Milford chronicle., 1954-05-07


Shopping Center on the Rehoboth-
Lewes Highway on Thursday last
more than 500. The open
ing program was extended for three
days, with the climax last Satur-
day night for the awarding Of
prizes.
SUMNER HIGHWAYS - Main
tenance crews of the State High
way Department have been busily
engaged for the past several weeks
in preparing the highways for the
anticipated summer travel and re-
pairing any defects caused by the
winter weather.
Patching work was in operation
where frost damage occurred and
the peeling along the surface of
some Of the older roads has been
removed.
Floating repair crews have been
assigned to these duties in each of
the three counties while at the
same time the regular maintenance
forces have been engaged in shap-
ing the dirt shoulders along the
main highways.
EQUIPMENT SHOW - Charles
Moore, of Georgetown, chairman of
the Poultry Equipment Show which
will be an important part of the
Delmarva Chicken Festival to be
held in Georgetown on June 21, %
and % announced this week that
a number of concerns have already
signed up as exhibitors and have
taken over "a of the SO booths
available for exhibition purposes.
The Equipment Show will be set
up in both the old and new gym
nasium of the Georgetown High
School, where the Beauty Queen
Contest and the Senior and Junior
National Chicken Cooking Contests
will be held, thus placing all the
main events under one roof.
BLUE CROSS SERVICE - The
great variety of things you can find
in the general stores in Kent and
Sussex Counties has been extended.
Now you can get applications for
Blue CrOss-Blue Shield member
ship in the country stores.
Many of the general stores are
carrying the applications as a pub
lie service, for the convenience of
their customers. They, of course.
do not sell" Blue Cross-Blue
Shield membership.
COOKING CHICKEN - Chicken
cookery comes natural to home
makers of the Blue Hen State.
That's why local women should
serious consider taking their tai
ents to the National Chicken Cook
ing Contest, to be held during the
Seventh Annual Delmarva Chicken
Festival at Georgetown, June 81
%.
Six new stoves and over 81, 900 in
cash will be awarded for the most
succulent, original and attractive
chicken dishes. All recipes will use
tender young Delmarva chickens.
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| OUTB0ARD RACES-The Indian
River Volunteer Fire Company will
sponsor outboard motor boat races
on Indian River, on Sunday, May
30, under the supervision of the
NanticOke Boat Club, of Seaford.
There will he three trophies pre-
sented for each race and a souvenir
booklet is being prepared. Persons
interested in entering the races
should contact Linden Short, at
Oak Orchard.
GAS FAVORED-The use of a
gas chamber instead of hanging is
preferred by Warden ElwOOd n.
Wilson of the New Castle County
WOrkhOuse, who believes the gas
chamber would be easier, quicker.
and more humane.
Hanging, however, is provided as
the method of applying capital pun
ishment in Delaware, and Warden
Wilson is in charge of preparations
for a hanging at the workhouse
scheduled for 10 a. m, June 4.
Unless he is saved by an appeal
being prepared by his attorney,
James E. Wilson, 26, is to be exc
cuted at that time. He was SEN
fenced to death for rape.
STOCKLEY RENOVATIONS -
Plans being formulated with the
approval Of the Delaware Commits
sion for the Feeble Minded call
for complete alteration of two play
rooms at the Colony; installation of
modern radiation, toilets, showers
and plumbing facilities and the
conversion of stove firing boilers to
fuel oil.
Approval was also granted at a
recent meeting of the commission
for the modernization of dupont
Cottage Boys Dormitories, by the
addition of new beds, mattresses.
/ springs and bedside chairs.
A conference was held last Fri
day with experts in the field of
modern kitchen equipment in rela-
tion to the Centralized Dietry Con-
troll for Delaware Colony which has
been approved by the commission.
The preliminary proposed plans for
the new building which will cen
tralize all food preparation and
cooking of food for the Colony.
have been received by the super
intendent, DR.. BuonicontO, from
Victorihe and Samuel Homsey Of
Wilmington.
/ LEWES CHAMBER-At a meet
ing of the board of directors of the
Lewes Chamber of Commerce, com
mittees were appointed by Presi-
dent Walter S. Howard for four
summer events. William S. Jeffer-
son was named chairman of a July