Milford chronicle., 1953-12-11

ware Colony will be held in the
School Auditorium of the Admin
istration Building, Delaware Col
ony, Stockley, Delaware, on Sun
day, December Is, at 300 p. m,
for parents, relatives and friends
of the school. The title of the play
this year will be "City of David"-
adapted especially for the children
of Delaware Colony.
YULE HAZARDS-The Christ
mas holiday season is one of the
most dangerous of the year froms
standpoint of fire hazards, the
Delaware State Fire Chiefs AssO-
citation warned citizens of the state
today.
Safe Fire Marshall Walter ].
LaRue urged that the public OBJ
serve fire prevention precautions
to the utmost. He pointed out that
Christmas trees tend to dry in hot
/ homes and. with the holiday lights
in windows, on the trees, and in
other spots of the home, especial
care and vigilance must be exer-
cised.
The fire marshal urged that the
messages impaired during the re-
cent Fire Prevention Week be OBJ
served year-TOund. He asked the CO.
operation of the public in respect
ing safety measures at all times
and in applying additional precau-
tiOns when the homes and other
places are decorated for Christmas.
With Charles H. Jester, Camden,
presiding, the chiefs discussed diff
ferent firefighting methods and
were show a new film, "We Must
Train. Ellis Kyttle, Laurel, chair
man Of the program committee,
! showed the film, which depicted
many phases of fighting fires, in
: cluding the laying of hose, prepara-
tiOns for the next alarm, use OF
extinguishers, Yentilating to clear
building of smoke, and other
practices of efficient firefighting.
LIQUOR COMMISSIONEH
MOVES-Last Friday was movine
day for the Delaware Liquor Com.
mission as office equipment, files
records, and other paraphernalis
were moved from the old quarters
2 917 King Street, Wilmington, t.
the new offices at Wilmington
Park, Thirtieth Street and North
east Boulevard.
The new quarters will open Mon
. day morning.
Brig. Gen. George ]. Schulz, stat
> liquor commissioner, announce
i the names of four applicants 70
package store licenses which hav
i been rejected following hearings
y Turned down we're: Fenwic
S Island Company, one and one-ha
: miles west of Fenwick Island; Al
<, geline Carello, Widel Avenue, Mil
quadale; James Birmingham, ROu
d 38, one and One-half miles south
y Lincoln, and John Wesley Davi
t, Old Baltimore Pike, four mil
er south of Christiana.
j. In accordance with a new pOli,
adopted by the commissioners, .hea
ings will be conducted for all al
plicantS for licenses from the con
q mission. Commissioner Schulz sa
~ the names of those rejected will
u made by the commission.
II KENT ASSESSMENT-The KeI
Il County Board of Assessment
making preparations for the ger
Il eral assessment of all property j
\. Kent County in 1854, which, undt
n existing law, is a general assess
~ ment year for the county.
The law only permits a gener;
- assessment in Kent County ono
- every four years and the KeI
- board has been busy for sever;
- weeks preparing forms whic
q have been mailed to more than 90
y 600 persons who own property
y the county.
=, Since the last general assessMel
III in 1850 the only changes in prope
K' ty valuations made in the count
H. were in cases where the propert
has been sold or transferred or
IN cases where existing property h;
st been remOdeled.
TX In view of the rapid changir
s. values that have taken place
he many sections of Kent County Gu
or ing the past four years, the ne
On figures are expected to show
large increase in the assessme1
Under the new assessment, wi
present day values being taken in
49, consideration, some county Officia
g, anticipate that the new assessme
~ ~ for 1854 will exceed the S6O,OOl
Al 600 mark.
bo FOUND SH0T-Walter Wall,
% .%S so, who lived on Route 494 abo
nd six miles west of Laurel, died Ia
Ial Friday from a self-inflicted gu
n shot wound, according to sta
or police at Bridgeville.
&c Waller left his home and we
ID to a wooded section behind [
~, house where he shot himself
~ the neck with a 12-gauge shotgl
police said.
o. He had been living with a sist
~ Elizabeth Waller. Last Friday +
~ ,sn brother began acting strange
ins m Mrs. Waller told police, and VIII
~ ~ she noticed him taking the g
" from the house went to a neight
=, TO call a physician. Upon arri,
Sl Th' they went to the woods and fou
ia ia Walters body. He was pronounc
siu dead by DR.. James Elliott. Jr.
ne' Laurel. Sussex County Coror
III H. Vollie Gray investigated.
NO no HELPING THE NEEDY-"Op
r9 alton Santa Claus" for NEEDY
tie friends" of Virgil Wilson Vet
ans of Foreign Wars, Post Has