Milford chronicle., 1960-11-11
Happenings Of Interest
Throughout Delaware
All ACHIEVEMENT BANOUET

All ACHIEVEMENT BANQUET
THE Kent County Achievement
Banquet will be held in the Caesar
Rodney High School on Saturday,
November II, instead of Thursday,
| November 8, as previously an
nounced. All reservations must be
made to William Williams, Jr.,
Houston, on or before Thursday,
November 8. Adults, s1.50; Alters,
s1.00. 10-21-4t
FREE FASHION SHOW A
free fashion show and Maytag
demonstration will be held on
Tuesday evening, November Is, at
IL p. m., in the Harrington New
Century Club. The show is spon-
sored by the Century Club and
presented by Cahall's Gas Service
Co. Door prizes will be awarded.
All are invited to attend. Tickets
may be obtained from any MEM
Der of the Century Club.
! ELECTR0CUTED - A 30-year-
! old construction worker was cleo
trocuted near Bayard, three miles
south of Millsboro, last Friday,
when he accidentally touched a
] power line carrying 1920 volts.
The victim, Warren Cecil Wells
of Baltimore, was taken to Beebe
Hospital, Lewes, in the Frankford
ambulance and pronounced dead
upon arrival.
| o1s Ia nd
was about 35 feet above the ground
when he made contact with the
wire, state police said. The acci-
dent occurred on Route 366, two
miles north of Bayard.
He was employed by the Rock
ingham Construction Company,
Harrisonburg, Va, contractor for
an REA project in that area
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SENTENCED - A 26-year-old
woman from Glendale was sem
fenced to so days in Kent Correc-
tional Institution recently for fall
ure to pay fines for shoplifting and
three counts of passing worthless
| checks.
/ Mrs. jeanette E. Thomas plead
ed guilty before Alderman George
K. Shockley. He fined her $25 and
| costs on each of the four charges.
She was unable to pay and was
sent to jail for 35 days on each
| charge.
The woman was spotted in the
Sears Store in Dover where po-
lice said she had passed three
worthless checks last June and
July. Police charged her with pet
ty larceny when she was found to
have unpaid articles from the store
worth $89S.
DEER SEASON OPEN - Della
ware two day shot gun season for
deer will be Friday, November IL
and Saturday, November IL. Per-
| sons killing deer must report
the kill within IL hours to one of
the following checking stations:
Il State Police Weighing Station at
State Road at the junction OF u.
: S. Route 40 and DUPONT Highway.
: State Police Station, troop No. 8,
Dover. State Police Station, troop
No. 4, Georgetown State Police
Station troop No. 5, Bridgeville.
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hour before sunrise to one hour
after sunset Deer may be taken
with shot gun no smaller than 20
gauge, using rife slug, pumpkin
ball or buckshot. Gun must be
plugged to hold only three shells
in chamber and magazine combin-
ed.
/ Delaware has never had fatal
ity during deer season. Be sure
of your target before you shoot.
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A HOLOCAUST - A bucket of
gasoline mistakenly used to douse
flaming rags last Friday, resulted
in fire causing damage estimated
at $4,000, injuring three persons,
and leveling three buildings.
The N. F. Allen and Son auto
body, shop on Central Avenue, and
an adjacent home were reduced to
smoldering rubble before firemen
from four towns could control the
lblaze.
| Raymond Whaley, an employee
of the Allen firm was admitted to
Nanticoke Memorial Hospital, Sea-
ford, after he suffered second de-
gree burns of the back and legs
when his clothes caught fire. He
was reported in fair condition at
the hospital.
Others burned were Norman F.
Allen, Jr., second degree burns OF
the hands.
! Witnesses said the fire started
about IL a. m, when sparks from
an acetylene torch touched of
soiled rags lying nearby.
Allen tried to extinguish the
blazing rags, police said, by dous-
ing them with what he thought
was a bucket of water.
Instead, the bucket was filled
with gasoline, which exploded the
small fire into an inferno. Allen
said things got so hot so fast,
iaCida tho Ghnn could bA