Milford chronicle., 1960-05-20
Happenings Of Interest
Throughout Delowdre

BIDS OPENED - The opening
of bids for three highway improve
ment projects, by the State High
way Department recently. attract
ed Is contracting concerns who
submitted a total of so bids on the
projects with the low bids totaling
$612,569.7O.
MEDICAL CARDS - Personal
Medical Information Cards are
available to Delawareans, the Med
ical Society of Delaware announced
today. Designed for use in emer-
gency or disaster situations. the
cards carry basic medical histories
which could be of great Importance
if medical treatment centers were
overwhelmed by disaster victims,
or If single patient, needing inn
mediate care, were unable to give
his own history
CANCER DETECTION CEN.
TIERS Sussex County: June 2.
Health Unit, 11O West Third Street.
Call Lewes 2721 for appointments.
June 6: Frankford, Health Unit.
Main Street. Call Rodney 6SS7 for
appointments.
June z: Seaford. Nanticoke Hos
pital. Call National 9-9537 for
appointments.
June 10: Georgetown, Health
Unit, sos East Market Street. Call
Georgetown 7347 for appointments.
June Ia: Laurel, Health Unit,
504 Pine Street. Call Trojan s.
1889 for appointments.
EXPANDABLE HOUSE = In an
effort to meet the increasing hous-
ing needs of the area, Dover Build
ers, Inc, will unveil new expand
able home at Smyrna Parkway
Manor, just off Route 13 in Smyr-
ma proper, Saturday and Sunday,
May 81 and %.
The new one and a half story
house has been named the Cape
Cod Expandable and will be avail
able in four designs, according to
the builders. The basic house has
a combination living-dining room
area, kitchen with hanging cabi-
nets, two bedrooms and full bath
and a utility room. on the first
floor.
CHEST X-RAYS-The schedule
for the community locations of the
chest X-ray program in Sussex
County for 1860 will be completed
on June and June 3. Last call for
1860:
Rehoboth Rehoboth Hardware
Company, Thursday, June 2-1O-12
a. M; IA p. m. Friday, June g.
2-5 p. M; 6-8 p. m.
Mrs. Paul Reed of the Junior v.
/. A. is general chairman.
Lewes: Second and Bank Streets,
Thursday, June 2-10-12 a. M; l.
p. M. Friday, June 3-2-5 p. m. +;
6-8 p. m.
Bayard Coulter, general chair
man and Mrs. Forrest Wenyon,
hostess chairman. All persons is
years Of age and over are offered
this free service. Special empha-
sis is being placed on the import-
ance of chest X-ray for those who
have never had one or who have
not been X-rayed for two years.
WHEAT DEADLINE - Chair
man r. Harry Wilson of the Kent
Agricultural Sterilization and Con-
seryation County Committee, today
reminded wheat growers that the
deadline for disposing of excess
wheat is May 81, 1860. That is the
date by which the grower who
wishes to comply with his 1860
wheat allotment must dispose of
any excess acreage.
The grower who brings his acre
age for harvest down to this allOt-
ment, Mr.. Wilson said, may market
all his wheat without penalty, is
eligible for wheat price support
and Conservation Reserve pay
ments and gets credit for acreage
diverted from wheat in computing
future allOtments.
Farmers who have any questions
about excess wheat disposal are
urged to get in touch with the
Kent County ASC office for further
The telephone number
is REdfield 4-3O78.
KILLED BY BEES A pony
of Robert H. Warren, 309 North
East Front Street, Milford, was
stung to death recently by swarms
of honey bees from Is nearby
hives which had not molested it
during its month In the
Warren pasture.
According to accounts, however,
the pony was usually kept on high
ground but was tied at a lower
spot near water hole apparently
used by the bees.
James r. West, local veterinari-
an, was called out but found the
animal beyond saving. He had to
use nets as protection to get the
pony to a higher level with the as
sistance of Warren's son.
The veterinarian said that in his
30 years of practice he never saw
anything like it" He had to pull
dead bees from the animals
mouth, the eyes were swollen to-
double their size, and there were
stings all over the rest of the body.
The animal died in about an hour
and. half.
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