Milford chronicle., 1953-10-09

Highway Department and Admins
traitor of the Motor Fuel Tax Divi-
sion. The taxes were collected dur
ing September.
The amount collected is an in
crease of S27 7,417.45 over the re-
ceipts for the same month of last
year and marked the fourth conse-
cutive month of the present year
that the receipts for the gasoline
tax exceed the half million dollar
mark.
The taxes collected for the
month of August represented the
sale of 11,589,96S gallons of motor
fuel and is an increase of 1921
679 gallons over the amount sold
during the month of August last
year
REPRESENTATIVE Robert
WarnOck of Milford, Del. will
represent Southern States Coopera-
tive members in the Milford, Del,
area at the COoperative's district
election meeting to be held Tues
day, October 18th, at Salisbury.
Nd. William Cecil Carpenter, man
ager of Southern States Milford
Cooperative, the Southern States
Cooperative Service Agency at
Milford, Del, will also attend.
The meeting will choose a men,
ber of the cooperative 10 serve on
its Board of Directors for the next
three years. The man elected will
be confirmed at the cOOperative's
SOth annual meeting I'M Richmond.
virginia, on. November 18th and
18th. The incumbent is H. H. Nut
tie.
The meeting at Salisbury wilt
open at 10:30 o'clock with Organi-
2ation of the delegates who will
come from an area embracing most
OF the Eastern Shore area.
COMMUNION SERYICE-World-
Wide Communion was observed at
Houston Methodist Church last
Sunday. The pastor, F. Charles
LOuhoff, Jr.. administered the Sac
rament, assisted by Theodore T.
Yerkes. The service was one of
the most outstanding in the history
OF the church. The largest gather
ing ever to take Communion were
present at the Lords Table. MANY
OF the older folk spoke highly of
the service as being the largest
Communion ever held in Houston
Church. A number of new men,
bers were received into the church.
GAS TAXES-A total of S579.-
1885 in gasoline taxes was col
lected by the State of Delaware
for the month of August, according
to report released by Leroy F.
Hawke, Secretary of the State
BETTORS PAY-Collections of
the wager-takers' 10 per cent tax
on bets received in September
were $5,316.99, it was disclosed at
the office of Francis P. Graham.
/ director, Delaware district office.
Internal Revenue Service, this
week.
The total of the 10 per cent fed.
eral taxes on bets, reported as hay
ing been received by the licensed
Wager-takers in Delaware, from
November l, 1851, when the Law
went into effect. until the end OF
last month, has now reached $780,
O52.25. This represents a total OF
$1,26O,552.5O which the bet takers
report they have received in bets
in Delaware in that period.
There was no change last month
in the number who held the $50
wager-takers license stamps.
WIDENING STREET Work
commenced this week on widening
North Walnut Street between North
Front, and North Second Streets.
The road bed will be widened five
feet under a contract let to Pleas
anton and Edgel of Dover.
Walnut Street, which is the busi-
ness street Of Milford, had already
been Strengthened and widened
from South Front to North Front
Streets, and with the new work
now being done, will give a modern
highway from South Front Street
to North Second Street.
FIRST FROST-The first frost
of the season was seen in Milford
Thursday morning, when the tenn
perature neared the freezing point.
Unofficial thermometer readings
were as low as $40 yesterday. There
was no ice.