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Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1961-08-18
CONTRACT NO. 1885
hARTIY TO KENYON
RESURF AGING
KENT COUNTY
10 NIL &c

4.5[ MILES
Hot Mix Asphatic Concrete Resur-
Completion Date: 80 Working Days
Cost for Contract Documents-$50o
5000 C.Y. Select Borrow
5000 T. Hot Mix Hot Laid Asph.
Conc.
$500 G. rel Asphalt Tack Coat
$500 G. rel Asphalt
$500 G. res Asphalt
1900 sly. Coarse Aggregate
$50 sly. Patching Gem. Conc.
"a L.F. IL" re. Pipe
90 A. Seeding
1000 sly Mulching
$50 II. Sand for Tack Coat
2,400 LIE. Parallel Ditching
LIS. Maintenance of Traffic
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Attention is called to the Special
Provisions in the proposals, the speci-
fications and the Contract Agreement.
The Provisions of the Federal-aid
Highway Act as amended are appli-
cable to Federal-aid Projects.
The employment agency for these
contracts shall be the Delaware State
Employment Service whose offices are
located at Col Shipley Street, VIII
mington, 135 South Bradford Street,
Dover, and North Race Street, George
town.
Performance of contract shall COM
mence and be completed as specified.
Monthly payments will be made for
ninety 600 per cent of the construc-
ton completed each month.
Bidders must submit proposals upon
complete forms as provided by the
Department for bidding purposes.
Each proposal must be accompanied
by surety bond, certified check or
money to the amount of at least ten
Q0) per cent of the total amount of
the proposal.
The envelope containing the propO-
sal must be marked Proposal for the
construction of State Highway Con-
The contract will be awarded or re-
jected within twenty 600 days from
the date of opening proposals.
The right is reserved to reject any
or all bids.
Prospective bidders who have been
prequalified in accordance with the re-
quirements of the Standard Specifica
tions may obtain contract documents
from the Highway Department Office,
Third Floor, Administration Building,
Dover Delaware. Contract documents
need not be returned and no refunds
will be made.
Make checks payable to the Della
ware State Highway Department.
DELAWARE STATE HIGHWAY
DEPARTMENT
BY: n. Maxson Terry. Chairman
William j. Miller, Jr.,
Director of Operations
August Is. 1861
Dover, Delaware S-18-2t
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Light Evening sprinkIing
Can Damage Flowers

Lightly sprinkling your flower
gardens during the evening can do
your flowers more harm than good,
according to DR.. Charles w. Dun
ham, horticulturist at the Univer-
sity of Delaware.
DR.. Durham explains that with
frequent evening sprinklings plant
foliage doesn't get a chance to
dry out before nightfall. This
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1961-08-18

