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Happenings of Interest
Throughout Delaware
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They are Colonel Charles W.
Higgins, University of Cincinnati,
Ohio, professor of military science
and tactics at that institution; Ma
jor Bernard I. Greenberg, an Ar
my instructor with the Delaware
Military District, 726 King street,
Wilmington, and Captain Freder- !
ick H. Hadden, from the Third Ar
mored Division, Port Knox, Ky.
Decrees nisi of divorce were
granted in six suits by Judge James
B. Carey in Superior Court at Do
ver last Friday. Under a new law,
the decrees will become effective
in three months instead of a year. !
The suits in which decrees were
granted and the grounds allege*!
are: j
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Colonel Donald L. Dutton, sen-J
ior Army instructor with the Delà
ware National Guard, has announ
ced three officers have been assign
ed by Headquarters Second Army,
Fort Meade, Md., to serve as in
specters of the state guard during
the annual field training at Fort
Miles, July 31 to August 13.
Maurice J. Mitchell vs. Leslie
Nugent Mitchell, desertion ;
nest F. Dill vs. Beulah H. Dill, de
Annabel Angstadi Mor
sertion ;
.row vs. Norman H. Morrow, Sr.,
desertion; Cordelia Johns Baynard
vs. Thornton Baynard, cruelty ;!
Vivian Marie Fugil Phillips vs.
Charles Frederick Phillips, deser-1
tion; Edna M. B. Byron vs. Gilbert
V, Byron, desertion.
Two cases were continued; Edith
Walls Patterson vs. Frank Patter-;
son, Jr„ and Elizabeth Naomi Trib
bitt vs. John Robinson Tribbitt.
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Wright C. Dizer, 76, one of Dela
ware's most cölorful political fig
ures for more than half a cen
tury, died last Thursday afternoon
at the Governor Bacon Health Cen
ter where he had been a patient for
about six weeks.
Mr. Dizer, widely known politi
cal writer and outspoken "dry,"
was boni in Wilmington May 4,
1873, the son of the Iqte Thoqias
Jefferson and Virmadela Conner
Dizer. Until his illness this spring
he had written the column ' Demo
cratic Musings, in the Sunday
Star under the pen name of Thomas
Jefferson. -
A life long Democrat, he was a
personal and political friend of the
late William Jennings Bryan an( l
state president of the National
Bryan Memorial Association. He
became interested in politics at an
early age and had been active in
Delaware Democratic affairs since
reaching voting age.
With only five days remaining
before the deadline, June 30, al
most one-half of the 18,000
vehicles in the state with tags
which expire at that time remain
to be inspected and have tags re-1
Frank L. Reed, state motor ve
hide commissioner, said the lanes
have a capacity for inspecting .up
newed.
to 1,000 cars a day.
w" k a con g g e estiSi be at W the U l 1 a t nes e *s
inevitable, Mr. Reed said.
He added that new cars are be
ing acquired in Delaware at the
monthly rate of 1,000 to 1,500, but
that the rate of rejections is still
high.
Rejections are most frequent for
defective lights with brakes in sec
ond place. Persons who wait until
the last few days and then
their cars rejected suffer inconven
ience and delay the operation- of
the inspection lanes, Mr. Reed said,
Louis (or Luke) Graham, who
would be aged if living, or his
children or grandchildren, are be
Ing hunted in Delaware and Eas
tern Maryland to claim a $10,0001
estate of which they obviously have
ter C. Cox, probate genealogist,
208 S. LaSalle street, Chicago, who
snecializes in tracing missing rel
never heard.
This became known when Wal
■ specializes in tracing missing rel
atives to settle estates, assumed
charge of the search with scant
clues on which to proceed.
"Graham is reported to have
settled in the Delaware-Eastern
Maryland area many years ago,"
Mr. Cox said. "He was born in
about 1875, which would make
him 74 years old if still living.
"Our best information is that he
married and had a family. If this is
correct then his living children or
grandchildren would succeed him
to claim to the sizeable fortune,
they can be located and prove their
relationship.
"We could also like to locate
other relatives, such as nieces and
nephews of Graham, in the hope
that they can give us information
about the family."
IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE IN MILFORD CHRONICU
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FASTER START
FINER FINISH!
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Hog Feed
Dairy Feed
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Johnson Bros. Farm Supply Co.
Phone Milton 4420
Cool Spring, Dei.
