Milford chronicle., 1952-09-12

DNNCDSA ANAui - SAS udJc OL the J.
Turkey Supper that will be held /
by Our Lady of Lourdes Church
in Seaford. Serving will be from
5 to 8 p, m. Keep the date in mind. /
DEFENSE-Atomic Defense and
First Aid Index is being provided
for all those who wish them by the
Farmers Bank of the State Of Del
aware.
This guide, which is Alphabetical
ly indeXed, is ideal for persons to
carry in their home or their cars
because it tells such things as to
what to do after an atomic attack
or many other things that are Ii
able to happen every day.
Such as: Poisoning, heat exhaus-
] ton, bleeding, burns, electric shock,
snake bite, sun stroke. and further
more it gives an excellent diagram
showing the new artificial respira-
tiOn positions.
NEW POST-H. Geiger Omwake.
who served as superintendent Of the
Lewes Special School District for
five years until a recent faetional
fight resulted in the termination of
his contract, has assumed his new
post as superintendent of the
Greenwood Public School.
Mr.. OmWake was appointed to-
his new post by the State Board of
! Public instruction.
The Lewes Board of Education
split the town into warning fac
tions when one group contested the
action of the board in ending Mr..
Omwake's contract. His successor
at Lewes is George H. Keen, who
comes from the Georgetown School.
POLIO INFORMATION-In every
home where there are. youngsters,
the little magazine which has 1O1
questions and answers about polio
should be close at hand.
The Farmers Bank Of the State
of Delaware are distributing these
free Of charge.
They are printed by the National
Foundation for Infantile Paralysis.
Such questions are answered as
What causes polio? What should
you do to protect youself and your
family from polio Should I keep
my child away from beaches and
Fairgrounds? Should a child go to
the movies? and many, many val
liable questions are answered that
every father and mother should
know for the family's protection.
These little booklets are free.
TAXES-The Delmar Chamber
OF Commerce will adopt the defense
of state merchant, Miller Broth
ers, in the matter of sales in nearby
Maryland and paying the sales tan
there, 1t was revealed following
the first meeting Of the chamber fol
the fall last Friday evening.
III announcement of the plan Il
appeal the decision of the lowe
Z courts on the tax measure was re
= Vealed by the president of the De-
mar chamber, Lester Smith, follow
e ing the meeting. The test case in
, volving the Delmar firm was start
! ed last spring and concerns the le
gality Of the Maryland law wher,
Delaware merchants are concerned
At that time the decision wen
against the Delaware merchant anC
an appeal is being planned.
PATRONS-Patrons of Mills Sup.
ply Company, the Southern States
Agency in Greenwood, Del, area
Twill hold their annual membership
meeting Wednesday, September II
1852, at 500 pm, DIST at the
Greenwood Firemen's Building
Greenwood, Del. Chairman of the
meeting will be Warren MCGEE oi
. Greenwood.
Highlights of the meeting will in.
clude the report of local agency
= Operations by Alvin Mills, the pres
entatiOn of the Southern States an
e nual report by district manager
Dan Brame, Of Salisbury, Nd, the
5 election Of the local Advisory BoarC
and Farm Home Advisory Commit
= tee members, and the Come-'N-W VIII
= Contest, in which all farm peopl,
. of the Greenwood, Del, area will
}. compete for prizes.
POWER-The increased general
ing capacity Of the Delaware Powe
& Light Company in the last 81.
years, and the additional increas
! proposed by December 1854, ar
u disclosed in a booklet published b
the National Association of Electri
!. Companies.
According to the figures, the cleo
trio generating capacity in Della
ware rose from 2S,20O kilowatts i
December 1945 to 136,6O0 kilowatt
: in December 1851. BY Decembe
= 1854, it is expected to reach 211
y 500 kilowatts. The estimated e1
penditures on all facilities in th
= eight-year period amounts to SIS
- ~ 100000.
W Stuart Cooper, president of tn
Delaware Power & Light Compan,
: is a director of the National Assoc
H. alton of Electric Companies.
PROBLEMS - Dover Rotariar
have undertaken a study Of con
, munity. problems the Dover are
faces with the coming expansion {
) Dover Air Force Base.
:, AS a step toward organized con
IL munity planning for recreation'
and other facilities for serviceme
and their families, Rowland
Herdman, club president, recent
appointed L. Lee Layton Jr., Mayo
o- w. Edward Haman, Nelson Lyte