Milford chronicle., 1957-12-06
Happenings Of Interest
Throughout Deluwure

FOOD SALE - Chaplain's Chap
ell Church Food and Fancy Work :
Sale, Friday, December 13, at 10 o.
Benefit Building Fund. We will ap-
preciate your help.
TAXES COLLECTED - Federal
tax collection agents have taken in
$71 ,492 in federal Withholding tax
es from 126 employers since their
third drive started Nov. Is, it was
announced this week by H. L.
Brown, director of the Delaware
district office, Internal Revenue
Since the drive started against
employers who withheld taxes
| from workers wages but did not
turn the taxes into Federal Reserve
banks as required, the Delaware
office agents have collected $119,-
sos, Mr.. Brown reported.
SOCIAL SECURITY - The So
cial Security representative from
| the Wilmington office, Mr.. Joseph
Menustik, on his regular visit to
| Milford, this Tuesday, interviewed
AZ local residents.
Regular visits are made to this
area to assist in the completion
of applications for old age, sur
vivors and disability insurance
benefits and to furnish informa-
tion about social security. No
charge is made for this service.
The next visit to Milford will be
on Tuesday, December 10, at the
n. until IL noon.
/ SENIOR PLAY - June Gradu-
ate, play in three acts, is being
presented by the senior class of
Georgetown High School in the
school auditorium this evening.
Friday, Dec. 6, at p. m.
Directed by Mrs. Bernice Jones,
the cast has been rehearsing for
five weeks.
Those who will take part are
Frederick Goggin, Janice Grain,
Joyce Wilgus, Patsy Jones, Joan
Davidson, Roland Russell, Carol
Mumford, Susan Murray, Ronald
/ Wilson, Nelson Coar, Jack Short,
Nancy Davidson, Georgia Beamer,
i Carroll Beamer, Barbara Long, Jay
King and Gene Stevenson.
Il IMPORTANT CHANGE -. An i'm
portant change in the staff of the
University of Delaware business
office has been announced by
Charles E. Grubb, business admin
; istrator.
Ernest L. Overbey, assistant
business administrator and con-
troller for the past eleven years,
has accepted the position of busi-
ness manager and treasurer of
Rhode Island College of Education
, at Providence, R. l. he will assume
!. his new duties on December 16.
G. Wesley Ford, chief account
! ant at the university since 1854,
will succeed Mr.. Overbey. The new
controller holds B. s. degree in
accounting from Drexel Institute
:, of Technology. Formerly with the
!. Dupont Company, he is COM
missioned lieutenant with the u.
!, S. Army Reserve and the father of
two children.
SURPRISING - Delaware high
school graduates majoring in en-
gineering are SURPRISING their out
of-state classmates in scholastic
achievement, DR.. w. w. Hagerty,
dean of the University of Della
wares school of engineering re-
vealed today.
Despite the fact that ADMISSION
standards for non-Delaware resi-
dents are more stringent than for
in-state students, the performance
of native sons proved superior in
a survey of last years students
made by the school of engineering.
| Graduates from high schools in
Kent and Sussex Counties topped
the list, compiling an overall index
cf 2.78. These students were also
the most successful in completing
their required work in a minimum
of eight semesters. Northern Del
aware students. who comprised the
largest number, attained 2.5S
group average. Out-of-state stu
dents averaged 2.54.
SOME PRODUCERS - The Sus-
sex County Dairy Herd Improve
ment Association summary as re-
ported by David Hauck and Daryl
Harman, DHIA Supervisors for
testing Circuits / e ii show 80
herds with 1929 cows on DHIA test
for the month of November aver
aged 684 pounds of milk and 1872
pounds of butterfat per COW. There
were 328 cows that produced over
Il 1860 pounds milk and 376 cows that
produced over 40 pounds of butter
fat during the month.
The sse highest producing herds
listed for the month were owned
by Alden Short. Georgetown; r. v.
Stallard, Seaford; Ralph Hill,
Bridgeville; Ed Ockels, Seaford,
and Robert Zehr, Bridgeville.
The five highest producing cows
for total butterfat production were
owned by: l.. Robbins Webb, Lin
coin, Beulah-126.4 pounds butter
fat; Ed OckeIs, Brownie-102.6
pounds butterfat; Albert Lank, Mil
ton, Pat-101.5 pounds butterfat.
and George Simpson, Houston,
PenDel-95.0 pounds butterfat.
i TO COOPERATE - Twelve Del
aware theatre have offered to CO.
operate with the Delaware Anti
tuberculosis Society in the 1857
Christmas Seal sale by including