Milford chronicle., 1950-11-17
Happenings Of Interest
Throughout Delaware


$2,500.00, will be one of the speak
ers, at the Bankers Dinner for the
Bankers in Kent and Sussex Coun-
ties, to be held at the new Dinner
Bell Inn on Thursday evening,
November 16, 1850, at 6:15.
Also, Mr.. Herbert o. Frey, Vice
President Of the Pennsylvania Com
pany and Administrator of Real
Estate Credit in this Area and his
Deputy Administrator, Mr.. David
c. Melnicoq, will speak on Regula-
ton x, the new government regu-
lation, which covers all real es-
tate transactions on new construc-
ton over S2,5OO.0O.
This meeting was called by the
members of the Federal Reserve
Relations Committee.
KENT DIKORCES-A total OF 16
divorce, cases have been listed for
action in the Superior Court, Dover,
today, by Prothonotary w. Marion
Stevenson. Some of the cases have
been continued from previous ses-
sions of the divorce court.
The cases are as follows: Mamie
Louise Bryant v. James Bryant,
Dorothy P Cooke v. Raymond Med
ford Cooke, Herman ]. Smith v.
Mary B. Smith, Eva D. Teat v. Fred
TeRt, Hester Jane Knight Satter-
field V. James Massey Satterield.
Susie 'Newlin V. Elmer Leroy
Newlin, Mabel G. Gosch v. Louis
John Gosch, Jr., James e. Sudler
v. Lillian Ann Sudler, Edward j.
Ward v. Alice Ward, Herman w.
Meyers, Jr., v. Anna Mae Powell
Meyers.
Jean r. Livingston v. Calvin A.
Livingston, Leonard H. Davis, Jr.,
v. Irene p Davis, Doris Evelyn
Porter v. Paul Porter, Thelma
Faye Swain v. Harlan Riggs Swain.
Leonard Cooper Blades " jeanette
Blades, Dorothy Patterson Wilcutts
v. Ernest F. Wilcutts.
CONTRACT AWARDED - Con-
tract for the construction of the
addition to the Rehoboth School
has been awarded to A. ]. Murray
of Georgetown, it was announced
this week by the building commits
sion of the school. The contractors
bid was $309,83O.13.
The agreement will cover the
major portion of the building pro-
gram, including the new shop
area, science rooms, enlarged Ii
Drary, rest rooms, nurses room.
toilet rooms, and nine classrooms.
Part of the construction work is
already under way, on a music
room in the basement of the pres
ent building. Most of the material
needed is now on hand to complete
the room. 1t will house the sixth
grade class for the rest of the cur
rent school year, thereby releasing
the gymnasium which this grade
has been using. Later, when the
main addition is completed, the
room will be used for music
classes.
Additional construction planned
but held up for lack of funds will
\ be done later, the commission saws.
/ This includes enlargement of the
boys locker room space, furnish
ings for library and science room.
and additions to equipment in the
boiler room.
DRAFT REJECTEES-Fortv ont
OF every 100 men called for service
from Delaware fail to pass the
armed forces examinations. accord
ing to a survey by the State Selec-
tive Service office.
/ Results of the survey, covering
the period from July through
October, We're given in a radio
broadcast this week by Douglas w.
Troll, state director of Selective
Service.
The armed forces are losing
nearly as many men in Delaware
through reflections for mental rea-
sons as for physical defects, Mr..
Troll reported.
The statistics show that 1,169
men were sent to examining sta
tions during the four-month period,
7OS or 60.2 per cent were accented
and 466 or 1913 per cent were re-
jected.
A total Of 22S or 10 per cent were
rejected for physical reasons, 165
or 14.1 per cent were turned down
for mental reasons, So or So per
cent were rejected for a combina-
ton of physical and mental rea-
sons and five or A per cent were
eliminated from the draft for
other reasons.
Reflections for September and
October were II per cent below the
number turned down from this
state during July and August.
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REHOBOTH PARKING METERS
An order for 400 parking meters
to be installed by spring on major
thorOughfares of this resort town
was given by the board of COM
missioners to r. D. Grier and Sons
Company of Salisbury, Nd, at tho
November meeting during the
weekend.
Five parking meter representa-
tives were interviewed by the
board, and it was decided to use
the dual automatic devices offered
by the Grier firm They will be in
stalled on the main block Of Reho-
both Avenue from the boardwalk
to First Street, and one block to
the south and north.
The boardwalk block will have
an extra number as they will not
only be set up on the curbing of
the sidewalks but along the center
grass plots.
The. meters are expected to be
set for time, limits of 10 minutes
to two hours. A rush order for the
equipment was given Immediately