Milford chronicle., 1959-09-04

FORGERY CHARGE = James
Thomas Workman, As, OF Seaford,
was committed to the Sussex Cor
rectional Institution recently to
await trial in Superior Court on a
charge of forgery of check of $50.
State police arrested Workman
and took him before Magistrate
Francis Short in Georgetown,
where in default of $1,000 bail he
was ordered committed.
BILL VETOED = Governor j.
Caleb Boggs has announced the We
toing OF a bill to increase the sal
aries of the judges of New Castle
County Family Court from $12,50O
to $17,5OO.
The Governor said he vetoed the
measure Glib 1867 because the in
crease would have come out of the
$160,000 annual appropriation to
the court, which would have meant
curtailing it's operations.
The judges are Francis A. Rear
don, whose term expires in 1868,
and Elwood F. Nelson, whose term
runs out in 1869.
WHALE APPEARS = A large
whale-the first one sighted along
the Delmarva Peninsula in years
made two spectacular off-shore ap-
pearances over the weekend al
Fenwick Island and at Ocean City,
Md, leaping out of the waves and
sounding to the delight of several
hundred spectators.
The whale, reported to be about
80 feet long, with weight of from
five to 10 tons, was first spotted
last Saturday morning, about 15O
feet off shore.
Last Sunday the same whale OF
one of similar size, appeared of
Ocean City, Md, and again a crowd
gathered.
CONFERENCE = Registrations
for the fourteenth annual confer
ence on the mission of the church
are being received at the Council
of Churches Office at 1918 Della
ware Avenue, Wilmington. The
conference begins Sunday, Septem-
Der 20, at four o'clock in Cathedral
Church of st. John with a Youth
Conference. In the evening at
Grace Church with the Reverend
w. F. Dunkle, D. D., presiding
there will be an address by the
Reverend Emory Ross, d. D., who
will have as his subject africa
Disturbed" DR.. Ross has written
book with the same title. This
is only one of the several sessions
that will go on Monday and Tues
day. The public is invited to at
tend.
CHICKEN BARBECUE The
Georgetown Lions Club will hold
a chicken barbecue on Saturday
Sunday and Monday, September 5
6 and z, at the intersection o.
Routes 113 and 18, across from the
Town and Country Motor Company
in Georgetown, starting at 8 a. m
and continuing until dark. A com
plete meal, including potato chips
sliced tomatoes, and cold drinks
plus the chicken will be sold TO
S1.OO for adults and soc for chill
dren. Plenty of free parking and
comfortable accommodations fol
dining will be available. Baked
goods and watermelons will also be
on sale. Proceeds from the barbe
cue will be used to carry out the
work of the Lions Club in the com
munity.
CRABBER FINED - Erwin S
Miller, near Dover, was fined $1OC
and costs by Judge Ernest v
Keith in Court of Common Pleas
recently con a charge of taking
crabs by pots, or traps, without g
license from the Delaware Com
mission of Shell Fisheries.
The fine is the minimum which
could be imposed under the law
and Judge Keith allowed the de-
fendant to pay it at the rate of $25
a month.
Miller, who conducted his crab
bing enterprise out of Fort Mahon
with 135 crab pots, starting only
the past spring, was dismissed, by
Judge Keith last Wednesday on two
charges of petit larceny of pots
belonging to Wilson Emmert and
Lawrence Voss.