Milford chronicle., 1961-02-17

MITCHUMS VISIT - Movie star
Robert Mitchum and his wife Wis
tied relatives in the Dover area
last week His wife is the former
Dorothy Spence of Camden and
Mitchum is a native of Rising Sun.
They came here from their farm
home at Trappe, Md, where they
are spending a vacation.
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COMPLETES C0URSE-A spe-
cial one-week course in outboard
engine service and repair has been
successfully completed by James
L. Reedy of Masten's Corner, Fell
ton, Delaware, in Waukegan, Illi-
nois
Reedy is affiliated locally with
Taylor Marine. Milford, De-,
EASTER HAT SALE-The Mar
iEer's Bethel Choir of Ocean View,
Delaware, will hold ar Easter Hat
Sale, February %, 1861, from z to
10 p. m. at the Lord Baltimore
School. All hats displayed are
straight from New York and will
all sell at the low price of 1898
each. The choir is furnishing free
entertainment during the evening
and refreshments will be on sale.
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SENTENCED Robert Carl
Moore, 28, was sentenced to three
years in prison by Judge William
j. Storey in Sussex County Super
ior Court this week for burglary.
He had been convicted of break
ing and entering the home of Ev-
erett MCGEE in the Bridgeville area
on August 27, and the home of
Roland Nelson, Greenwood, Au-
gust %.
Ronald Heath, 81, was sentenc-
ed to year in prison for assault
with intent to rape The offense
was on October 80 at hotel in
the Lewes-Rehoboth area.
SCOUT COOKIE SALE - The
Peninsula Girl Scout Council, Inc,
originally announced that the 1861
Council Cookie Sale, which is now
in progress, would be terminated
on Saturday, February IL, 1861
However, due to the inclement
weather in many parts of the
Council area, Troop Leaders have
requested that the sale be ex-
tended to Saturday, February IS
1861, in order for the girls to COM
plete their sales.
Mrs. Clayton Fisher, Council
Cookie Chairman, wishes to thank
the public for their wonderful CO.
operation on all phases of the
sale, which is for overall capital
camp Improvement
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PUSHES CAR, Frederick
Roberts, SO, of Milton, died last
Friday afternoon shortly after he
collapsed while attempting to push
an automobile out of snow drift
Roberts, a retired farm worker
was visiting at the home of George
Roberts, in Silview. He was known
to have had heart ailment, Cor
oner William Doherty said.
Roberts was helping push an
automobile which skidded into q
isnow-filled ditch on Gregg Avenue
in Silview.
When he collapsed, the Min
quas Fire Company, Newport, was
called. He was taken in the COM
pany's ambulance to the Whining
ton General Hospital and pro-
nounced dead on arrival.
ROAD AID - Some Federal-Aid
funds for urban highway improve
ments will be lost TO the State OF
/ Delaware unless the State High
way Department receives match
ing funds to place this money un-
der contract by June 30th.
This was revealed here recently
by some Highway Department En-
gineers while discussing some con-
templated highway improvements
1t was further revealed that
1312 million dollars of Federal In
terstate Highway Funds will be
lost to the state for a long period
of time unless they are put under
contract by June 30th. On these
projects the Federal Government
pays 80 cents and the State 1G
cents on each dollar of cost.