Milford chronicle., 1954-07-16
GEORGETOWN


Charles Polk spycer, sr.. was
elected as president Of the Board
of Education in the GEORGETOWN
Special School District, IN the re-
organization melting Of the board
held recently n the school. Mr..
oplcer was not present for the meet
Ing due to illness. He IS a patient in
Milford Memorial Hospital at the
present sfhe. He succeeds Ralph u
Swain. as president Of the board
Mr. Swafn, whose term expired this
year was not a candidate for re-
election to the Board w Carl Utz
was elected as vice-president Of the
board and George II. Kern. super
intendent Of the Georgetown School
viii serve as secretary. The other
two members of the B0aSd are
Joseph r. Pittard and Irwin r.
Murray, who is the new member
Of the Beard.
Due to the absence Of MIR. Spicer,
no business was discussed with the
exception Of the existing teacher
vacancies, OF which there are three.
One Of the vacancies is due to
recognition and the other two exist
because two new teachers are to
be added because Of increase en-
rOllment IN the school The vacan-
cies are for two English and Social
Studies in the high school and the
other one an additional teacher,
IS IN the elementary school Candi-
dates are being sought and inter-
viewed to I'll the positions. The next
regularly scheduled meeting OF
the board will be held on August
%, although a special peseting may
be called before that time II tea
chers are located to an the va
cancies.
Mrs. Ruth Luekel Klippel daugh-
ter Of Rev and Mrs. George Allen
Leukel. Of Georgetown and Mr.
George Henry Vagt, son Of Mr..
and Mrs. John Vagt. Of Union City,
Conn. were quietly married IN
First Presbyterian Church, here, on
Saturday, July 10 at $3.50 p. m
The ceremony was performed by
the brides father. who is pastor Of
the church
The bride was given IN marriage
BY her brother, Rev. George A.
Leukel, Jr., Of ElktOn, Md Her
sister. Mrs. Donald c. Keister, Of
Newark. Del, was her only atten-
dant. William Luschenat. OF Pros
pect. Conn, served as best man.
Ushers were Donald CN Keister
and Edward Wilson, brother-in-law
Of the groom Wedding mlNsic was
played BY Mrs. Donald Weir. The
wedding was attended by relatives
and a few intimate friends
Fire Recorder Anthony Racani-
clio. Of the Georgetown Volunteer
Fire Company has released a re-
port on the first six months Of 1854.
The company answered a total Of S5
alarms in the period from January
] to June 80. Losses for the period
were listed at $3.960.0O with in
surance coverage of $2,S00.00 and
q net loss Of s1,160O0.
Types Of fires we're listed as
grass. 8. dwelling. 5 chimney and
auto. 4 eSch: chicken houses and
woods, 8 eiich. There we're 8 mis-
cellaneous fires including one feed
house, one stove, one auto accident,
one combine, one farm tractor one
storage house, one brush are and
one. caused by a FIRE ia q waste
paner basket.
The n8naborsa of the fire company
spent a total of 326 man hours IN
IRE lighting and travelled a total Of
2531b miles.
Since June 80 the company has
had three fires. all woods fires.
There was also one false alarm, on
Monday night. Jaly and thus far
investigation has failed to find the
person responsible.
The local company is awaiting
the arrival Of new engine, which
was expected to have been delivered
several weeks ago and was pur-
chased to give additional protec-
ton to rural areas near the town
end On the town proper.