Milford chronicle., 1953-08-07
GEORGETOWN

Announcement has been made Of
the marriage of Miss Helen I. To-
bias. of Wilmington, and Cornell
Sammons, of Georgetown. The
wedding took place in Grace Meth
odist Church on July is, with
DR.. Thomas c. Mulligan, pastor,
officiating. They we're attended by
Mr.. and Mrs. James e. Rogers, Of
here
Mrs. Sammons IS the chief op-
orator in the Diamond State Tel
ephone office here, and Mr.. Sam
mons is employed in the parts de-
partment of BurtOn's Chevrolet
here
Mr. and Mrs. Sammons have re-
turned from a wedding trip in the
Pocono Mountains and are resid-
ing in Georgetown.
Mr. and Mrs. v. Edward Banks,
Of MillsbOrO, have announced the
engagement of their niece, Miss
Iona Helen Hall, to Mr.. Edward
Covington Petit, of Georgetown.
Miss Hall is a daughter of the
late Mr. and Mrs. Levi w. Hall
and graduated from MillsbOro High
School. She is employed in the
Office of Swift G Co, in George
town.
Mr.. Petit, a graduate Of George
town High School and a son of
Mr.. and Mrs Martin Petit, is ser
wing in the u. s. Navy on the USS
Bushnell. Prior to entering the
Navy he was associated with T.
Paul Swain and Sons, contractors.
The problem of mosquito con-
troll in local communities was the
subject of a discussion in the meet
ing of the GeorgetOwn-M -Millsboro
Rotary Club, meeting in Indian
River Yacht Club last Tuesday
evening. A. Warren Wheatley, as
sistant engineer for the Mosquito
Control Commission in Sussex
County, was the speaker on the
program sponsored by the Comm
unity Service committee of the club,
with Edward G. Ryan, of MillsbOrO,
as chairman. Meeting with the
club were Mayor Harvey B. Spicer,
Georgetown, and Mayor Saunders
P. Darden. Jr., of MillsbOrO.
Mr.. Wheatley explained work
by the Mosquito Control Commits
sion, especially on the salt marshes.
He gave estimated costs of spray
ing from airplanes and also on the
ground, using a fog generator at
tached to a motor vehicle. The
estimated cost Of spraying by air,
81. per acre. A fog generator costs
in the neighborhOod of S1,846., and
spraying costs amount to approx
imately $500 for each spraying.
Mr.. Wheatley urged that a clean
up program be instituted in towns
prior to any spraying and pointed
out that all containers large enough
to hold any amount of water; cess
pools, catch basins and low spots
that hold standing water are all
potential breeding places. Of in
terest was the statement that salt
marsh mosquitoes can travel up
to 40 miles, while the fresh water
breed emanating from local con-
ditiOns travel only about a mile.
Mayor Spicer stated that "any-
thing important to the health of
people was a concern to the towns. -
A general discussion by members
of the club brought a number of
suggestions as to possible pro-
curement of. a fog generator to be
used locally, and the Community
Service committee of the club, COM
prising Mr.. Ryan, of MilIsbOrO:
Nutter D. Marvel, Sr., J. Ralph
Carey and J. Francis Richardson,
of Georgetown, was named to work
with Mayors Spicer and Darden to
investigate the problem and en-
deavOr to work out a program
for the benefit of the two comm
unities. Last year at the height
Of the polio outbreak Georgetown
was sprayed with a fog generator
with good results. The Town
Council in Georgetown has been
seeking the cooperation of prop
erty owners in cleaning up poss-
ible breeding places of mosquitoes
and other health menaces and have
met with only partial success.
Others attending the meeting:
r. A. Whitten, Selbyville; William
d. King, Laurel; Arthur Sewer
ElktOn, Md, Alton Evans, Media
Pa, all visiting ROtarians; and
William Schwartz, Georgetown.
]. Francis Richardson was nam.
ed by the club to meet with mem
bers Of Sussex Post No. 8, Amer
ican Legion, which is sponsoring
the Ground Observers Corps effort
to obtain volunteers for 24-houl
service.
Next week the club will cruise
down Indian River to the oceal
and up the coast to Rehoboth or