Milford chronicle., 1956-08-24
GEORGETOWN

1EONIE lOWN
The second reunion of the descen-
and Julia Kitchens was held at
Trappe Pond Sunday with 125 MEM
bers of the family present.
Officers in charge were Howard
Kitchens, Seaford, president; Will
liam j. Kitchens, Seaford, vice
president; Mrs. Roland Joseph, of
Laurel, secretary; Paul Bryan of
Georgetown, treasurer.
After a covered dish dinner, a
short program was presented in
charge of the Rev. Milton Elliott
Of Seaford. Several voca, selec-
tions were given by Samuel Eli
oft.
Gifts were awarded to the fol-
owing: Mrs. George Hudson, of
Miiisbcro, mother with the most
children present; Mrs. Stanley
Reese, Chatham, N. j., guest COM
ing from the fartiest point, and
Mrs. Melvin Kitchens, Laurel,
fOuHS6SL HlOIHof.
New officers were elected at the
reunion as follows: William ]. Hit
chens, Seaford, president; Norman
Kitchens, Laurel, vice president;
Linden Kitchens, Laurel, secretary;
Mrs. Roy Kitchens, Laurel, assist
ant secretary; Miss Stella Hitch
ems, Laurel, treasurer; Roy Hitch
ems, Laurel, tables; Mrs. Harry
Jefferson, Laurel, food, and Mrs.
Paul Bryan, Georgetown, program.
The reunion will be held again
next year on the second Sunday
in August.
Marion Banks, Salisbury, was
fined $25G and costs and given a
suspended prison sentence of one
year for the traffic death of Ernest
Showell, also of Salisbury, at Mills
boro, on July Z, in Sussex County
Superior Court
Judge James 3. Carey put Banks
on probation for two years, order
ing the fine to be paid within a
year.
Banks had previously pleaded
guilty to motor vehicle man
slaughter Showell was a passen-
ger in his car when the car skid
ded and crashed through the guard
rail at Millsboro Pond. The victim
died of drowning.
Counts in the charge against
Banks included failure to maintain
proper lookout; wanton disre-
gard of the rights of others and
failure to stop at a stop sign.
The car was going west on Route
"a at the time of the accident when
Banks was said to have suddenly
applied his brakes. The car skid
ded 81 feet before dropping into
the pond.
Bids on the storm and sanitary
sewer work here were opened at
the meeting of the Town Council
and referred for checking to the
towns consulting engineers,
Clarke Gardner and Percy Sterling,
Salisbury, Md
The council has 80 days in which
to award the contracts.
The bidding was divided into two
parts-Schedule A, which covers
the storm sewer work and Sched
ule B, which is the sanitary sewer
project.
<One firm, A. p Croll and Sons
Georgetown, bid only on the sani-
tary sewer work, presenting total
of s16,362.18
Other bids were:
Edgell Construction Co., Inc.-
Dover, Schedule A, $109, ,328. 20;
Schedule B, $20,895.50, or total
of S130,223.10.
R. and G.. Construction Co., New
Castle, Schedule A, 1924, ,292.50;
Schedule B, $25,21S.98, or total
of $149,511.4S.
James Julian, Inc, Elsmere.
Schedule A, $144,902; Schedule B,
S31,346, or a total of $176,24S
George and Lynch, Dover, Sched-
ule A, $103,S6620: Schedule B,
$17,47063, or a total of S121,336.83.
Building Permits toaling $18,650
were granted as follows: A. M. E.
Church, Railroad avenue, $4,000;
John l.. Briggs, shed, for self,
$1,000; John L. Briggs, enclosure
for side porch of Houston Wilson.
$500; John l.. Briggs, residence
for Albert Lenox, Edward street,
100000; Georgetown Lumber Co.,
shed, $1,000; John. Truitt Purnell,
remodeling, $1,000; George r. Mar
shall, repairs to front porch, $780,
John A. Tyndall, garage, $1,000.
Bids for the new police car were
studied 1t was found that Coma
way Motors was lowest bidder and
the purchase was awarded to them.
1t was decided to ask the town
police to contact property owners
who have let weeds grow high and
to ask them to have the land NOW
ed.