Milford chronicle., 1954-02-26


Ocrat Club Of Rehoboth Beach
that the February 25th
meeting will be postponed until
the March meeting, because Of the
illness of the President, who is in
the Milford Memorial Hospital, and
because the Vice-president is va
in Florida. al members
wish tie President a speedy re-
covery.
POLIO RETURNS-Final returns
from seven of the IS communities
in Sussex have ben made to Col.
Ralph s. Baker, Sussex Polio Chap
ter chairman. Chairman of these
and the amounts re-
ported follow: Delmar, Del: Mrs.
Oscar Thomas-$714.00; Harbeson:
Mrs. Edith Barker-S272.S0; Selby-
vile: Rufus Smith-$92S.7s Ellen
dale: Millard r. Waller-S532.S2;
Lord Baltimore: William Bant-
SSS2.55; Greenwood: Mrs. Geraldine
CannOn-$668.14; Lincoln: Mrs.
Harold E. Hostedler-$4O3.OO.
BOY FOUND-MilfOrd police and
hremen on Friday last conducted
a brief and. successful search for
four-year-old Timothy Sapp, son
OF Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Sapp, of
Lovers Lane, Milford.
His parents. who said the child
mas been missing from home for
about an hour, called for aid AZ
noon. They expressed the fear that
ne might have wandered to the
swimming lake in the nearby Mil
lord playground.
However, police and firemen
found the child sitting contentedlv
among the foundations of a nearby
house.
POSTMASTERS-Rep. Herbert p
WarburtOn has recommended the
appointment Of Charles S. Willis
as postmaster at BridgevilIe. and
Clarence A. Willis for the post
matership at Laurel, it was an
nounced on Monday. Willis has been
acting postmaster at Bridgeville
since April, 1858, when Walton
Owens was removed from the post
by Postmaster General Arthur Sum-
merfeld.
G. A. Willis replaces an acting
postmaster at Laurel, Mrs. Lilah
N. Hastings. He is now collection
manager and accountant for the
Community Credit Company of
Laurel, Representative Warburton's
Office said.
Both men were selected from a
civil service register and will be
nominated by the president in the
near future. The post ofices at
Laurel and Bridgeville are both sec
Ond class Offices and the salary for
each is approximately $4,000 per
year.
BANKING GE0UP-Charles H.
HOeflich. assistant vice president
Of the Philadel National Bank
Philadelphia, addressed the Sussex
! Chapter of the American institute
of Banking at a meeting held in
st. Mary's Parish House, Bridge
vile, on Thursday evening.
Mr.. HOefiich's topic was "Year
of Decision, which is an apparai-
sal of the psychological factors at
work in the country today and an
evalutiOn of where they may be
leading the people
The speaker is a veteran of the
Air Force of World War II. a grad
uate of the University of Pennsyl-
vania, and the Graduate School of
Banking at Rutgers University.
Another guest was an officer
from State Police Troop No, s of
Bridgeville, who gave a talk and
a demonstration Of radar equip
ment. Glenn L. Ward, cashier of
the Sussex Trust Company, Laurel.
and president of the Sussex Chap
ter, presided.
Program chairman for the meet
ing was William S. Jefferson
cashier, Sussex Trust Company,
Lewes. Refreshments were served
by the Baltimore Trust Company.
Bridgeville.
RED CROSS SHOW-Plans for
the Annual Red Cross Radio Show
over Station WJWL, in GEORGETOWN.
on March z are rapidly assuming
concrete shape.
The Canteen for the accommodation
of talent appearing on the show
will be set up in the Log Cabin.
headquarters of the American Le-
gion, located near the radio station.
Mrs. Charlotte Dennis viii be in
charge and a number of women have
already volunteered to serve in the
canteen during the day, including
DR.. Elizabeth F. Philips, Mrs. Lydia
Wilson Price, Miss Laura Williams,
Mrs. Edgar Mustard, Mrs. Ruth
Lane Tyndall.
Special operators will serve on
the switchboard at Station WJW1
to take incoming calls for request
numbers and entering contributions
The operators who have volunteered
for service are all from the business
Office of the Diamond State TeIe-
phone Company in Georgetown.
They are Miss Mary Ellen Allen
Mrs Jane Miffiin: Mrs. Jane Helm
Mrs Helen Collins; Mrs. Betty Jane
Conoway; Mrs. Phyllis Stevenson
Mrs. Marie Ackerson and Mrs. San.
dra Schaurer.