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Milford chronicle., 1945-09-07
VIII Improve Two
More State Highways
Glasgow Road And Route II At
BridgeIille VIII BE Widened

Bids for widening and resurfac-
s. Route IL in the Bridgevillc area
will he opened Ivy the State High
way Department at o'clock We'd
nesday afternoon. October 3, w.
w. Mack. chief engineer of the de-
partmcnt. announced this week.
He also announced award of the
contract for widening and resur-
facing of the dupont Parkway from
Smyrna to Dover to George and
Lynch. Wilmington. at the firm S
bid of 1857 $3.50. Bids for the
contract were opened on Wednes-
day of last week
The westhound lane of the elias
gov Road will he resurfaCed with
three-inch bituminOus pavement
from the Maryland line to Glasgow
From Glasgow to Bear it will he
widened by four feet and given .
fOur-inCh reSurfaCing.
The highway from Bridgoville tC
mile and half north of the Sus
four feet and a three inch bitumin
Gus surface applied In addition
the contract will call for grading
along a section of that stretch 70
the proposed dual highway Ian
west of the existing road
The contract awarded this weeI
calls for fOur-fOOt widening q
the Smyrna-DOver stretch of high
way. part of which was the frs
contract awarded by the highwa
department after its organization
in 1917. The concrete COnstructio
of the road from Dover to Bishop
Corner was started August 81. 1871
and later construction of tn
stretch from Bishops Corner
SMYRNA. which was Contract No.
of the department. was started.
Milford chronicle., 1945-09-07
Rise OF IS Pct. Is
Noted In Traffic
But 67,si5 Cars During Holiday
Are 35 Pet. Below 1911

Motor traffic over Delaware'S
highways from Friday through
.IOnday totaled 61.845 vehicles or
a. per cent greater than for the
same period last year. Walter B.
McKendrick Jr., assistant chief en-
Gincer of State Highway Depart
ment revealed last Tuesday even
ing The total count of motor traf-
fic last year was $3.50.
The automatic counters. located
On L. s. Is. two miles north of
Smyrna, on Route l13. just north
oi Milford. and on L. S. Is one mile
south of Greenwood, all tabulated
traffic at an increase over 1914.
Tabulations were 1876 vehicles at
the Smyrna counter: 1916 at Mil
ford. and 1888 at Greenwood.
However. Mr.. Mckendrick stated
that the total number of cars,
buses. and trucks on the highways
during the past Labor Day week
end was some 35 per cent less than
in 1871 when total of 104, 725 We
hicles were counted.
Milford chronicle., 1945-09-07
Ced ar Band
Will Honor
Judge Carey
Affair Will BE Held On
Wednesday Evening,
September II, At Har-
ringtOn Restaurant.

For the first affair of the new
season. one that is without a par
allcl in present day fraternal set
mp. Evergreen Forest Band OF Ev
crgrcon Forest No. 40. Tall Ccdars
of Lebanon of Kent and Sussex
counties. will pay honors to one of
its members on Wednesday eve
ming. September -. AT the James
Restaurant at Harrington on Route
Is. when they honor James Burton
Carey. their assistant band dircC-
tor. who was recently appointed
Resident ,Ind2c oi SUSSEX county.
aud to the state Supreme Court,
with a testimonial dinner.
TIL" evening. strictly a hand par
~. has been arranged by band
members. who have been associated
with judge Carey in band work fOl
years Judge Carey from his high
school days has played in hraSs
bands To the members of Ever
green Forest it has been Il familiar
sight to see the Judge lay d0Wr
his tuba to WELD his baton over
this we'll known band at fores
corcmOnialS
Judge Car"y began his musiCa
activities playing with the George
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Milford chronicle., 1945-09-07
81 Ration Board
Workers Dismissed
Notice Is Effective On Last
Day Of September To
Merge Units