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afternoon. The de " ber *
ated about an hour and a quarter,
John H. Brand, foreman of the
jury, said that the jury recoin
mended mercy in each of the four
counts. The jury retired at 1:46^
o'clock and returned at 3 p. m. with :
its verdict. j
On application of Stewart Lynch,,
attorney for Vetter, he was releas- j
ed under the same bail of $1,000 1
under which he has been held. |
, Mr- Lynch submitted verbal mo
110118 for a new trial, arrested judg -1
an< * for a directed verdict of j
acquittal. He said that he will file j
his motions in writing promptly and j
** u< * ge Richard S. Rodney set five
;^ ays toT . time within which
such motions should be filed. j
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The State Tax Department an
nounced this week that of the 13,
- Effective July 1 there is imposed
by statute a 1 per cent penalty and
A verdict of guilty on all four
counts of a criminal information
charging William Vetter, Clay
mont restaurant proprietor, with
evasion of approximately $40,000
in federal income taxes, was re
turned by a jury in the U. S. Dls
trict Court in Wilmington on Mon
700 licenses to whom applications
for renewal were mailed in May,
17,682 have failed to secure their
license. State business and occu
pational licenses were due June 1,
but may be secured during the
month of June without penalty,
on all licenses issued subsequent
to June 30, including mail post
marked later than June 30, there
will be imposed a penalty of 5 per
cent of the tax due. So far this
year a total of 6,018 licenses has
been issued, compared with 6,689 in
the corresponding period of last
: william D. McAfee, who earned
| a W ide-spread reputation through
, £> e i aware and ^e Eastern Shore
as a comedian and buck-and-wing
dancer W ith the old-time minstrel
show ^ died last -Thursday in the
Kent General Hospital in Dover af
ter a long iu ness He was 65.
i Mr McAfee was a native of
' ^ but resided in Dover most
f his „ fe He was a inted b
| tra(1p
i In the field of entertainment
I in me neia oi entertainment,
I however, he began his long semi
year. .
A comparison of licenses issued
by counties follows:
Current Previous
Year Year
New Castie County .. 4,012 4,027
883 1,025
1,123 1,637
Kent County .
Sussex County
Total.
6,018 6,689
j professional career with the White
Rose Minstrels of Smyrna, and the
motor!Hobbs and'Longendyke Minstrels
| of Seaford. He was rated among
! the best of his fellow performers.
His first start in show business
; came with a medicine show.
Mr. McAfee is survived by his
i wife, Mrs. Evelyn McAfee, Dover ;
two daughters, Miss Bernice Me
|Afee and Mrs. Gertrude Dulin, Do
bmth^rs!°Frank î" Wilmington, Ray
\ mond, Chester, and Clifford, Smyr
j na, and a sister, Mrs. Alfred Far-1
lies, Woodland Beach,
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Delaware's oldest ferry line,
I Cannon's ferry at Woodland, es
; tablished a modern record last
month when 736 trips across the
; Nanticoke River ^vere recorded,
havei-phe log shows that 965 cars. 45
j pedestrians, two tractors and three
scooiers were ferried across the
j i azy wa ters.
The historical ferry line, which
| has served the public since 1793
j when Isaac and Betty Cannon were
j granted the right to operate a ferry,
; is now owned and operated by the
State Highway Commission and
\ serves as a link in the public road
system of the state.
It operates from sun-up to sun«|fc
1 down and is captained by Harry
Morris, who last year succeeded the
late William S. Massey, who was
-1 late William S. Massey, who was
1 in charge for many years,
j The present boat is 36 x 14 with
a depth of two feet and is capable
j of carrying two cars. It is power
! driven and is propelled by means
of a cable which lies on the river's
j bottom when not in use.
1 The old ferry was recently men
j tioned by the Historical Society of
j Delaware, which published a rec
ord of a journey made by James
| and John Hemphill October 29,
! 1802, from Wilmington to Berlin,!
if ; Md. The youths, travelling in a
horse-drawn chaise, tell of crossing
at Cannon's Ferry, where strong
i winds made it necessary for the
brothers to ferry the horse and
chaise across the Nanticoke sepa
! rately. The ferry, at that time, was
'hand operated.
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Wavne Groves of Cleveland fL.I
wayne Groves or Cleveland. O..
one of the country s outstanding
anthnritipa nn hnrnsoo mnintr haa
{minorities on narness racing, has
^«SfîiÆtS^rS!
,650.000 harness racing plant' that j
Win introduce blg-thne racing at j
Ocean City, Md., on Marylands,
Eastern Shore when it opens a 20
night meeting July 25.
Groves' selection was announced 1
by H. Courtenay Jenifer, chairman '
the Maryland Racing Commis- ;
8ion - The veteran official now isj
presiding judge at Rosecroft Race
way j n Qxon Hill, Md., and will
serve, in the same capacity at Lau- j
re i Raceway when that track opens
20-night meeting June 24.
president Theodore Fletcher of
Ocean Downs Raceway announced
a t the same time that associate 1
judges would be announced later.;
Grove, who has made a big
with horsemen and fans alike dur- i
j n g the R 0 s ecro ft meeting, was pre-1
siding judge at Harrington. j
At the same time that the an- !
nouncement was made of Groves' |
appointment, Fletcher revealed that |
Maryland's newest race track is i
|just about ready for its inaugural
meeting. Conceived by Eastern
Shore men, and backed largely by
Eastern Shore money. Ocean Downs
will be the Sho' Folks' answer to I
the large running tracks in other
parts of Maryland.
