Milford chronicle., 1954-08-06
Happenings Of Interest
Throughout Delaware

H0NORED-Colonel William Ii.
Francis, son Of Mrs Katie Francis
of Delmar, who is in Korea, has
had the honor of having a health
center in Korea named for him. 1t
has been named the Francis Health
Center for Children.
Colonel Francis, who makes his
civilian residence at Hampstead,
N. Y, is chief of the Korea Civil
Assistance Command team at Tae-
jon, which contributed lumber, ce-
ment, nails and glass for the new
building. The center cares for
about 30 orphans in the initial
stages of tuberculosis.
VOTING MACHINES +. The Sus-
sex County Levy Court, on Tues
day awarded a contract to John
L. Briggs & lCo., of Georgetown,
to construct a building which will
house the voting machines used
in the county, between elections.
The successful bidder was one
Of six who placed bids with the
Levy Court for the contract. The
low bid by Briggs was S5,882.OO.
The next lowest bid, S5,953.00, was
offered by Reese w. Smith, also
of Georgetown. Three other bid
ders, each of whom bid $6,500.00,
were Andrew J. Murray & Son,
Georgetown; Collins Construction
Company, Millsboro: and James
Hill, Seaford. "A bid of $6,850.OO
was offered by w. B. Dorey &
Son, Millsboro.
DEANS LIST-Dean's list stu
dents for the second semester Of
the 1953-54 school year have been
announced by Francis H. Squire,
dean of the University of Delaware.
A total of S66 students from the
five undergraduate schools receiv-
ed the required scholastic index Of
300 or better. Thirteen students
attained perfect records Of 400.
OF the 366 high ranking stu
dents, 1873, or exactly One-half, are
enrolled in the School of Arts and
Science; 81 are in the School Of
Engineering; 81 in the School Of
Education; % in the School Of Ag-
riculture; and 25 in the School Of
Home Economics. Upperclass stu
dents were most successful schol-
astically, with the junior class hav-
ing the highest total number list
ted, 106.
INVESTIGATING FIRE - State
Fire Marshall Walter La Rue is
conducting an investigation into
probable causes of fire which
destroyed a ranch type home
owned by Mrs. Carolyn L. Crook
of RehOboth, located at Massey s
Landing, about six miles from Oak
! Orchard. The house, which is sit.
uated on Indian River. between
Oak Orchard and the Inlet. wa.
valued at $4,000, when constructed
three years ago. The tenants whC
had been occupying the house haC
moved away about two weeks az,
and the house had been repainted
the painters having finished worl
on Monday of this week.
The fire completely destroyed
the house some time early las
! Tuesday morning. No one saw
the fire due to a heavy fog, which
blanketed the area and kept flames
and smoke from being detected
THIRTY MORE DAYS - Chin
man T. Green of FELTON,, who OF
1 Tuesday was sent to jail by Magis
tTate George H. Shockley for 81
days in default of payment of a fin,
of S100 for drunken driving, foun,
bimself in further difficulty.
Dover city police, who arrestet
Green on Monday night on thu
drunken driving charge after h
drove truck into some low hang
ing tree limbs along State Street
arrested him again on a charge o
unauthorized use of a motor We
hicle.
According to the police, on Jun
20, Green drove away in a car be
I longing to a Dover dealer Withou
5 consent Of the dealer, and the in
formation was lodged with the DO
lice by the dealer.
When taken before. Magistrat
Shockley again Green entered
plea of guilty to this second charg
and the magistrate imposed a fin
of $50 and costs in the case and ii
default of payment ordered Gree
sent to Jail for 30 days in addition
to his previous sentence, maxim
60 days that the man will have t
serve in jail