Milford chronicle., 1961-09-15
Happenings Of Interest
Throughout Delaware

CHICKEN, OYSTER AND
DUMPLING SUPPER at Wesley
Community House on the Seaford-
Atlanta Road on Saturday, Sep
tember 16 Serving starts at 3 p.
m. Benefit of WSCS.
STAR CLUB MEMBER - John
l.. Houde, of Polly Branch Road,
Selbyville, has qualified as mem
ber of the 1861 Star Club of New
York Life Insurance Company, ac-
cording to Frank d. Stanfield, gen
eral manager of the company's
Wilmington general office.
Membership in the Star Club is
based on 1960-61 sales records and
is composed Of outstanding agents
of New York Life, which has a
field force of more than 5000 full
time agents in 245 Offices through
out the United States and Canada
AS a member Of the Star Club
Houde recently attended an edu-
cational conference August q to
80, in Atlantic City, New Jersey,
at which he was a featured speak
er.
COKESBURY SPEAKER = Rev.
Gerald Henderson, pastor of the
Laurel Charge and former pastor
of the Cannon Charge, will be the
guest speaker at the Cokesbury
MYAF worship service this Sun
day evening, September II, at 500
o'clock. This service will be held
at the Cokesbury Methodist
Church located on the George
town-Bridgeville Road.
Special singing will be by Ed
| die, Jimmie and Kay Parker, from
| the Trinity Church near Bridge
vile, and Miss Janice O'Day, near
| Georgetown.
Mr. and Mrs. Norris Giyens,
| leaders for the service, wish to ex-
| tend tc each reader a personal in
vitation to come and worship with
the Cokesbury congregation this
Sunday evening.
LOW BIDDERS-A total of II
contracting concerns submitted SO
bids on the contracts for which
the State Highway Department
received bids recently The low
| bids on the contracts totaled $780,
| 29O9O.
Four of the contracts covered
construction projects in New Cas-
| tie and Kent Counties and the
remaining two contracts covered
| maintenance supplies for the
same counties
Eastern States Construction Co,
Elsmere, with a price of STl 1851,
was the lowest of 8 bidders for
the reconstruction of Harmony
Road, from Brownleaf Road to
Chestnut Hill Road, in New Cas-
tie County.
This project provides for plac-
ing a hot mix surface on water
bound macadam base for a dis
tance of 1884 mile. 1t is to be
completed in S5 working days.
RICHEST STATE - Delaware
. has shown marked growth in per
capita personal income in the
past eleven years according to
statistics released this week by
the Delaware State Development
In maintaining its status as the
richest state" in the nation in
, terms of per capita income, Del
aware has outdistanced the chal-
lege of Connecticut, Nevada, AL
aska, and California
The total personal income re-
ceived by people in Delaware has
almost doubled between 1850 and
, l96O-at time when the value
of the dollar has been held rela-
: lively stable
J Per capita income in Delaware
; is now $3.50 a year ahead of the
U. S. average. The margain be-
tween the national average and
= the Delaware average is report
: ed as having increased during the
= past eleven years despite the fact
: that the national income has in.
e creased almost so per cent dur.
5 ing the same period.
LICENSES DUE-Unless many
- owners of motor vehicles having
:, registrations expiring on Septem.
2 ber Both. have their motor We
S hicles inspected early this month
e they will face a severe jam at the
e inspection lanes at the end of the
e month
e This was the warning issued by
: officials of the Motor Vehicle De.
/. partment as they revealed thai
only a very small percentage OF
the motor vehicles with expiring
: registrations have been inspected
J. thus far.
: The records of the Motor Ve-
J. hicle Department reveal that there
: is a total of 50.20G motor vehicle
: registrations expiring on Septem-
!. ber 30th and of this number less
e thar 1000 have been inspected
o thus far
V OF the expiring registrations
: 29.66S are in Wilmington and New
e Castle County; 11.1S3 are in Kent
@ County and the remaining 1865
: are in Sussex County
u The inspection lanes will be in
operation ntwo Saturdays this
month. September % and 80. from
$3.50 a. m. until noon. However
the second Saturday in this pro.
gram is the final day in the quar-.
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