Milford chronicle., 1952-08-15

mobile accident in that section.
John w. Pipale, of Hammonton.
N. j., lost control of his car while
driving north on Walnut Street. due
to the rains and slippery road, and
plowed headlOng into a light pole,
breaking off the pole and causing a
tangle of the wires.
His car was badly damaged, but
he escaped serious injury.
SUMMIT BRIDGE OPENING -
United States Senator ]. Allen
Frear has announced that the
Summit Bridge over the Chesa-
peake and Delaware Canal will re-
open to traffic on Friday, August
l5th-nearly seven weeks ahead of
schedule.
The bridge-a vital link in Del
aware's highway system-has been
closed since a weakness in one of
the abutments was discovered in
June.
Colonel Walter Kruger, Jr.,
District Engineer, advised Senator
Frear that all necessary repairs
would be completed and that traf-
/ tic could again move over the Sum-
init span at 10 a. m, this Friday.
| STATE BANKS-DelaWare banks
lead the nation in help to farmers
of their state, according to a report
relased this week by the American
! Bankers Association from it's New
York Offices.
The banks of Delaware, the re-
port states, carry nearly so per cent
of all the farm mortgages in the
state. That is the highest percent
age in the nation, it is asserted.
Next highest to Delaware, the re-
port states, is Vert DOnt where banks
hold 81 per cent Of the farm mort
gage debt in the state.
In New York State, for example,
the report further disclOses, banks
hold 21 per cent of all farm mort
cages in that state. In Pennsylvan-
ia, banks hold SO per cent of all the
farm mortgages.
UPSET 49, While turning into
Charles Street from Southeast
Front Street one night last week,
truck driven by Henry Brown, of
Miami, Fla, struck a soft spot in
the street, the wheels sank in soft
dirt and the truck turned over,
spilling its load of $50 baskets of
tomatoes.
The tomatoes were to be deliver
ed to the Torsch Packing Company
on Charles Street, but after the ac-
cident, the Torsch firm refused to
haccept them.
Water Lines
Sewer and water lines were being
placed in that section of the city
by George & Lynch, under contract
with the State Highway Depart
ment, in an effort to drain Watel
accumulation from the RehObOtl
Road.
SCHOOL BOARD-The Board O
education of the Smyrna Specia
School District which met recentll
for organization for the 1925:
scholastic year named DR.. G. J
Prickett president; Mrs. Helen B
HarmOnsOn, vice president and
George w. Wright, secretary.
Additional members of the board
are Henry T. Price and Lee H
Deakyne.
The board announced that the
teaching staffs at the Smyrna and
Thomas D. Clayton schools are
complete for the coming year.
Mr.. Wright, superintendent, re-
lpCrted the completion of the new
elementary school is expected by
early fall, although much work re-
mains to be done.
Several months will probably be
consumed in receiving bids and
purchasing.
| QUARANTINE - Pursuant to ar
outbreak of Vesicular Exanthema
a contagious and infectious disease
of swine which has been found tC
exist in many states of the United
States, and is rapidly spreading tC
other states:
l, therefore, by virtue of authOri.
ty vested in me by Article 4, Sec
40, Chapter 21, Revised Code Of
Delaware, 1885, do hereby prOmul.
gate and declare in effect on this
Sixth day of August, 1852, an order
prohibiting the importation o
swine into Delaware.
Swine may be imported into
Delaware, however, PROVIDED
they are accompanied by a certifi
cate of health issued and or ap
proved by the Chief Livestock SAM
tary Official of the state Of OrigiT
certifying the swine originate from
an area in which no Vesicular Elk
anthema exists in the county O
origin or it's adjoining counties.
Pursuant to the resolutions
adopted by the Delaware State
Board of Agriculture this Sixth da!
, of August, 1852.
: SPEECHMAKERS - Two activI
| Young Republican leaders and
veteran of a number Of Republican
? campaigns will make the three
/ principal nominating speeches a
p the Republican Party's state con
vention in Dover, on Wednesday
August 20.
The speech placing the name o
U. S. Rep. J. Caleb Boggs in nom
4 inatiOn for Governor will be made
t by John G. Leach, former stat'
+ Republican chairman and dean o
2 education at the Goldey-Beacon
4 School of Business.
NTr Taach Nominated foFmel