Notices of termination of en-
ployment, effective September 80.
have been sent to 81 clerks in the
II local war price and rationing
boards of Delaware. Charles w.
Hardesty. Delaware OPA director.
announced last Saturday
Plans are now under way for
consolidation of the II boards and
about one half of the boards will
then be closed. II has not been de
Cided which boards will be retain
cd for price control.
All of the employees released will
be offered transfers to other civil
service positions in other branches
of the government. Mr.. Hardesty
said.
The dismissal of the u empolyes
reduces the force of the paid EN-
plOyeS of the local boards from 1902
to Is.
The price panel program will
continue and when the conSolida-
ton of boards is effective the re-
naming boards will he designated
as price control boards. Mr.. Hard
esty explained.
Milford chronicle., 1945-09-07
Soil Conservers
Hold Meeting
Helpful Suggestions Offered Al
Recent Session Held In Dover

The State Soil conservation
commission. appointed by Cover
nor Walter w. Bacon. met with the
Board of Supervisors of the Kent
County Soil Conservation District
at their regular monthly meeting
Gil Wednesday evening i'm the dis
trict office. second floor of the
Priscilla building in Dover, and Of
fered helpful suggestions for the
promotion of farm planning for
soil conservation in the Kent Dis
trict. Members of the Commission
are Dean George l.. SChuster, New
AK; Ralph W. Wine, WOOdside;
William II. Naudain, HOckessin !;
Harry w. Cannon, Bridgeville. AL
den Short. Georgetown, member-a at
large: and Ralph c. Wilson, Dover
who by virtue of his position as
secretary of the State Board of
Agriculture, is secretary of the
commission.
The special business of the meet
ing was to discuss means of secur-
ing the use of additional equip.
ment with which to speed up the
work of farm drainage and sol
conservation that have been in pro
gress in Kent county since the for
nation of the Soil Conservation
District in September. 1913. The
District was organized unde
authority of the Soil Conservation
District Law which was passed b,
the State Legislature during tn
1913 session.
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Milford chronicle., 1945-09-07
Legions Meets At
Rehoboth Tomorrow
Committees Are Listed For State
COnclaIF In HOtC! Hfnijrrn

NamCa of committee members ~
s,rvo at the annual convention ct
the Department of Delaware,
American Legion. AT Rehohoth
Peach ON Saturday, September 5.
were announced last Monday by
Everett f.. Borton, adjutant of the
department. George W Ayara, Do
yer. commander. made the appoint
monrS
William A. Shadoan of Wickliflc.
kentucky. will hc the principal
speaker at the banquet to be held
Friday night. September /. in tn"
Hotel IIcnlopcn.
Raymond i. Kelley now ON aC-
tive service in the War Department
in Washington and past national
commander 0f the Legion. and
Judge i. Fred Johnson of Alabama
past national vicc-C0mmander.
will also speak. Guests al the ban
Cuct will include Gov. Walter w
Bacon. l.. :. Senators James VI
Tunnel and e. Douglass Buck and
L :. Rep Phillip A. Traynor.
Auxiliary Also To Meet
The auxiliary of the Department
of Delaware. American Legion. will
hold its convention COnCurrcntlY al
Echob0th Beach. Many of the of
ficers and members of the auXilia
ry along with their guests, will at
tend the banquet Friday evening
Mrs. D. Iuciu& Conant of Concord
4,
the Legion Auxiliary. will III
among the guest speakers.
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Milford chronicle., 1945-09-07
Parade Will
Open Firemen's
Carnival Here
On Wednesday
Gigantic Street Parade
Will End At Municipal
Parking Lot; Child
dren's Matinee Will BE
Held On September Is.

Plans. as new set mp. call for a
gigantic parade to officially launch
the opening of the 1945 Firemen's
Carnival here next Wednesday eve
ming. September -. at I o'clock.
The parade will wind through the
principal streets of the city and
will disband at the municipal
parking lot where the carnival is
to he held for ten big days and
nights.
The second big feature of open
ing week will be the big kiddie
matinee on Saturday. September
Is. beginning at o'clock Chill
age are cordially invited to attend
and enjoy this afternoon of fun as
guests of the carnival management.
All rides will be sc only that at
ternoOn and the proceeds will be
turned over to local charities.
Riddles
Every night there will he radio
artists on the grounds to entertain
the visiting multitudes absolutely
free of charge. They will sing
dance. yodel and impersonate al
for your pleasure. Incidentally, the
show will he changed every night
Remember all roads lead to Mil
ford and all streets in Milford leaC
to the municipal parking lot, where
a lot of fun awaits you every nigh
from September II to September
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Milford chronicle., 1945-09-07
Geo. S. Grier Cracks
His Hip In Fall
Local InduStrialist Fell Through
Trap Door

