The State Register

The State Register THE STATE GEGISTER, THURSDAY, JULY 1, 1943 Plan Help For West Fore Records For Pusey Property Sold Centenary Children’s Laurel Boy In Sussex Co- Farmers More Fighting Men At Auction Saturday Day Attracts Many Cap Group Will Hear Plans Thrilling Air Plans are now being completed to “More Records For More Fighting A public sale was held Saturday The annual children’s program was provide the much needed help to har Men’’ is the second campaign which, afteroon of real and personal proper presented at Centenary Church, with vest the crops for the farmers in the American Legion and the Amer ty, to settle the estate of the late Lewis C. Boyce serving as chairman At Laurel Armory Tonight Experience In N. A. Western Sussex. Almost 300 boys and ican Legion Auxiliary has undertaken William J. Pusey, The home, which and announcing the numbers which girls from the Wilmington schools Approximately 11,000,000 old phono was partially destroyed by fire seve included the following: With gasoline suppilies virtually de have signed up to help on the farms graph records were collected last ral weeks ago was sold for $2500 pleted and the ground blanketed by and from this group the present labor year. The sale of these records as Mrs. Elizabeth Riggin was the high Beginner’s Department: song “ Work Over Land and Water Has Cost 73 Planes, darkness and a dense overcast, the needs will be supplied. A survey of scrap furnished materials for 370,000 bidder. Two vacant lots on Tenth St. Happy Greetings”; recitations by Hel- crews of two United States Army Air the farms in several localities show new discs for our fighting men. Were bought by William Records for 'en Waller, Clarke Abbott, Joan , But 75,00 Volunteers in Huge Aerial Forces B-17 Flying Fortresses were that the farmers are in need of help $250 each. A Dodge Coupe was pur Saunders Judy Hickman, Juno j Home Guard Carry in With Mission to pick the string bean crop now rip A total of 3,823,797 new Up-to-date Saunders, Jay Windsor, Mary Ellen forced to bail out over North Africa records have been requested by our chased by Norman Truitt for $510., after completing' a bombing mission. ening and will be glad to have this The sale also included a large quant Calloway; vocal solo “Jesus Loves type of labor. Armed Forces. Me”, Eobby Phillips; recitations by The recent report of the Office of . The CAP’s 75,000 volunteer airmen. The experiences of these 20 officers ity of household goods, dishes, and War,Information adds interest to the) operating at more than a thousand air Harriett Stallings and Gwennie North and enlisted men are described’ in re Everydne is urged to start now and kitchen equipment. meeting planed in the armory tonight I fields, are the world's largest aerial Arrangements have been made to story ty Edward Abbott; recitations ports received by the War Department. search and collect all old, cracked and (Thursday) for everyone over 16 years home guard, according to the OWI move boys in the Delmar School and Sylvia Ruston and Wayne Phillips; 50 to 75 girls in the Bridgeville School broken, and unused records, and send Barn AAnd Livestock of afie, who are interested in the or- ( which pointed out that only this coun- One pilot flew directly over the main them to war. vocal solo Joyce Ruston; recitations street of a North African town while next Sunday. They will be ready to by Dianne Dickerson, Peggy Regester ganization of a local unit of the Civil' try and Russia have permitted theii* As our sources of shellac, a neces Air Patrol. six of his crew leaped. Others landed start work Monday morning. Any far Lightning Victims and Jackie Ellis; solo “Jesus Wants Chilians to fly in wartime. mer who needs help and has not been sary component of records, are now- in the valleys and on mountain sides temporarily in the hands of our en Me For a Sunbeam”, Billy Prettyman; Organized a week before Pearl Har contacted should call these schools cr bor, this organization has established a CAP members, who have been under in the surrounding territory. emy, the Japanese, it is essential to It will he a difficult job to convince recitations by Faye Joseph, Marjorie the jurisdiction of the army Air Forces the local contact man and make Ray Bennett, a farmer living about 5 Wright, Lynn Ellis and Carol Con- remarkable record with very slight First Lieutentant Edward P. Mc arrajngements for this labor. The con-' reclaim the shellac from the old ones. since April, receive $8 a day plus $5 We can depend upon our fighting miles southwest of Laurel that light oway, story by Johnnie Abbott. losses. If you are interested