Milford chronicle., 1956-12-21
Happenings Of Interest
Throughout Delaware


on Sunday evening, December %, N
at 1880 o'clock by the young peo- NJ
pie. Come and bring friend. il
SUSSEX CLINICS = December :, .
26, 1856: Chest Clinic, Laurel, y
Health Unit, Pine Street, 1000 =
m. and 200 p. m.
December 27, 1856: Well Child
Conference, Frankford (c), Health Z
Unit, Main Street, 100 p. m. y
No Clinics will be held on De- 7
cember oath and 25th. l I
DIVORCES GRANTED - Judge +.
Caleb r. Layton. III, has granted G
DEGREES nisi in the following Sus- a
sex County divorces: Is
Mary Frances Barney V. Fran
els w. Barney; Helen B. White V. II
James w. White; Myrtle A. Scho- +,
field V. George A. Schofeld; Phyl- q
lis j. Carton V. William Carton,
Jr.; Carrie w. Morris v. Thomas
Morris; Robert Holland Workman :
V. Edith Fay Workman; Donald p. :
Griffin " Leah v. Griffin; Preston
Won Wilkins V. Kathleen Wilkins; :
benson Spence V. Mildred ID.
Spence; Margaret T. Thomas v q
r. Louis Thomas; INLAND H. john
son " Ella V. Johnson: Lillian c.
Hennessey V. Melvin G. Hennessey. :
FOR SAFETY'S SAKE - "a V
holiday hint for safety's sake: gaso- u
line and a coffee break, was the g
sound advice handed out today by b
Harry R. Cross, Executive Secre-
tary of the Associated Petroleum
Industries of Delaware.
He urged motorists to keep
alert behind the wheel during the ]
Special care should be taken in !;
night driving as statistics show i
that about three out of every five
traffic deaths occur during the :
hours of darkness, he said.
He pledged his committees sup
port IN the National Safety Coun- .
ellis campaign to Back the Attack |;
on Traffic Accidents" during the ;
holiday season and throughout :
1857.
Traffic accidents claimed 5 lives :
on Delaware highways last Christ !
mas and New Years week-ends, he
pointed out.
NTMROD INJURED = A farmer I
hunting on his own land was in
jured last week when another T
sportsman fired a shot at rabbit c
and the charge from the shot /
struck farmer in the legs.
AaanrHino fn Cfo ran1fnn 7 nvUic
| Maston, VINO resides on farm /
near Leipsic, was hunting rabbits +
at about 2:30 p. M, when another 7
hunter, Walter Powell, of Whining I
ton, was doing the same thing in :
| the same area.
| Powell found a rabbit while Mas I
ton was standing behind some bush /
| es, unseen by Powell. AS the rab-
bit moved along the ground, Powell
fired at it and the charge from his
gun went through the bushes and
struck MastOn on the legs.
Maston was brought to the Kent
General Hospital, Dover, where an
! examination revealed that the in ,
| juries to his legs were not consid- !
| cred serious, but he was admitted I
| to the hospital for treatment in
order to have the pellets removed. {
State police still have the case I
| listed for further investigation. !
! UNSEAS0NABLE WEATHER -
Happy Easter" has jestingly re-
placed Merry Christmas" around /
Sussex County as the spring bulbs t
and many types of spring bushes
art putting forth greenery and in {
some cases, actual blooms due to
the warm weather.
There's no cause for worry, !
though, according to Ray Lloyd, I
assistant Sussex County agricul- 2
tural agent.
Mature will take care of them,"
he said
Many inquiries have been made I
at the county office as to any per- ]
manent harm that might be done ,
to these aggressive plants.
Mr.. Lloyd said that when the Z
freeze comes, the new shoots will 7
freeze off but they will be replaced I
next spring by others. ~
He said also that he has been
asked about spring bulbs, especial ]
ly daffodils, and whether they !
should be covered as protection. |
He said that this was not neces-
sary as there would still be time :
for the required dormant period !
before spring.
Among those conspicuous for this
off-season growing is Lester Kauf- ,
man, Ocean View, who is daffodil !
fancier and lobbyist and has many !
prize bulbs from Holland already ]
showing several inches of green +
above the soil.
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COMMISSIONER HONORED - !
Harry S. Smith, Insurance Commits t
| sioner of Delaware, currently at '
tending the meeting of the National
\ Association of Insurance Commits
sioners in Miami, Florida, was ap- I
pointed to the Resolutions Commit \
tee to serve with other commission :
ers of Virginia, Minnesota, Ken q
/ lucky and Kansas. 4
Commissioner Smith was invited J
by some of his fellow commission .
ers of Zone II to be a candidate for !
chairman of that regional group 4
to succeed the Honorable August 4
Pryatel, superintendent of Insur-
ance of Ohio, who is presently hold F
ing that position: The Delaware Of I
fetal decliD ed giving as his reasons /,
| lack os enough budget and INSULT 7
cient personnel in the Delaware IN II
surarlce Department to carry out C
| fha sI41fiec &C chairman 0f Zone TT =