State of Delaware at the office of the
Director OF Operations Groom 202) in
the Highway Administration Building
in Dover. Delaware until 900 +. NJ,
after shall be publicly opened for con-
tracts involving the following approx
innate quantities:
CONTRACT NO. so25
TREATED TIMBER
REQUIREMENTS 1861 so
STATE WIDE
10 M.F.B.M. Timber in various sizes
delivered to Sussex County
Hss-aSa
CONTRACT NO. 9O29
GRADER AND SNOW PLoW
BLADES REQUIREMENTS 1861 SO
STATE WIDE
New Castle County
$3.50 Lbs. Grader Blades
3!,2I5 Lbs. Snow Plow Blades
10000 Lbs. Grader Blades
$4,000 Lbs. Snow Plow Blades
Sussex County
159.600 Lbs. Grader Blades
$3.50 Lbs. Snow Plow Blades
Hss---ass
Attention is called to the Special
Provisions in the proposals, the speci-
fications and the Contract Agreement.
The employment agency for these
contracts shall be the Delaware State
Employment Service whose offices are
located at sol Shipley Street, Will
mington, 135 South Bradford Street,
Dover. and North Race Street, George
town
Performance of contract shall COM
mence on date of award and be COM
pleted as specified.
Payment will be made for deliveries
upon presentation of triplicate billing
certified to by the Department.
Bidders must submit proposals upon
complete forms as provided by the
Department for bidding purposes.
Each proposal must be accompanied
by certified check to the amount Of
ten t10) per cent Of the total amount
OF the proposal.
The envelope containing the propo-
sal must be marked Proposal for
State Highway Contract No. --------.---. :"
The contract will be awarded or re-
jected within twenty GOD days from
the date of opening proposals.
The right Is reserved to reject any
or all bids.
Prospective bidders may obtain con-
tract documents from the Highway
Department Office, Third Floor, Ad-
miD.stration Building Dover, Della
fS2.0O) for each set Contract docu-
ments need not be returned and the
above payment will not be refunded.
Make checks payable to the Della
ware State Highway Department
DELAWARE STATE HIGHWAY
DEPARTMENT
BY: n. Maxson Terry, Chairman
William j. Miller. Jr.,
Director Of Operations
August 2. 1861
Dover, Delaware 8-11-2t
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without washing off the fungicides
and insecticides that you have ap-
piled.
Water from most home or city
water systems is usually satisfac-
tory for use in the garden. Tests
n d i C t e that the chlorine and
flouride that are added to city
water supplies are not harmful to
plants in the amounts used. But,
never water your plants with wa
ter that has gone through your
home water softener
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1961-08-18
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

Sealed proposals will be received by
the State Highway Department of the
State of Delaware at the office of the
Director OF Operations Groom 202) in
the Highway Administration Building
in Dover, Delaware until 900 +. NJ,
E.D~S.T., August 22 1861, and there
after shall be publicly opened for con-
tracts involving the following approx
nuapfitias.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1961-08-18

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE
STATE OF DELAWARE
IN AND FOR KENT COUNTY
In The Matter o.
Abraham Schultz,
50,%,sr'yy ,i K%Sw" As
Petition
For Change
Name
The Petitioner hereby represents to
the Court as follows:
l. Petitioner was born in the City
of New York, State of New York, on
July 81, 1888, and his name was reg
istered with the Bureau of Records
and Statistics of the Department of
Health Of the, City of New York, birth
record number 24529, as Daniel
2. Despite the registration of Petit
toners name as Daniel Schultz as
herein above alleged. Petitioner has
throughout his life gone by the name
of Abraham Schultz.
the State of Delaware, County of
Kent since approximately 1850: all his
relatives, friends and acQuaintances
know him as Abraham Schultz.
4. Petitioner is not indebted to any
person nor has he had any business
name of Daniel Schultz: no person
will be confused, injured or incon-
venienced by the change of his name
to Abraham Schultz.
WHEREFORE Petitioner prays that
an Order of this Court shall be en-
tered changing Petitioners name from
Daniel Schultz to Abraham Schultz.
ISL DANIEL SCHULTZ
Daniel Schultz, Petitioner
Isl JAMES II. HUGHES, Ill
James III. Hughes. III
Attorney for Petitioner
325 South State Street
Dover, Delaware
State of Delaware, Kent County, SIS.
BE 1T REMEMBERED That on
this 14th day of August A. d., 1861.
personally came before me. the sub
scriber, Notary Public for the State
and County aforesaid. Daniel Schultz
also known as Abraham Schultz, who
being duly sworn. deposed and said
that the facts stated in the foregoing
Petition are true and correct.
Isl DANIEL SCHULTZ
Daniel Schultz
SWORN TO AND SUBSCRIBED
before IN the day and year afore-
said.
Isl j. DIANE YARCHEVER
S-1s-3t Notary Public
Smyrna times., 1961-07-20
Del. State Police
Receives Honor

