Milford chronicle., 1956-05-18
GEORGETOWN

Charles Henry Adkins, Millsboro,
pleaded guilty to carrying a con-
cealed deadly weapon and was
fined SIS and costs by Judge Isaac
ID. Short in Court of Common Pleas
recently.
He was represented by Attorney
Everett f. Warrington and it was
charged that on April 19 ne had a
% revolver under the drivers seat
in his car on Rt. 113 just south of
Georgetown.
John Messick, Jr., was fined $40
and costs for failure to stop at the
scene of an accident. Ha was
charged with colliding with a
parked city police car in l7ehoboth.
April "a. He pleaded guilty and
was represented by Attorney John
j. McNeilly.
Mrs. Edna MacLean, president of
the Strivers Glass of Grace Metho-
dist Church, stressed the need of
toys for the church nursery at the
May meeting of the class.
Mrs. Nancy Quesada agreed to
take over the chairmanship of the
committee to secure hostesses for
the Sunday morning services, be-
ginning June l.
The class voted to hold a beach
party with their husbands on June
20, the exact spot to be decided
later.
1t was also decided to continue
the Lewai merchandise club. Out
siders may secure information by
telephoning 2906.
Mrs. Jennie Kennedy led the de-
votions. Hostesses for the evening
were Mrs. Ruth Rust, Mrs. Audrey
Palumbo, Mrs. Mable Simmons, Mrs.
Jean Parker, Mrs. Mary Rogers and
Mrs. Ruth Short.
Children playing with matches
brought out the local Volunteer Co.,
for the second time within two
weeks when the home of Luther
TingIe, S. Railroad Ave-, was
threatened with fire Sunday even
ing.
Children were said to have lighted
bucket of rags that had been
soaked with kerosene and were
playing with it close to the Tingle
home. One child was slightly burn
ed, but the damage to the house
was neglible.
On Tuesday, May 1, damage of
5000 was caused in a tenant house
on the property of Harry Dolby on
the Georgetown-Trap Pond road,
also by children playing with mat
cbes.
The local pre-school children
who enter school in September and
the present first graders will
change places on Friday.
The first graders will stay home,
but will be marked present, and
the future first graders will go to
school in their places to learn first
hand what it's all about.
The parents have been asked to
accompany their children. They
may browse around the school be-
ginning at 9 a. m. and at $3.50
they will all assemble in the school
auditorium.
Motion pictures viii De shown
dI llldI LlulS ditu ldiho Will bC
given by DR.. Russell Plumpton, of
the State Dept. of Public Instruc-
tion; George II. Keen, superinten-
dent of schools; J Herbert Nichols.
principal of the elementary school;
Miss Betty Baer, school nurse and
Mrs. Charlotte Dennis, cafeteria
manager.
So far, only so children have
registered to begin school in Sep
tember.
James III. Baxter. .Ir.. of this
town, president of the Delaware
Farm Bureau. Monday called atten-
tion to the facts that hearings on
the Senate bill to place mandatory
inspection of poultry under the
Department of Agriculture rather
than the Department of Health.
Education and Welfare, will soon
be under way.
Mr.. Baxter reported that the
Poultry Commodity Committee OF
the State Farm Bureau net with
the professors and the directors
Of the Eastern Shore Poultry
Growers EXCHANGE at Selbvville.
and voted to favor such mandatory