Milford chronicle., 1956-05-04
Happenings of Interest
Throughout Deldwore

GREENWOOD CLUB The
Greenwood Home Demonstration
Club will meet Tuesday evening.
May Sth, at 500 p. m, at the home
Of Mrs. Oscar Lofiand. The subject
will be Dressing Your Salads
On Sunday, May 6th, the Club men,
bers viii attend Greenwood Meth
odist Church at the 11:00 a. m.
Service.
PAROLE YI0LATOR-Lawrence
Granville Morris, Laurel, appeared
before Judge Isaac ID. Short in
Court of Common Pleas recently
for violation of parole and was
sentenced to six months in Sussex
County Prison for an assault and
battery charge for which he had
originally been put on parole for
year.
In June. 1855, Morris was put
on parole for year for assault
and battery on Lulu Jack son near
Seaford. Recently. howevel., he was
arrested for a motor vehicle vio-
lation and was sent to jail in de-
fault of payment of his fine. isae
six months sentence will follow
his present sentence.
| INDICTED - Sussex County
Grand Jury, meeting between terms
Of Superior Court. yesterday morn
ing brought in an indictment of
rape against John McBroom, Jr..
and James Morris McBroOm, both
of Ellendale. They were charged
with attacking Virginia Jones in a
woods near Route 226, two miles
north Of Ellendale on April goth
The AcBrooms are white men and
the Jones woman is a Negress.
An indictment of second degree
murder was brought in against
Grady Shelley of the Staytonsville
Labor Camp, five miles southwest
of Milford, for the shooting of Wal
ter Turner, Jr., at the camp on
April 1st. He was charged with us
ing a 2z calibre rifle and of shoot
ing Turner in the left eye.
| WESLEY ELECTION - Parks
G.. Steed, Jr., of Bethesda, Mary
land, has been elected president of
the class of 1857 at Wesley Junior
nouncement by Howard E. Lynch,
III, retiring president.
Other officers elected by the
class are: vice-president. John j.
Murphy Cavon County, Cavon, Ire
| Land; secretary, Daveena McCon-
nell, Union, New Jersey; treasur
er, Edith Magee, Frankford, Del
aware
Steed, a 1854 graduate of the
Fork Union Military Academy, Fork
Union, Virginia, is the son of MIR.
and Mrs. Parks G. Steed, 1916 Ma
pie Ridge Road, Bethesda He was
vice-president of the class of 1857
during the past year. He was a
member of the 1856 Wesley Whip
pets basketball and baseball teams.
KENT CLINICS - May Z, 1856:
Well Child Conference, Dover,
Health Unit, Ala S. State Street,
: LOO p. m. Call Dover 5711, ext. 10
for appointments.
May s. 1856: Venereal Disease
Clinic, Dover, Health Unit, Ala S.
State Street, 200 p. m, and Mil
ford, Health Unit, Shore Theater
Building, 1870 a. m.-12:30 p. m.
May 8, 1856: Cancer Detection
Center, FELTON,, Fire Hall, 9:45-
11:45 a. m. and 12:45-2:45 p. m.
This service is for women 25 years
of age and over Call FELTON, 4-4587
for appointments.
May 10, 1856: Well Child Con-
ference, Milford W., Health Unit,
Shore Theater Building, 100 p. M:
Cancer Detection Center, Dover,
Health Unit, Ala S. State Street,
9:45-11:45 a. m. and 12:45-2:45
p. m. This service is for women 25
years of age and over. Call Dover
1922 for appointments.
May IL, 1856: Chest Clinic, Mil
ford, Health Unit, Shore Theater
Building, 1000 a. m. and 100 p. m.
ACQUITTED - Judge Charles
L. Terry, Jr., Tuesday morning or
dered verdict for acquittal in the
reckless driving appeal of Wilsi2m
Blizzard, Lewes.
In directing the verdict, Judge
Terry explained to the jury which
had heard the states charges, the
difference between simple negli-
gence and reckless driving.
| He said that reckless driving
means "wilful or wanton disregard
lof the safety of others"
Reckless driving is not mere
negligence" he explained. "It
transcends negligence. The con-
duct of the defendant in this case
was nothing more than ordinary
negligence"
This is the second day in sue
cession that Judge Terry has di-
rected O. verdict for acquittal On
Monday, he ordered such finding
in the larceny case against John
F. Baker, rural Georgetown
Blizzard took appeal from a
1880 fine imposed by Magistrate
Dick Of Rehoboth after Blizzard
had been involved in an accident