Milford chronicle., 1950-09-08
Happenings Of Interest
Throughout Delaware

1NFOhAATI0N CENTER - Tho
y: 5. Department of Commarce
Fleld Service has selected the E.sr
tlels ~ .. Bank Of the State of Delaware
- acI as source of information
Lesardlng procurement. This SER
wee - available for all.
me Dank has on 9le a descrin.
e!oa' quantity, invitation openines
alq cate OF bids for all governme1t
purposes OF procurement.
COLLEGE WORK SHOP -Dala.
ware ware State College will condnct
faculty workshop September 14-16
y mas been announced bv nr
Sellles Z. Finney, dean of the COL
iege and chairman for the meet-
The work shop will organize
iaculty handbook which viii CON
tam statements OF policy eovern
ing the internal Organization of
the college. ''-i VI
Dean Flnney said, "This is an at
leLnpt not only to produce a com
pLehenslYe statement of a policv
WAlch VIII be representative Of
ilIst class institution of higher
learning, but it is also an aftemnt
20 put the internal running of the
sehooI more into the hands of
tnose who by virtue of their train
ing and, experience are both ohii-
gated and qualified to perform sncb
a task" " 'uon
ATTRACTING TOURISTS Tbo
Delaware State DEVELOPMENT ne
partment is spending sI50 000 in
1890 TO attract tourists and to nro-
mote local industry and agrieuI-
lure according to national sur-
vey conducted by the research de-
partment Of The Curtis Publish
ing Company.
Also with the goal in mind Of
attIactlng Vacationers, the Reho-
Ooth Beach Chamber of Commerce
Is spending $1,000 this year. the
study says. '"0
Ihese sums are for advertising
ana promotion purposes alone evo
elusive Of administrative and over
head expenses.
Nationally, the report shows tbo4
record Sf0,048,391 is being snanf
ms year, primarily to attract yaca-
Ioners. The cOuntry's tourist in
11ustry has grown into an $4,000.
1ut. POilIs
SAVE WATER - Dover wotor
lsers are being requested nv Citv
o. B. Agner not to Iisa ony
vater for anything but essential
purposes because of the condition
i the city's water supply due to
ne drought of the past month.
among other things the city man
lger mas directed that no water ba
lseo Ior sprinkling lawns and that
"asning automobiles be limited to
staDllshments properly eouipped
Tor that purpose.
MT Agner explained that the no.
Yer water situation is not alarming
as tals time and that the issuance
OF the restrictions was only tal~an
70 avoid a possible emergencv-
Earlier this week a preliminarv
examination OF the local wafar .g,-,'.
uiLion resulted in a report fhaf fJ,o
sLtuatlon was normal. However )
49, sselA construction engineer found
nat me pumps were drawing wa
.er % Ieet below the static water
ever, a situation which, if not re-
leVe0' ne reported could result IN
laKlng the wells useless.
BRIDE KILLED-Mrs. Barbara
can McQuay, 17-year-old Rehobofb
rue OF two months, was killed Iasf
rlday morning at 7:4O O'Clock in
he bedroom of her apartment when
~ callbre rife her husband.
'llLlam 5. McQuay, Jr., Is, was
eanlng went off accidentally
sussex County Coroner George
. Atkins of Milton, said death was
ecldental. He quoted the husband
saying he was sitting on tho
lge of the bed cleaning the rifo
lille his wife lay in the ned
eeping. McQuay was not able to
~ what discharged the rife.
The bullet entered the young
rides back and killed her instant
: SAID DR.. Robert L. Klingle of
Beach, who was called in
The body was remov-
to the Watson and Gray Funeral
Ome, FrankfOrd.
Mrs. McQuay was the daughter
Mr.. and Mrs. ROLAND Hudson Of
rankfOrd. Her husband is employ
in his fathers grocery store near
here the young couple lived. She
also survived by one brother,
'olland Hudson, Jr., and two sis
ITS.
FIREMEN'S PARADE-The lar
est crowd ever to watch fire.
ems parade here packed the town
Smyrna last Thursday night.
The parade started from Lake
ONO Gardens, led by E. Reynolds
radley, marshal, accompanied by
arold Deakyne. The band of the
ltizeRs Hose Company was the
rst in line, with Carol Burris. tinv
rum majOrette of the r,nyrna
chool band, leading.
Awards were made as follows.
North East, Nd, best fire COM
my band; Elkton, Nd, second
est; Harrington, best high school
md; Milton, second best: Dia-
ond State, accompanying Clay
ont Fire Company, best drum and
lgle corps; Harrington, best ap-
caring fire company: Dover, sec
I'd best; Mill Creek. Marshallton,
sst appearing ladies auxiliary;
Terrace, second best Ia
es auxiliary; Elkton, Md, COM
my with most men in line; Rock
all, Nd, fire company coming
ngest distance; Rock Han, Nd,