Milford chronicle., 1960-08-12

O1uD, SUNDAY AUGUST Il. Ekdiu u<&kSs
following Sunday. at 10 q. N. Chill
dren under II, admission free. Dia-
mond Horse Farm, Milton, Del.
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COP COFFEE - Under the aus
pices of the Kent County Republi-
can Party, there will be a COP
Coffee held at the home of Mrs.
Carrie Morgan, Ala North Street.
Milford, Delaware, on August 18th
from 500 to 1000 p. m.
The guest speaker viii be Mrs.
Camelia Jacobs, of Dover.
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RECEIVES AWARD = Virginia
Dill, recent graduate OF Caesar
Rodney, received a scholarship
award of 1870 from the Junior
Board of the Wilmington Memorial
Hospital.
Miss Dill will enter the VIII
mington Hospital School of Nurs-
ing in the fall.
She is the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Lester Dill.
RIFLE MATCHES = William r.
Coverdale, member of the Bridge
vile Rifle and Pistol Club, attend
ed the 8th High Power Rife In
dividual Matches at the Potapsco
Rifle Range, sponsored by the AS
sOciated Gun Club, at Baltimore,
Md. Out of the field of Sc competi-
tors, he came in second place win
ner. He also holds the Delaware
State High Power Rife Champion
ship Trophy
Wallace Walton, also of Bridge
vile Rifle and Pistol Club, came
in first in the Sharpshooter Glass
at Potapsco.
DONATION - ~Fifty-four pub
| locations have been donated to the
University of Delaware entomolo-
gy department by Mr. William Beu-
tenmuller. of Glen Farms near
Newark" announced Dr. Dale F.
Bray, department chairman.
The articles deal with moths,
butterflies and gall wasps, all
found in the eastern United States.
MIR. Beutenmullef's father wrote
the articles while he was Curator
of Insects at the American Museum
of Natural History in New York.
DIR. Bray said, THE publications
will be valuable additions to lit
erature collections available to en-
tomology students at the Univer-
sity."
WITHDRAWS - Isaac Leroy
Smith, Greenwood, former chair
man of the Sussex County Demo-
cratic Committee, withdrew as a
candidate for nomination to the
Sussex County Levy Court.
This leaves Raymond Townsend,
Frankford, unopposed for the DEM
ocratic nomination Mr. Smith was.
dethroned after three terms as
county chairman in last falls hec-
tic county committee meeting, dur
ing which Raymond G. West. Mills
boro, was elected to succeed him,
Mr.. Townsend was one of Mr..
Vests leading supporters, and 1t
was believed that the county COM
mittee strife would be renewed in
the primary election contest.
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ID hA1N ~ w Nv Il GEdIluN WlIlS
Raceway's annual Free-For-All
classic, the $4,000 (est) Liberty
Bell, this Friday (Aug. 12th), ia
slated to bring out the fastest and
richest PAGERS in harness today.
Bye Bye Byrd, Harness Horse
of the Year" in 1859, who has had
his ups and downs this season,
owned by Rex G. Larkin of Chica-
go, is making his second appear
ance in as many years and will be
arrayed against many pacing stars
who have beaten him this season
| in lucrative events. Bye Bye Byrd
was a 13-time winner in 20 races
last year and piled up $199,938 in
earnings, an all-time record for a
single season. Seven times he went
in 200 or better, and has had Ia
such times in his career. He is
trained and driven by Clint Hod-
gins.
Bye Bye Byrd last year won the
Harness Tracks of America classic
at Brandywine by four lengths.
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BURNED BARN - A fire near
Dover Monday which apparently
started in a hay loft largely de-
stroyed an all-purpose barn, caus-
| ing damage to the building esti-
mated at between $500 and $4,000.
Also lost was quantity Of hay
and milking equipment.
A neighbor called Mrs. John Cor
man and told her: Don't get ex-
cited but your barns on fire."
Mrs German called the Dover
volunteer fire department, which
sent four trucks. Two trucks also
came from Cheswold.
The Germans are tenants on the
farm, almost 215 miles west of Do
yer on the Chestnut Grove School
Road. w. S. Cravens, Wyoming, the
owner, gave the estimate of dam
age.
Dover Fire Chief George ID. Hill.
Jr., said the cause Of the blaze was
unknown.
Four hogs, a litter of pigs. and
several COWS were rescued from
the barn by the German children.
THE RAINS CAME - Crops are
expected to revive after the soak
ing rains of the past few days. the
Farm Placement Service said this
week.
Vine crops such as melons and
cucumbers had sustained some
damage during the recent dry spell.
Harvesting of sweet corn for the
fresh market and processing is ap-