Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1951-08-10
Happenings Of Interest
Throughout Delaware

COURT HOUSE ROOF The
Kent County Levy Court has award
ca contract for the placing of an
entire new roof on the court honse
IN Dover with the work to be com
pleted by October. It will be the
first large improvement to the
building in many years.
After the roof work is cOmplet-
ed the Levy Court plans to have
the court room painted and NAV
provide new rooms for juries at the
same time. Heretofore faulty con-
ditions in the roof caused damage
to the paint in the court room a
short time after it had been paint
ed. The new roof is expected 20
overcome this difficulty.
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SUICIDE - Jacob Turk. &C. a I
farmland, was found dead early
last Thursday evening, hanging
from a rope tied to tree behind i
the barn on the farm of Barney
PerOutka, AZ, of near Hartly. Turk.
who came to this country from
Yugoslavia in 1920, had been living
and working. on the farm. The body
was found by Peroutka.
Dover state police said it is be-
leVed that Turk had been dead all
day. He had not been seen since
Monday and police are attempting
to check his movements. Friends
said he had been respondent over
i'll health. There are no known
relatives in this country.
ENLISTMENTS - Parke Raw
mond Perine, 312 Pilot Town Road.
Lewes; Arthur ,Lawman Anderson.
K. d, 2, Seaford, and Harry Egbert
Humes, 209 South Walnut street.
Milford; have enlisted in the NAVY
at the Navy Recruiting Station, III
Market street, Georgetown, it was
announced today by Recruiter-in-
Charge, Chief Emerson T. Smoot.
Perine, Anderson, and Humes
are taking their basic training at
The Great Lakes Naval Training
Center, Great Lakes, Ill. Upon
completion of basic training, they
VIII be assigned to one of the
ships in the feet or attend one of
the Nays many Trade Schools.
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SWIM RACES-The Dover Y. M ;
Z. A. will hold swimming races at
the Silver Lake Beach on August
II, starting at 2 p. m. There Will
be two age classifications, one for
children under IL and the other
for children IL to Is.
Trophies will be awarded for
each event in each age classified
ton, including 50-yard fIeestyle. ,
5O-yard backstrOke, underwater !
swim for distance, and a spoon ;
and stone race. Recognition will
be given second and third places in
each event. ii
The Y. M. c. A. operates a swim
ming program at the lake each CAV
Of the week from 10 a. m. to 6 D. m.
with life guards in charge of Mrs.
Carolyn Camper and William Tor
bert. 1t also keeps two Fairgrounds
in operation each day.
HONOR JUDGE - Kent County
Democrats honOred Judge w. Mar
ion Stevenson of the Juvenile Court
Of Kent and Sussex Counties at a
private dinner last Thursday night
at the RehObOth Beach summer [
home of Vernon B. Derrickson.
Kent County chairman, and Mrs. l
Oerrickson.
Among the $50 persons attending I
we're: Governor Gilbert N. Carvel, S
Lieutenant Governor Alexis I. du- G
Pont Bayard, State Senator R. AL I
en Cannon (D-SeafO-d), the Sus- '
sex County Democratic chairman, t
and John G. Hazard, chairman of l
he Public Service Commission. '
Judge Stevenson, who took Office [
last month after serving more than /
Ia years as Kent prOthOnOtary, was [
presented with a watch. He was
former secretary of the Kent Coun- I
y Democratic Committee. /
SCHOOL VACANCIES-The Do
7er public schools will open for I
he new school year on Thursday, :
September 6, it was announced re-
gently by DR.. J. L. Halderman, su-
This is the tradi-
iOnal opening date.
Faculty meetings will be held on
he day previous to the opening of
he schools at which time the work :,
or the year will be reviewed and =
instructors will be assigned.
Doctor Halderman stated that :,
he calendar for the school year :.
would soon be completed and that =
t would closely follow the pro- :
sram that has been in effect at the :,
Dover schools for a number of =
'ears. =
Four vacancies exist in the corps :
# instructor at the present time. :,
Dr.. Halderman reported. Two OF n
hese are in elementary grades and d
he other two are for instructors Il
n high school subjects. However,
Dr.. Halderman indicated that he &
bought these vacancies could be n
lied from applications now on 4
land q
The new nine-room addition to y
he elementary school building is 70
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