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OCEAN VIEW
Those who have been nursing
colds, flu, and what have you, the
post week and now are: Mr. Lemuel
J. Lynch, Mr. Nelson Dolby, who
are both able to be out again, Mr.
Ehe H. Davidson and Mr. Richard
Lewlf, who have bad severe colds.
Mrs. William Quillen attended the
funeral services of her mother,, Mrs.
Percey Davey, who passed away at
her home in Millville, Del., last
•week.
Sonny Ben Sheaffer, Jr., came
from Albany, N. Y.. to visit his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Benj. Sheaffer
last week, for a brief stay. Also
to see his new home just completed
at the former "Penewell's Landing".
Mr. Marvey Bunting of Lewes
visited his aunt Mrs. Charlie Tyre
and Mr. Tyre last week, before leav
ing for Ft Lauderdale, Florida via
bis auto, for a month's vacation,
with his brothers, Gunzer and
others, relatives there.
Mr. and Mrs. Ebe H. Davidson and
Mr. and Mrs. William S. Townsend,
and two sons, Scottie and Alan of
Ocean View; Mr. and Mrs. Andrew
McKirby of Columbus, Georgia and
Mr. and Mrs. Vaughan Holloway of
Frankford, were guests at a duck
dinner and reunion at Mr. and Mrs.
Tasker Davidson's and grandson
Michael, at Frankford on Sunday.
Mrs. Elsie Hickman was the
dinner guest of her daughter and
•pn-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Elwood
Lyrfch on Sunday at Lewes.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Rogers and
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Terrel of
Berlin, Md.. and four daughters; and
Hr. and Mrs. James Bradley and
two sons, from Smyrna, were supper
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Will Whar
ton on. Sunday.
Other visitors of the Whartons,
were their children, Mr. and Mrs.
Bobby Wharton of Millsboro, and
Mr. and Mrs. Wade Wharton and
daughter of Wyoming.
Mr. Andrew Davidson was suffer
ing from a* wrenched back, so he
was unable to attend the family
dinner at Mr. and Mrs. Tasker
Davidsons' on Sunday.
Mrs. Mary Annsley Lighthipe and
son, Harold will spend Christmas
holidays at their home in Pompton
Plains, N. J.. with Mr. H. H. Light
hipe.
The stork visited Mr. and Mrs.
Billy Powell on Saturday morning,
Dec. 18th at the Peninsula Hospital
in Salisbury and delivered a nice
son. The grandparents are Mr. and
Mrs. Edwin Powell and Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Willey.
Mrs. Grace Briggs and four
daughters and sister. Miss Jean
nette Betts of Georgetown, visited
their mother Mrs. Vera Betts on
Saturday. •
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Christmas... and warmly we welcome another opportunity to
extend best wishes to all our friends and neighbors for a very happy
Holiday Season, filled to overflowing with all of the best things in life.
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MERCANTILE DIVISION
MILFORD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
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Mr. Richard Evans was the guest
of his daughter and' soh-ln-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Burbage.
Mrs. Myrtle Derrickson gave a;'
turkey dinner on Sunday to her
children Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Der
rickson and son, Robert and Oliver
and £lso Mr. and Mrs. George
Moore and daughter Elen Lynn. >
Rev. and Mrs. Donzel C. Wildey
and three children of Milford, called
on Mrs. Lulu Lynch and mother,
Mrs. Martha C. Conoway. on Thurs
day afternoon, and other friends,
while passing thru Ocean View.
Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs.
•Tonothan Stott, upon their 50th
Wedding Anniversary, which they
observed here in Ocean View, on
Sunday December 20th.
Also congratulations to Mr. and
Mrs. Hershei Helm of Dover, Del.,
upon their 60th Wedding Anni
versary, observed on Sunday,
December 20th. Both couples were
married thç same date, and it was a
double wedding, I have understood.
Mrs. John Hargadine of Bethany
Beach 'and Mr. Ralph Helm of
Clarksville are the daughter and
son of the latter couple, and two
grandchildren.
