Milford chronicle., 1955-09-23
Boggs Names State
Board Of Correction
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Lammot (D-Wilmington) and Will
mer T. Williams (R-Roselle). II
called for two members of the first
board TO be appointed for two
years, two for four years, and three
for five years. Subsequent appoint
ments are all for five years.
The members are TO be paid $40
day for attending meetings, plus
mileage expenses. but their total
pay is not 10 exceed $500 a year.
The board is required TO meet. at
least once each month II is to
elect chairman and vice chair
man. The bill directs the board TO
find offices for itself and its en-
pl0yes.
The bill authorizes the board TO
appoint director of corrections
as "the responsible director for the
board" Requirements for this job
are:
AT the time of his appointment
the director shall have had a mini
mum of Is years training and ex-
perience in a field of correctional
institution administration; and the
first director shall have been a res
ident of the state for minimum of
five years"
Wilson On Inside Track
This provision, it is generally
conceded, guarantees that Elwood
III. Wilson, warden of the New Cas-
tie County Workhouse, will get the
job,
Among the directors powers is
the authority to appoint warden
or superintendent for each of the
three jails administered by the
board.
Mr.. Hackett is a vice president
of ]. A Montgomery insurance
company and of Gilpin, Van Trump
and Montgomery, real estate brok-
ers. He is also a director of the
Equitable Security Trust Company.
the Wilmington Savings Fund So
eiety, and the Central Savings and
Loan Association, president of the
Wilmington YMCA, and a member
of the national executive commit
tee of the YMCA.
Lawyer For Atlas
Mr.. Barnett is with the legal de-
partment of the Atlas Powder Com
pany. He served in the Marine Corps
during World War III and holds
the rank of major in the Marine
Corps Reserve. He is chairman of
the New Castle County Zoning
Board of Adjustment, served as a
member Of the Governors State
wide Citizens Committee on a State
Correctional System; is a member
of the National Prison Association
and the Delaware and American
bar associations.
DR.. Springer, who celebrated his
50th year in the medical profes-
sion iii 1852, received his medical
degree from the University of
Pennsylvania in 1902, and estab-
lished bis practice in Wilmington
two years later. after interning at
the Presbyterian Hospital in Phila-
delphia.
He has served as chief surgeon
at Delaware Hospital and Delaware
State Hospital. and held staff po-
sitions at other hospitals. He is a
member of the Sons of the Ameri-
can Revolution. the Masonic order,
the Wilmington Torch Club, the
Wilmington Country Club, and Low
er Bran dywin.e Presbyterian
Church.
Administrator
Mr.. Ehinger is long experienced
in institutional administration and
welfare work. He is a former pres
ident of the Delaware society for
Crippled Children and Adults; for
mcr member of the State Board of
| Welfare ahd at present is president
of the Dover RMCA. He is a veter-
an OF World War / and was state
director of the Aircraft Warning
Service during World War II. He
| is a member of the American Le-
gion national executive committee
and national chairman of the
American Legion Child Welfare
Commission. He is general chair
man of the Dover Red Feather Cam
paign. He is a graduate of Dart
mouth College.
Mr.. Burton, a graduate of the
University of Delaware, has been
in public education work since his
graduation from college except for
an interruption of five years in the
Army during World War ii when
he held the rank of major. He is a
member of national. Delaware. and
Sussex County educational associa-
tions.
Mr.. Brown is a director of Nam
tieoke Memorial Hospital and a di-
rector of the Seaford Community
Concert Association. He served on
the Governors Statewide Commit
tee on State Correctional System
Mr.. Taylor is president of the
Harrington Rotary Club, director
and vice president of the Delaware
Rural Electrification Association.
a director of the Soil Conservation
District of Kent County, and a suc-
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