in the work Laughlin, of Richmond, California, tact men for these two districts, are ning never strikes twice in the same of tlie CAP in any of its many branches to §56 an hour for operation, main- men to not let us down in this gigan Primary Department: Welcome by tance and depreciation of their planes spotted the lights of a town through a Walter Galloway, Calloway’s Hard place. While Laurel has been without Bobby Miller; recitations by Marilyn attend tonight’s meeting & learn more hole in the clouds. Second Lieutentant ware Company, phone Delmar 14 and tic World struggle. By the same to about it, You do not need to be a pilot depending upon their size and horse- ken we must see that they are back rain for three weeks, two eltctrical Miller, Ann Phillips Jackie Cropper, C. J, Bickner, of Oswego, Oregon, the Albert O. Humphreys at the Bridge storms struck in the vicinity of his Barbara Prettyman, Don Warrington, to be interested, for there is a need for °ne C'^P, .nyar’ ?ap,t- Robert bombardier of McLaughlin’s ship, land ville School, phone Bridgeville 3021 ed up to the limit here on the home many other workers. The following is E’ ®1°mas’ 3 Bal?™re .^'oke5’„ fig_ front. farm home. On Thursday, June 17th, Connie Ellis, Dickie Studley, Wayne ed on the edge of town near a road. or call Greenwood 2884. lightning struck his bam, killing a Littleton, Norma Lee Phillips, Charles a summary of the activities of CAP as Ured ‘i131 aft?5 4l°’000 ™'es of,Jlyi”g Staff Sergeant Leslie E. Borho, of Ne Receptacles and receiving stations announced by the OWI. I J™ 3 s!x m°ntbs toU1, of duty that he will be located at convenient spots. horse, a mule and a cow. Little dam Palmer, and Marlene Warrington; had only $53 left when all expenses had koma, .North Dakota, landed on a roof age however was done to the barn. songs by group, “Jewels” and “Little ------------------- —------------------- ——.--------- J been paid-leaving him little less than in front of a police station. The roof Men Recetnly Inducted •EHans and arrangements for Laurel have been made by Ray Peters, Dr. Exactly one week later, Thursday, Feet Be Careful”. ’ $10 a month. was smashed and the family below B. Seaford Draft Board June 24th, another bolt of lightning Junior Department; song by group frightened into turning out the lights, W. Prettyman, Franklin Oliphant, Relief From Hot. Dry Frank Sadler members of Nanticoke killed another mule in the same barn, “I Would Be True”; exercise by six Have Spotted 150 Subs Borho was uninjured. James Richard Allen (A) Laurel this one however set fire to the build children “His Words”; recitation “The Spell Here Tuesday Technical Sergeant Kirk E. Phillips, Laurel Part M. G., Lions and Rotary Clubs. Some of the patrol’s achievements ♦Leon 'A. Anderson (A) All of Laurel old unsued phonograph ing and burned it completely down, to Puzzler”, Nancy Burford; “The Bible, of Linville, Iowa, landed on a shed and Edw, M. Boehm (A) Luthersville, Md. The continued hot, dry weather in include: records are being drafted for War. gether with a large quantity of hay Church and Home”, by four children; somersaulted to the ground. The Wm. B. Bradley (A) Parkton, Md. and other stored materal. recitation “Your Gift”, Betty Bi*yan; the Laurel area is cutting short most Flights totalling more than 20 million householders invited hifh in for tea. ♦Jas, R. Brightful (A) Laurel With your help we can make a of the summer truck crops. The black miles, the spotting of more than 150 world’s record with records. play by five children “The. Choice”; Staff Sergeant William C. Drabot of Alvin R. Brinsfield (A) Seaford A neighbor, Eugene Ellis, also has vocal solo, Jeanette Hastings; recitat berry seasdn is almost worthless and submarines for the Army, Navy and Millville, Pennsylvania, landed in the Leroy Burris, Jr. (A) Seaford a cow killed and his ham burned ion by Gail Allen. is now nearing its close. The cucum Coast Guard, the sinking of some sub street in front of the same house. Alfred T. Cannon (A) Bridgeville DEMOCRATS FILL down by the latter storm. Several In spite of t he extremely het ber harvest, which is now at its best, marines themselves and off-shore pa Staff Sergeant James R. Larrance, Raymond P. Calloway (A) Laurel other head of livestock however were weather, the service was largely at is expected to be the smallest in years trol missions which brought rescue to Georgetown, Illinois, and Staff Ser Wm. C. Calloway (N) Delmar COMMITTEE POSTS driven from the stables and saved. tended, Prices on Saturday for good cucum crews of torpedoed tankers.

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