Milford chronicle., 1959-08-14

BACON HOME Former Cover
nor Walter w. Bacon left Della
ware Hospital in Wilmington last
Sunday for his home in the May
fair Apartments, Wilmington.
Mr.. Bacon was taken to the hos
pital by ambulance July IL after
becoming i'll at the Delaware Ho-
tel, Ocean City, N. J., where he and
Mrs. Bacon were spending the
summer.
UNDERGOING TREATMENT -
State Representative r. Allen Can
non (D-Seaford) is undergoing
medical tests by a private physi-
clan in Philadelphia for a possible
internal infection.
Mr.. Cannon went to Philadelphia
Sunday and missed Mondays leg
islative session in Dover. Members
of his family said the tests are con-
tinuing and could not say whether
he would return before the Gener-
al Assembly reconvenes. His con-
dition was said to be not serious.
BARN DESTR0YED-The upper
part of the frame barn on the
property of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Marvel at Stockley was destroyed
by fire of unknown origin early
Monday morning. Firemen from
Georgetown and Millsboro were
able to save the main section OF
the 80 by 35-foot structure.
Damage was estimated at be-
tween $500 and $500 by George
town Fire Chief Robert Vanaman,
Jr., and Samuel Timmons, assist
ant Millsboro fire chief.
A quantity of straw was destroy
ed but no animals were endanger-
ed.
FUEL TAX RECEIPTS = Re-
ceipts from motor fuel taxes dur
ing the month of June amounted
to 1871, 1,740.89, the largest amount
of these taxes received during
June for the past three years, ac-
pcording to a report released by
James J. Deputy, Secretary of the
State Highway Department and Ad-
ministrator of the Motor Fuel Tax
Division.
The receipts for June, which
were received during July, were
9,453.16 in excess of the amount
of these taxes received for June
of last year, an increase of $780,
1874 over the amount received
for June of 1857 and $20,390.63
more than was received during
June of 1856.
CAR REGISTRATIONS = There
were a total of 19O,146 motor We
hicle registrations in operation in
the State of Delaware on August
1, according to the records of the
Motor Vehicle Department. This
is an increase of 1905 over the
number that were in operation on
the same date of last year.
OF these motor vehicle registra-
tions 1925 were in Wilmington
and New Castle County, an in
crease of 1886; Kent County had
42,O24, an increase of 1909 while
| 34,867 were in Sussex County, an
increase of $50.
Pleasure cars accounted for 1885,
826 of the registrations, an in
crease of 4,475 for the year. A to-
tai of 39,367 registrations covered
commercial vehicles, an increase
of 2,945.
REVENUE SLUMP-The State
Budget Commission has reported
drop of nearly $500,000 in state
revenue last month as compared to
July, 1858. The totals were $780,
1882, compared to $7,6S7,2 a
year ago.
The reduction apparently is ac-
counted for by the fact that state
income tax receipts were banked
earlier this year than last. Thus
June receipts increased sharply
over last year, but the reduction
was balanced by a decrease the
following month.
Disbursements m o u e d to
$3,381, ,077.93, a fall-off of $35, ,408
compared with last years $3,416,-
485, the PICS report added.
The cash balance as of July
was $2,242, ,149. This compares with
$4,478,626 on July 81 last year, but
that figure included $2,000,O00 in
unpaid deficiency notes. This
years total is clear of notes.
NEW SIGNS-A total of 1904
new signs were prepared in the
State Highway Departments sign
shop during the month of June,
Faccording to a report of the Traffic
Division of the Department which
operates the sign shop at Dover.
The report also disclosed that a
total of 974 existing information
signs at various parts of the stage
were replaced by field crews dur
ing the month.
In New Castle County 446 signs
were replaced and center line
painting took place at "a different
locations along the highways in
that county, totaling Sc miles.
In Kent County 217 signs were
replaced and reflectors were chang
ed in 256 signs with 353 new sign
posts being erected and 80 miles
of center line painting completed.
Sussex County had 311 signs re-
placed during the month and 598
sign posts erected or improved,
with 56 miles of center line paint
ing completed.
DAIRY TOUR-The 1859 Annual
Dairy Tour, sponsored by the
Dairy Herd Improvement Associ-
alton and the County Extension