George S. Gricr. 63 years old, of
Milford, suffered fractured right
hip on Wednesday Of last week.
when he fell through trap doors in
the building of the l.. y. Caulk
Company.
Mr. Grier who is superintendent
of the chemical and cotton depart
ments. is in the Milford McmOrial
Hospital
His condition is reported good
a company spokesman said Mr..
Grier was about to open the trap
doors from inside the building
when Clarence Emory of Milford,
company employee. showed them
open with stick from the outside
of the building
The doors struck Mr.. Grier in
the face, causing him to lose his
balance He fell through the open
ing and on top of Emory, who was
standing on the rear of a truck.
Mr.. Grier was rushed to the hos
pital in the Milford ambulance.
Emory was uninjured.
Milford chronicle., 1945-09-07
Much Interest ID c awa are
In Sussex Casualties In
Horse Show War Are 2,525
Death Toll of Eight Hun
dred Is Three Times
Number Of First
World War.

Delawarc's World War II Casu-
alticS total 2.525. including 500
dead. according to final figures
compiled by Edward l.. Parker, Of
ticial grave recorder of the Ncte-
rams of Foreign Wars. and to the
United Spanish War Veterans
Although the death toll is about
three times more than the 21n state
men lost in World War !. the fig
urc is SLIGHTLY less in proportion
than in the Civil War which claim
cd 1892 Of the 10000 DclawarCans in
that conflict. This compares with
about - 1000 state men in the war
just ended.
OF the 500 World War II dead
81 were killed in action. 81 died ot
wounds. 81 were plane crash vie
Tins. IS SuCcumhcd to illness, 20
were Killed in car crashes, and the
remaining 65 died of miscellaneous
cases. The 2,525 casualty total also
Includes 1.3l2 wounded. S. injured
s. missing. 2i6 released prisoners
and 81 still in captivity. While
there may he additional casualties
reported from time to time. there
pl 0bahly will be little change il
the present total.
Milford chronicle., 1945-09-07
Radio Schedule For
Farm Home Program
Extension Service Station, WDEL,
Has Set Up Interesting Program

During recent months radio pro-
grams on the Delaware Farm and
Home Hour have been scheduled in
regular weekly series for the con-
venience of listeners. Announce
ment has been made of individual
programs to be presented in this
series during the month of Sep
tember
The series include poultry pro-
gram each Monday: a dairy and
livestock program each Tuesday;
a youth program on Wednesday; in
formation from the Agricultural
Adjustment Agency and other agen-
cies in the state on Thursday: and
a homemakers information series
on Friday
The Delaware Farm and Home
Hour is presented each week day.
Monday through Friday, at 1 p. m.
by station WDEL in cooperation
with the Delaware Agricultural Elk
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Milford chronicle., 1945-09-07
Petit Jurors
Are Drawn In
Sussex County
Superior And General
Sessions Courts Will
Convene At George
town On October |.

