the trailer was ex-
tensively damaged. The driver
Fletcher K. Simmons of 254 West
Main Street, Elkton, was unhurt.
State police at Bridgeville said
Simmons failed to make a turn to
the right leading to the old route.
He was arrested on a charge of
driving at a speed faster than war
ranted by prevailing conditions,
troopers said, and will be arraigned
before Magistrate Parker Knowles
of Laurel.
JAILED-George Jackson, SO,
WOodside, was sentenced by Magis-
trate G. R. Dempsey Monday of this
week to 30 days Imprisonment in
default of payment of two fines Of
SIS each on motor vehicle chaTges.
The man was charged with Oper-
ating an automobile without a
drivers license and failing to yield
the right Of way His arrest by
city police resulted from a col
lision at Governors and Wyoming
venues last Saturday night. In
making a left turn, Jackson was al
legged to have struck an automo-
bile operated by Floyd L. Jester,
! 21, Dover, which was proceeding
in the opposite direction in Gov
ernOrs Avenue.
For barging past stop sign from
Hope Street into Governors Ave-
nue., Roland Finkelman, Dover, was
nne0 S1U ana COSTS.
MURPHY SPEAKS A descrip-
tion of his duties was given by VIII
liam R. Murphy of Milford, state
, insurance commissioner, in an ad-
dress before the Lions Club in
Georgetown.
The speaker stated that life in
surance companies and their deal
ings in bonds and securities were
"a vital machine in the United
States" and pointed out that life
, insurance coverage in the nation