The Delaware State Police will
receive a top national honor for
its traffic supervision and con-
troll on September IL. The pres
entation of the international AS
sociation of Chiefs of Police
Award, will be made at din
ner of the Delaware Safety
Council in the Hotel Dupont.
Only California, with a rating
of 95, made a higher rating
than Delaware, with 81. The
state police of Delaware handle
both traffic control and criminal
investigation. The California
state police are used entirely in
traffic control. The association
recently announced the Della
ware organization ranked first
among all states in the East.
Maryland received 88, and New
Jersey, 81. Pennsylvania and
New York state police organi-
cations weren't close.
Smyrna times., 1961-07-20
L. C. Elfery, Jr.
Completing ROTC'

Cadet Lawrence C. Ellery, Jr.,
age 2l, whose parents live on
Dupont Parkway, just south of
Smyrna, is receiving six weeks
of training at the Army Reserve
Officer Training Corps (ROTC)
summer camp at Fort George
G. Meade, Md. The training is
scheduled to be concluded on
July 28. During this training
he is receiving practical expert
ence and instruction in tactical,
technical and administrative
subjects, with special emphasis
placed on the duties of Sec
,ond lieutenant in an infantry
unit. Cadet Ellery is a student
at the University of Delaware
and a member of Sigma Phi
Epsilon fraternity and the Scab-
bard and Blade society. He was
graduated from John Bassett
Moore High School in 1858.
Smyrna times., 1961-07-20
Vandalists Strike 2 Smyrna Locations
In One Week; Investigation Continued

Church cemetery near Duck
Creek, where heavy tombstones
were turned over, or broken off
at their bases. The damage was
all in what is termed the "old'
part of the cemetery where the
graves of many distinguished
old Smyrna families are locat-
ed. The senseless attack is be-
ing investigated by the State
Police as the cemetery lies out
side the city limits of Smyrna.
A partial list of families whose
graves were desecrated includes
the Leinberger, Bailey, Wright,
Hill, Cloak, Brown, and William
George Hill, where a heavy
cross was forced from its base.
In some plots as many as four
marble monuments were forced
from their bases. Between 20
and 80 monuments figured in
the violation of their sanctity.
A work party of members of
the vestry and other men of
the church will work at the
cemetery one night this week
to make an attempt at restor-
alton of order under the lead
ership of the rector, the Rev.
Spencer r. Quick.
Smyrna times., 1961-07-20

The destructive work of van
dels has struck two locations
in Smyrna within one week, the
first in the northern section,
and the second at Lake Como
beach at the southern area. The
damage by vandals on the
beach at Lake Como was re-
ported by town manager Rex
D. Gilmore on Saturday morn
ing, who estimated the value
of vending equipment destroy
ed at $1,000. The contents of
the machines, including soft
drinks, candy, cookies, cigar
cites were scattered about the
beach. The telephone was also
torn out. A bar bell owned by
one of the lifeguards was used
as the implement of destruction
of the vending machines which
were battered badly. Despite
the fact that the bath houses
were closed until Smyrna po-
lice complete their investiga-
tions there was a large crowd
at the beach on Sunday. The
local police are continuing their
investigation. A vicious attack
of vandalism occurred last week
at the st. Peters Episcopal
Smyrna times., 1961-07-20
Ask for Bids on
New Post Office
Building Here;
Sept. y Deadline

u. S. Representative Harris
B. Mcdowell, Jr., was notified
last Thursday by Postmaster
General ]. Edward Day, that the
Post Office Department is ask
ing for bids to build and lease
a new post office in Smyrna.
The location of the new post
office building will be on the
southwest side of Market Street
Plaza between Commerce and
Cummings Streets. The interior
of the facility will contain ap-
proximately 3,73S square feet
and the loading platform will
contain 568 square feet. There
will also be an ample paved
parking and maneuvering area.
A lease to the successful bidder
will be for 20 years with one
l0-year renewal option and four
5-year renewal options. "The
post office that will be con-
structed in Smyrna will not only
benefit the community by way
of more efficient postal service,
but will help to implement Pres
ident Kennedy's accel e r e d
postal construction program as
a spur to the economy" the
Postmaster General said. Under
the Departments Commercial
Leasing Program, the site will
be assigned to the successful
bidder, who will purchase the
land, construct the building ac-
cording to departmental speci-
ficationS and rent it to the Post
Office Department. The Depart
ment's capital investment will
be limited substantially to post
al equipment. The building will
remain under private ownership,
with the owner paying local
real estate taxes. Bids should
be submitted to Mr.. B. ]. Dill
on, Regional Real Estate man.
ager, Room 307-B, General Post
Office, Philadelphia |, Pennsyl-
vania, before September %,
1861. The Real Estate manager
will supply bidding forms, build
ing specifications, lease provis-
ions and other information.
Smyrna times., 1961-07-20
Levy Court Sets
Tuesday, August 8
For Hearing on
Shell Petition