The Stotts have two daughters,
Mrs. * Service and Mrs. Almira
Derrickson and one son. Paul Stott,
the latter of North Wales, Pa. and
several grandchildren Mrs. Stott
and Mrs. Helm are sisters and were
Evans' before their marriages.
Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Campbell
and son and daughter ot Frankford
were dinner guests of their parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Dolby on Sun
day. After which they took a drive
to Rehoboth, to see the Christmas
illuminations which are beautiful.
They returned and attended the ser
vices held at Bethel Methodist
Church on Sunday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. John Hall, Jr., and
two children have returned to their
home in Ocean View, after a stay in
New Jersey, i
Mrs. Elsie Ellis and Mrs. Allie
Rickards of Clarksville, were callers
on Mrs. Myrtle Derrickson on Sat
urday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Sacks and two
daughters of Philadelphia were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. George
Moore and daughter Ellen Lynn.
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[Elizabeth R. Bradford
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\ MILFORD CHRONICLE OFFICE
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Safety CoUIlCll NotCS
When the smart driver is offered
®ne for T , i r ® a| ^,,.î ie says * V '°
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ThIs advice came today from
George T. Lyon, Jr., vice president
for New Castle County of the Dela
ware Safety Council as he discuss
ed the holiday traffic hazards pro
gram being conducted this month
by the Delaware Safety Council and
the National Safety Council.
"If any driver doubts the wisdom
of my words," he said, "I ask him
to go to the local morgue and view
some of the results of drinking.
I believe one such visit would con
vince any skeptic that drinking and
driving are a fatal combination.
"It takes strong proof to con
vince some motorists that they may
not only kill themselves by drink
ing and driving, but also endanger
the lives of innocent victims.
"According to the National Safe
ty Council, the driver had been
drinking in one out of five fatal
traffic accidents in this country in
1953.
"I know every citizen in Dela
ware will agree that this should be
stopped."
Mr. Lyon pointed out that in De
cember drinking arid driving be
come a particularly serious prob
lem because of holiday parties and
celebrations.
"If people realized how much
their reaction time was slowed
down by alcohol," he said, "they
would think twice before they even
took their cars along to parties
where they knew drinks were to be
served. A trip home in a taxicab
is a lot more practical than a trip
to a hospital."
Mr. Lyon appealed to Delaware's
motorists to join taxicab pools and
urge their drinking companions to
do likewise, when they suspect that
they may have imbibed too freely.
"This way," he concluded, "they
can be sure they are delivered right
to „their own doorsteps—In one
piece."
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State Museum News
Garbed in all its Christmas splen
dor the Delaware State Museum in
Dover announced today the open
ing of its special exhibit for the
Holiday Season. Theme of the dis
play this year is an old fashioned
Christmas centered about a long
needled pine Christmas tree and
the hearth of a home. It portrays
Christmas as it was in Delaware
several generations ago.
Dressed in a maroon velvet
gown, the lady of the house stands
beside the mantel surveying the
tree and the toys beneath it. The
tree is trimmed with garlands of
gaily colored paper chains, strings
of pink and white popcorn, walnuts
wrapped in tin foil, and paper cut
out snowflakes. And in addition to
these homemade decorations, the
tree bears a number of hand-blown
glass ornaments which were so
highly prized. Surmounting all of
this is a gold paper star.
Among the toys around the tree
are a wicker doll carriage and a
stuffed doll with china head which
was made in Smyrna c. 1858; two
pairs of wooden soled ice skates,
a small wooden cart, a teddy bear,
and a quaint hand painted sled.
Attached to the mantel adjacent
to the tree are three stockings of
various sizes, filled with such
goodies as nuts and oranges, as
well as a small present in each. In
one a small doll is peeping out of
the top while in another a brightly
colored lead soldier may be seen.
Over the mantel a wreath of hol
ly. typical of the choice of ever
greens for garnitures in Delaware,
contributed to the Christmas, set
ting depicted in the exhibit, and
I carries out as well as the decora
■ tive scheme adopted throughout the
I Museum this year,
Also a part of this year's Christ
mas display is an exhibit of
Christmas Seals, shown as part of
the observance of the fiftieth anni
versary of the founding of this
movement. * Exhibited are, blocks
The windows of No. 1 Building
will be lighted by a small electric
candle every evening from now
until January 6, Twelfth-night,
when the Christmas exhibit will be
discontinued. A large evergreen
wreath on the front door, and an
arrangement on the tower stair
way window sill are among season
al decorations in the building.