Groves started his career with
Charley Dean, one of the foremost
drivers of his day, in 1910, and
later became stable manager for,
Dean, thus beginning one of the
longest and most colorful harness
racing careers in the country. He
has served as course clerk, start
er, and as a wirter for turf maga
Steward Named
For Ocean Downs
zines.
He can still get on a sulky and
do a bang up job and is rated by
horsemen and trainers as a fair
but stern judge. His reputation has
been born out in Maryland where
he cracked down several times at
the 1948 Laurel meeting, and also^
this year at Rosecroft.
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CHRONICLE, MILFORD,
LOWE'S CROSS ROADS
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Mrs. EWa Bailey visited her par
e " t8, _ K ' and 4 ^ r8 ' Dav
at Dagsboro, for Fathers Day.
Then a n wen t to Ocean View, to
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Mr and Mrs Harold Schnever
8nd sons of Dover> spen t Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. John Collins.
Mr and Mrs Marvin Jones and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow
Boyce and family visited their
f . n ts, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Jones,!
Sunday.
R. w. Lingo is in the Beebe
pital, this week for observation,
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Lingo are
'staying with Mrs. Lingo.
Mrs. Jennie Prettyman of Stock
'ey, visited her sister, Mrs. Herman
Harrison for several days.
Mr. and Mrs. John Brown and
Steve, of Hendersonville N. C„
have been visiting, Mrs. Brown's
aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Charles West,
Mr. and Mrs. William West 'of;
Fayettesville N. €. have been vis
Ring his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles West.
Mrs - Amelia Lewis who lives
with her daughter, near Gumboro,
| las been visitiing her old neigh-,
hors here.
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AUCTION SALE
FRIDAY
1UNE 24th
Selling New Electrical Appliances
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3 BIG ELECTRIC APPLIANCES GIVEN AWAY FREE
First At 11 ;00 A New Pop-Up Toaster Will Be Given Away Free,
e Second At 1 ;00 A New Table Model Radio Will Be Given Away.
^ Third A MOTOROLA TELEVISION SET Will Be Given Away Free.
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Free Tickets Will Be Given Out At The Door From 10:00 A. M. To 11:00 A. M. And Will Be Good For All Three Drawings.
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New Radios, Washing Machines, Vacuum Cleaners, 1949 Refrigerators, Bottle Gas Ranges, Electric Ranges,
Electric Water Heaters, Lamps, Irons, Heating Pads, Toasters, Electric Mixers And Other New Electrical Appli
ances Will Be Auctioned Off.
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Be At R. J. Conner's New'Store At 10 A. M. And Get A Free Ticket On The Three Appliances To Be Given Away. •
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NO. 1 E. DIVISION ST.
Dover, Delaware
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DELAWARE, FRIDAY, JUNE 24,
Birmingham Builds
New Atom Smasher j
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Birmingham university is building
a now otnm ».iHUna mapV.-'
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«" diversity of California.
The British version of the sync
hrotron will weigh approximately
1,000 tons and develop energies of '
1,000 million volts. The cyclotron
now in use at the university devel
voltages between 40 and 50
million volts.
Prof. Marcus L. Oliphant, direc
of the physics department and ■
i one of Britain's leading atom
specialists, designed the Biriming
ham machine. Prof. Oliphant work-;
ed in the United States for two
! years on the "Manhattan" atom |
: project and is in regular contact
with American scientists. '
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Piano Tuning And Repairing
Factory Tuner, Registered Member Of National Association Of
Piano Timers, In Greenwood Until August.
Contact
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Phone 7746
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Mr.and Mrs Ray Collison> and
family last Thursda. 8 Pl>
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r>oio.a R Kellev of Greens
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Mr. and Mrs. Ward Meluner and
daughter. Faye, Mr. and Mrs. No
lan Smith and Mr. Marvin Smith
land son Calbin, all of Harrington,
spent the day Sunday in Philadel
phia Pa., with relatives,
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Dukes and
BROWNSVILLE
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Anthony
and daughter Margaret, accom
panied Mr. and Mrs. Irvin McCal
lister and son of Harrington, on
trip to Baltimore Md., and Getts
children of Wilmington, were Sun
day ^ guésts Mr and M »
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Mr _ p ai ., ln „ rteniAi« r«™ivn
and Rutnh rLnl «n «f ll
a nd Butch Lank, all of Milford, Mr.
an d Mrs Jop Calvprt Mra
Harrington were guests of Mr. and
children of Greensboro Maryland,
Mr. end Mrs. Paul Collison and
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Overlooking Delaware Bay, Where There's Always A Cool Breeze
Featuring The Finest In
SEAFOOD DINNERS
Meals Served From 11 a, m. to 10 p. in.
Fishermen's Breakfast at 4 a. m.
LUNCHES TO TAKE OUT
Hotel Accommodations
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Plrone Milford 723RI3 For Reservations
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Mr. and Mrs. Chalmers Hendi i-

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