The New Castle County Levy
Court will hold a strictly con-
trolled hearing on the Shell re-
finery rezoning petition on Aug
ust 8, at the County Engineer
ing Building. This announce
ment was made Tuesday by
Harry H. Lambert, Levy Court
president, during the regular
meeting of the court. The 2 p.
m. hearing will take place at
the Kirkwood Highway build
ing despite a reported plea by
the petition opponents that it
be moved to a larger room than
the one at the building to allow
greater public attendance. This
is not a spectator sport" Lam
bert was quoted as saying.
This is legal hearing, not a
show. 1t should be held where
all other zoning hearings are
held" William Prickett, Jr., at
torney for John w. Dukes, who
opposes the proposed refinery
in Blackbird Hundred, was re-
ported to have asked that the
hearing be transferred to a larg-
er room. Also, the Levy Court
ordered Court Attorney Clar-
ence w. Taylor to meet with
Candy and Prickett and set up
ground rules" for the hearing.
The rules will limit the number
of witnesses for both sides, how
long they will talk, how long
cross-examination will take and
the total time which may be
taken by each side. The hear
ing will be held by the Levy
Court prior to their decision on
whether or not to grant the
Shell rezoning petition which
was given approval by the coun-
ty Zoning Commission last
week.
Smyrna times., 1961-07-20
Auxiliary to Aid
In Annual Drive

At the regular meeting of the
Citizens Hose Company Auxil-
iary held at the fire house, it
was decided that the members
will help the firemen with their
annual drive for funds begin
ming August 2. Final plans were
also made for the picnic to be
h cid at COLCHESTER Beach on
Sunday, July %. The rain date
is July 80, at 1000 a. m. Cars
will leave the fire house at 10
a. m. Anyone wishing to go
should contact Mrs. George Da-
vid at OIL 3-734l, or Mrs. Ag-
mes Boyles, OIL 3-9634. Mrs.
Boyles, the new auxiliary pres
ident, conducted the meeting.
Smyrna times., 1961-07-20
Annual Harvest
Bazaar Planned

The annual Harvest Bazaar
for the benefit of ST. Joseph's
Church of Clayton, is scheduled
to be held Friday and Satur-
day, October 1874, from 2 to
8 p. M, at st. Joseph's Hall.
James Cantillon will serve as
general chairman, and the Rev.
Jeremiah Brady, rector of the
church, is director of activities.
John Shortall and Mrs. Mar
garet M. O'Neill are co-chair-
men of the bazaar advertising
page to appear in an October
issue of this paper. Several new
features will be added this
year. A Stereo-Hi-Fi by Voice
of Music; a portable transistor
radio; and Belber luggage will
be given away on the closing
night.
Smyrna times., 1961-07-20
Teacher Salary
Schedule Change
Being Sought

