Milford chronicle., 1959-05-08

ALUMNI MEETING-The MONTH
ly meeting of the Caesar Rodney
Alumni Associations will be held
on Wednesday, May 20, 1859, at s
p. M, in the school. All Caesar
Rodney Alumni are urged to attend
and participate.
SOFTBALL LEAGUE OPENS
The Kent and Sussex Soft Ball
League opened Monday night, May
4, playing at the Ball Park of
the Milford High School. Game
time was 700 p. m. Five clubs
were entered-Milton V.F.W., Mil
ford Jaycees, Red Men of Milford
Milford Stitching, and Milford Reb-
els.
The scores for Mondays games
were Jaycees 8, Rebels 8; Milford
Stitching "a, Red Men 8: Tuesday,
at Milton, Milton V.F.W. 10, Mil
ford Rebels 3.
JUDGES TO SELECT = Judges
who will select the outstanding
soil conservation district and
champion farmer conserVationist
of the two-state area comprised OF
Delaware and New Jersey for the
year ending April 80, have been
named by the Goodyear Tire and
Rubber Co., sponsor of an annual
national program of conservation
awards, according to Earl White
President of Delaware State Asso-
citation of Soil Conservation Dis
| trictS.
The Delaware-New Jersey judg-
es are: Richard S. Snyder, state
soil conservationist, u. S. Soil Con-
servation Service, chairman, and
DR.. Leo Cotnoir, Jr., professor OF
soils, University of Delaware, both
of Newark; DR.. Linwood L. Lee, u
S. Soil Conservation Service anG
Robert M Hanna, assistant spe.
cialist in soils, Rutgers University
both of New Brunswick.
COP RECRUITERS - The ap-
pointment of a five-member state
Recruit for go" committee was
announced this week by Ellwood
S. Leach, Republican State Chair
man.
The establishment of a state re-
cruitment committee is in line with
a national Republican program to
recruit two million additional pre-
cinct workers by September, 1860
Named to the state Recruit for
'60'' committee are Mrs. r. Ransom
Elston of Middletown; Peter Alli-
son of 2412 Delaware Avenue, Will
mington; former State Rep. Henry
B. Appleford, Jr., of Wyoming
John o. Hopkins, Jr., of 101C
French Street, Wilmington; and
Robert A. Short of Georgetown.
Mr.. Leach said the appointment
of a five-member state recruitment
committee is the first step in i'm
plementing the Recruit for go
campaign in Delaware.
AN ALUMNI GOOF - How cal
one small error be multiplied b,
10000?
The staff of the Office of Alumni
and Public Relations at the Uni
versity of Delaware found out thi.
week when it's annual spring re
union programs were distributed
to the 10000 members of the
Alumni Association
Every event for the May 16 affair
is carefully listed in the program
by location and hour, a ballot fol
the election of new officers is pro-
vided, as is a reservation form foI
the major event of the day, the
Spring Reunion luncheon.
The slip-up? The luncheon price
$3.50, was omitted. So far more
than $50 reservations have been
received and some alumni have sci
their own price. One sent $25 fol-
two. Another, presumably interest
ed in the blue plate special, en-.
closed one dollar. Several others
sent blank checks.
If you know a Delaware alum.
nus, you can help. Tell him the
price is $3.50.
| FASHION SHOW = The Reho.
both Auxiliary of the Beebe Hos
pital will sponsor a fashion show
at the Rehoboth Country Club
Fashions by Benjamin's of Sails
] bury. Time, p. M
/ SUSSEX TAX RATE - SUSSEX
County Levy Court at its meeting
Tuesday in the court house, cut the
county tax rate to As cents. 1t has
been so cents for about 10 years
Clarence Lingo, president, anC
Levi S. Warrington and John C
Mitchell, members, made the an
nouncement shortly after receiv
ing the annual assessment figures
Mr.. Lingo said that Levy Courr
was able to make the cut in ta2
/ rate for two chief reasons-thC
general reappraisal of property
conducted throughout the count.
two years ago and the new system
requiring building permits.
1--WE are glad to be able to re
duce the tax rate" he said, "anC
to have the tax payers reap th'
benefits of the reappraisal"
The general assessment which
Levy Court termed equalization
rather than fixed or arbitrary in
crease, raised the total county as
sessments in 1857 from the $98,
401, ,416 of 1856 to $135, ,484, ,407
There had been no real reapprai
sal for 80 years at the time.