Milford chronicle., 1955-08-12
Happenings Of Interest
Throughout Delaware

CITY HALL BIDS - The City
Council of Milford last Thursday
refused to accept any one of the
five bids submitted by contractors
for the construction of the proposed
$4,000 Milford City Hall.
1t was explained by city officials
that all five bids submitted were
too high. According to Mayor Ed
ward c. Evans and City Manager
Stanley Marvel, the bids will be
turned over to the architect for fur
ther study. They will be reopened at
a later date.
KENT CLINICS - August Is:
Well Child Conference, Dover
Health Unit, Ala S. State Street.
100 p. m. Call Dover Sill, Ext. 10
for appointments.
August 16: Veneral Disease Clin-
ic, Milford, Health Unit, Shore
Theater Building, 1880 a. m.-12::30
p. m.
August II: Chest Clinic, Dover.
Health Unit Ala S, State Street,
1000 a. m.
August IS: Cancer Detection Cen
ter, Dover, Health Unit, Ala s.
State Street, 9:45l11:45 a. M and
12:45-2:45 p. m. This service is for
women 25 years of age and over.
Call Dover 1922 for appointments.
S23S,260 FOR AIRPORTS - The
Commerce Department today ear
marked $23S,260 over the next four
years for federal aid to Delaware
airports.
The new apportionment of funds
came under stepped up program
of federal aid to airports signed
into law by President Eisenhower
recently.
The law authorizes an additional
S42, 100000 in federal expenditures
in the current fiscal year and $685.
100000 for each of the next three
fiscal years.
No breakdown of where the Del
aware funds will be used will be
available for 80 days.
LUNCH FUNDS - Delaware will
receive federal funds totaling $92,-
179 for use in its 1856 school
lunch program, the u. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture announced re-
Gently.
This is $1,722 more than last
years initial appropriation for the
program which makes possible low
cost nutritious meals for students.
The state must give SO to the
program for every federal dollar.
The money is given on the basis
of the number of children of school
age and the need for assistance
based on average incomes in the
state. A total of $67,010,000 was ap-
portioned among states, territories,
and possessions, with New York
leading all states with $3,S47,754,
followed by Texas and Pennsyl-
vania.
ELECTED DIRECTOR - Walter
B. McKendrick, Jr., Chief Engineer
of the State Highway Department,
has been elected as a Director of
the Association of Highway Off
cials of the North Atlantic States
effective Immediately. Mr. McKen-
drick is Past President of the
Association.
The announcement was made by
Kenneth d. Rice, Assistant Secre-
tary and Treasurer of the Associa-
ton. Mr.. McKendrick will represent
the State of Delaware on the Board
of Directors of the Association.
Included in the list of fourteen
honorary Directors of the Associa-
ton are C. ID. Buck, of Wilmington,
and w. w. Mack, of Dover, both of
whom served long terms as Chief
Engineer of the State Highway De-
partment.
SPRAYING SKEETERS - The
Air Force began spraying opera
tions August to rid the Kent
County area of the mosquito pestil-
ence.
The aircraft used in aerial spray
ing it C-47 type plane especially
equipped for this work. 1t was
flown up from the Tactical Air
Command base at Langley Air
Force Base, Va.
Approximately. $4,000 acres sur
rounding Dover AFB will feel the
effects of the Lindane spray mix
ture that is deadly against mos
quitoes but not harmful to hu-
mans or animals.