Milford chronicle., 1960-08-19

LUNCHE0N-The Women's Lun-
cheon. sponsored by the Atlantic
Methodist Church of Ocean City,
Maryland, will be given at the Sand
piper Restaurant at 33rd and Beach
Highway on Wednesday. August "a,
at twelve-thirty Miss Miriam Hoo
per is the speaker and will have as
her subject, The Work of the Red
Cross Luncheon. $3.50, at the
door.
NEIGHBORS JOIN-Two neigh
bors from Lowber Avenue, Freder-
lea, Joined the u. S. Navy and are
now taking active. participation IN
recruit training. Sandra Lee Pal
mer is learning about Navy at the
u. S. Naval Training Station, Balm
bridge. Maryland. John Howard
Jester, Jr., was flown to Chicago
and transported by bus to the Ma
val Training Base. Great Lakes,
Illinois. Both candidates for Navy
blue are Caesar Rodney High
School Graduates of 1860. Sandra
Lee was accompanied by her class
mate Dorothy Virginia Cuthrell OF
DUPONT Highway, Dover.
The two young ladies were the
first two of current fiscal year pro-
cessed by Chief Petty officer J. It.
FLIP, Dover Naval Recruiter. All
three aforementioned enlistees
started their initial application by
applying at the U. S. Navy Recruit
ing Branch Station, Dover City Po-
lice Office, William and North New
Streets.
HIGHER PAYMENTS Some vet
erans' widows receiving depend
ency and indemnity compensation
may be entitled 60 receive higher
payments as the result of re-
Gently enacted law, Leon Fields,
Manager of the VA Regional Ofilce
announced today.
The amount of dependency and
indemnity compensation is now
based in part on the rank of the
deceased veteran at the time of his
separation from service.
The new law, known as Public
Law 86-492, allows the widow to
receive payments based on a high
er rank, provided the veteran sat-
isfact0rily held the higher rank
for at least six months and was
holding it within 120 days of the
date of his death or separation from
the service.
The VA lacks the necessary in
formation to identify these eligible
widows. Widows whose husbands
at one time held a rank higher
than their rank at separation, un-
der the above conditions, should
contact the VA Office.
ELECTED SECRETARY = Her
bert Won Goerres, superintendent of
supplies for the Georgetown Vol
unteer. Fire Company, has been
elected secretary of the company.
to succeed James B. Owen, resign
ed.
Mr.. Owen, who has been secre-
tary since January, 1851, is moving
to Newark. He was principal OF
the Georgetown High School and
will teach in the Newark High
School. He Joined the local fire.
men in March 1912, and has been
honored as an expert "nozzleman."
In addition to his post with the
company, Mr.. Won Goerres has
been active in the department itself
and has been one of several drivers
operating under the direction of
Lieutenant Clifton Rogers of the
Delaware State Police. who is chief
engineer.
Mr.. owen was also superintend-
ent of the Sunday School at Grace
Methodist Church and is being suc-
ceeded in that job by Albert Chall-
man.
PICNIC FACILITIES - Road
side picnic areas and rest centers
are maintained at 39 areas along
the main used highways in this
state by the State Highway Depart
ment, it has been stated in a report
released by r. A. Haber, Chief En-
gineer of the Department.
There are 109 tables located In
these picnic areas, of which about
35 per cent are the original tables .
which were placed in the picnic
areas by local organizations, OF
which the Grange placed about 30
per cent.
IN addition to providing about 65
per cent of the table, now in use
in the picnic areas, the State High
way Department replaces the ta-
bles, when necessary, except for a
few in Kent County, which the
sponsoring groups have taken care
of.
Toilet facilities are now avail
able at only two of the picnic areas
throughout the state, according to
Mr. Haber, who also explained that
the location of the picnic areas are
about equally divided among the
three counties.
RAPE William War,
ren, "a, of Woodside, awaiting trial
on rape charge, is at liberty on
$4,000 bail, on a charge Of raptng
14-year-old girl at knife-point.
Warren was arrested by state
police from Dover before midnight
last Friday after he allegedly com
mitted the sex attack.
According to police Warren and
an accomp1ice, who is being
sought, drove alongside a car in
which the Woodside girl and her
1S-year-OId escort were parked.
The scene was along the lake near
Wyoming Mill.
Warren, police said. ordered the
aGcorf infa the hack seat of the
car and raped the girl. He held a
butcher knife to her throat threat
enfng to kill her if the escort in