Petit jurors for the October term
of Superior and General Sessions
Courts. were drawn this week by
the jury commissioners for Sussex
county. Court begins on October
l. The jurors drawn are as fol
lows:
RoprcScntativ" District No
Mrs. Laura NAPLES, Milford: Geo.
Derricksnn. Lincoln; William X
Brown. Milford. r. u
Representative District No
Harry Warrington. Greenwood +;
George Ray. Bridgevillc; William
+. Ferguson. Rridgcville Edgar r.
English. Greenwood
Representative District No. 3
William Ross Collins. Seaford. AL
bert f. Chapman. Seatord; Charles
r. Burton. ScafOrd: Oliver S. TulI.
SeafOrd.
Representative District No 4
William o. Covcy. Seaford; Ebe Z.
Layton, Lau9el; Harry T. Wright,
Bethel
INtDl 1lSlllCl NJ. -
Mrs. Beatrice Yerkes. Laurel: Elias
J. Lewis. Delmar; Charles f. Woo
ten. Laurel.
Representative District No. 6
Florence Mitchell, Millsboro; Pres
ton Evans. FrankfOrd. Mrs. Ann
S. Williams, DagsbOro: G.. G.
Lynch. MillsbOrO.
Representative District No {
Russell j. Murray. Roxana; Eli.
oft Evans, Ocean View; NOllit
Gray. Frankford
representative District No s.
w. Arnold Steele. Georgetown
Mildred Pettyjohn, HarhesOn
James J. West. Georgetown. r. d
Representative District No. 9
Granville S. Goslee. Georgetown
Thomas FOoks. Georgetown: II;
Pettyjohn. Georgetown.
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Milford chronicle., 1945-09-07
Area Zoned
Here By City
Council For
New Industry
Need OF Zoning Seen AS
New Plants Go Up,
Others Being Planned,
Many Enlargements
To BE Made.

According to members Ot City
Council Milford is entering into
an industrial period To such an eX
tent that areas have been officially
zoned where factories aud plants
may be built
Several new industries are now
in progress of construction. and
several more are seeking permits.
some actually making arrange
mcnts TO build.
Among the new plants are: The
Milford Chemical Company. The
Matthews Machine Company. a new
concrete process plant, garment
manufacturing company. a new
proposed brOiler dressing plant. en-
largement of the O. W. Davis pick
ling plant. and additions by trans
portatiOn truck line.
Among the plants in operation in
Milford now are: The large Caulk
dental laboratories, a machine tool
manufacturing plant, the recon
verified Milford Ordnance Plant; a
concrete block plant; the Downing
Milling company; Pearce Wooden
Mills. Sussex Poultry Dressing
Plant Milford Laundry Company;
two vault manufacturing plants;
brick yards; cucumber packing
plant; two large vegetable Gamer
les: the J. H. MulhOlland Manufac-
turing Company; Vinyard Ship
building plant; Milford Fertilizer
Manufacturing plant; soil COnserva-
ton plant, garment manufacturing
plant Sun Oil Company; SOcOny
Vacuum Oil Company; PearCe Oil
Company; Atlantic Oil Company
Rurris Express Company; Victor
Lynn Terminal; Masten's Truck
Lines. and others.
Many of these plants are enlarg
ing, and demand more electric cur
rent which accounts for the grea
drain on the municipality owned
electrical generating plant. and thu
decision Of the council to purchas,
current until the plant can be eX
banded and improved
Milford chronicle., 1945-09-07
sam DeinlrnrenHs
On II. S. Pay Roll
State Ranks Next To Last
In Nation. Has 100
Over Vermont

Delaware ranked neEt-to-last in
The number of federal iOhholderS
more than Vermont.
The civil Service commission.
" hith made the tahllation in April
aid 1000 of Delawarc'5 federal
were in war agency jobs,
with 500 ON the p0stnftice payroll
and 100 working for remaining
ron war departments and agencies.
There were 800 War Depart
Irent employees. 100 Navy workers
and 500 employed by the various
emergency war administrations.
California. New York, the Dis
trict Of Columbia and Pennsylvania
ranked AT the top.
Milford chronicle., 1945-09-07
Traffic Safety For
School Children
Help To Break Down The Yearly
Riddles Casualty List

will your child he one of those
injured or killed in a traffic acct
dent this year?' asks the State
Board of Health. This is no idle
question since 1870 children be
tween the ages of and II, who
were on foot. were either injured
or killed during the past year. aC-
Cording to the reports of the Will
mington and of the state Police.
This is Is more children injured
than there were last year in the 5
to II age group.
Crossing Highways Dangerous
FOrty-thrcn children. out of the
total of 1870 injured crossed
streets at places other than at in
tcrsections. % darted ont behind
parked cars and were hit, while Is
were struck while playing in
streets or rOadways
In addition to those listed above
ether actions of children which led
to accidents were: crossing streets
or rOadways diagOnally instead OF
straight across. crossing against
signals. walking in the roadway
and hitChing onto vehicles. Still
other causes of accidents happened
to children when they were OF
streets or roadways on bicycles
tricyCles. express wagons or roller
skates. Twelve Youngsters on hicy
cles We're injured and I was killed
About 31.4t1 Children In Age GrOul
Reports of the Safe Department
of Public instruction show tina
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Milford chronicle., 1945-09-07
Affair Will Be Held AT
Georgetown On Sun
day Afternoon, Sep
tember %.

