Milford chronicle., 1928-04-06
FORM COUNTY
HIGHWAYS ASSN.
New Castle County Man Heads New
Organization.

Members Of the Levy Courts Of
New Castle, Kent and Sussex coun-
ties, together with the engineers fol-
the three counties held a meeting in
the Century Club room in George
town last Thursday afternoon and
organized an association known as
the County Highway Officers Asso-
citation of Delaware. The three coun-
ty engineers, Charles E. Grub, of
New Castle; James Bice, of Kent,
and Robert c. Hill, Of Sussex, con-
stituted the constitution and bylaw
committee. The constitution as sub
mitted was adopted.
The purpose and objects OF the as
sociation shall be to acquire and
disseminate information concerning
county highways; to promote clos
or relationship between the counties,
and between the counties and mu-
nicipalities and towns and the state
with the view of establishing uni
form standards in highway finance,
construction, maintenance and oyer
ations; to study and promote legls-
lation for the betterment of county
highway administration and to CO.
onerate with the State Highway
Commission for the purpose OF
bringing about the highest etf1clen-
cy in transportation"
The membership consists OF ac-
tive. associate and honorary, and in
cludes members of the Levy Courts
of the three counties of the State,
their attorneys, county comptrollers
and county road engineers. Active
members shall be eligible to assocl-
ate membership, following the terml-
nation of their connection with
county highway administration. Hon
orary membership is extended to the
Governor of the State. Meetings nave
been fixed for the third Thursday IN
November, March and July. The an
nual meeting will be held in Dover
during November of each year, at
which time the state officials will be
elected for the association.
Five active members with at least
one Levy Court member from each
of the three counties constitute
quorum at any regular or special
meeting.
Endorsement shall be given TO leg
islatiOn which is proposed only by
unanimous vote of the association.
No body of Levy Court Commission
ers is obligated to back up proposed
legislation which does not meet its
country needs.
Herman D. Faulkner, president of
the New Castle County Levy Court,
acted as temporary president of the
meeting.
officers of the association were
elected, as follows: President, Her
man D. Faulkner, of Wilmington;
vice-president for New Castle coun-
ty, James Meharg; vice-president for
Kent county, Harry M. Case, of Do
yer, president of the Kent Levy
Court; vice-president for Sussex
county, Benjamin B. Bowden, of Sea-
ford, member of the Sussex Levy
Court; secretary, Robert c. Hill, of
Georgetown, county engineer of
Sussex; treasurer, R. H. Wilson, of
Dover, member of Kent County Levy
Court; finance committee, Chas. ST.
mon, Jr., member of New Castle
Levy Court; William H. Poor, of Do
yer, comptroller of Kent county;
Linwood S. Lloyd, Of Seaford, comp
trOller of Sussex county.
Those attending the meeting were
New Castle county, Levy Courtmen
H. D. Faulkner, George Burris,
James Meharg, Chas. Simon, Jr.,
Thomas w. Truitt, County Engineer
Charles e. Grub, Assistant County
Engineer AIban Shaw.
Kent County-Levy Courtmen H.
M. Case, r. H. Wilson, George H.
Brown, County Engineer James Bice,
Jr., Attorney for the Levy Court,
Charles L. Terry, Jr.
Sussex county-Levy Courtmen J.
Leon Black, Gardner 3. Bunting,
BENJAMIN B. Bowden, Comptroller
Linwood S. Lloyd, Deputy Clerk Of
the Peace Bud Coy, County Engi-
neer Robert c. Hill, Ex-Deputy Clerk
Of the Peace Oscar s. Wilson.
], Leon Black, president Of the
Sussex County Levy Court extended
he welcome and expressed the hope
hat the organization will be profit
.ble to the people throughout the
State. He introduced the speaker of
he afternoon, Charles M. Upham, of
Washington, D. c., business director
# the American Road Builders AS
ISOLATION, and one Of the outstanding
DAD engineers in the world today.
Gr. Upham, who is widely known
throughout the United States, was
hief engineer of the Coleman du
1o~E GOOD IN 1a16 1918 and 1917 He