Milford chronicle., 1952-08-01
Happenings Of Interest
Throughout Delaware

DYNAMITE - An 11-year-old T
Harrington boy was reported in
fairly good condition at the Mil
ford Memorial Hospital this week
after an operation to save a hand \
in which a dynamite cap exploded
last Saturday.
Donald Feyerabend, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Edward N. Feyerabend.
also suffered eye injuries in the /
explosion. 1t is not known where |
the child found the dynamite cap.
BIG WRECK-TWenty cars piled !
into one another on the Ocean !
Highway, between Rehoboth and
Dewey Beach last Sunday after
noon, causing one Of the worst
traffic tieups in the memories of
state troopers.
Sore necks and bruises were the
only injuries and no one required
medical treatment. But damage
from smashed tenders and dented
trunks ran into several thousand
dollars, according to observers.
NEW OFFICE - In Dover. the
Farmers Bank of the State of Del
aware is erecting a new building
that will house its main Office.
The new construction will more
than double the former space for
customers and greatly exceed the
floor space Of banks below Will
mington.
The new vault will be two stor-
les. The vault engineers claim it
will carry the strongest protection
Obtainable.
The new building will provide
many customer conveniences, such
as: lobbies, writing rooms, confer
ence rooms, community rooms and
will be over all topped by air con-
ditiOning.
RADIO - The Milford Police De-
partment has become part of the
Delaware State Police radio net
work.
The Milford headquarters now
can carry on 2-way conversation
with the state police.
For some time past in the Mil
ford station, there has been a re-
ceiving set which would get mes
sages from the state police station
at Georgetown, and other points
in the state, but the peace guard
ians were unable to answer except
by telephone.
This week a sending set was in
stalled in Milford and the state
police at Georgetown provided a
receiving set to take the messages
from the Milford station. These
messages can now be relayed all
over the peninsula from George
town.
TAX SITTINGS - Grier H. Min
ner, Kent County treasurer and re-
ceiver of taxes, has announced his
August sittings to receive payments
of county, ditch, and special school
district taxes.
The schedule Of his sittings
which will be from 9 a. m. to 8 D.
m, is: Monday, August 4, fire
house at Frederick; Tuesday, Au-
4 gust 5, Chambers store at Canter-
bury; Wednesday, August 6, J. B.
Counselman's store at Houston !;
Thursday, August z, Andrews store
at Pennington; Monday, August IL,
MoOre's store at Kenton; Tuesday,
August II, Fruit Growers Bank,
Smyrna; Wednesday, August 13,
Wilson's store at Leipsic; Thurs
day, August IA, MINERS store at
] Masten's Corner; Monday, August
IS, town hall at Harrington.
Under the law, the receiver of
taxes is required to sit in the
various districts on different days
July through October. A one per
cent penalty is added each month
on all taxes paid after September
80.
JOBS-Employment in Delaware
industries was holding up at the
time of the June report of the Fed
eral Reserve Bank of Philadelphia,
compiled before the steel strike.
The report puts the June en-
ployment total at $500 in all in
dustries, compared to $500 for
the previous month, and $500 for
the corresponding month a year
ago.
Average weekly hours worked
are listed as 41.8 for June, 41.2 fol
May and 41.5 for June, 1851. A
slight decline in average weekly
earnings is shown - $66.84 as
against $66.95 in May. But the av-
erage earnings for June of last
= year were $6S.41 a week. Average
3 hourly earnings-at $1.60-were
4 three cents lower than for May, but
3 seven cents higher than June 8
J, year ago.
Y The bank said seasonal canning
t operations more than Offset ef.
n fects of the strike in Delaware dur.
Y ing the reporting period, with EN-.