Milford chronicle., 1956-07-13
GEORGETOWN

Mrs. Edward Marzoa. chairman
of the committee from the County
Seat Home Demonstration Club for
the Trappe Pond pulmotor, an
nounced yesterday that the drive
for funds brought in s494.43.
Mrs. Marzoa, present at the
drowning of child at the park on
June II, told her club she thought
there should he a pulmotor "On
duty" at the park, and the mem
bers set about to secure it.
The pulmotor was in place, July
4, as planned. 1t cost 1926, equinned
with one large mask and a mask
for a small child. With the ether
money obtained. an extra mask Was
purchased for 800 and four tanks
Of oxygen for 500 There were SOM.
incidental expenses and the balanct,
has been turned over to the parI
personnel for the purchase of fur.
ther oxygen when needed.
Most OF the money was raised
from small personal contributions
and from the collections taken at
the park through the weekend pre-
ceding, July 4.
Several clubs, however, made
donations including $35.25 from
the local Kiwanis Club $25 each
from the local Lions Club and the
Georgetown -Millsboro Rotary Club
and $5 from the Hollymount Home
Demonstration Club.
Personnel and locations will be
the same for next Wednesdays
second general registration of vo-
Lers as were used for the first regi-
stration March "a, w. ID. wilkins,
Milford, secretary of the Sussex
County Dept of Elections said
yesterday.
The departments office in George
town is busy getting out the neces-
sary supplies to the 26 voting dis
tricts of the county.
There is one exception in loca-
tion to be used The small cinder
block building constructed by Levy
Court for the use of the first of
the second at Owens Station will
be put into, service for the first
time on Wednesday. The building
is near the previous registration
place -Wharton's Store and will
be reserved for registration and
voting.
Mrs. Hazel T. Russell, registrar
for that district, made several trips
to Georgetown in an effort to Sc
cure help in finding a place to
register and was granted the use
of Wharton's Store for that first
registration on an emergency basis.
Among the supplies being sent
out from the county office, in addi-
tion to the three former, are the
flags which must fly at each regi-
stration place during the time
that it is open to the public.
Hours for registration will be
from a. m. to s p. M, d. S. t., and
there will be no closing at the
lunch hour. Those eligible to regi-
ster must be 21 years of age on
or before Nov. 6: must have lived
in the state one year; in the coun-
ty, three months, and in the dis
trict. 80 days.
In urging that as many qualified
persons as possible register on
Wednesday, inorder to prevent over
crowding at the last minute, Mr..
Wilkins also called attention to-
the fact that no one who registers
later than the next date of Aug. q,
can vote in the party Primary
Registration figures for George
town on the first day, showed only
33S persons responding for the 9th
district. which had a total of 2.187
voters two years ago and is pre-
sumed to have nearly 5000 poten-
tial voters by now.
The itemized figures, not here
tofore published, showed 165 Demo-
Gratis registered ard lat Republi-
cans. leaving 26 persons who de-
clined to state party preference
The birth rate in Italy dropped