Much interest is being manifest
ed in Sussex County and on the
Delmarva Peninsula for the first
the Delmarva Raceway. near
Georgetown. on Sunday afternoon.
September 23rd. by the newly
formed Sussex Horse Show Assoc
citation. The show. long a heart
felt need by many horse lovers of
the county. has already attracted
the attention of hOrsemcn not only
on the Peninsula but also in neigh
boring states. The event will he
held as "A benefit to the George
town Volunteer Fire Company.
The Association was formed in
meeting of prominent residents
of Sussex County at meeting held
last Thursday evening in the
Georgetown Fire Hall. when the
Hon. Robert G. Houston, George
town attorney was elected prcSi-
dent. Other officers named at the
meeting were as follows: Vice
president. Chief Justice Charles s.
Richards: secretary, Julius C..
Green, and treasurer. Mayor W.
Linden RawlinS, all of Georgetown.
At a meeting of the group at the
fire hall here on Tuesday evening
the class committee. composed of
Nutter n. Marvel. chairman, Will
liam Reed Hudson Oscar Richards.
Henry Graves and Earl Rust, made
tentative plans for nine classes of
events for the show. The classes
will include in addition to all popu-
lar events, those for pony divi-
sion and western horse division
Mr.. Fwell Calhoun. Arthur Lee
Pittard and Warren HOlSOn have
been named in charge of the pony
class and have already made Ella
hOrate plans along that line. The
western end of the show will he
handled by two of Sussex County
hest known spOrtsmCn in that tl6ld
Committees for the horse show
lave been named with the general
chairman being Nutter d. Marvel
The remaining committees are:
Entries: Nutter d. Marvel. an,
William Hastings. Selbyville; VII
liam Whaley of Glen Riddle Farms
Berlin: Caleb NJ Wright, Houston
Wilson. William Reed Hudson anC
A f. Braunfeld. Georgetown. Pre-
MUM: chief Justice Charles s
Richards. Oscar Richards. .IaCl
Hough. Bill Dennis. Tehu f. Hud
son. all of Georgetown Entertain
ment: Henry Graves. Chester r
StrOup. Charles Lene. Oscar Rick
: ards and Earl Rust, all of George
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Milford chronicle., 1945-09-07
Better Gas Will Cost
No More, OPA Says
High Octane Gas Is Expected On
Market In Short Time

That better quality gasoline
about to come on the market won't
cost motorists any more.
No change is being made in the
ceiling prices for either regular or
premium grades at the tank wagon
or retail level, the OPA announced
last Monday
Consequently. motorists will get
higher octane gasoline for the
same money.
Since mid-1944. regular grade
gasoline has been about 20 octane.
The industry told OPA that this
will be stepped up to the peace
time level of 70 to "a, and in some
cases may exceed rs.
The minimum octane rating to
qualify for premium grade Gaso-
line has been raised from IS to 70
hut higher ratings are probable.
Milford chronicle., 1945-09-07

and Germany He was in the fight
for the famed Monastery Hill in
Italy. with the 630th Field Artil-
lcry. He has also served with an
anti-aircraft regiment, and was
with the French First Army for ii
months.
In the battle near Monastery Hill
he was in a company of l31, and
when the fight was over there were
only 20 left
He has eight battle stars. and
was hit by Shrapnel twice
He was decorated by General
DeGaulle for heroic work in sup
plying ammunition under most diff
ficult conditions under fire.
He is the son of Harry Orkin of
Milford, and has returned to the
business of purchasing cattle.
Milford chronicle., 1945-09-07
Milford I o
Buy Outside
Electric For
Next ) Years
Repairs To Municipal
Plant Will BE Made In
The Interim; Il id S
Have Been Asked For
BY City Council.

