Milford chronicle., 1954-03-26
Happenings of Interest
Throughout Delaware

EXAMINATIONS - Mrs Edith (
Vincent, school nurse at the Del !
mar School, has announced that
pre-school examination for chill /
dren who will enter the first grade
at the Delmar School will be held
on Thursday beginning at 9:30 a
m. All children who will be six
years of age before December 31
should be at the school for this
examination, accompanied by a
parent.
BLOWOUT-Mrs. Nettie S. Bar
rell, 66, of Delmar, is a patient at
the Peninsula General Hospital.
injured when her car struck a util-
ity pole at the intersection of the
Salisbury Boulevard and Cherry
Street, Delmar, following a blow
out.
Mrs. BaTrell suffered decorations
of the eyelid and an abrasion of
the knee, Damage to her car was
estimated at about $780,
CANCER CLINICS - April /.
Lewes, Beebe Hospital, 9-12 a. m.
Call Lewes 5311 for appointments.
April 6: SeafOrd, Nanticoke Hos
pital, 1912 a. m. and 1-3 D. m.
Call SeafOrd 1876 for appointments.
April 8: Georgetown, Health Unit.
6O5 E. Market Street, 1912 a. m.
and 1-3 p. m. Call Georgetown
23l9 for appointments. April 12.
Frankford, Health Unit, 1912 a.
m. and 1-3 p. m. Call Rodney 1893
for appointments
MORE RADAR-DelaWar State
Police have announced that they
have acquired a fourth radar set
to use in highway speed checking.
The new purchase win enable
both State Road and Penny Hill
stations to have full-time use of
radar sets. They have been shar-
ing one device. Another set is used
by the Dover troop and one is
shared by the Bridgeville and
Georgetown stations.
Police also announced tLev in
tend to start using the sets in the
early evenings. Eventual use Of
the sets at night also was indicated
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LEGISLATIVE BLAZE A
smouldering fire in a janitor's sun
ply room called Robbins Hose Com
pany, Dover, volunteers to Legis-
lative Hall last Friday night about
Z o'clock. While damage was con-
hned to the one room in the base
ment, tiremen were on duty over
an hour and were forced to use
hre masks and smoke electors in
order to reach the room.
F1remen said a janitOr on dutv
discovered the fire in maintenance
supplies stored in the room and
notihed the company. Fire officials.
say the blaze may have been caus-
ed by a discarded cigarette.
The legislative chambers and
state offices in the structure were
not damaged, company officials
stated
HOMEMAKERS-On March 21st
at 1880 p. m. at the home of Patri-'
cia' Heather. % N. State Street
Dover, the first Kent County
Homemakers Group will be organ
ized.
Any graduate in Home Econom-
les from an accredited college or
university and who is now a fuU
or part time homemaker is eligi-
bic for membership.
The purpose and detectives of
such an organization will be fully
discussed by the county Chairman.
Miss Amy Rextrew, who was the
former Dean of Home Economics
and more recently, the Dean of
Women at the University of Del
aware.
Anyone eligible and interested is
invited to attend the meeting on
March S1st and express her Opin-
ION on the advisability of a Der-
manent organization of Home Eco
nomics Homemakers in Kent
County.
RABBITS RECEIVED - There
Will be rabbits available for next
winters hunting in Delaware, de-
spite the ban on rabbits heinz
shipped here from certain states
A batch of 504 of the cotton tails
coming from Wyoming, have been
released by the Delaware State
Board Of Game and Fish Commits
sloners, which pointed out that the
Rocky Mountain state does NOT
come under the ban on states
whose rabbits purportedly carry
bubOnic plague.
The rabbits, certified as healthy
and uninfected, were sent BY Har-
ry Meyers of Gillette. Wyo. Tbev
were distributed by Game Wardens
Robert Custin and William Wide
man.
Paul E. Wilson of River Road
secretary of the Board of Came
and Fish Commissioners. said the
rabbits were released as custo-
mary, to farmers who had asked
Tor them, and to places where gun-
neFs were known to have reduced
the number of rabbits. In all in