Milford chronicle., 1951-03-16
Happenings OF Interest
Throughout Delaware

MEETlNG-The bi-monthly meet
ing of the Dover Flight A. Squad
ron 9498 will meet March 10 in the
American Legion Home, Dover,
Delaware. A subject of timely in
terest to all Air Reservists will be
given. All those interested in at
tending are cordially invited.
/ PYSCHOLOGIST-Mrs. Ruth
Lane Tyndall, coordinator of child
development and school psycholo-
gist, was guest speaker at the
meeting Of the Georgetown-M Mills
bOrO Rotary Club, in Masonic Tenn
pie, Georgetown, last week.
She discussed the provisions of
House Bill No. 81, which, if enacted
into law, would, according to Mrs.
lTyndall, provide the means for a
I specialized program for handicap
ped children of the state. The
! speaker told of numbers of children
in various institutions in the state
who are not receiving benefits of
an educational program.
Henry G. Graves, program chair
man, introduced Mrs. Tyndall.
Other visitors were Peter Whaley,
Selbyville Rotarian, and Norman
Beach of the Coatesville, Pa, RO-
tary Club.
POLLUTION-The U. S. Public
Health Service has granted Della
ware $4,000 under the Federal Wa
ter Pollution Act of 1948, it was
announced last Friday in Wash
ington by Surgeon General Leon
ard A. Scheele
The service is making allOcatiOns
amounting to $1,OOO,OO0 to the 48
states and interstate agencies to
finance studies of industrial pollu-
ton. A grant of $11,37 was made
to the Interstate Commission on the
Delaware River Basin.
Lyman Cox, chairman of the
Delaware Water Pollution Commits
sion, said that the amount granted
to Delaware is slightly less than
the grant made last year.
Last years federal grant was
used by the commission for it's
stream survey and for laboratory
equipment to be used in gathering
information on industrial pollu-
tiOn in Delaware.
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FATALLY BURNED-A 2O-year-
old housewife, Florine Powell, was
fatally burned when fire destroyed
a tenant house on the Greenwood
Hickman Road last Friday, accord
ing to state police at Bridgeville.
The wOman's husband Nathaniel
Powell, q, was also burned when
he carried his wife, her clothing
afiame, out of the house. Both were
admitted to the Milford Memorial
Hospital where Mrs. Powell died al
1885 o'clock last Saturday morning
State police said that the fire
started about $40 o'clock last Fri
day night. Powell told them h,
heard an explosion in the kitcheI
and then Mrs. PowelPs screams
State police said the explosion ant
fire are believed to have been caus
ed when Mrs. Powell, preparin
dinner, inadvertently picked up
can Of gasoline instead of kerOsen
for use in an oil stove.
EXHIBIT PLANNED-The e Ii
brary of Congress is arranging tC
hold an exhibition on Delaware fol
| three months, beginning May 1, the
Delaware Chamber of Commerce
has been informed.
Philip Bell, assistant exhibits of
ficer of the library, in Washington
said the exhibit will show material
on historical and modern Della
ware.
Photographs are being gathered
on industry. agriculture, cultural
subjects, educational institutions
the Delaware River Memorial
Bridge, and other topics.
A portion of the exhibit is ex-
pected to be devoted to the found
ing of New Castle, the tercenterary
of which is to be commemorated i'll
June
/ Gerrish Gassaway, manager OIL
the chamber, has requested stats
and private agencies to help pro-
vide material for the Delaware dis
play.
BRIDGE CLOSED - The SeaforC
Bridge over the Nanticake River
that has been closed to truck traffic
only since the last week in Febru,
airy, for necessary repairs, will be
r closed entirely to all vehiculal
traffic for five days, starting next
Monday
Maj. Justus B. Naylor of Lewes
Sussex County division engineer o!
the State Highway Department
says repairs on the span on tn,
southern edge of Seaford aree ex
pected to be completed by March
oath.
. In the meanwhile the county en-.
gineer has designated the detoul
routes. Northbound through traffic
will detour at Pocomoke City. Md.
over Route 113. SouthbounC
throGSh traffic will detour at Do
yer, over Route 113.
Local traffic will be detoured a
the bridge site. A footbridge viii
be maintained for pedestrians t;
cross from Blades to Seaford.
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KENT DIVORCES Seventeen di
vorce actions have been listed b,
. Prothonotary W. Marion Stevenson
for hearing in Superior Court Il,
day. They are:
Mabel GOsch Y. I,ouis Tobn rsoscb