Milford chronicle., 1959-10-23
Happenings Of Interest
Throughout Delaware

BEEBE HOSPITAL BIDS-Bids
for construction of a new nurses
residence and school at the Beebe
Hospital, in Lewes, will be re-
ceived on November 13 and a con-
tract awarded shortly thereafter.
This was announced by Dr.
James Beebe, Sr., president of the
hospital board of trustees, who
stated that the board gave final
approval last Friday to plans pre-
pared by the architectural firm of
Whiteside, Moeckel and Carbonell
The new building for nurses is
expected to cost about $250,000
and is one phase of the present
Beebe Hospital program for ex-
pansion and modernization for
which a campaign to raise $S50,000
was launched in July.
FREED BY JURY-A Sussex
County jury found Fred G. Short,
"a, Milton not guilty of rape after
only eight minutes of deliberation
in Superior Court, last Thursday.
His trial lasted all day last We'd
nesday and most of Thursday.
Some 20 witnesses were called.
Short used an alibi as part of
his defense.
He was charged with the rape
of Miss Luella Burton at her home
in the center of Milton on Aug. %
President Judge Charles L. Terry
Jr., was on the bench and gave the
charge to the jury. Paul r. Reed
assistant deputy attorney general
presented the case against Short
and Everett F. Warrington was at
torney for Short.
JUVENILE COURT - Sussex
County Juvenile Court has resumed
sessions following the appointment
of Arthur Dean Belts and Howard
T. Ennis, Jr., as masters, by Judge
w. Marion Stevenson, i'll with a
heart attack.
There were 105 new cases to come
into the court since Judge Steven
sons illness. and a previous back
log awaiting disposition.
Mr.. Belts and Mr.. Ennis, both at
torneys, have been dividing the
work and held sessions four days
last week. They expect to continue
on this ur-days-a-week basis un-
til the work is caught up. Then
they will return to the customary
Monday and Thursday court days.
Most of the cases are non-sup-
port matters and traffic violations.
1O1ST ANNIVERSARY-McCol-
ley Chapel Methodist Church will
celebrate their 101st anniversary
on Sunday, October 25th. The af-
ternoon service will begin at 2:3O
EST with special music and Rev.
Olin Shockley of Cheswold as the
guest speaker.
Following this service there will
be luncheon served in the Church
Hall.
The evening service will begin
at 1880 EST with special music
and Rev. Ivon Downing as speaker
The collections and contributions
from these services will be applied
to the exterior repairs of the
Church Building.
| A gift will be presented at each
service to the family travelling the
greater distance.
ACCIDENT INCREASE = There
was an increase in September of
accidents involving damage in ex-
cess of $100 along the streets and
highways in this state in compari-
son with the same month of last
year.
The Financial Responsibility
Division of the Motor Vehicle De-
partment reports that during Sept
ember they had a total of 632 of
these accidents reported and that
this was an increase of SO over
last year and an increase of 43
over September of 1857.
Wilmington and New Castle
county had 472 of the accidents,
an increase of As, Kent county
had 80 of the accidents, an in
crease of z while Sussex county
also had 80 accidents, likewise an