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Milford chronicle., 1963-02-08


ALL that certain piece, parcel or
tract Of land with the improve
ments thereon erected situated i'm
Milford Hundred, Kent County,
state Of Delaware, lying on both
sides of Delaware Route No. II, the
Milford Harrington State Highway,
and lying on the East side of Coun-
ty Road No. 395, and being more
particularly described i'm accordance
with old surveys and plots in the
Potter Estate Books in the Court
of Chancery at Dover as follows to
wit:
BEGINNING at the intersection
Of Delaware 1T. No. II with County
Road No. 395; thence running with
County Road No. 395 North de-
grees 81 minutes East about 1875
percheS more or less or far enough
to reach the south line of lands of
William Biggs, at corner for this
parcel, for lands Of Biggs, and for
lands of others, thence running
with lands of others South so de-
or less to corner for this parcel
and for lands of others: thence
running with lands Of others and
crossing Delaware Route No. II
South 10 1-3 degrees East 346 per-
ches to a point in line Of lands
|anciently of George White: thence
running with said White lands
South 63 degrees West 1873 perches
to point i'm line of said White
lands az a corner for this parcel and
for lands anciently of Curtis Vim
yard: thence running with said
Ninyard lands North II degrees
West 1873 percheS TO a point at or
near Delaware Route No. Il: thence
running about with Delaware Route
No. II South s. degrees East %
perches to the place of beginning.
excepting herefrom the right Of way
for said Delaware Route No. II,
and containing an estimated area
of 31.3 acres OF land he the same
more or less.
AND BEING part Of Plot |
which plot is or record at Page %
in the Plots of the Potter Charity
Estate $3.50 1860 and of record i'm the
Office of the Register in Chancery
in and for Kent County ahd State
Of Delaware.
ST J'BJECT HOWEVER to the -
year lease from January |, 1878 III
rental Of $500 per Year with right
uI - year renewal 10 james SaulS-
bury, assignee, lessee. uf apprONi-
nlatcly 10 acres being that part nf
the aforesaid lands and promises OH
the Suuthprly side of the State
Highway Route No. IL leading from
Milford tn Harrington.
Milford chronicle., 1963-02-08
NOTICE

"The Board of Trustees Of
the State Welfare Home and Hos
pital for the Chronically III at
Smyrna, Smyrna, Delaware will
receive sealed bids until 200
p.m., Tuesday, February IL.
1868, for one (1) truck chassis
with body hoist. Specifications
may be obtained at the Business
Office of the State Welfare Home,
800 am. to 500 p.m., Monday
through Friday. The Board OF
Trustees reserves the right to
reject any or all bids. Signed,
j. Rankin Davis, President,
Board of Trustees"
Milford chronicle., 1963-02-08
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

Sealed proposals will be received
by the State Highway Department
of the State of Delaware at the
office of the Controller of the State
Highway Department, in the Arden
Building, IL East North Street,
Dover, Delaware until 1000 A. M,
EST, February 18, 1863 and
thereafter shall be publicly opened
for contract involving the follow
CONTRACT NO. ss1o
1868 MODEL AUTOMOBILE
CHEVROLET, FORD, PLYMOUTH
OFFICE OF THE CONTROLLER
i 2-Door Sedan
Attention is called to the Special
Provisions in the proposals, the
Specifications and the Contract A
greement.
Performance of contract shall
commence on date of award and be
completed as specified.
Payment will be made for de-
livery upon presentation of tripli-
cate billing certified to by the De-
partment.
Bidders must submit proposals
upon complete forms as provided
by the Department for bidding pur-
poses.
Each proposal must be accom-
panied by surety bond, certified
check or money to the amount of
at least ten (10) percent of the
total amount of the proposal.
The envelope containing the pro-
posal must be marked Proposal
for State Highway Contract No.. I" i.
The contract will be awarded or
rejected within twenty (20) days
from the date of opening proposals.
The right is reserved to reject
any or all bids.
Prospective bidders may obtain
contract documents from the office
of the Controller, State Highway
Department, First Floor, The Ar
den Building, IL East North Street,
Dover, Delaware.
THE STATE HIGHWAY DE-
PARTMENT STATE OF DELA-
WARE
BY: N. Maxson Terry, Chairman
James ]. Deputy, Controller
January 20, 1868
Dover, Delaware 2-1-2t
Milford chronicle., 1963-02-08
NOTICEI


