Milford chronicle., 1957-08-16

HELD IN SHOOTING = State
police at Dover have arrested
Charlie Graham, Al, of near Smyr-
ma, on a charge of wounding his
common law wife with a .22-cali- /
bre pistol.
Troopers said Ruby Hazard
about AZ, was shot in the left foot
while walking on the Dupont
Parkway near the home she and
Graham share near Duck Greek.
She was treated at Kent General
Hospital and released. Graham
faces a charge of assault and bat
terry.
ESCAPED INJURY = Mrs. Mary
Givens, 81, near Georgetown, and
her two grandchildren escaped in
Jury recently when the car she was
driving overturned in front of the
Delaware Agricultural Experiment
tai Station.
State police at Georgetown said
Mrs. Givens' grandchildren were
playing with a ball on the front
seat of the car and dropped it to
the floor. Mrs. Givens stopped down
TO recover the ball, lost sight of
the road, the car swerved to one
side, and overturned.
KENT CLINICS - August 19,
1857: Well Child Conference, Do
yer, Health Unit, Ala S. State
Street, 100 p. m. Call Dover 5711,
ext. 10 for appointments.
August 20, 1857: Venereal Dis
ease Clinic, Milford, Health Unit,
Shore Theater Building, 11:3G a.
m.-12:30 p. m.
August 21, 1857: Chest Clinic.
Dover, Health Unit, Ala S. State
Street, 1000 a. m.
August %, 1857: Cancer Detec-
ton Center, Milford. Health Unit,
Shore Theater Building. For wo-
men 25 years of age and over. Call
Milford for appointments.
CHARGED = Police have charg-
ed Laura Thompson, 35-year-old
migrant farm worker, with fatally
shooting a fellow worker to death.
Willie Spann, "a, was shot in the
back last Sunday with a 80 caliber
revolver at the George B. Ruos
labor camp, near Bridgeville, State
Police reported. He died at Nanti-
coke Hospital in Seaford.
Police quoted the woman as say
ing she was defending herself
against Spann when the gun went
off. Magistrate William P. Short
ordered her held in Sussex Cor
rectional Institution after a pre-
liminary nearing. She ana Spann
are Negroes.
UNUSUAL EVIDENCE - A grin |
ming skull and a witness who said
a girl poured beer over his head,
enlivened an otherwise lengthy
and tedious session of Sussex COun-
ty Court Of Common Pleas recent
ly.
The skull was introduced into
evidence by DR.. Harold Matlack,
dental surgeon of Salisbury, Md, /
to illustrate the injuries suffered /
by William C. Andrews, Salisbury,
Md
Andrews was said to have been |
struck on the jaw June % by Fran
els Duggan, Rehoboth, during a /
party in Rehoboth on that date.
Duggan was charged with assault
and battery. He pleaded not guilty /
and was represented by Attorney /
Claude L. Tease.
Judge Isaac D. Short reserved |
decision following the trial.
GUEST SPEAKER = The Rever-
end DR.. John N. Link, Superinten-
dent of the Wilmington District
of the Peninsula Conference of the |
Methodist Church will be the guest |
speaker at Epworth Methodist |
Church, Rehoboth Beach, on Sun
Eday, August 18th, at the IL a. m.
service.
DIR. Link has served the Metho-
dist Church for many years, first
as pastor and preacher, later as in
structor at Westminster Theologi-
cal Seminary, and now as an adj
ministrator of the Church.
During the summer months Ep-
worth Methodist Church has made
available to the thousands of va
cationers who have worshiped here
the outstanding voices of Metho-
dism. Capacity congregations con-
sisting of people from coast to
coast and several foreign countries,
have taken advantage of the
Church's program.
SEAFORD MOOSE - The Loyal
Order of Moose, Seaford Chapter,
is making plans for the observ-
ance of the second National Civil
Defense Week, September 1921.
Benjamin Lane, governor of the
lodge, told members Monday that
"Civ3I defense is a nationwide or
gaaized system of protection
against the effects of enemy attack
or natural disaster"
George Ziegler, civic affairs
chairman, announced that Maj.
Charles A. Bruner, Seaford, civil
defense coordinator, will show
films at a meeting of the lodge and
women's chapter August 21, at 8
p. m. The general public is invited.
On September 4, Tech. Sgt. Will
liam ParOn and Maj. william E.
Flagg will show films and speak
on "Skywatch". Mr.. Ziegler said
the meeting will help show how to
protect persons, livestock, and
produce in the event of attack.
ON PROBATION - Francis G.
Coursey, As, and his wife, Margaret
Virginia Coursey, 80, were placed
on probation for two years by
Judge w. Marion Stevenson in Ju-
venile Court Wednesday on a
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