Legislative action is needed
to put Delaware in a competi-
tive position in the search for
qualified teachers, the execu-
tive secretary of the Delaware
State Edu C a tion Association
said Tuesday. Charles R. Har-
ris called for immediate ad-
justment in the salary schedule
for Delaware teachers" as we'll
as action on two pending bills.
Harris cited a letter written by
Otis P. Jefferson, Jr., principal
of John M. Clayton High School
(Frankford-D -Dagsboro), to five
Sussex County legislators. In
the letter Jefferson said he re-
viewed the placement office
bulletin board at Madison Col
lege and found the $1,000 start
ing salary offered by his dis
trict was third from the bottom
among % offers listed. Only
two rural counties in Virginia
were lower, Jefferson said. The
other job offers were from
places in Maryland, northern
Virginia, Ohio, New Jersey and
Pennsylvania. Jefferson advo-
Gated putting Delaware teach
er salaries Immediately at the
$4,000 beginning level they are
scheduled to reach in 1868. The
states teachers will be getting
a $3.50 raise this fall, to a $3,-
900 minimum, and are to get
similar raises in 1862 and 1868.
Harris said the General Assem-
bly, should approve S. B. Sc,
which provides for out-of-state
credit toward teacher pension
computation. Also needed, he
said, is Governor Carvel's sig
nature on H. B. %, as amend
ed, a bill passed by both Sen
ate and House which would
give full out-of-state credit in
salary computation.
Smyrna times., 1961-07-20
Scouts Breaking
Attendance Mark
At Camp Rodney

Attendance this week shatter-
ed all previous records as the
total camp community of the
Del-Mar-Va Councils Rodney
Scout Reservation climbed over
the 700 mark in campers and
staff. Advanced reservations for
the next two weeks indicate
these periods will show even
greater attendance. The announ-
cement was made by DR.. Wal
ter A. Dew, Camping Commit
tee chairman for the Scout
Council. The results at the end
of the eight week camping sea-
son are expected to show SUBJ
stantial increases over 1860. At
tendance is greater "due to the
increase in Scout membership,
the addition of two Jamboree
type campsites, and an expan-
sion of program features in the
past two years." according to
Forrest ]. Sadler, Scout Execu-
tive. Located throughout the
1000 acre reservation are three
camp sections with a total of
twenty-five troop campsites. All
but one of the % summer
campsites are occupied by
troops with their own leader
ship. The other site is operated
as a provisional unit" for in
dividual boys who stay longer
than their troop. 1t has become
necessary in recent years to
place more than one troop on
the same campsite at the same
t m e. Expansion of facilities
will be necessary in the i'm
mediate future to meet the de.
mands for Scout camping year
round. Over 1000 Scouts and
Leaders camped on the reserva-
tion over weekends during the
past fall, winter and spring
The troop program at camp is
arranged by the Scoutmaster
with the help of the camp staff
to meet the needs and desires
of each individual troop. Among
the most popular program fea,
lures are: swimming, boating,
canoeing, sailing, archery, rifle
craftsmanship, mos-skeet shoot.
ing, hiking, and outpost camp
ing. Scoutcraft demonstration
areas are always filled with
troops practicing the Scout
skills of: Pioneering, cooking
rope work, compass and map.
pingn nature and conservation
camp making, survival, axeman,
ship, wilderness engineering
signaling, and tracking. Eacf
troop conducts several camp
fires during the week. Yeal
Continued on Page Ten
Smyrna times., 1961-07-20
Potato Purchase
Step-Up Asked
By Congressman

u. S. Rep. Harris B. Mcdowell
Jr., has asked for emergency
purchases of Delaware potatoes
by federal agencies to bolster
m arket prices. In kilograms
Monday to Secretary of Defense
Robert S. Mcnamara and Char
les S. Murphy, undersecretary
of agriculture, the congressman
asked for action because mar
ket prices have fallen to disas-
trous levels" Mcdowell said
10000 acres of potatoes are
ready to harvest in Delaware,
and he joins the growers in
asking the Department of Agri-
culture to include Delaware
with Virginia and other potato
producing states in program
of emergency purchases under
Section 80 of Public Law 800
of the 74th Congress Q935).
Such program at this critical
time, along with the efforts of
the growers associations, would
stabilize the market, and en-
able producers to begin harvest
ing the crop with some hope
of profit" the Congressman
said. He asked Mcnamara to
request all Quartermaster Corps
purchasing agents in the armed
services to Immediately begin
potato purchasing programs in
Delaware for units stationed
within a reasonable shipping
distance of the state. Il espec-
tally urge such a program al
the Dover Air Force Base" he
said, " in the heart of the Del
aware potato growing area" AL
most perfect growing weather
this year, with plenty of rain,
has made it unnecessary to ir-
rigate much, saving costs in
that aspect of production. 1T
looks like good harvest" Dan
iel Hawkes., food-m r k ct n 6
specialist at the University OF
Delaware said. Hawkes. sai d
CONTINUED on Page Tenl
Smyrna times., 1961-07-20
Resolution Is
Adopted by Local
Rotary Praising
DIR. c. ]. Prickett