Milford is asking for bids to
supply electric current tor this
city
This decision was reached at a
recent meeting of city Council,
when the report Of the plant com
mttce. based ON recommendations
of an expert who made a survey.
was submitted. and adopted
This report suggested that the
city request bids from power lines
to supply Milford with current tor
a period of tive years.
City To Buy Current
1t is understood that the power
lines are not to- he given tn" fran
Chisc of supplying individual con
SumcrS. who now receive their "lcr-
trio power from the Milford plant
The plan is to- have the city pm
chase this current. and supply il
retail To consumers.
The recent survey ClCarcly show
ed that the Milford electric power
plant must be ovcrhauled. and re-.
Dullt, CSptCldllN III" large 'uIDlll'
generator While this generator is
out of commission. the two smaller
generators can not carry the peak
load
II also WAS brought ont that tc
install a new generator would T."
qlirp from - to IL months anC
probably longer.
Increase In Power Demand
The demand for current OF thu
Milford municipally-oWnrd plan
has increased each year to such al
extent that the plant is now taXeC
nearly 10 its capacity.
The bids for electric current ol
, the Milford switch board will b,
opened a. a meeting OF City Coun
ell on September H.
Milford chronicle., 1945-09-07
Red Cross Meeting
Here September IL
Gall For Session Was Issued BY
Chairman George u. Macklin

George v Macklin. chairman for
BranCh Area of the American Red
Cross. has issued a call for a
meeting of the directors on Tues
day. September II, at s y. M. The
meeting will I've held in the Red
Cross office in the old ArmOry.
opposite the Milford Chronicle Of
flee The end of the war has
brought no cessation of work for
the organization of Red Cross,
which goes ON in peace time IS
we'll Plans for the coming year
will be made and Mr. MaCklin is
hoping there will he questions
about the work that can be dis
GUESSED Ivy the directors. 1t would
be helpful to the work If every
director would attend this meet
iup
Milford chronicle., 1945-09-07
Rationing Of Tires
Is Seen Prolonged
Request Far Outnumbers Supply
OPA Says

Tire rationing. the OPA indicated
this week. may last longer than
you think.
Since~the end of gasoline ration
ing August Is, the agency said, mo-
florists have been flooding local
boards with applications for new
tires. The September quota of
2.500.OO0, unchanged from August,
falls far short of meeting all the
requests.
Max Mccullough. deputy ration
ing chief. commented:
"Rationing of tires will end just
as soon as enough tires are avail
able to assure that our transporta-
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Milford chronicle., 1945-09-07
Colored Republican Club Is
Planning Beach Excursion

The members of the Young Col
Ored Mems Republican club of this
city are completing plans for their
first excursion to Atlantic City
\ large bus has been hired and
the group will leave early Sunday
morning. September 9. returning
late in the evening of the same
day.
While At the Nations Play
ground" the group will take in
Milford chronicle., 1945-09-07

many of the amusemcnts and will
especially take delight in hearing
the renowned count Basic and
his nneXcelled orchestra play on
one of the large piers.
Marshall Bell. president of the
club, has announced that refresh
ments will be provided for all at
the resort An opportunity will be
afforded all to enjoy the aquatic
sports during the day.
Milford chronicle., 1945-09-07
Hunt Brothers Sh0w
hMiltordTomorr
Will Be Located On Circus ot On North Wal
nut Street; There Will Be Two Complete
Shows, One AT e. s In The Afternoon, Sec
ond AT 81 In The Evening"

Circus has been a perennial visitor
To the cities and towns of the At
10 tine Sunny South. and for this. its
53rd annual tour under the same
management. founder Charles T.
Hunt promises the most imposing
assemhlagc of arcnic. aerial aud
animal talent in the shows long
and distinguished history
There Will he afternoon and eve
ming performances of the big show
at 2:l3 and S:l5 p. m, with the
doors opening ono hour earlier.