Milford chronicle., 1952-04-04

FESPERS - Easter Vesper SER
vices win be held at Delaware Col
ony, State Training School, Stock
ley on Saturday, April S. The pre-
sentation will be HE Lives" by
Gertrude Rockwell Gowdey. Fam
lilies, relatives and friends are in
vited to participate in the Easter
services. The play will be given
again Sunday, April 6, for the chill
dren Of the Colony.
49,
FIRE CONTROL ~ The MAYOR
and town council of Laurel have
taken steps to control fire losses
by twice approving proposed
building code designed to improve
conditions in the residential as well
as in the business section.
The proposed ordinance specifies
that all public, institutional, com
mercial, and mercantile buildings
must have outer walls constructed
I of fire-resistant material.
First and second readings were
/ given this week, and the proposal
will be advertised and brought up
for final action and adoption at the
/ April meeting of the council.
The walls must be not less than
II inches in thickness for a height
not to exceed 35 feet, and thicker il
the height is greater. Dwellings
shall be treated as special cases
depending on location.
The code states that in the above
class of buildings, all roofs must be
of fire-resistant material. No build
ing may be erected closer than q
feet from the center of the street,
with no doorsteps, or other items
projecting closer to the street. Side
walks must be not less than five
feet in width.
Penalties are provided in the or
dinance for violations. Any owner
or contractor who violates this
ordinance will be subject to a fine
of 5000 for each offense. and 2 fur
ther sum of $40 for each and every
day that the violation continues. In
default of the payment of the fines
the owner or contractor may be
sent to Jail for 80 days.
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POLICE-Two candidates for ap-
pointment as troopers of the Della
ware State Police and six candi-
dates for traffic police on the Del
: aware Memorial Bridge will be stu
dents at a training school at state
: police headquarters, starting Mon
/ day.
Colonel Harry S. Shew. superin-
tendent of state police said, If the
/: two trooper candidates qualify, they
will bring the force to 118. The
2 present authorized strength is 120
but under the law two of the va
:. cancies, created by troopers on mil
itary leaves of absence, cannot b.
filled.
: G. Lester Daniels, manager O
the bridge, said the examination
are now being conducted anon
applicants for the police jobs, an
the selection is expected to be con
y pleted by Monday.
. Sergeant Cazenove G. Seitz, d
= rector of training of the state p,
= lice, will be in charge of the schou
Instructors in addition to Colon.
= Shew and Sergeant Seitz, are stai
:. y Captain Edgar F. Isaacs, Sergean
: John Palmer Ferguson, Lieutenan
= William H. Horney, and Sergean
- Sterling E. Simmons.
The first five weeks of the cours
: will be attended by the troope
and bridge police candidates. A
the end of this period, the bridg,
police will report for duty, but thu
2 prospective troopers will spend>tw,
i additional weeks at each of th
: FIVE troops of the state police, an,
! then undergo 13 more weeks o
= classroom instruction.
Sergeant Seitz said the futur
! bridge police will report to dut,
4 /, after five weeks of traffic contro
= study because they will not re
: Quire instruction in criminology
/ which the two men seeking troOpe
L appointments will need.