Milford chronicle., 1959-08-07

PURCHASE OF MILK over
eight and a half million pounds OF
milk were purchased locally by the
Philadelphia district of the Seal
test Foods Division. National Dairy
Products Corporation during the
first six months of 1859.
The company's receiving station
in Harrington, according to Plant
Manager Abner r. Hickman. col
lected that quantity of milk from
LOT dairy farmers in the area
Payments for the milk were ap-
proximately 100000.
SMYRNA BLEACHERS - The
building commission of the Smyrna
Special School District has pur-
chased additional bleachers for the
John Bassett Moore High School
athletic field. Bids were received
from six companies. The Snyder
Tank Company of Buffalo, N. Y,
was. the successful bidder and was
awarded the contract for $3,470.
The bleachers, approximately 80
feet long, and 10 tiers high, will
seat 500-600 spectators. The bleach
ers are to be delivered in August
or early September and the district
will erect them.
Bids were also submitted by
Wrinkler, Baton Rouge, La, Rob-
erts Brothers, Pennsauken, N. J.;
Ayton and Ashton, Arlington, Va:
Degler-W Whiting, Sinking Springs.
Pa, and Universal Manufacturing
Company, Zelienople, Pa.
ACHIEVEMENT AWARD - Mr..
John A. Watson of North Second
Street, Rehoboth Beach. Delaware.
was presented the Second United
States Army Certificate of Achieve
ment and Service Medal last week
at his home in recognition of out
standing work achieved during the
past IL years at Fort Miles. Lewes,
Delaware.
The presentation was made at
his home by Captain Herman Iorio,
Post Engineer at Fort Miles. Pres
ent at the presentation were his
wife, Mrs. John A. Watson. and
his daughter, Miss Edith Watson.
Also present were Mr.. Norbert o.
Simpson, Mr.. Lynn Fox, and Mr..
Harry Heath, Department of the
Army employees at Fort Miles.
Mr.. Watson retired in May and
had been employed at Fort Miles
since 1912.
HICKMAN TO SPEAK = State
Senator Lemuel Hickman, Frank
ford, will be speaker at the August
meeting of the Sussex County
Democratic Women's Club to be
held Thursday, August 13, on Yacht
Basin Road, the first road on the
left, south of the Indian River In
let Bridge.
The affair will take the form of
a picnic supper. Mrs. Edna Bra
sure, chairman of the program
committee, is planning entertain
ment.
Mrs. Mabel. Lambden, president
of the club, has announced that
the general public may attend, in
addition to the husbands and
friends of the members.
Hostesses for the evening will
be Mrs. Hickman, Mrs. /. Robert
Wiley, Millville; Mrs. Elisha
Dukes, and Mrs. Clifford Hall, both
of Selbyville.
A LIGHT VOTE-Light voting
a31 I;+4Io ovo;fov,ouf faoxrrod tho
annual town elections of Bethany
Beach and Fenwick Island last
Saturday afternoon.
At Bethany Beach, Mrs. Miriam
Dukes was reelected and the other
two elected were ]. oliver Evans
and Richard e. Dukes.
There were six candidates for
the three posts vacant, with the
voting as follows: Evans, 123;
Mrs. Dukes, 12O; Brooks. 116;
Kendall w. Hudson, Sr., 54; Will
liam ]. Collins, Jr., 49,, and Ru-
dolph Dole, 46..
At Fenwick Island, where nine
candidates We'd for four posts,
Tilghman Johnson and John y.
Morris were reelected, with Vir-
gil Wiley and David Moore chosen
to serve with them.
Voting was as follows: Johnson,
113; Wiley, 100; Moore, SO; Nor
ris, SO; Roland F. Scott, Sr., "a;
Albert Stout, 50; Vance McCabe,
II; Edgar Richards, 81, and Carl
Colisimo, 16.
Donald e. Simpler, who had or
iginally filed his candidacy, with
drew before the election.