Milford chronicle., 1925-09-11
MILFORD, FRIDAY, SEPT. II, 1925

VACATION for 1925 has ende'
with sultry weather lingering tt
make discomfort; but, this is not al
unusual condition for early Septem
Der and it will be only very few
days before cool nights will usher
in the beautiful fall weather we en-
Joy in the latter part of each year
with an occasional heavy storm fol
a few hours.
USELESS AND UNNECESSARY
noises on the streets are not only
an annoyance, but permitted as they
are by the police of Milford, they
are an intollerable nuisance. The
legislature has made laws which If
enforced, compel quiet zones about
hospitals, or where the sick are even
in private homes. These laws also
are intended to protect all children
at OF going to and from the public
schools, from all forms Of auto driV-
en- machines passing over streets
near public schools. Even church
services are protected from unnec-
essary noises from automobiles or
other sources. Here in Milford we
have those who drive automobiles,
trucks or any kind Of vehicle over
the streets and have no regard for
public safety; they seem to think
that those who walk have no rights
which they are bound to respect. 1t
is now proposed to compel the law
to be observed as it applies to hos
pitals, schools, churches and cross
ings generally where children are
numerous during the day. The Town
Council has directed the police to
enforce these laws and regulations
and in any case where an arrest Is
made. to prefer charges which will
carry not less than twenty-five dol
lars fine and costs in each case'
Those who persist must have the
fear of stiff fines thrown into them
bv personal experience, to be re-
spectful of law. If the police fail
to do this, then the citizens who
have children attending the schools
and those who have sick in the hos
pitals. will form vigilance commit
tee and enforce prosecutions. Stop
useless noise from cutouts, from
racing automobile engines when
starting cars and the fool speeding
not only in the quiet zones provided
bv law, but in all parts of the town
@eS
IT IS frequently claimed by farm
ers and land owners in rural dis
+ricts of Delaware, that they as a /
rural school district unit, pay more '
money in taxes levied for use OF the {
public schools and educational pur- {
noses. than is expended in their S
school district to maintain the dis L
riot school; and further, they claim t
hat they want to know where and O
n what purpose, their money is ex- a
,ended This sounds like a serious o
natter to those who do not consider C
Il the facts involved in school man d
cement and how these same people C
n share in the education Of the chill b
ron II may be true and probably W
true in most cases, that the taxes IL
aised in a certain district exceeds fC
,e amount Of money expended to m
Iaintain the local district school; ly
1t that little school is not all the ia
lucation that the children in that W
.rticular district receive through tn
e public schools of Delaware. Such ha
are specious and useful ne
that class of men who desire to wi
fog the minds Of those less cap ch
lie to understand any kind of fl izt
ncial problem than themselves. ra.
It. there is only a part Of truth in of
e claim that these districts pay for WI
IRE education than they receive for hej
cir children. Children in all local no
jtricts of one room, or even two tut
om capacity, after they get past col
; sixth grade, are entitled to go the
d do go to the Special School Dis Co,
cts in the towns, where they are acc
1cated absolutely free Of cost to few
} local district; and it is there a b
It they receive the last half Of pee
,ir education to be acquired in the is
blic schools of Delaware; so, it is wis
; the truth, that these rural dis nov
cts pay more for education than Dire
Y receive from the public school mo
ten. The child gets what the abo
payers pay for in the local school The
then goes to the consolidated and
Special School Districts in the whi
ms, where the higher education is
en- to them without any addition v
cost to the taxpayer Of the local opp
.rict from whence they came. 1t non
light that rural districts should lars
more money, much more money who
l is expended in their local dis wou
!, or their children would never amc
an education beyond the lower to
les-unless the parents paid for seer