Milford chronicle., 1949-07-22

The w. S. c. S. of Trinity Meth
odist Church, Harrington, will hold
a food sale in Kates Grocery Store
on Saturday morning, July %, at
10 o'clock.
On Sunday, July "a, Rev. H. d.
Dukes of Denton, Md, Superinten-
dent of the Eastern District of the
Pilgrim Holiness Church will
preach at the Pilgrim Holiness
Church in Milford The public is
cordially invited.
Don't forget! Tonight is the date
of the Late Disciples Sunday
School Glass supper. Boiled
hazn, potato salad, home-baked
beans, cabbage and pineapple sal.
ad, apple sauce, pickles, rolls, butt
ter, ice tea or coffee. Dessert-ice
cream and cookies. Suppers sent
out if you bring your own dishes.
Price adults $1OO; children soc.
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The newly appointed members
of the State Board of Education
assumed their seats at the meeting
of the board in Dover last Friday
afternoon. They are j. Ohrum
Small, Wilmington, and H. Eugene
/ Shallcross, Middletown.
The two members succeed w.
Ralph Mcintyre, Wilmington, and
j. Wallace Woodford, Dover. They
were sworn in by DR.. George r.
Miller. Jr., State Superintendent
of Public Instruction. Only rou-
tine business came before the
meeting.
Reports have come from variou:
towns on the Delmarva Peninsula
! that a man giving the name of III
CARRIER and representing himself
as an employee of the News-Jour
nal papers. has been borrowing
money on the strength of these ere
dentials.
There is no one by the name o
H. CARRIER on the staff of eithe
the Journal-Every Evening or tht
Morning News, and so far as We
are aware, no News-Journal pres
card has been issued to anyone o
. that name.
: Tenants in Delaware have re
ceived 70 refunds totalling $5,14
: since the 1949 Housing and Rem
Act went into effect April 1.
This was announced this week b,
John L. Walmsley, area rent dir
ector, who pointed out that tn
average refund was $3.50, and tn
highest, $475. The refunds wer
obtained through conferences wit
the landlords which were arrange
e by the local rent office.
The Office received LIE tenants
complaints, including protests ol
overcharges, in the past thre
, months. Complaints which wer
f cleared totaled S61, while furthe
! conferences are listed as pendin
q in 254 cases.
e AS traffic has become heavy o
n Northeast Front Street, City Cour
), Gil has decided to widen the strel
d 80 feet at the eastern end.
!. The widened portion will exten
a from North Washington Stree
= eastward.
A parking lot has recently bee
purchased by the city and is stu
ated on. the section that will b
widened.
The Council adopted a resolu
= ton at their meeting this week t
q ascertain the possibilities of ais
. widening Walnut Street froI
, South Front to North Front ST
i This issthe center of the bushes
9 section of Milford, and the nee
! for a wider street here has bee
: felt for some time.
D Howard Warren, county PM
:. chairman for Sussex County, hs
! announced that Commodity Cred
; " Corporation loans are now avail
. able to farmers for use in col
= structing storage facilities for sto
> ing this years grain crops.
!, Loans covering up to S5 per cel
of the cost of construction will
made to any land owner or tena
needing additional storage spa
for his crops. The rate of intere
on the loan, according to Mr.. Wa
ren, is per cent and loan is pa
i able in five years.
- The structure must be maintai
r. ed for storing grains until aft
the loan is repaid and farmers W
- be required to carry insurance
n the structure if loan exceeds 81 ,Ot
Farmers may make applicati
ce in Sussex at the county PIMA off