Notice is hereby given that Let
ters Testamentary were In due
form Of law granted unto the
undersigned, on the 5th day of
February AID. 1868, and that
all persons having claims against
the estate of the deceased must
present the same, duly attested,
to the said George R. McDougall,
Executor of the estate of Edna
G. Harp, on or before the 5th
day of November 1868, or abide
the Act of Assembly In such case
made and provided.
George r. McDougal1
Executor
Address:
104 Venus Drive
North Star
Delaware 2/8/3t
Milford chronicle., 1963-02-08
NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that
Letters Administration were In
due form of law granted unto
the undersigned, on the 18th day
of January A. D. 1868, and that
all persons having claims against
the estate of the deceased must
present the same, duly attested,
to the said Elsie M. Lord, Adj
ministratrix of the estate of John
w. Conoway, on or before the
18th day of October 1868, or abide
the Act of Assembly In such
case made and provided.
Elsie NJ. Lord
Administrative
Address:
Lincoln, Delaware
Milford chronicle., 1963-02-08
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to thank our friends
for the cards, phone calls, and
prayers. We want to thank the
ministers for their many visits.
We also thank DR.. Adds, the
nurses, and nurses aides on the
second floor for their many kind@
nesses during his recent stay In
the Milford Memorial Hospital
May God bless each Of you.
Harvey KINNEY and family.
2/8/1t
Milford chronicle., 1963-02-08
NOTICE

Notice L. hereby givsa that
Letters Testamentary were I'm
due form Of law granted unto the
undersigned, on the 21st day Of
January A. D. 1868, and that all
persons having claims against
the estate OF the deceased must
present the same, duly attsstsds
to the said Wilmington Trust Co.,
Executor of the estate Of Harold
E. Tarbox, on or before the 21st
day of October 1868, or abide
the Act Of Assembly In such case
made and provided.
Wilmington Trust Co.
7g4 ~ Edwin P. Messick. Vice
,auIrs,t Pres.
= s4q4E Executor
Address
Milford. Delaware 1925 /3t
Milford chronicle., 1963-02-08
EXECUTORS NOTICE

All persons indebted to the
estate of Caddie G. Rogers de-
ceased, are hereby notified to
settle the same on or before the
seventh day of October, 1868,
and all those having claims
against the estate to present
the same, duly attested, on or
before October z, 1863.
Wilmington Trust Company
Edwin p. Messick,
Vice President
Executor
1855
Milford chronicle., 1963-02-08
ADyERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

Sealed proposals will he received
by the State Highway Department
of the State of Delaware at the
office of the Director of Operations
(Room 202) in the Highway Admin
istration Building in Dover, Della
ware, until 200 P. NJ. EST,
February IS, 1868, and thereafter
shall he publicly opened for a con-
tract involving the following ap-
proXimate quantities:
CONTRACT NO. 1902
1868 MODEL AUTOMOBILES
STATEWIDE
8 4-Door Sedans
Minimum Requirements
100" Wheel Base
Cylinder with 1856 Gu. in.
displacement
Less Allowance for s Trade
ins
The above trade-ins may he in
spected at the Delaware State
Highway Department parking lot,
Administration Building, Dover,
Delaware on February 6, 1868, he
tween the hours of 500 4. NJ and
400 p. NJ, EST.
Attention is called to the Special
Provisions in the proposals, the
specifications and the Contract A.
greement.
Performance of contract shall
commence on date of award and he
completed as specified.
Payment will he made for deliy-
cries upon presentation of tripli-
cate billing certified to by the De-
partment.
Bidders must submit proposals
upon complete forms as provided
ny the Department for bidding pur-
poses
Each proposal must be accom-
panied by a surety bond, certified
check or money to the amount of
at least ten 00) percent of the
total amount of the proposal
The envelope containing the pro-
poSaI must he marked Proposal
for state Highway Contract No =
=. he GQntFact, ,Millrh awarded orI
ffe1ected within twenty (2O) days
J rom the date of opening proposals
The right is reserved to reject
any or all bids.
Prospective bidders may obtain
contract documents from the High
way Department Office, Third
+ oor. Administration Building.
Dover, Delaware, upon payment of
two dollars (S2.O0) for each set
contract Documents need not be
returned and the above payment
viii not he refunded.
Make checks payable to the Della
ware state Highway Department.
DELAWARE STATE HIGHWAY
DEPARTMENT
By: n. Maxson Terry, Chairman
William J. Miller, Jr., Director
OF Operations
Dover, Delaware 2-1-2t
Milford chronicle., 1963-02-08
EXHIBIT M"
THE MAIN PART OF ANDERSON
FARM No.

