Milford chronicle., 1959-08-21
Happenings of Interest
Throughout Delaware

HASTINGS H0ME-Former y.
S. Senator Daniel o. Hastings re-
turned to his home on Twaddell
Mill Road last Friday from the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania Hospital,
where he had been a patient since
the middle Of July.
Mr.. Hastings, who heads the law
hrm of Hastings, Lynch, and Tay-
lor, entered the hospital for tests,
and underwent surgery on July %.
Mr.. Hastings was IS last March
8.
RACE BETTING-Hearing of ar
gument on a motion to Quash the
search warrant and suppress the
evidence in case growing out of
a raid on a suspected horse race,
betting establishment along u. s.
13, near Camden, last April, has
been fixed in Superior Court for
September IL.
The motion was filed in the case
of Michael Charles Benicky. Will
mington, one of five defendants
three men and two women-arrest-
ed in connection with the raid. It
was filed on his behalf by his coun-
sci, Robert c. O'Hora, Wilmington.
1O7 ARRESTS - The Commits
sioners of Bridgeville were told at
their last regular monthly meeting
that the towns police department
made 107' arrests during the month
of July and gave out 81 warning
notices for minor violations.
The report included the follow
ing arrests: drunk, 8; assault and
battery, 8; trespassing, q; drunk
on highway, 8; breaking and en-
! tering, 1; disorderly conduct, 8:
vagrant, 4 drunk and driving. /:
speeding, 13; violation of stop sign.
"a; reckless driving, z; driving
with no license, 6; operating an
unregistered vehicle, A; failure to
give right of way, 8; improper
passing, 4; operating motor We
hicle with no foot brakes, 2; and
panhandling, 2.
SUBSIDY WANTED-Kent Coun-
ty will try to get federal sub
sidy to compensate for the large
areas of non-taxable federal land
within its borders and the extra
expenses borne by the county as
the result of non-tax paying mill
tary population at Dover Air Force
Base.
U. S. Representative Harris B..
Mcdowell, Jr., has agreed to intro
duce a bill asking for the subsidy,
it was revealed recently by Max
Terry, attorney to the Kent County
Levy Court.
Mr.. Terry explained that because
of the air base the costs of Super
ior Court, Court of Common Pleas,
and Juvenile Court are greater.
He said he was going to check
on just how much federal land is
included in Petersburg Wildlife
Area, Bombay Hook Migratory Wa
terfowl Refuge, and Dover Air
Base and its adjacent housing de-
velopment.
ENTITLED TO BENEFITS -
School teachers and other school
employees may be entitled to So
cial security benefits during their
summer vacation. This announce
ment was made today by Edward
F. Sullivan, district manager OF the
local social security Office. Mr..
Sullivan explained that school en-
ployees who have reached retire
ment age under social security and
are insured under the law may
have benefits payable to them even
though their salaries are contin-
ued during the summer months.
This is true if the payments are
earnings for service during the
school year and if the employee
does not have to perform any SER
vices during the summer months.
Mr.. Sullivan cautioned that an ap-
plication must be filed before any
benefits can be paid and suggested
that any individual who believes
he might have benefits due him get
in touch with the local Social Sc
curity Office, 230 West Loockerman
Street, Dover, Delaware.
EXECUTIVE MEETING - Mrs
Nettie w. G. Zeigler, president OF
the Sussex-Kent County Chapter
MDAA has announced there will be
a business meeting of the execu-
tive committee members of that
chapter with the executive com
mittee of the New Castle-Kent
Chapter at the Dover Hotel on
Monday, August "a, at s p. m.
All members are urged to be
present to assist in the organiza.
tion of Dover's fund raising cam.
paign. Kent County patient ser.
vice and the federal campaign tC
be conducted at the Dover Ali
Base.
Mrs. William Stevens, Whining
ton, is the president of the New
Castle-Kent Chapter. w. w. Ear.
eckson, MDAA executive secretary
Baltimore, will be present to offel
information and advice.
Milford residents who are mem
bers of the Sussex-Kent COUNTY
Chapter are William A. Stevens
Frederick E. Jester, Jerry Tramp
ton and Marvin Lightcap.
OPEN HOUSE-Delmarva's poul
trymen have been invited to tn.
University of Delaware Agricul
tural Substation near Georgetown
September 2 for their annual Opel
House with poultry research sci
entists. according to an announce
ment by ]. Frank Gordy, directo