Milford chronicle., 1952-10-31
Happenings of Interest
Throughout Delaware

rington, will be the site of an oyster
roast on Saturday, November
from noon until D. m. Oysters in
ali styles will be served. Admis-
sion Sl.OO. Platters will be avail-
able for those who do not care for
oysters.
TO INDIA-Dr. Edwin Cameron
former executive secretary Of the
State Board of Health, with Mrs.
Cameron, will leave for India next
Friday where he will become reg
ional adviser in education and
training for the World Health Or
ganizatiOn at New Delhi.
DR.. Cameron will serve the south
Asia region, composed of
India, CeylOn, Thailand, Indonesia.
and other areas. He was with the
Delaware Board Of Health at Dover
from 1940 to 1949, after which he
went with the state health depart
ment Of Connecticut. Last year he
was visiting professor in public
health at Syrian University, Da-
mascus, Syria.
DR.. and Mrs. Cameron, en- route
to India, will spend about two
weeks in Geneva.
PRISON TOUR - The Sussex
County Board of Trustees has ex-
tended a welcome to the Board Of
Directors of the Prisoners Aid So
ciety of Delaware to visit the SGs-
sex Prison, Friday, October 3Ist.
Directors from upstate will Join
directors Charles w. Sigler, Mil
ford, and Rev. William D. Hackett
of Georgetown, for a tour of the
farm and prison. Mr.. Hackett is
chaplain of the prison. The pro-
gram of the institution will be dis
cussed with officials. Following
the visit, the directors will gather
in Georgetown for dinner after
which a business session will be
held.
The Prisoners Aid Society, in
terested in the rehabilitation Of
convicted persons, is concerned
not only for the prisoner when re-
leased, but also for the program
that may be preparing him for re-
turn to the community.
ENGINEERS Differences in the
requirements of public utility and
industrial plants were discussed by
Melvin L. Jones, senior power de-
sign engineer for the textile fibres
and film department of the DUPONT
Company, at a recent meeting of
the Sussex Engineering Society in
the Seaford Fire Hall.
Mr.. Jones, a Carnegie Tech grad
, uate, also told the group that large
investments in equipment are now
being made by power plant to elm
mate air pollution. In discussing in
dustrial engineering he added that
savings in investments are being
realized by new methods of con-
structing power boilers and turbo-
/ generators.
B. L. Taylor, recently elected
president of the society, stated
that a combined meeting Of all
! Delaware engineering societies will
take place at the Hotel Dupont in
Wilmington on November 18th.
BUSINESS INCREASES Will
liam X. Patton, Chairman and Pres
ident of the Farmers Bank of the
State of Delaware, said that Sep
tember 1852 business greatly ex-
ceeds September 1851 in the bank.
In an interview, Mr.. Patton said,
Little did we appreciate at the
time we made plans for our tenn
porary quarters at q Loockerman
and Is The Plaza, that we would
be called upon at an increased load
of nearly 1000 greater business in
/ 1852 than in 1851. But, neyerthe-
less, that is a fact Our offices are
now handling business that has
doubled itself in the past year"
Mr.. Patton further said, $50
many people asked me about where
the Increased business was coming
from. My reply is that the general
imitation plus the activity in Della
ware"
We now say to our customers,
I'VE are so sorry you are being in
convenienced by our new construc-
ton plans. Nevertheless, 1 am sure
you are going to like our new
building and its greatest features
are for the convenience, safety and
protection of our friends"
Growing Delaware needs the
services that we offer with improv-
ed methods, up-to-date systems
and careful and qualified manage
ment. Tuned to the spirit of the
times and for the good of our GUS
toners.
PACTS SICNED-The signing Of
a reciprocal trade agreement be-
tween the states of Delaware and
Missouri, eliminating the need for
licensing trucks in both areas, was
announced this week by Harold
! Keller, commissioner of the Della
ware Motor Vehicle Department.
The new pact, for which negotla-
tions have been in progress for
several months, goes into effect
Immediately.
Until recent years the State of
Missouri operated a port of entry
for all trailers and semi-trailers.
and required that a fee be paid
before owners were allowed to use
the highways. Later the port Of
entry was abolished and state
licenses were required where no
reciprocal agreement existed be-
tween the state and that Of the
motor vehicles owner.
Part of the agreement says that
"all motor vehicles, trailers and