4 L Al-AiAN -AAN " -AAN~~@~ANASOA
FARM No.
ALL That certain piece, parcel
| or tract of land with the improve
lments thereon erected, situated in
milford Hundred, Kent County,
lState of Delaware lying on the
EaSterIy side of County Road No.
liza and for the most part on the
lnortherly side Of County Road NO.
400, being bounded on the west by
County Road No. 12i, on the North
by lands anciently Of Pr john
lOWenS, on the East by the present
lchannel of Mispillion Creek, and on
the south hy lands anciently Of
Charles Il. Fleming, by County
Road No 400, and by Swan Creek,
land being more particularly des-
Icrihed as follows to wit:
BEGINNING at a point in the
Icenter OF County Road No 124
where said road crosses Swan
Creek; thence running with the
center of County Road No. 124
North "a degrees 2i minutes East
72 perches more or less, in accord
ance with 1862 survey, to bend
in said road; thence continuing
with the center of County Road No.
.124 North 40 degrees AZ minutes
East 1921 perches, in accordance
with a 1862 survey, to point in
the center of said road at corner
for this parcel and for lands an
ciently of DR.. John Owens; thence
running with said Owens lands on
the six following courses, Cd South
81 degrees minutes East; 101.69
percheS (this course and all the
following courses are in accordance
with old plots and deed records in
the Potter Estate Books in the
Court of Chancery); thence (2)
South 40 degrees minutes East
1864 perches; thence (3D South 40
degrees minutes East 1881 perch
es: thence ca South 6S degrees
minutes East 1853 perches: thence
(5) South 81 degrees East % perch
es; thence CO. South SO degrees
East II perches more or less to a
point in the westerly bank of the
present channel of Mispillion Creek;
thence running with the westerly
bank of the present channel OF Mis-
pillion Creek in a southwesterly di-
rection 95 perches more or less to a
corner for this parcel and for lands
anciently Of Charles l.. Fleming;
thence running with said Fleming
lands and with an old cauSeway
North 20 degrees 80 minutes West
so percheS more or less; thence
continuing with said Fleming lands
and with County Road No. 400
North 72% degrees West 1924 per-
ches to a corner for this parcel and
for said Fleming lands in County
Road No 400; thence leaving said
road and continuing with said
Fleming lands South 292 degrees
West 3S perches more or less to a
point in the run of Swan Creek;
thence running with the run of
Swan Creek in westerly direction
80 perches more or less to the place
of beginning, and containing an
area of 1SS acres of land
be the same more or less.
AND BEING the major part of
I'lot Il and a small part of Plot S
Of record at Pages % and "a in the
Plots of the Potter Charity Estate
- 1860 and of record in the Office |
Of the Register in Chancery in and |
for Kent County and State of Della
ware.
Milford chronicle., 1963-02-08
PUBLIC NOTICE

The Board of Adjustment of the
City of Milford will hold public
hearing on the 9th day of Febru-
airy, 1868, at 400 pm. O'Clock,
at its Board Room, City Hall,
South Walnut Street, Milford,
Delaware, upon the matter of:
Request from Thomas Hanley,
owner of the property known as
the Hanley Block, for variance
to be allowed to build two (2)
concrete block one-story addi-
tions attached to his existing
building located on N. E. Front
Street between N. Washington st.
and Denney Row. One addition to
be in rear of old Arp Store abut-
ting lands of w. H. Denney on the
East and lands of John BurriS
on the South. Other addition to be
In rear of Firestone Store abut-
ting N. Washington st. on the
West and lands Of Sherry Masten
on the South.
ALI persons in interest are
hereby notified to present and to
attend the determination Of such
by said board.
Such hearing may be adjourned
from time to time by said Board
without further notice.
Issued this 29th day Of jan
uary 1868, pursuant to the Rules
heretofore adopted by the Board
of Adjustment of the City of Mil
ford.
Board of Adjustment
of the City of Milford
Milford chronicle., 1963-02-08
TRUsTEE.s sALE oF