The toys and other articles shown
in the exhibit were almost all re
ceived by the Museum as gifts. The
dress displayed on the mannequin
of Seals dating from 1907, the first
Christmas Seal having been de
signed in 1904 by Miss Emily P.
Bissei of Wilmington, Delaware,
where they were first printed on a
small scale. Tracing the growth and
development of the Christmas Seals
movement from 1907-1954 the Seals
show that it was the Red Cross
that first sponsored their nation
wide sale in 1908 and 1909. In the
following year, 1910, the National
Tuberculosis Association was in
vited to join forces with the Red
Cross in sponsoring and.managing
the sale. Since 1920 this organiza
tion has taken over the complete
responsibility of the Seals, the pro
ceeds being used to combat tuber
culosis. The Seals exhibited at the
Museum, among which is included
a photograph of Miss Bissei, were
lent by the Delaware Chapter of
the Anti - Tuberculosis Society
through the courtesy of Mr. Tag
gart Evans, Executive Secretary.
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At this cheery time of year...we wish'everybody
a good, old-fashioned Merry Christmas, replete with
all the joy and contentment of a Happy Holiday.
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many happy things...
glad hearted greetings,
good fellowship,
family reunions and a
deep feeling of contentment.
May all of these joys be
yours this Christmas.
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MILTON'S DEPT. STORE
Milford
Delaware
was formerly owned by Mrs. Ed
mund G. Buckner of Wilmington,
and presented to the Museum by
Mrs. Walter Laird of that city. The
doll carriage was a gift of the
State Department of Welfare, and
the doll made in Smyrna a gift of
Mrs. Henry Marston qf Washing
ton, D. C. Mr. and Mrs. C. Burton
Sypherd of Dover presented, one of
the pairs of ice skates, the other
pair is from the Museum's Hon.
Harold W. T. Purnell Collection.
The cart was a gift from Mrs.
Ethel M. Werner of Jersey City,
New Jersey, as was the small doll
in the stocking Mr. James B. Jack
son of Dover presented the lead
soldier in the other stocking, and
the teddy bear and sled beneath
the tree were lent by Museum staff
members.
The Museum, located at 316
South Governors Avenue in Dover,
(on U. S. Route 13, Alternate), is
open Tuesday through Saturday
from IV 00 a* m. until 5 p. m., and
Sundays from 2:00 until 5:00 p. m.
The Museujn is closed Mondays. A
large free parking lot is available
to visitors at the rear of the build
ings. Groups from schools and
other organizations are cordially
invited for conducted tours of the
Museum, but are requested to make
appointments in advance for such
tours,
There are a nujnber of meat-eat
ing plants.
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STITCHED TO CELL
* GREENSBORO, N. C.—(Æ*)— Le
roy Waynick, convicted of cutting
a woman, was up for sentencing.
"How many stitches were needed
to close the wound?" asked Judge
W. H. S. Burgwyn.
"Eight, Your Honor," the woman
replied.
"Eight stitches, eight months,"
the judge ruled. "Next case."
HOGNAPERS STRIKE
MORRISON, Ill. — (ff>)
men visited the E. J. Starbuck farm
and left with a 250-pound hog.
They lifted it over three fences.
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Merry Christmas
Happy New Year
IRENE'S VARIETY SHOP
Phone 5-9898
Frederica, Dei.
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KNOWING THIEF
... BUDA. Ill. — (Jf) — The safe
cracker who made off with $300
from a cafe knew what he was do
ing. Sheriff W. C. Duffield said the
safe was completely disassembled
without damage.
DR. FRANK L. GOBLE
Chiropractic Physician
Dally 9 to 2
Evenings: Monday, Wednesday and
Friday: 7:30 to 9
PHONE DOVER. 2284
104 8. Bradford 8t.; Dover, Delaware
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