Milford chronicle., 1952-10-03


( NEW HIGHWAY Il The state
Highway Department will receive
bids on October 29th for the i'm
/ prOvement Of the existing highway
from MiddletoWn to Summit Bridge
as a continuation of the program
Of improving roads that may be
used by traffic from the Delaware
Memorial Bridge to the Chesapeake
Bay Bridge.
work is now in progress on inn
proving the existing highway lead
ing from Summit Bridge to Ty-
bouts Corner where it intersects
with Route 13.
The Middletown to summit
Bridge project will start at Lock-
wood Street in Middletown and
/ generally follow the existing route.
However, several turns along the
existing highway will be removed
by building the highway through
new locations.
PLEAD GUILTY - In a "Plead
Guilty" session in Superior Court
at Georgetown, Resident Judge
Charles S. Richards sentenced
George Frank Morris of Laurel to
Eserve 18 months in Sussex County
Prison on a charge of forgery.
0. B. Crews of Milton, pleaded
guilty TO a charge of carrying a
concealed deadly weapon and was
sentenced to serve six months in
IprisOn.
Andrew James Waller of Laurel,
pleaded guilty to a charge Of break
ing and entering with intent to COM
nit larceny and was sentenced to
six months in Sussex Prison. Wal
Ter was alleged to have been one
of three men who entered the store
of Albert Evans. The other two, AL
bert L. Jefferson and Donald e. Ly-
ons were arraigned in the June
Term of Court and pleaded guilty
to the charge. On August they
were each paroled for period Of
two years and turned over to the
U. S. Army on AW0L charges.
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RENT CONTROL Since there
has been some misunderstanding
, as to the status Of rent control in
Kent County and the City of Mil
ford, Mr.. Ralph Lord, Associate
b Area Rent Director of the Dover
Office issued the following state
ment today: There is absolutely
no foundation to the report that
= rent control would end in Kent
County on September 80, 1852. Kent
County and the City Of Milford has
been declared a critical area and
rent control will continue until
April 80, 1858, under the provisions
= of the Housing and Rent Act of
= 1947 as amended"
= Anything rented in Kent Coun-
tty, except commercial units, must
, be registered at the Area Rent Off
, ice, 203 LOockerman Street, Dover,
Delaware. Failure to do so may
lead to serious consequences.
Anyone having a rental problem
| may communicate with the Rent
7 Office for advice or help in deter
e mining their rights and obligations
S under the federal law.
REDUCTIONS Price reduc-
tions of from 1876 per ton in its
- mixed feeds were announced by
Southern States Cooperative and
its local Cooperative Service Agen-
cies early this week. The price
slashes were effective immediate
ly.
The action was taken, Southern
States officials reported in Rich
mOnd, because of the sharp
, squeeze" on farmers throughout
this area brought about by unusu-
: ally high feed prices and the prices
] farmers were receiving for meat,
/ milk and eggs. Farmer-membeTs
? Of the cooperative, numbering more
5 than 272,00O, as owners and users
5 of the organization, took this step
/ in their behalf and for their own
/ benefit.
1t was pointed out that the re-
3 ductiOn was a cooperative effort
to bring down the "too-high price
} level" on manufactured feed 1t
; was also mentioned that a large
= crop of corn now being harvested,
and good supplies of other import
ant feed ingredients, could bring
further reduction of feed prices
during the fall season.
( DINNER - Strawbridge & Cloth.
t Iier executives entertained Wednes-
= day night nearly five hundred
=. guests, members of the new Will
r mington store family, at dinner
g party at the Hotel Dupont. Before
4 the dinner the guests mingled in
r the foyer, meeting their new assO-
e ciates and the executive staff of the
: store. Community singing was the
- order of sthe day, everyone joining
e in with great enthusiasm.
Following the singing, few we'll
+. chosen talks of encouragement
were given to the Wilmington em-
' Ipl0yees by Mr.. Dwight G. Perkins,
! President; R. G. Stockton Straw
s bridge, Executive Vice President;
= mir. Isaac H. Olothier III, Vice
President; Mr.. Elwin W. Hammock,
Merchandise and Publicity Manager
of the Wilmington store; and Mr..
William J. jerks, Operating Manag-
! er at Wilmington.
: : The key note Of the meeting was
, courtesy and service from the store
=, family, which alone can assure the
!, success of the fourth store on the
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