Milford chronicle., 1954-07-30
Happenings Of Interest
Throughout Delaware

DROWNING One drowning was
reported as thousands Of Delawar-
cans swarmed to seash0re and
country. resorts last Sunday when
the temperature scared to 80 de-
grees with no relief in. sight.
The drowned youth, George Lake.
Is, had been repSsre4 Missing by
his parents, Mr. and Mn, George
Lake, Of Seaford, last Saturday
night
His body was spotted at so b
M. last Sunday by oliver W0Oten.
also of Seaf0rd, who was fishing
in the Nanticoke River near the
Seaford Shipyard. Wooten notified
Seaford town police, who pulled the
floating body out Of the river
State Police Of the BridgeviIls
Station, who are invests 81 ttisffs..=-
Lakes death. say that the body
was fuIly-clothed. Cornorer Vol
lie Gray will perform an autopsy.
KILLED IN CRASH -Delawares s
1854 highway death toll rose to As
over the weekend, with the death
OF a 70-year-old Seaford woman as
the result of a collision near Sea-
ford last Saturday.
Two other persons were injured
in the Seaford accident, and four
others in other accidents, includ-
ing a LiftWood man whose car ran
off the road on the Lancaster Pike
near Hockessin.
The death Of Mrs. Mary Julia
Zoulanck as a result Of the Sea-
ford accident brought the death
toll to a point still 10 short Of
that recorded by this time last
year.
She died in the Nantic0ke Mem-
orial Hospital in Seaford. at b.
m.s last Saturday, IL hours after
the crash.
LAUREL WATER RATES -Lau-
rel Council meeting at the Muni-
cipal Building recently. adopted
new water rates for meters used in
| commercial establishments.
The new rates are as follows
First 10000 gallons, SO cents per
thousand gallons; next 10000 gall
Ions. 40 cepts per thousand: next
10000 gallons, 20 cents per thou
sand. and all over 100000 gallons
90 cents per thousand The new
rates are retroactive to July 1.
Council also accepted the bid
of Gardner and Sterling Of Sails.
bury, Nd, for engineering fol
street improvements
A permit was granted to Nor.
man AXE to erect a building al
Tenth street and Central avenue
i FIREMEN TO MEET plans
I for the state firemen's convention
slated in Milton September 10-1l
will be up for discussion at a meet
ing Of the Sussex County Fire
| mems Association in the MiItoE
/ fire house shortly, +. Joseph vii
/ ey, Bridgeville, president Of thl
/ organization, announced this week
The meeting, originally schedul
ed in another town, viii begin will
a supper at $3.50 p. m.
SHOOTING SUSPECT - Athe
Elizabeth Curlee, 25. Of near Smyr
ma, was arrested by state polio
detectives as material witness
in the Thursday night shooting o
a hillside housing project guard
Two men-one of them said Z
be the father of the Curlee womai
ARE being sought. Detectives sal
the woman was in car drive
. by the guard, Edward D. Lewis
80, Of 498 Rogers .Road. Nlillsidl
: just before the shooting.
! Lewis is in good condition 8
{ the Delaware Hospital Polio
have classified the shooting as
domestic affair
] The Curlee woman was held
/ $1,000 bail by Magistrate Samul
]. Hatton Of New Castle.
ELLIS REUNION ~ Descendant
I Of George Robert and Sarah Emil
Ellis are planning their third al
o nua1 reunion on Sunday, August /
! at Woodland Community House.
q The reunion committee, con
! prised Of Avery H. Ellis of Georg
town. president; Mrs. Margarl
( George of Phoenix, Nd, secretar.
d Mrs. Lottie Cleavez Of Seafor
treasurer; and Mrs. Doris RitCb
i and Mrs. Lois Adkins Of Lauf,
3 in charge of publicity. has COZ
Z pleted plans for dinner. awar
/ to the oldest and youngest atten
n ing and the one coming the gref
i est distance. Games and prizes
i the children are also being q
ranged
d Highlighting this years reuni
q will be the viewing Of the windC
q purchased for Woodland Chur
81 by the descendants Of and IN me-
s ory Of George and Sarah Ellis.