Milford chronicle., 1961-08-18
LEWES

Mr.. and Mrs. John II. Evans
/ Wescoat's Corner, Lewes, annOun-
ce the engagement of their daugh-
ter. Judith Carole to Ronald An
derson Pooh, son of Mr.. and Mrs
Frank Pooh of Midway, Lewes.
Both graduated from Lewes High
Shcool in June. Ronnie will enter
the Eastern Bible Institute in
Green Lane, Pennsylvania. thes
September. A June wedding is
planned.
The annual fund drive of the
Lewes Fire Department, Inc, star
ted August 18th and will continue
through September 80. This year
goal of $4,000 has been set. II
this sum is not reached, it will
be hard for the fire department
to carry on the operations success
fully. There is mo organization
which saves you money as your
| local fire department. 1t helps to
keep your taxes down. 1t helps to
keep your insurance rates down
Taxes would be three times what
they are, if you had to have a paid
fire department.
No member receives any pay or
refunds for clothes he damages or
ruins while he is at your service
The Lewes Fire Department is call
ed on for all types Of emergencies
If someone is in trouble and no.
body knows what to do, they call
the fire department. This is what
your fire department is for, and
they are always on hand to help
those who are in need of help.
The motto of the Lewes Fire De-
partment, Inc, is Service for
Others"
The nights the firemen are col
lecting in Lewes, the siren at
the fire house will blow at 6:15
pm. You may also help your fire
men by waiting on your front porch
when they come up your street.
The siren on the truck will warn
you when they are on your street.
Also cards will be handed out
which have fire call and ambulance
call numbers on them.
The success of the fund drive
depends on your support! The
drive in the country area will
start when the town drive is fin
ished. II you are not at home when
the Lewes firemen come by, please
send your donation in. Make all
checks payable to Lewes Fire De-
partment, Inc, and send all DON
atoms to Lewes Fire Department,
Inc, Lewes, Del.
A new multi-million dollar food
industry, heralded as potent
weapon against starvation through
out the world, may arise soon at
Lewes. The industry would produce
fish flour, diet supplement called
the cheapest, most abundant and
biologically richest scores of mill
lions are taken annually This fish
is inedible as table food and is
sometimes used as bait.
Otis II. Smith, mayor of Lewes,
and head of two fisheries, has been
commercially converting menha-
den into oil and fertilizer for
many years. His trawlers are a
familiar sight in this port. But he
has also been operating a fish
flour plant for fifteen years and
he is ready to pour his resources
into mass production in that field.
Smith said that he is now ready
to erect new facilities at a cost
of one million dollars to manu-
facture the flour, using the whole
menhaden in the process. The
term whole menhaden" is impor-
tant, since it represents what
Smith calls current serious OBJ
stacle" to both his building and
production plans.
He explained I'VE are at pre-
sent being held up by a ruling of
the U. S. Food and Drug Admin
istration. The F.D.A. which rules
on the acceptability Of new food
products, has decided that fish
flour made from the whole fish,
including entrails, is adulterated
This means that the flour cannot
be sold in this country 1t can be
sold abroad. the F.DA. says, If
it's marked for export only, doesn't