The organization and print
ing of a bulletin for the Smyr-
ma Rotary Club, which was
ready for distribution to the
club last Thursday night, was
one of the last acts of DR.. c.
]. Prickett before his sudden
death. At his direction the bull
letin was printed in blue and
carried the name "Spur," which
gives it special meaning for Ro-
tarians. Asked last week by
DR.. George v. Kirk, the new
president, what the name of
the bulletin was going to be,
he promised to tell the entire
club at the meeting last Thurs
day. DR.. Kirk feels certain that
he would wish the name used,
and believes that DIR. Prickett
intended to use the meaning:
Anything that stirs or urges
to action, as a spur to ones
ambition" The new president
has said that he is certain also
that the club will continue to
use the bulletin as a "spur to
action" The new bulletin car
ried an announcement that the
district governor will visit the
Smyrna Rotary Club on Octo-
Der 5. A resolution was passed
by the club in memory of DR..
Prickett, who had been mem
ber since 1886 and served as
president in 1912. The resolu-
ton, praising DR.. Prickett as
lone of the best presidents"
the club had ever had, and re-
viewing his service as church
man, state servant, and doctor,
stated: BE it resolved that the
Rotary Club of Smyrna, Della
ware, desires to record the sin
cere appreciation which its
Continued on Page Ten
Smyrna times., 1961-07-20
6l Chest X-Rays
Fewer Compared
With go Figures

The number Of persons X
rayed in the 1861 chest X-ray
program dropped by 485 in
Kent County and by 245 in
Sussex County as compared
with 1860. The figures. announ-
ced by the State Board of
Health, show that 1921 were
X-rayed in the 1860 program
and 1886 this year. The num-
ber of days of operation was
421a last year and 308 this year.
The Kent summary by type of,
munity units the number jump
ed from 1888 to 1886, at units
at industries, the number drop
ped from 3,9ll to 3,27l; at
schools, dropped from 2,002 to
1896; at institutions, increased
from 49 to SO, and in the Ma
tional Guard, decreased from rs
to IA. The 1860 school X-ray
figures include 10th and 18th
grade school personnel and in
1861, 10th grade personnel in
both counties. In Sussex Coun-
ty, the total number X-rayed
this year was l,245 as COM
pared to ll,505 last year; num-
Der of days of operation, 46h
this year and 48 last year, and
average per day, 24l.8 this year
and 1897 last year. At COM
munity units, the number in
creased from 6,332 to 6,794; at
units at industries, decreased
from 2,02l to 1910; at institu-
tions, dropped from 759 to 758,
and at schools, decreased from
2,349 to 1883.
Smyrna times., 1961-07-20
Emblem Council
Installs Officers

Newly elected officers of Ma
tional Emblem Council No. 8,
Daughters of America, were in
stalled at ceremonies held re-
Gently. Those taking office were:
Cora Conner, councillor; Anna
Caldwell, associate councillor;
Doris Knox, vice-councilor; JOY
ce Gardner, associate vice-coun-
cilor; Clara Cox, conductor;
Beulah Bishop, warden; Leone
Keene and Ruth Runyon, inside
and outside sentinels; Cora Ford
and Sarah Turner, flag bearers;
Pearl Hutchins, junior past; and
Margaret Walton, associate jun
ior past. Dinner was held fol-
lowing the installation attend
ed by visitors from Whining
ton and Townsend.