Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1954-02-19

UOf WOMEN TO MEEI-rhe
Women's Republican Club of Sus-
sex County will meet on Wednes-
day, February "a, at 8 D. m. in the
Fire Department Building in
Georgetown. The program will be
in charge Of Mrs. Lillian I. Martin
of Milford. Plans for a school of
politics will be discussed.
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CORNEAS OFFERED - Two pri-
prisoners at the New Castle Coun-
ty WOrkhouse have offered the
eorneas from their eyes to a Will
mington mother Of three children
who faces blindness unless she re-
ceives a coTnea transplant.
However, it was learned this
week that the optical surgeon of
the woman, Mrs. Elvina Bosnian of
26Ol Locust Street, Wilmington, is
not willing to make the transplant
from living donor. He prefers
to utilize the cornea from the well
eyes of their owner Immediately
after death.
Warden ElWOOd II. Wilson said
he did not feel he could divulge the
names OF the two prisoners until
he has interviewed the men. One
is a life termer The other is sery-
ing a comparatively short sentence.
BUSINESS MEN - Fulton 7
Downing was elected president of
the Harrington Better Business
Association at recent meeting in
the American Legion Home.
Other officers elected are: Clar-
ence Collins, vice president; Car
rlngtOn H. Burgess, secretary, and
Arnold Gilstad, treasurer. III. Rob-
ert Smith and Harold N. Stayt0n
were named to the auditing com
mittee.
MIR. Downes, manager of the
Harrington Lumber and Supply
Company, succeeds Samuel Al.
Short, Jr., who has been president
Of the association since 1949.
Previous to the election, Mr..
Short read a letter from Gov.
Boggs asking for a liasion mem
Der, from the business association.
to work with a 20-man Delaware
Committee on Industrial Develop
ment. He then named Mr.. Downing
to the post.
STAFFORD SCHOOL - The Sea-
ford School Building Commission.
meeting recently, approved final
plans for the new athletic field
for SeafOrd High School. The plans
will now be submitted to the State
Board of Education for approval.
Meanwhile, the board of educa-
ton has been unable to go ahead
with plans to sell $240,0OO worth
OF bonds approved by special
referendum last Sept. IL, because
OF the law suit entered by a Mt.
Pleasant resident. No information
has been received at this time con-
corning the action taken by the
Delaware courts to clear this situa-
ton, according to a spokesman for
the board. The school district is
proceeding with these architectural
plans in order to be ready to begin
construction.
Action on the court case will
have to be taken by June 80 for
the state to share in the building
program amounting to $48O,OOO.
INDUSTRY TIPS-Tips on how
to secure new industries for the
resort of RehOboth were passed on
TO the business mems section of
the Chamber of Commerce this
week by Col. G. B. Shaffer, head of
the industrial division of the State
Development Department and a
former mayor of Rehcbcth. The
session was held in the Dinner
Bell Inn.
The luncheon was conducted bv
the new president, Willard Nenn-
steihl. r. Carlton Moore, pharma-
clst, announced new committees
for the retail merchants section
for 1854. A separate real estate
division will be organized later.
Colonel Shaffer offered the facili-
ties of the State Development De-
partment through it's know Your
State" radio programs. He sug-
gested cooperation with Bethany
Beach, Fenwick Island, Dewey
Beach, Indian River Inlet, and
Lewes, in promoting this resort
section as a whole. For Rehoboth
Beach proper Colonel Shaffer said
two of the best proposals for pro-
noting the resort area are a'mod-