VALUABLE REAL ESTATE
Pursuant 10 an order of the
Chancellor of the State of Delaware
dated January 16, 1868, the UNDER
signed Trustee will offer for sale,
subject to the terms and conditions
hereinafter set forth, on
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1868
at l p. Nj.
in the American Legion Hall on the
Rehoboth Highway in Milford, Del
aware,
Nil the following described real
estate
Milford chronicle., 1963-02-08

The Pennsylvania Railroad Conn
pany has filed an Application with
authority to change the status of
its station at Stockley, Delaware,
from that of an agency freight sta
tion to that of nop-agency freight
station for carload freight ship
ments only.
Anyone desiring to protest the
granting of this Application must
do so by filing written protest
with the Public Service Commiss-
ion, Old State House. Dover, Della
ware, on or before February Is,
1868. 1-25-3t
Milford chronicle., 1963-02-08
O0o-
NOTICE

The annual Stockholders
Meeting Of the Milford Building
and Loan Association will be held
In their offices, 10 N. w. Front
Street, Milford, Tuesday evening
February 10, 1868, at 1880. J.
VIM. Wells, Secretary. 2/8/2t
Milford chronicle., 1963-02-08
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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

Sealed bids will be received by
the State Board of Agriculture,
Dover, Delaware until 1890 am.
February 81, 1863 and then publicly
opened for the following equip
ment:
One 1868 2-door Sedan DeIiV-
cry Wagon
Specifications for the above item
may be obtained by prospective
bidders from the Department Of
Weights and Measures.
2-1-2t cow
Milford chronicle., 1963-02-08
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

CONTRACT DSP 1863
The Delaware State Police will
receive sealed bids for furnishing
the following uniforms:
25 Overcoats
20 Field Jackets
so Blouses
95 Winter Breeches
% Winter Stacks
160 Summer Stacks
Specifications may be procured
at the office of Colonel John P.
Ferguson, Delaware State Police,
Headquarters, Dover Delaware.
Bids will be opened in Colonel
F'erguson's office on February IL,
1868, at 100 l.. NJ, EST.
2-1-2t
Milford chronicle., 1963-02-08
FEBRUARY 8, 1868
11:oo O'CLOCK SHARP
Rain or Shine

Rain or Shine
MACHINERY AND POTATO
EQUIPMENT
John Deere CT tractor with
rultivators, 12' Meeker harrow, IL
Meeker harrow, Grow weeder,
Oliver 5-ton wagon with flat bed,
olson vine beater, oliver 2O-row
Sprayer with 500 gal. tank and mo-
tor only ; years old, John Deere 2
row potato digger, i-row potato
harrow, Iron Age Prov high speed
potato planter, Troyer potato cut
ter, TreNler potato cutter with
tractor, Irrigation pipe trailer,
Haines potato duster, 16' potato
loader with elect. motor, Haines
potato grader, Haines potato sizer,
Haines potato divider, Haines po-
tato picking table, Fairbanks
scales with indicators, tractor
table saw, dump rake.
TRUCKS
1852 Ford 2-ton I'6 truck with
flat bed and 2 speed rear.
1854 Ford 1l2 ton truck with flat
bed.
1947 Chevrolet 2-ton truck with
flat bed and 2 speed rear.
LABOR CAMP EoUIPT AND
MISCELLANEOUS
% beds, 8 gas stoves, tables and
chairs, 10000 potato 50-lb. bags,
1900 potato 1O0-lb. bags, 125 Picken
5-S baskets, chains, tools, shovels,
picks, rakeS snow fence, lumber,
posts, wire. and many other arti-
cles too numerous to mention. 1lt..
TERMS: Cash day of Sale.
Lunch will be served.
JOHN DIEMIcKE, Owner
Crawford J. Carroll
Dover, Delaware 2-1-2tp
Milford chronicle., 1963-02-08
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
CONTRACT psP 66a

