Milford chronicle., 1951-10-05

STATE. GUARD - Armv insnac.
tors who observed the Delaware
National Guard during its trainins
at Bethany Beach, gave Il a to5
Latlng OF excellent" on Tuesday
Two units-the 262nd Ordnance
maintenance Company Of New cas-
tie and the 267th Army Band-were
among the units praised in a report
from Second Army HEADQUARTERS
Fort George G. Meade. Nd.
Captain Gordon l.. CannoIas
heads the ordnance company and
Warrant Oficer Edwin r. Williams
Jr., is the band director.
Among other units receiving ex-
cellent ratings are the 261st AAA
Brigade Headquarters Battery
commanded by Captain Earl +.
West; the State Detachment, head
ed by Captain Ralph T. Buckalew;
the 160th Group Headquarters, OF
under Captain Charles +.
Bryan, Jr.; Headquarters Battery
of the 156th Gun Battalion com
manded by First Lieutenant viii
liam s. Smith; Headquarters hat
terry, 945th Automatic Weapons
Battalion, Georgetown, under Cap
tain Joseph F. Coady, and the 945th
Medical Detachment, commanded
by Second Lieutenant Walter L.
Johnson.
CONTRACTS LET - The state
Highway Department has announ-
ced the awarding Of three con-
tracts for highway construction
projects for which bids had previ-
ously been received. All are list
ed for completion in 1852.
The contract for the widening
and resurfacing Of the nOrthbound
lane Of the dual highway from tho
Maryland line to State Road was
awarded to Wilson Contracting
Company, New Castle, on their
bid of s689,92S.
On this project the roadway will
be Widened four feet, making the
total width "a feet, and the entire
surface will be covered with four
inch hot mix asphalt instead Of the
three-inch covering usually used
by the department.
The project is 1881 miles in
length and work is expected to
start in the near future. Compile
tion date haas been fixed by the
as November 80, 1852.
Pleasanton and Edgell, Dover,
were awarded the other two con-
tracts which provide for two earth
stabilized and surface treated high
ways that viii follow the routes of
existing roads in their area.
One of these projects is for the
road leading from Greenwood to
Andrewsville, a distance Of ASH
miles, for which the concern bid
$72.430.50. and for which the COM
pietiOn date is July 81, 1852.
EXTENSION COURSES - Regis
trations for University of Delaware
Extension courses have exceeded
all previous records. DIR. Carl J
Rees, Director of University Exten.
siOns estimates that, by the time al
classes get under way, over 2.20C
persons will be enrolled in extern
sion.
Most of those enrolled will be
taking courses for credit. However,
there are a number of extension
students who are engaged in non
credit work.
DR.. Rrees and Gordon GOdbey.
Associate Director OF University
Extension, have begun a series OF
visits to the communities CT Kent
and Sussex Counties for the pur-
pose of setting up local commit
tees Of community leaders to work
with the University Extension au-
thorities. Such committees have al
ready been established in George
town and Selbyville. An Extension
course Speech for the Classroom
Teacher" is now in progress in the
Greenwood High School. Mr.. Her
bert F. Cooley, Principal Of the
Greenwood High School, was In
strHmental in arranging for the
speech courses
DR.. Rees and Mrs GOdbey ask
that all persons who are interested
In extension courses. please con-
tact the principals and superinten-
dents Of their local schools. This
applies particularly to residents Of
Kent and Sussex Counties.
The University Extension authOri-
ties are extremely anxious to en-
list the support of business, indus
trial, and state government leaders
in the formation of local communi-
ty committees for the advancement
Of extension work
NEW DOVER REFERENDUM
Dover taxpayers, who only recently
completed a strenuous campaign In
connection with a referendum on
a proposed bond issue for improve
ments at the city-owned power
plant. can now prepare for another
campaign for a referendum on a
much larger bond issue, covering
many more items.
Dover City Council, at its meet
ing on October Sth, is expected to
name a date for the new referen-
dunn at which time the taxpayers
will either approve or disappTove
bond issues totaling possibly ST.
100000.
Thus far Dover City Council has
listed as items to be covered in the
bond issue. water improvements.
100000: sewer and disposal plant
improvements, $650.OO0; rebuilding
of the transmission and distribution
lines for the electric department,
$325,O00: storm sewer system. $780,
900. and streets and storage ware
houses, 100000.
Since these items we're passed
upon by Dover City Council several