Milford chronicle., 1956-10-19
Happenings Of Interest
Throughout Delaware

FARMINGT0N SUPPER - The
Pennington Fire Company will hold
a chicken and dumpling supper on
Friday, October 26th. Serving starts
at D. m, at the Pennington school
house. Adults, $1.25; children, 75c
COUNTRY SUPPER=The ladies
of Union Church W.S.C.S. will hold
an oyster, ham, chicken salad and
dumpling with vegetables in sea-
son supper at the Community
House at Burrsville, Maryland, on
Wednesday, October oath. Serving
will start at p. m. Adults, $1.25;
children, 75c.
DIVORCES - Judge James B.
Carey has granted DEGREES nisi in
the following Sussex County di-
vorce cases:
Ella E. Mitchell V. Thomas E..
Mitchell; Thelma Viola Brummel
". Robert Manning Brummel; Eva
Lyell Little " Victor Jerome Lit
tie; Ada Wilton V. Frank S. Wilton;
Grace V. CLANCY V. Boyd H. Chan
ey; Vivian B. Millman " Charles
Millman.
STATE MUSEUM - In observ-
ance of National Bible Week the
Delaware State Museum has ar
ranged an exhibit for this purpose.
Notable among the items in the
exhibit is the old Latin Bible with
a Hebrew commentary, printed by
Robert Stephens of Paris in 1882.
This large folio volume with its
early woodcut illustration is beau
tifully printed for this early date.
1t is of special interest to Del
awareans as it is the Bible used for
the Inauguration of our Governors.
Next January it will be taken from
its place of safe keeping in the
State Archives and used in the in
auguration ceremony of the next
Governor.
PERFECT RECORD - The Mag
nolia Fire Co. reported another per-
feet record with no fires during
Fire Prevention Week.
Friday afternoon, Fire Chief Ell
wood Knight and 1st Asst Chief
Horace w. Johnson went to the
School House and witnessed a Fire
Drill when the four classrooms
were cleared Of all children in 35
seconds.
Prof. ]. R. McIlvaine, who has
been Principal of the Magnolia
School for the past 30 years, has
been assisted in the fire drills by
Mr.. Homer Wright.
The prompt, orderly and quiet
manner in which the children left
the school was very highly praised
by the Fire Officials.
AUTO ACCIDENTS - There was
an increase in highway accidents,
involving damage in excess of $100,
during September of this year as
compared with the same month of
two previous years, according to a
report prepared by Mrs. Hattie Tar
burton, Director of the Financial
Responsibility Division of the Mo-
tor Vehicle Department
However, the report indicates
that while these accidents show an
increase for Wilmington and New
Castle County, there is decrease
for both Kent and Sussex Counties.
There was a total of 564 of these
accidents throughout the State dur
ing September, according to the re-
port. This number is an increase
of 54 over September of last year
and 80 more than took place dur
ing September of 1854.
OF these accidents 416 took place
in Wilmington and New Castle
County, an increase of 81 over Sep
tember of last year ard an increase
of 100 over September of 1854.
In Kent County So of these ac-
cidents were reported, which is IS
less than the record for September
in both 1855 and 1854. Sussex
County had 80 of these accidents,
a decrease of two over September
of last year and two less than Sep