CONTRACT DSP 663
The Delaware State Police will
receive sealed bids for furnishing
GO pairs of patrol boots. Specifica-
tions may he procured at the office
of Colonel John p. Ferguson, Della
ware State Police, Headquarters,
Dover, Delaware. Bids will he open
ed i'm his office on February IL,
1863. at 2:15 p NJ, EST. 2-1-2t
Milford chronicle., 1963-02-08
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
CONTRACT nsp ssa

The Delaware State Police will
receive sealed bids for furnishing
200 tires. Specifications may he
John +. Ferguson, Delaware Stata
Police, Headquarters, Dover. DeIa :
ware. Bids will he opened in his
office on February IL, 1863, at ono
~ - =. 2-1-2t
Milford chronicle., 1963-02-08
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

CONTRACT DsP 763
The Delaware State Police will
receive sealed bids for furnishing
100 pairs of shoes Specifications
may be procured at the office of
Colonel John II. Ferguson, Della
ware State Police, Headquarters,
Dover, Delaware. Bids will he open
ed in Colonel Ferguson'S office on
February II. 1863, at 2:30 T.. NJ,
EST. 2-1-2t
Milford chronicle., 1963-02-08

ALL that certain piece, parcel or
tract Of land with no improvements
thereon erected situated in Milford
Hundred, Kent County, State of
from State Rt No. IA, the Milford
Harrington state Highway, north
erly to County Road No. 398, being
Milford chronicle., 1963-02-08
ADVERTISEMENT FOX BIDS
CONTRACT psR asa

OOiN HAC DSF 500
The Delaware State Police will
receive sealed bids for furnishing
lis uniform shirts Specifications
may he procured at the office of
Colonel John p. Ferguson, Delaware
State Police, Headquarters, Dover,
Delaware. Bids will he opened in
his office on February IL, 1868, at
80 T. ", EST. 2-1-2t
Milford chronicle., 1963-02-08

ALL that certain piece, parcel or
tract Of land with no improve
ments thereon erected situated i'm
Milford Hundred, Kent County and
State of Delaware, lying on the
easterly side of L. S. Route No. 113
and on the northwesterly side Of
County Road No. 1874, near Tub Mill
Road, being bounded on the west
by said 4. $. Route No. 113, on the
North by lands now or late Of Mrs.
George Evans, on the Southeast hy
County Road No. 12I, and on the
South by right Of way corner at
the Northeast intersection of u. :.
Route No. 113 and County Road
No. l24, and being more particular
ly described in accordance with
survey made by Charles @. Brown,
Reg. Land Surveyor, during Decem-
Der of 1862 as follows, to-wit:
BEGINNING at a concrete monu-
nlent set iii the East right Of way
line of Y. $. Route No 113 and in
the north line Of right Of way
corner at the northeast intersection
Of said u. $. Route No. 113 and
County Road No. 12i; thence run
Milford chronicle., 1963-02-08
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

OON RACT DSP 463
The Delaware State Police will
receive sealed bids for furnishing
% auto batteries. Specifications
may be procured at the office Of
Colonel John p. Ferguson, Della
ware State Police, Headquarters,
Dover Delaware. Bids will be open
VI repruaTy II, 1863. 2-1-2t
Milford chronicle., 1963-02-08
PUBLIC NOTICE

THE PENNSYLVANIA RAIL.
ROAD COMPANY PROPOSES TO
C n A NJ G G STATUS OF ITS
STOCkLEY AGENCY FREIGHT
STATION TO MONA c e NCY
FREIGHT STATION FOR CAR
LOADS ONLY
Milford chronicle., 1963-02-08
Weekly Auction Sales
Every Friday Night
AT 200 p. M.
IT is AMAZING

