Milford chronicle., 1953-03-13
Happenings of Interest
Throughout Delaware

BAD FIRE-A fire of undeter-
mined origin swept the s. D. Crook
Cement Block Manufacturing Plant
at Rising Sun last Thursday after
noon, causing an estimated loss of
$4,000, but firemen prevented the
flames from spreading to nearby
homes in spite Of heavy wind.
One piece of virtually-ruined ma
chinery, which rested on a wooden
/ structure, was valued at $4,000.
Chief Charles H. Jester of the
Camden-WyOming Fire Company
explained. Six five-hOrsepower mo-
tors were among other contents of
the building apparently ruined by
flames, smoke, and water.
FIRE-Fire of undetermined Ori-
gin destroyed twO-story barn on
the potato farm of Stanley Stachec-
XII near Denney's Corner, near Do
YER, on Tuesday, causing a loss es-
timated by the owner at $4,000 and
pressing about go firemen and sew
en- fire trucks of four fire compa-
MES into service.
/ The blaze was said 10 have start
ed on the second floor where hav
was stored. The barn was about 200
by 30 feet with one side used as a
cattle stable and the other for
storage of potatoes. The cattle
were in the field at the time but a
large quantity of potatoes was in
cluded in the loss.
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SOME COW-With 727 pounds of
butterfat and 1919 pounds of milk
testing 4.r96 to her credit, Raretime
MatadOr Carnation, a registered
HOlstein-Friesian cow owned bv
Tull Brothers, Seaford, Delaware.
has completed 324-day produc-
tion test in official Herd Improve
ment Registry.
She was milked 2 times daily, and
was z years II months of age when
she began her testing period.
Her record averages approx
mately 26 quarts of milk daily for
the period covered by her test.
Testing was supervised by the
University Of Delaware, in coopera-
ton with The Holstein-Friesian
Association of America.
SEWERS-Residents of Delmar
this week, in a referendum over
whelmingly approved the proposal
that the town be permitted to bor-
row up to 100000 to modernize it's
sewer system.
Of the 124 votes cast on the
Maryland side of town, 1O5 favored
the sewer improvements and 10
were opposed.
Nlnety-seVen persons went to the
polls in the Delaware section of
Delmar, representing 4,O38 votes
under the system whereby each
taxpayer was allowed a vote for
each dollar in taxes. On the Della
ware side only five voters opposed
the proposal. The count was 3.759
to 236 with 43 votes rejected.
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TALENT SHOW-The Lincoln
Parent = Teachers Association is
sponsoring talent show to be CIV
en- in the Lincoln Public School the
evening of Friday, March 9th, at
eight o'clock.
The program committee compri-
ses Mesdames Edward ClOgg, Will
liam Morgan, Richard Clendaniel
and Douglas Morgan.
There will be prizes awarded for
the best talent.
The refreshment committee is
composed of Mesdames Henry Ku-
rattle, Fred Warren and Walter
Warren and the members of the
school faculty. Tickets Obtainable
from any members of the Parent
Teachers Association or faculty
are now on sale.
MUSKRATS - The season for
trapping muskrats in lower Della
ware closes this week, and trap
pers report the best season they
have experienced in many years. |
For several years, the run of
muskats has been poor, and it
would hardly pay trappers to
properly cover the marshes, but
this year the catch has run beyond
their expectations.
Most of the trapping in this sec
tioI is done by farmers who have |
land along the river shores.
Prices for hides and meat have
also been good. Hides have been
bringing $145. and the meat 81 per
pair.
While many object to the name /
of muskrats they have been com
monty sold under the. name of
marsh rabbits.
FIRE SCHOOL-An all-day fire
school will be held at Harrington
one Sunday during May, Ralph H.
Boyer, chief of the Robbins Hose
Company, Dover, and chairman for !
the fire school arrangements, adj
vised at a meeting of the Kent
County Fire Chiefs Association.
John Bamberger, Sr.. CheswOld,
president of the Delaware Volun-
teer Firemen's Association, also ad-
vised the county chiefs that a civil
defense truck is now stationed at
State Highway Department facili-
ties in each of the three counties.
Charles H. Jester, Camden, Sec
retary of the state association, also
spoke. Douglas Mills, Harrington,
president of the county chiefs or
ganization, presided
First Assistant Chief Ben Storey
of the Leipsic Fire Company was
received into membership.