Milford chronicle., 1955-07-01
GEORGETOWN

The Auxiliary to the Georgetown
Fire Department held its last meet.
ing until September in the Fire
Hall last Friday evening. with Mrs
Laura Blizzard presiding
| Mrs. Ella Roach, Rehoboth
president of the county auxiliary
and Mrs. Matte Merritt, president
of the Rehoboth Auxiliary. Were
present Mrs. Roach emphasized
the fact that the true purpose Of
the auxiliary is TO help the firemen
Robert wilkins played the guitar
and his daughter, Cheryl, sang
several selections. Mrs. Blizzard
presented gift to both Mrs
Roach and Cberyl wilkins
The local fire auxiliary will &C
10 Rehoboth for dinner Oh Friday
evening, July %.
Members were asked to send
cards to Mrs. Ella Graham of Reho-
both, who is a patient at Beebe
Hospital.
The Sussex County Fire Auxili-
aries Association will hold its
meeting July 20 at Delmar at
which time officers for the coming
year will be nominated.
The eventual fate of two young
men who had been committed to
Delaware Colony, escaped and stole
automobiles, will be determined
later this month, according to
Judge Daniel L. Hermann in
Superior Court. Monday seorning.
When the calendar of criminal
cases was read by Deputy Attorney
General Ralph s. Baker, he said
he would group the two cases to-
gether since they had been dis
cussed at various times together
but that the Legislature had not
yet completed the passage of a
special bill designating where the
two men and persons involved in
similar cases, should be confined.
At present, Franklin Robinson,
19, Seaford, and Frank Foulkrod,
"a. Wilmington. are in Sussex
County Prison in default of bond
on the car theft charges.
When their cases came up during
the April term of Superior Court,
Judge Charles l.. Terry, Jr., hear
ing the pleas of their attorneys that
men were really the wards of Della
ware Colony and were not men
tally capable of intent to commit
crime, called special conference
attended by the two defense attor-
neys, Jack P. White and Howard
T. Ennis. Jr., and DR.. Pasquale
Buoniconto, superintendent of Della
ware Colony.
DIR. Ruoniconto at that time
stated that Delaware Colony had
no means of combining those with
criminal tendencies and pointed
out that both men had left the
Colony of their own accord
Judge Terry then petitioned the
Legislature. The bill has already
passed in the House.
Judge Hermann announced that
sentencing of the two men would
be carried out either after the
Legislature had. passed the bill or
had formally adjourned
Peace bond was continued in
Superior Court Monday morning
for Oscar Gordy. Laurel area, on
application of Roland Brittingham.
of the same area, who said that
Gordy had made threats of violence
against the children of the
neighborhood.
Deputy Attorney General Ralph
S. Baker, in asking Judge Daniel
L. Hermann to continue the peace
bond said that Brittingham repre-
sented some 10 parents who had
accompanied him to court. He said
that the children in the neighbor-
hood, playing baseball. had re-
trieved balls from the Gordy prop
erty and that Gordy had threatened
them.
81 believe that by continuing this
bond we may be preventing some
thing serious from happening"
Baker commented
Gordy arose to oppose the con-
tinuance of the bond, saying that
he did not so mucS blame the
children as the parents "for the
way they bring them up"
Judge Hermann. in ordering the
bond continued. said that IL Gordy
felt his property must be pro-
tected he could readily take suitable
legal steps.