Milford chronicle., 1957-03-29


diers will be ordered to Fort Miles
during the period of June gard to
August 4th. Emphasis OF the train
ing will be directed toward making
the units more self-supporting
They will do their own cooking.
haul supplies operate telephones
and service their equipment.
AntiaircTaft Artillery units will
receive invaluable practice firing
on ranges near Bethany Beach.
Radio-controlled airplane targets
operated by regular and guard units
and tow-targets flown by the Air
Force will provide 2 realistic means
OF improving the effectiveness of
these units.
An effort will be made to achieve
the highest possible attendance
rate from the guard units. Last year
the Delaware Military District led
the entire Second Army with an
attendance of 98 per cent. Penn
sylvania was second with a rate
of SO per cent.
Today the guard has the i'm
portant mission of providing most
of the ready" units which are
kept in a highly trained state to
serve as a reserve for the regular
establishments. 1t is also helping
to defend critical areas of the
United States by manning on-site
antiaircraft weapons.
Captain and Mrs. James Richard
Orton are spending a few weeks in
Coconut Grove Florida as the guest
of Captain Orton's uncle and aunt,
DR.. and Mrs. James Beebe, Sr.
Mr.. and Mrs. George t. Edwards
spent the weekend in Media, Pa,
as the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Har-
old w. Thompson Mrs. Thompson
was the former Miss Joan Marshall,
OF Lewes.
Mrs. Grover Coverdale is seri-
ously i'll at the Beebe Hospital. AL
SO confined to the hospital because
of illness is Mr. Noah Bryan.
Joseph NJ. Futcher, Jr., member
of Scout Troop No. 83 of Lewes,
has been selected to represent his
Troop at the Boy Scout Inter-
national Jamboree to be held at
Valley Forge, Pa, in July. Joe
who is IA, is pupil at the Lewes
High School. He is the son of Mrs.
Margaret Futcher of Lewes.
Mr.. and Mrs. William P. Clifton
spent the weekend in Bridgeville,
Delaware, as the guests of Mr..
Clifton's brother and sister-in-law,
Mr.. and Mrs. Byron F. Clifton.
DIR. and Mrs. W. E. Irving and
family of Quakertown. are on
vacation in Florida for two weeks.
Mrs. Edward Gillespie enter
tanned the members of her bridge
club at her residence on Second ST.,
Saturday evening.
Mr. Walter Donovan who was
patient at the Beebe Hospital for
several days, has returned to his
home on Mulberry St., where he is
now convalescing.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Austin are
selling their home on Mulberry ST.,
and plan to live in Pilot Town with
Mrs. Austin's mother, Mrs. Emma
Dennis.
Mrs. Daisie Graf Stanford, wife
of the well-known hotel man, Maj.
Harry NJ. Stanford, died Saturday
at her home here in Stan-Moore
Arms.
She and Major Stanford had been
resident managers of the Stan
Moore Arms the past three-anda-
half years.
From 1886 to 1910 they operated
the Caesar Rodney Hotel in Lewes,
and later for five years they lived
in Middletown where Jamor Stan
ford ran the old Witherspoon Inn.
They returned to Lewes, in 1852
In addition to her husband, she
is survived by two daughters, Mrs.
Raymond E. Moore. ST., OF Lewes.
and Mrs. Frank w. Human of
Midtown; and a granddaughter,
Miss Phyllis Rush of Lewes.
Services were held private at
2 p. m, Tuesday in the Atkins
Funeral Home here, conducted by
the Rev. A. Edward Dougherty,
pastor of Bethel Methodist Church.
Burial was made in Lakeside Gene
Faysu at nonnr