Milford chronicle., 1960-01-29

night at the organizations first
meeting of the new year in Florio
Restaurant. He succeeds Gerald v.
Foley.
Elected to serve with him were:
Paul Carpenter, vice president;
Henry P Marshall, Jr., secretary;
Robert Hudson, assistant secretary
and Postmaster Alton L. Britting-
ham, treasurer.
Mr.. Marshall and Mr.. Britting
ham were returned to office as
secretary and treasurer.
Directors for the year are Mr..
Foley, Mrs. Reba Lynch, Daniel H.
c. Littletown and Mr.. Hudson.
Members of the chamber are
particularly concerned with push
ing a project to build a second
bridge over the Lewes-Rehoboth
Beach Canal at Lewes.
They are worried about the pos
sibility of the present draw-bridge
not working properly at time
when an emergency, such as a fire
or drowning, occurringf at Lewes
Beach, the section of town on Della
ware Bay which is cut off from
the rest of the community by the
canal
Also of interest to the chamber
is the need for attracting new in
dustry to the area. Reduction of
personnel at Fort Miles, curtail-
ment of work at a small factory,
and the uncertain chicken busin-
ess have caused the Lewes economy
to "sag a little," said member of
the chamber.
The Lions Clubs of Region III
will hold a dinner dance in the
Lewes Fire Hall, on Saturday, Feb.
s., with dinner starting at 1880 p.
m. Price will be 1915 a person.
There will be corsages for the
ladies, orchestra music and planned
entertainment
Tickets may be secured from any
member of the Lions Clubs.
An announcement has been made
of the marriage of Miss Marian
Aydelotte, daughter of the late Mr..
and Mrs. Willard Aydelotte of
Lewes RID, to Mr.. Donald Waldron,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Wald-
ron of Huntington, Indianna, on
Saturday, Jan. 9th, at the home of
the bride. DR.. William Drysdale
Gibbson minister of Westminster
Presbyterian Church, Rehoboth
Beach, officiated. Attendants were
Mrs. Samuel Warrington, Lewes
RID, and Mr.. John Toy of Lakeland,
Fla. The bride is employed at the
Dover Air Force Base and the
groom is with the U. S.. Air Force.
The couple are now on a wedding
trip in the midwest.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Quigley of
534 Pilot Town Road have announ-
ced the engagement of their dau-
ghter, Miss Judy Quigley to Larry
Eugene Rockwell, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Warren G. Rockwell of near
Nassau. Miss Quigley has attended
the Washington, d. G. Beauty A
cademy. Mr.. Rockwell is senior at
Lewes High School. No date has
been set for the wedding.
The Zwaanendael Club of Lewes
now have a wheel chair and a pair
of crutches available for use by
anyone needing them. The wheel
chair and crutches were donated
to the club through the kindness
of Mrs. Donald r. Evans, Sr., Lew
es Beach.
These are in addition to the
hospital bed the clubwOmen pur-
chased themselves, The bed is cur
rently In use, but will also be a.
vallable later. to those having
need for it.
The Diamond State Telephone
Company has filed with the Della
ware Public Service Commission re-
vlsed tariffs to become effective
February z, providing for the adop-
tlon of a new and more accurate
method of mileage measurement for
toll message telephone service.
teletype-writer exchange service
and inter-exchange channels with
in Delaware
Rates for these services will re-
nam unchanged and charges for
regular exchange service in the
state will not be affected by the
FeVlS1OnS.
The new mileage measurement
method, known as the VIII System
because it uses vertical and hori-
zontal coordinates developed math-
ematically from the latitude and
longitude of rate centers. replaces
the less accurate and less efficient
method of using maps which are
subject to distortion and are I'M
satisfactory from the viewpoints of
maintenance and administration.
Adoption of the new VII system
part of rate decrease package for
interstate service announced bv tbe
Federal Communications Commits
sion last July after discussion with
the American Telephone Telegraph
Company.
The resulting alterations will
cause some changes in the charges
Tor service on certain routes. Most
charges will remain the, Same
some will be lower and some will
De higher. No change in message
charge. however, will be more than
five cents. ''H
Rodor