Milford chronicle., 1954-03-26

EXECUTIVE MEETING - The
Executive Meeting of the Delmarva
Firemen's Auxiliary will be held
in ExmOre, Virginia, on Sunday.
March 2Sth, at 200 p. m. All mem
bers are urged to attend.
COMMENCEMENT - James B.
Owen, principal of the GEORGETOWN
High School, has announced the
names of those members of the
senior class who will be speakers
IN the commencement program, to
be held Tuesday night, June 8. Top
honor pupils picked are: Anna
Goodwin, Carolyn Gordy, Lima Ann
MCGEE and Grace Warrington.
DEMOCRAT FETE - The Kent
County Women's Democratic Club
Will hold another covered-dish sup
per Tuesday, April 9th, in the
cafeteria of Caesar Rodney School.
Camden Wyoming. Plans for the
analr are being made by the COM
mittee members of the Seventh
Representative District, who an
nounce the public is invited to at
tend.
COP DINNER ORPHANS for
the dinner of the Sussex County
Republican workers which was
scheduled for April oath have been
cancelled. Mr.. Frank Collins. who
was general chairman for this din
ner, resigned from this position
because Of illness and it later de-
VelOped that Senator Dfrksen
would not be available for that
GATE. 1t was therefore thought adj
Visable TO postpone the dinner and
make arrangements for one at
later date.
Anyone having tickets can re-
turn them to Republican Head
quarters.
LEWES COMEDY-Ten men and
women Of the Friendship class Of
Midway Presbyterian Church. near
Lewes, will appear in a comedy.
mountain Justice, tonight in Hem
lopen Grange Hall in Quakertown.
The comedy is a Embarrassing proi-
ect for the church school. The
show starts at 8 p. m.
Mrs. Ernest Mcgee is directing
the three-act play, and Mrs. Miri-
am Massey will be prompter. The
class president, Mrs. Myrtle Cover
Gale Mitchell, has the leading role.
others in the cast are: Mrs. Kath-
leen Daniels, Ernest Mcgee. Sr
Mrs. Sarah Reed, Charles Howard.
archie Daniels, Mrs. Lottie How
ard, Mrs. Anne Thompson. Miss
Irene Phillips and Earl Massey, Sr.
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ENCAMPMENT - Al a recent
meeting of District No. 8, Della
ware Department, Ladies Auxiliary
to the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
held IN Bilford at the Blue Hen
Post Home, plans were discussed
TOT the Annual District Encamp-
ment. At this later event. which
will be held in Dover in early Nav.
district officers for the i954-55
term will be elected.
A past district president, Mrs.
Serena Hayes, Milford, received
her past presidents pin at the dis
trict meeting. Greetings from the
State Ladies Department were
brought by Dept. President Flor
ence Gillespie, and Dept. Junior
vice President Grace Tate. Mrs.
Jennie Mae Rodgers, District No.
4 president was also present and
extended greetings on behalf of
the Sussex District. Mrs. Margaret
Hates, Of FELTON,, who has served
as president of district No. 3 the
past year, presided.
KILLED ON ROAD-Delaware's
highway death toll for 1854
mounted to nine last Saturday
night when 24-year-Old Edward
Riles of Rehoboth Beach was run
over on a highway near Rehoboth
Beach. Police sadi Riles was lying
on the road when struck.
At this time last year, 13 per-
sons had died in Delaware traffic
accidents.
The driver Of the car which hit
Riles failed to stop at the scene.
State police at Georgetown said a
suspect has been picked up and
will be given lie detector test at
state police headquarters.
The fatal accident occurred on
Route IA, about 1915 D. m, Satur-
day. State police have ordered an
examination to determine whether
Riles was intoxicated. They have
no other explanation for his living
in the road.
known as Florida Boy. Riles
came from near st. Petersburg.
Fla, several weeks ago and re.
Gently had been unemployed He
formerly worked at the Menhaden
fisheries plant in Lewes.
Riles was pronounced dead on ar
rival at the Beebe Hospital, Lewes.
where he was taken by passing mo-
torists. The body was released to
Sussex County Coroner Vollie Grav
who is trying to find Riles' reIa-
tives.