Milford chronicle., 1956-01-13

YOLUNTEZR SERVICES Il The
egular miseting Of the Sussex
sounty Unit Of Volunteer Services
or the HospEal for the Mentally
Retarded at sstSclzley has been
3ostpo1Ied one week. It will be held I
IN Thursday, January 19, at o.
,lock in the McAullin Building at
The Colony.
Mrs. r. Russell Fry, chairman,
urges everyone to attend, as this
meeting viii decide the future y
the group.
DEER KILLED - Falling about
25 below last years total, Della
ware nimrods closed out the 1856
shotgun deer-hunting season last
Saturday evening with an approx
innate kill of 239 for the two-day
period.
About so per cent of che deer
slain were does, and sCme Of the
animals weighed well over 100
pounds. Two Pennsylvania game
technicians, who were in Delaware
for the two-day season as ObserY-
ers, express amazement at the size
Of the deer killed in Delaware.
ELLENDALE POST OFFICE -
Seven applicants have fled for the
third class postmaster vacancy at
Ellendale. the Civil Service Com
mission has announced.
The applicants will take a COM
petitiye examination at later date
to determine the top three eli
gibIes, from which President Els
enhower will nominate the new
postmaster.
Applicants for the post are:
Lillian NJ. Beebe, J. Courtland
Smith, Sr., Lawrence e. Warren
Elizabeth A. Meredith, Hazel D.
Ellingsworth, Mrs. Helen w. Car
penter and Marvin D. Transeau.
DOCUMENTS in DANGER
The State Board of Health needs
4 new freproof office building te
safeguard the more than 100000
documents of births, marriages
and deaths which are now in con.
slant danger of being destroyed b
fire, DR.. Floyd I. Hudson, execu
tive secretary of the board, sait
this week.
The headquarters Of the State
Health Department are now locat
ed on the second floor of the Ole
State House in Dover, and thu
board pays about $4,000 a yea
rent for other Office spaces in var
4 ious Dover buildings. The boar'
would like to have a $1,750,O0O ney
/ fireproof building.
DELMAR AMBULANCE ~ tn
Delmar Fire Department has be
gun its annual drive for member
shin ir the Ambulance Service, pro
viaed by the Delmar Fire Con
pany.
Howard Gravenor, chairman
: the ambulance committee, sal
that letters have been mailed ou
to residents of Delmar stating a
; to what has been accomplished b
the flremen and the ambulanc
during the past year.
Mr.. Gravenor states that a dC
nation of So is being asked agai
this year to continue to give tn
? best ambulance service posslDi
: "A member of the fire departmeT
!. will call on residents Of Delms
to receive donations, or it ma
be mailed to the Ambulance Sci
!. vice.
HIGHWAY PROJECTS = Wa
ter B. McKendricks. Jr.. chief e
gineer of the State Highway D
. paYtment, has announced that Il
: department will receive bids (
six projects on Wednesday, Fe
{ ruary 1. It will be the initial o.
ening Of bids by the Departmel
4 for the current year.
. Three of the projects, accordiI
. to Mr.. McKendrick, provide for q
= first operations on the dirt roi
Improvement program authoriz
by the present session Of the lie
islature.
!. The other projects provide I
the widening and resurfacing
= the Philadelphia Pike from Bell
- vue Road to Claymont, drama
= = work along the dual highway fre
Five Points to Rehoboth and 2
. mix, hot laid asphaltic Tequil
p ments for New Castle County
y the 1956-57 fiscal year.
ANNUAL MEETING-Ihe Ceo
of Grove Farm Bureau Planni
OF Group is having its annual cover
of dish supper this Saturday mig
II. January IA, at 6:30 o'clock in
er Millwood Hall. The committee az
n, that every member bring GOV
ir- ed dish and place setting.
rs, meat. rolls and coffee viii be t
nd nished. We are anticipating a "
le; enjoyable evening. as Mrs. He
Of lynn. one of our members hay
nd recently returned from a Il
through the Middle East will 3
an account Of her trip and sh
pictures Of places she visited WI
OF there.
me The state and Sussex County
ay. fcers are expected to be pres
ED to give the highlights of the ?
in year in Farm Bureau and tell
he future plans. We hope every m'
snt / ber Of the group will keep
Til- and be present to enjoy the ey
ev. ing together.
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en- OBITUARY
~. HAGGETT