Milford chronicle., 1955-01-28


Beach area and the Delaware Riv-
er and Bay. This pollution is at
tributed to vessels diseharging oil
in violation of Federal law.
The Oil Pollution Act approved
June Z, 1924, of the Federal laws
for the protection and preservation
OF the navigable waters of the Uni-
ted States, prohibits the DISCHARGE
OF oil of any kind or in any form.
Including fuel oil, oil sludge. and
OIL refuse, from any vessel into
the coastal and inland navieable
waters, except in cases of emer-
gency imperiling life or property
or unavoidable accident, collision
or stranding. Section 13 of the
River and Harbor Act approved
March 8, 1899, prohibits the dis
charge Of refuse of any kind from
shore establishments and shiDs in
to such waters.
ViolatOrs of these laws are
guilty Of a misdemeanOr and are
liable to fine not exceeding S2.5OO
nor less than $500, or to imprison-
ment not exceeding one year nor
less than 80 days, or to both such
hne and Imprisonment, for each
Onense committed. Masters or
other licensed officers of any. YES
sells found violating these laws are
also subject to having their Ii
censes suspended or revoked.
BANQUET - Plans for the an
nual banquet of the Sussex County |
Firemen's Association and Auxii- |
iary to be held at the Seaford fire |
hall March Is, are being cOmplet- |
ed.
The SeafOrd Auxiliary will serve
the dinner. Approximately $50 are
expected to attend.
Among the invited guests are
Governor and Mrs. J. Caleb Boggs,
Walter J. LaRue, state fire marshal
and his wife; State President and
Mrs. Curt Ennis; the state chap
lain, DR.. Thomas Mulligan and his
Wife; Mrs. Ella Roach, county aux
iliary president; Joseph WILEY
county president, and Mrs. Wiley:
the Rev. John WOOten, county
chaplain, and Mrs. Wooten; Mrs.
Fred Brown, state auxiliary presi- |
dent, and Mr. Brown; William
Hines, president of the State Fire
Chiefs Association, and Mrs. Hines: /
William Batchlor, Sussex County
president of the Chiefs Association
and Mrs. Batchlor.
FIRING SCHEDULE - Colonel
S. B. Howard, Post Commander, !
Fort Miles, Delaware, announced
the following schedule Of firing to
be conducted at the Bethany Beach !
Anti-aircraft Artillery Range on the |
dates indicated. This is published
for the information of all con-
cerned. Firing will be conducted in
Restricted Area No. 2 between the |
hours Of $500 A. NJ. and 900 p. M. /
on the following dates:
1 February to and including 4 /
February, 1855; z February to and |
including IL February, 1856; IA
February to and including is Feb /
ruary, 1855; 21 February, 1856; %
February to and INCLUDING 25 Feb
ruary, 1855; % February, 1855.
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GO TO CHURCH-Sussex Post
No. 8, American Legion, meeting
in the Log Cabin the latter part
Of last week completed plans for
the annual GO-tO-Church month in
cooperation with the Legion Back
to-GOd movement, Ralph H. Lyons.
Americanism chairman of the post
stated A spiritual re-aWakening
is necessary. Without Divine guild
ance our liberties and freedoms
are gravely threatened. Every Leg
iannaire who can possibly do SO
should attend the services to place
emphasis on the Back-to-God pro-
gram" He also emphasized that
the Back-to-GOd program is de-
signed to stress regular church at
tendance; prayer within the home
and the teaching or religion to
children.
The schedule of churches to be
attended and the dates for each
follows: February 6, First Presby-
terian Church; February 13, st.
Paul's P. b. Church; February 90,
Wesley Methodist Church; Febru-
airy q, Grace Methodist Church,
and on March 6, the Catholic
Church in VFW Hall. Time for the
March 6 meeting will be 9 a. m,
and the February church services
are all slated for 11:0O a. m.
BANKERS MEET - On We'd
nesday, January IS, 1866, Sussex
Chapter, American Institute of
Banking, held one Of the most in
teresting of it's meetings since it
was first organized.
President William Jefferson act
ed as moderator for panel of
four consisting of: Mr.. Edward B.
Green, Executive Vice President Of
Georgetown Trust Company, Mr..
w. Harry Bunting, President, First
National Bank of DagsbOro, Mr..
Joseph L. Marshall, President, Lew
es Trust Company, and Mr.. Karl
X. Brown, President, First National
Bank of SeafOrd. These men dis
cussed various questions on bank
operations and management that
had been submitted by the member
ship.
Following the general question
and answer period, a Christopher
film, Faith, Hope and Hogan,
was shown.
Refreshments were served by the
employees of The First National
Bank and The Seaford TSust Com
pany.
FrankfOrd Kiwanis