Milford chronicle., 1954-05-07
Happenings Of Interest
Throughout Delaware

ART FESTIVAL-HOnOring Del /
aware Festival of the Arts Week.
On Monday, May 18th. at 8 p. m.
in Corkran Studio, Henlopen Acres,
RehOboth Beach, the Camera Club
of the RehObOth Art League will
offer art In Photography, an eve
ming of motion pictures and slides
made by their own members.
Included in the programme will
be some prize winning motion pic-
lures of Niagara Falls. by Harold
w. T. Purnell, of Georgetown, a
movie of Yosemite Valley by C. B.
Downing of Milford; colored slides
of Germany and Holland. France
and Italy by Robert Bennett, of
Bridgeville, and some movies of
RehObOth Beach, taken years ago
by Town Commissioner Charles
Horn of Rehoboth.
Everyone is invited. No admis-
sion.
TALENT SHOW - Bill Jaeger.
chairman for the Amateur Talent
Show to be staged during the Del
marya Chicken Festival in George
town on June q, % and %, has an
nounced that Baxter Ward, one of
the most popular TV personalities
in Baltimore, will serve as master
OF ceremonies for this years talent
show. Mr.. Ward will go to George
town through the courtesy of Gun
theirs in Baltimore and has been
seen and heard by many Delawar-
cans over the Gunther z o'clock
final, Over Channel 2, WMAR-TV.
HOSPITAL CONFERENCE
Three Wilmington industrial Off
Gals will address the conference
of the Maryland-District of Column
bia-Delaware Hospital Association
to be held May Is at the Hotel du-
POnt. They are: Thomas Spack-
man, II, of the public relations de-
partment of the DUPONT Company;
John j. Russo, personnel director
of the Allied Kid Company, and DR..
Lemuel c. MCGEE, medical director
OF Hercules Powder Company.
All three will address the morn
ing session of the conference, to
be attended by about 400 persons
associated with hospitals in the
associations area.
RIVER MASTER-AttOrney Cen
eral H. Albert Young last Friday
advocated the appointment of a riv-
er master for the Delaware River.
to supervise the provisions of any
decree the U. S. Supreme Court
may hand down in the action in
vOlving New York City's and New
Jerseys request to divert river
water.
In an official memorandum filed
with the high court, Mr.. Young also
stated Delaware's position that
failure now to object shall never
stop Delaware from requesting this
court to modify the decree to pre-
vent damage to Delaware, includ-
ing if necessary, the discontinue
ance of the additional diversion
which New York City is now re-
questing."
DROWNlNG-State police believe
the body of Andrew J. Ames, "a
year-Old waterman who fell from
an oyster boat last Friday at Bow
ers Beach and apparently drown
ed, may have been carried off into
the Delaware River by swift tides.
A crew from the Dover Troop
dragged the area near the dock
where Ames tOppled into the wa
ter, but efforts were abandoned as
darkness settled in. No plans were
made to resume dragging.
Fellow crew members on the two
masted schooner owned by Captain
Harry Blades, also of Bowers
Beach, said Ames struck his head
against the side of the boat as he
went over the side.
CRUSADE EXTENDED - The
1854 Delaware Cancer Crusade, or
iginally scheduled to end last Fri
day, has been extended to give
crusade workers more time to fin
ish canvassing, Samuel B. Bird,
state chairman, has announced.
He said the campaign, with a
goal of $4,000, has received re-
ports tOtaling $45,356. Many cru
sade committees have not yet re-
ported in full, he said
WORKHOUSE TRUSTEE -
Charles f. GTubb, business admin
istrator of the University of Della
ware, has been reappointed to a
five-yeaT-term as a trustee of the
New Castle County WOrkhouse.
The appointment was made and
announced by Superior Court
Judge Caleb R. Layton, III, and
Daniel L. Hermann. Mr.. Grubb is a
former president of the board.
Girl Scout HOmemaking