IT is AMAZING
What Turns Up At The
WARRINGTON AUCTION BARN
one Mile east OF Harrington, Della
ware on Route IA, south side
398 5000 or 422- 5S49
Bygones, uniques and antiques,
bought and sold. Cash and carry
or lay-away. Delaware's only
rounder-upper of treasures and
trifies, that knows nothing about
everything. For the life Of Riley.
come to
HARRINGTON SALES
Heat, seats and eats. Auto Auc-
tions Saturday afternoons where
the highest bidder gets it, If no
one bids higher Lift
Milford chronicle., 1963-02-08
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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

CONTRACT DSP 263
The Delaware State Police will
receive sealed bids for furnishing
150 summer straw campaign style
hats. Specifications may be pro-
cured at the office of Colonel John
p. Ferguson, Delaware State Police,
Headquarters, Dover, Delaware.
Bids will be opened in Colonel Fer
guson's office on February IL, 1863,
at lis p NJ, EST. 2-1-2t
Milford chronicle., 1963-02-08
EXHIBIT IN"

PART OF ANDERSON No. 2
FARM ON THE EAST SIDE OF
COUNTY ROAD No. 395 AND ON
BOTH SIDES OF STATE RT. No.
Milford chronicle., 1963-02-08
EXHIBIT 10.

PART OF ANDERSON No. >
FARM LYING WEST OF COUNTY
ROAD No. 395
Milford chronicle., 1963-02-08
PUBLIC SALE
Tractor } Trucks
Potato Equipment

have decided to discontinue my
potato operation, so / will sell at
Public Auction the following equip
ment on my farm located 81 miles
southwest of Smyrna, Delaware.
Going West out of Smyrna on Rt.
300 toward Kenton, turn right on
the second road after crossing Rail-
road tracks, and it's the first farm
on the left on,
Milford chronicle., 1963-02-08
MoiI Schedule

The schedule of mail arrival
and departure is as follows:
Weekdays
Arrives Departs
600 a. m. 700 a. M.
11:O0 a. m. 800 p. M.
500 p. m. 900 p. m.
Saturday
900 a. m. 700 a. m.
11:00 a. m. 4:30 D. m.
Sundays & Holidays
200 p. m. 4:30 p. m.
Milford chronicle., 1963-02-08
EXHIpIT II >

PART OF ANDERSON FARM NO.
] BETWEEN L. s. ROUTE No 113
AND COUNTY ROAD No. 124
Milford chronicle., 1963-02-08
NOTICE
-

will not be responsible for
any bills unless contracted by
myself. Edward c. Beebe.
2/8/3tp
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-18
DEAR ABBY

DEAR ABBY: Regarding
the cat who won't eat meat
on Friday. It's no mystery.
Animals can count. If an an
imal is used to getting fish
every seventh day, he is puz-
zled and uneasy II he doesn't
get 1t. When my mother was
a girl, she had q pony who
knew when it was Sunday.
Every other day the pony
would take the road to school,
but on Sundays the pony
would head right for the
church. Cows can count, too.
Otherwise, when q herd en-
tiers the barn, no matter in
which order they come in,
why does each COW go to her
own stall2
JEAN.
All right, III agree--ani-
mails CAN count. But I am
an Iowa girl who had 10 be
told by an Illinois professor
that cows could give milk be-
fore they calved, so please
don't ask me how come q
COW knows her own stan.
y =
DEAR ABBY: AS a former
teacher and college dean,
may I add q few words to
the young man whose father
refused to regard D as q
passing grade.
Though systems differ. d
usually means passing but
unsatisfactory" A former
Dean Of Admissions at Har-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-18
FAMOUS FABLES

EVIDENCE: In London In
1855, Sir winston Churchill
received the Williamsburg
Award. Photographer Yousuf
Harsh was present TO take
photos of the ceremony. he
recalls in TN Search Of
Greatness"
winthrop Rockefeller.
president Of the Williams
burg Foundation, came up to
Churchill with a glass Of
wine In his hand.
Sir Winston demanded:
What is this?'
Rockefeller said. Cham
payne. SIR
What vintage?'
"Pol Roger al. SIR
Churchill said, I do not
wish TO be photographed
with q glass In my hand.
The world knows my virtue
with this. he grasped the
wine goblet and downed Its
contents In a flash"