Milford chronicle., 1951-09-21
Happenings Of Interest
Throughout Delaware

CONTRACT AWARDED Il The
itate Highway Department has 81
.warded to George and Lynch, Of dl
the contract for re- @
,urfacing the existing highway n
rom Camden south to a point about Il
me mile south Of Woodside, accord G.
ng to an announcement by r. A. v
Haber, chief engineer. s
George and Lynch submitted the
low bid on this project when bids
were received on Wednesday, their h
price being $9S,754. The work will {
consist Of placing hot mix asphalt I
surface, three inches thick, on the {
present roadway and doing some
work on the shoulders.
~
NEW COURSE course in Traf-
fic Law will be given by the Uni
versity Of Delaware in its extern
sion program this year. The course !
is designed to appeal to those peO-
pie engaged in trafiic and trans
portation work, either in the traffic
department of a shipper or in the
operations of a carrier. It will I
also be beneficial to any who ex-
pect to take the examination to
practice before the Interstate Com /
merce Commission.
The course will be centered on |
the Interstate Commerce Act OF |
1887 as subsequently amended but |
will also include consideration Of
other legislation bearing on ttafic
I problems.
PHONE DIRECTORIES Dis
! tribution of new telephone direc-
tories will start here next Wednes-
day, September IS, and is expected
to be completed by The end Of the
month, It was announced today by
Theodore w. Collins, local man
| ager of the Diamond State Tele-
phone Company.
Approximately 1850 copies of
the new grey-cOvered books will
be delivered by mailmen, Collins
said. This is an increase of ap-
, proximately 315 copies over last
: years distribution.
| The new books contain approx
, mately 35,315 alphabetical listings,
an increase of nearly 1900, the
} manager said.
INSURANCE FACTS - Use of
. insurance as a protection for prop
erty is older than the United States,
william C. Boyer, Jr., of Dover, in
: formed the members of the Cam
Wyoming Rotary Club at theiI
:, meeting in the Caesar Rodney High
= School cafeteria this week.
After presenting an interesting
account of the growth of the pres
ent day insurance companies, BOye
d outlined some of the practices o
II the Middle Ages when insuranc
sr was directed toward the protectio
"a of goods being transported.
a. He said the London fire in l6t
re caused the public to think abol
Oh Insurance against similar fire loss'
ce and the practice started then, hi
c: greatly increased down through t
u: years.
ell
in ELECTRIC LESSONS = Jam
at r. Carroll, agricultural engine
=, of the Delaware Electric Cooper
=" tive met with approximately
H. war veterans in the GeOrgetoN
10 High School recently for thre
rs .5s hour class in which a wiring den
- onstration board was used to sho
IT, how the two and three wire electr
sv circuits are constructed.
~ Some materials were distribute
"a among the group to take home wi
them for farm equipment al
practice.
plans are under way this ye
=. to hold classes in four or n
- schools. The high schools in viii
q classes we're held last April al
an m Nav are: Laurel, Seaford and Ha
,ii- rington.
an The cooperative also plans to
1od operate and assist in the 4-H CI'
ieu FFA. and agriculture shop boys
= -
.me ROTARY GOVERNOR - Geo.
ago Ebinger Of Dover. recently cleo
lar district governor of Rotary INT
hia, national, made his first ofticiai :
Dell II 10 the Lewes Rotary Club at
by weekly meeting in The Oc'
lara House on Lewes Beach last We
and He took Office July l.
den, The occasion marked the ann
lard dinner of the Lewes Rotarians
both honor Of the new faculty OF
ters, I,ewes School, who attended
ldel- the superintendent, H. Geiger
am wake. M.
/ in or delineated Rotary princiT
le in saving Service is how you
loon, for the space you occupy on eai
with He told the teaching faculty
, AS "tbe world of tomorrow will
ewes, run by the pupils you are teac
de in today-the citizens of tomprr
VILE. and advised that "the best wa
raform the world is to start
vourseIf." Among the visiting
tsrians was Earl Goodwin, dea
cnool ii washington newspaper CORES
Mrs. 9entS'
lealth Beach,
, was
ar II, sra VICTIM - Efforts are
[ Ma bainb made to identify the Dot
third Negro fisherman foGn
lester' Gently. floating in Delaware Ba
ber- tba I.ewes Coast Guard.
lduate tue hg ~ "01 1ro1enn Funeral HoT
chOOl. AZ Ile ss,,SsTnrints s,aS. were
taught LeWSs' eve ~ -" eSnected " to lead
'izona. %nIcn d osSiciaIs of the two
ms, at iueIlel's ss,.1s,-s nianta at Lewe