Milford chronicle., 1951-09-14
Happenings Of Interest
Throughout Delaware


TARBELL BETTER - Bill Tar
lelI, Kent County Agricultural Ag- I
snt, returned to work last week. ]
He is glad to be back on the job I
again after having an illness and ]
being in the hospital. You will find
him at the Extension Office on the
End floor Of the Post Office Build |
ing in Dover.
EASTERN STATES-Members Of
the Eastern States Farmers Ex-
change served by shipments to Har-
rington will hold their Annual
Meeting in the Harrington New
Century Clubhouse, Thursday, Sep (
tember goth at p. m, DIST. They /
will be given reports on current
activities of their cooperative pur-
chasing agency and will elect a
member to attend the 1852 Annual
Meeting Of the Exchange in Spring
field, Mass.
DERRICKSON RENAMED-Gov.
Eibert N. Carvel has announced the
reappointment Of Vernon B. Der
rickson Of Dover to a six-year
term on the Public Service Com
mission. His new term will expire
Sept 1. 1857.
Mr.. Derrickson was appointed to
a twO-year term when the commits
sion was created.
! Il L. Z, ,,nNwaRaa,. r.e f1an G0rrcpvnrsir
military staff. Mr.. DerriCkson also
is Kent County Democratic chair
man.
PORTRAIT GIVEN - The oil
painting Of Glenn S. King, who
served as principal of the Smyrna
/ School, and died shortly after he
was elected mayor, has been pre-
sented to the superintendent of
school, George w. Wright, and now
may be seen in the library of the
school.
The painting was done by for
mer student at the school, Mrs,
Jacqueline Potter Newman. and was
made possible by using a portion
of the King Memorial Fund, raised
by gifts from members of the
alumni representing classes of the
. past 90 years.
The large painting hangs on the
south wall of the library and shows
the subject posed before an attrac-
tive background of the books which
= figured I'm his long carer as senior
r English teacher at the school.
t SPORTSMEN ELECT-Victor H
Murray of Selbyville was npmina
ted to succeed himself as presiden
of the Rehoboth Sportsman Club a
: the fall membership meeting las
r Friday night in the Reh0bOth SchOO
n auditorium.
q The annual meeting will be he'll
4 early in October, when awards viii
be made in the summer fishin
n contests.
! Other nominees for office ar
4 DR.. J. A. Vansant of Rehobotl
! first vice president: L. f. Meredit
a of Greenwood. second vice pres
N dent; Richard ]. Baird, Dew'
A. Beach. third vice president; Georl
4 A. Wedler. Bethany Beach, seer
1s tary; John T. Phillips. Rehobot
70 assistant secretary, and L.
. Buckmaster of RehObOth. treasure
n 1t was the unanimous decision
n the club that Mr. Wedler. the fir
. president, be honored with a Iii
- membership, for his. Outstandir
- contribution to the success of Il
;, club"
Twenty directors will be electe
from the following nominees:
Edgar Pearson, Commander JAIME
A. Campbell. Frank L. Chase, Re
[e Collins, William S. Cook. Dr. '
er OrvilIe Daisey,. Frank Dickerso
L Harry H. Dukes. Wallace M. FOlge
n, John H. Greig, W. Herbert Hall,
P. s. Yarnall, Charles E. MaTvil,
s. Roy McCTOne. J. A. McHug
r Charles S. Richards, Branch
Id Morris, M. w. Fell, George L. TObi
IL Delbert J. Wilson and William
he Murray.
ce Sixteen delegates were appOint
n to the annual convention Of Z
rs Delaware Federation of Sportsm
and Conservation Clubs to be he
Sept. IA and Is at The StaT-of-th
Sea Hotel, RehObOth Beach.
II The nominating committee
Is- officers comprised Harry H. DuE
IL of Ocean View, Commander Jam
an A. Campbell and Frank L. Cha
B. of Rehoboth.
rs. SCHOOL FINANCES-A refer'
wo dunn on a bond issue to raise $1S
is 900 for school building purpO
ar will be held in Harrington on S
am urday, Oct. 6, from / p. m. tC
ton p. m.
lis In announcing the referendt
nd the Board of Education Of the H
eys rington Special School Dictrict
ms vealed that this sum will be
lei auired to match the $201 500 vo
,er- by the last General Assembly to
,hn nance a proposed building progr'
all The program calls for I
building to house IA rooms for
on pills in the elementary grades
,ck cafeteria, gymnasium and Offic'
, IN II the COlAlHb tSIcl -, !.
IRE. the money, the district will h
ing. $3S6.0OO TO Keep company wiz, WIN
me- original 1888 900, or a total
S675,0O0.
This sum far surpasses the o
inal bid, but new bids will b
to be received, and it is estims
~ that building costs have risen
- per cent since the original bidd
Furthermore, funds will be me-
un ~ sary for contingencies, or emert
es- SIeS. ~ 'sl,.,-. -. oo,,t ~ the