Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1954-02-12

Democratic Club at its recent re- /
organization meeting eletced the /
following officers for the year: /
Marion L. Sherwood, president; /
George w. Templeton, vice presi- /
dent; Albert U. Davis, treasurer,
and Richard E. Cullen, secretary. !
GOAL EXCEEDED - The Hart
ly March of Dimes campaign has
already exceeded its goal Of 5000. !
with a total of $2S8 now collected
and other reports still to be re-
ceived.
Report on the success of the cam
paign was presented by Melvin
Belchman, the Hartly Lions Clubs
March of Dimes chairman, at
duck dinner and meeting of the
club in the Hartly School recently.
RETIRES - Retirement of Ira
D. Townsend, assistant Dover post
master since July /, 1943, has been
announced by Postmaster Harry K.
Heite of Dover.
Mr.. Townsend started as a sub
stitute carrier on November Is,
1910, and was made a regular car
rier a short time later. The post
office had only four carriers at that
time. A successor to Mr.. Townsend
has not yet been named.
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CITIZENSHIP AWARD - Mrs.
Henry c. Webb of Smyrna, was
hOnOred Monday evening as the
winner of the Smyrna Lions Club
1858 citizenship award at a dinner
meeting in the new elementary
school. She was the seventh per-
son, and the third woman, to re-
ceive the club award for outstand-
ing service to the community.
The award came as a complete
surprise to Mrs. Webb, who, as
newspaper correspondent, was busy
taking notes on the evenings pro-
gram when she heard her name an
nOunced.
She was presented a plaque by
J. Wallace WOOdford of Dover.
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CITIZENSHIP AWARD. - The
Dover Junior Chamber of Com
merce presented outstanding citi-
zenship awards to the Junior Board
of the Kent General Hospital, a
group of dentists and the school
nurses, and Harold w. Kocher,
general secretary of the Dover
YMCA, at a recent meeting.
The award to the dentists, DR..
Robert ZurkOw, DR.. MyrOn E.
Boone, DR.. Floyd P. H. Moore, DR..
William w. Flanagan, and DR..
Charles A. Henry, Jr., was for their
cooperation in the Jaycees' dental
health program. The awards to the
school nurses. Mrs. Jean Brown
and Miss Helen AXE, were for their
assistance in the same program.
A. ]. Murray, Jaycee president
explained that 176 school children
were aided by the program sine,
1947 at cost of slightly more thar
$1,000 to the Jaycees, and that
without the help of the dentists
and nurses, it could not have been
accomplished for so comparatively
little.
The award to the Junior Board
was for its contributions to the hos
pital and the presentation to Mr.
KOcher was for his work among
youth.
DR.. George Zurkow, Wilmington
who was the speaker, held that
fluOridatiOn of water for preserVa.
ton of children's teeth is safe
economical, and practical, and thai
the Jaycees should renew their ef-
forts toward fiuoridatiOn of the Do.
yer water.
SAFE CRACKERS - The elusive
safe crackers who have plagued
Eastern Shore police for severa
weeks struck again over the pas
weekend, making off with $3.50 il
cash from a safe in the TexacC
Gasoline bulk plant at George
town.
Delaware state police said it look
. ed like the work of the same team
of yeggs who have successful,
lodged police in lower Delawar,
and the Eastern Shore counties o
, Maryland and Virginia despite spe
: cial cooperation between state ant
city authorities.
At the TexacO plant, the SAT
crackers pried and smashed tn
= door from a 35O-pOund safe. The
: left checks and office records un
! touched, but cleaned out all tn
cash.
q State police detectives espresso
: the belief the Georgetown safe wa
: broken into by the same person O
+ persons who attempted to rob tn
4 safe in the Ayars Theatre g
q Georgetown 10 days ago, and, be
o fore that, stole $1,000 from a SAT
4 in Wrights Garage and a sma
amount of cash from the Harmon
n Motor Company, both at Milford
State Representative Carey ]
= Sapp, manager Of the Texaco plaI
l. on North Railroad avenue
e Georgetown, discovered the rife
+ safe Monday morning of this wee
# He said the plant closed at moo
o last Saturday and remained close
e until Monday morning. There is I
s indication as to when in the twt
r day period the place was entere
e
e MINISTERIAL MEETING - TT
: annual ministers and laymen
= dinner for the Dover District of Il
= Peninsula Methodist Conferen,
! was held in Asbury Church, Ha
y rington, last Thursday evening.
The Invocation was given by Il
e pastor, the Rev. R. p. VanCles
. After dinner the program was pr