Milford chronicle., 1960-10-28

delegates were sponsored by the
Delaware Power and Light Com
pany.
Co-sponsors was the Future Sci
entists of America Foundation and
the National Science Teachers AS
sociation.
Topics covered were: "Today's
World of Science" Electric Power
from the Atom" and Atomic
Frontiers.
! Rhodes, a junior, was selected to
attend the 1860 Summer Science
Day Camp held for weeks in Wilm-
ington last summer. The program
was designed to give above-aver-
age students who had demonstrate
ed interest in some phase of sci
ence or mathematics a top-flight
exploratory experience in science.
Rhodes has been a member of
the Lewes School Band for z years,
is member of the National Honor
Society, vice president of the David
| Petersen DeVries Chapter, Child
ren of the American Revolution,
and corresponding secretary of
the state, Car.
An inspection of the ice piers in
the Harbor of Refuge at Lewes,
Delaware, by the. U. S. Army's
Corps of Engineers and the u. S.
Coast Guard was made recently at
the request of U. s. Representative
Harris B. Mcdowell. Jr. The in
spection party consisted of Major
Dean w. Thorpe, Assistant for
Civil Works, u. S. Army Engineer
District, Philadelphia; Comman-
der r. c. Burke, Third Coast Guard
District; Ronald Kreh, u. S. Army
Engineer District, Philadelphia;
Chief Boatswain Jack Mcdonald,
head of the local Coast Guard con-
tingent; Dominick Grimaldi chief
district construction representa-
tive, U. S. C. g., from Customs
House, N. Y; Congressman Nc
Dowell and members of the Lewes
Anglers s Association and also
included: Harry Parsons, Bayard
V. Coulter, w. Hearld Brittingham,
Jr., James T. Carey, State Repre-
sentative William T. Best, Irving
Maull, Clayton Ellis, Lit. Emory
Brittingham, Henry P. Marshall,
Jr., Col. Riley E. McGarraugh; and
two members of the Small Boat
Safety Division, Milton w. Cooper
and Nelson Quillen.
Attention was called to the
marine hazard in an Editorial ap-
pearing in the September 29th issue
of THE Delaware Coast Press, and
which drew the personal attention
of Congressman Mcdowell who re-
quested an inspection.
Local boatmen have complained
that the ice piers are presently
menace to navigation These ice
piers and two breakwaters i'm the
Harbor of Refuge were authorized
by Acts of Congress in 1922 1896,
1900, and 1902. The structures were
built to form a shelter for vessels
from the open waters of Delaware
Bay and the sea, and to break pice
floes which were prevalent i'm those
days. The inner breakwater, was
completed in 1898. The outer break
water and the Is ice piers near its
northerly end were completed in
1903. The total cost was S5.O46. 600
The concensus. of the locals was
that the West End of the Harbor
OF Refuge should have a stronger
beacon at that end, as well as a
light to indicate the presence of |
the obstruction of the ice piers
which are now under water most |
of the time, and that six of these
ice piers either being recapped or
demolished entirely.
A report, based ON the investi-
CATION and containing recommen-
dationS concerning the ice piers,
will be prepared by the Army En-
gineers and furnished to Congress
man Mcdowell
On the return trip from the ice
piers the condition of the light on
the north jetty of Roosevelt Inlet
was noted and asked to be taken
into consideration for repair. 1t
was damaged by hurricane Donna
and lis almost ready to fall into the
bay. Attention was called to the
terrible condition of the ietties at
Roosevelt Inlet, and it was point
ed the need for immediate rpair.
An announcement has been made