Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1961-07-21

BURNED-A 17-foot power boat
exploded and burned off Dewey
Beach last Thursday afternoon, in
juring a father ard his two sons.
Wallace w. Sezna of North In
dian Beach, left Wilson's Boat
Yard Basin in Dewey Beach with
his sons, David, s, and Ronald, 4.
Police said that when the boat
reached the mouth of the basin,
SeZna stepped on the gas and the
boat exploded.
All three were taken to Beehe
Hospital in Lewes with second de-
gree burns of the legs, faces, aud
arms. Their conditions are re-
ported good
Firemen from Rehoboth Beach
put out the fire, but not before it
destroyed the boat. Police said
damage was estimated at $1,60e
ENTERTAINERS - The State
Highway Department has announ-
ced that the contract for the land
sterilization for the three inter-
changes along the Interstate High
way System, west of Farnhurst.
has been awarded to c. ]. Langen-
fielder and Sons, Inc, of BATH
more.
This concern submitted the low
bid of s12,971, 1883 when bids
Were recently received by the De-
partment and the combined three
projects.
The contract provides for the
work to be completed in $50 days
and the projects include the re-
moval of existing marsh land, and
replacing it with soil, changing
the route of the channel in the
ChrIstiana River and the reloca-
tion of number of water lines,
gas mains and other utilities.
OLD FIDDLERS PICNIC - On
Saturday, August 5, there will be
held at Lenape Park on the his
toric Brandywine, some four miles
from West Chapter, Pa, and fif-
teen miles north of Wilmington,
Delaware, the 32nd Annual Old
Fiddlers Picnic which is largely
attended by many persons from a
number of states.
This old fashioned frolic lasts
from ten in the morning until mid
night.
All folders, musicians, singers
and dancers-old and young, are
cordially invited to take part.
Warren Mercer of Corner Ketch
and Christian Sanderson of
Chadds Ford will serve as chair
men of the day. There will be
dancing afternoon and evening.
Mrs. Daisy Kelly is secretary
of the Lenape Old Fiddlers Asso-
citation.
The Three Musical Clowns and
number of outstanding musical
performers will be present. All
are welcome.
HISTORICAL REPOSITORY =
| Delaware gained a major histori-
cal repository this week with the
movement of the Longwood Lii
Drary from Pennsylvania into a
new building near GreenviIle. The
new structure is located on Eleu-
therian Mills-Hagley Foundation
property at "Eleutherian Mills"
the site of the black powder man
ufactory established by E. |. du-
Pcnt in 1902. Movement of the
Longwood collections into Della
ware required four days to ac-
complish.
With the completion of the
transfer the name of the Long
wood Library has been changed
officially to the Eleutherian Mills
Historical Library. In its new role
the library will end its affiliatioI
with the Longwood Foundation
and become part of the Eleuther-
ian Mills-Hagley Foundation, which
was established in 1852 to pre-
serve and interpret the industrial
history of the Brandywine Valley.
The library will have equal stat
ure with the Hagley Museum in
the organizational arrangement of
the foundation.
SUBSTITUTE - Under a I-year
contract signed by the Depart
ment of Agriculture, the Publick-
er Chemical Company of Philadel-
phia will buy and use IA million
bushels of surplus" U. S. corn
instead of importing molasses from
Cuba for the production of indus
trial non-beverage alcohol. The
sale was negotiated in accordance
with a program, announced in
April, to dispose of low-grade corn
stocks to manufacturers of indus
trial alcohol as a substitute for
molasses.
The company will pay 81 cents
per oushel for the corn. A re-
capture provision stipulates that
all profits in excess of 2 per cen;
after taxes on all products derlv-
ed from the corn will revert to
the Government To extend the
marketing of products over per-
iod of about is months and thus
assure a minimal impact of by
product feed marketings on the
normal feed market, the company
is also required to limit to 1900
tons a month the marketing of
animal feed by-products deriving
from the manufacture of industrial
alcoho, from corn.
TESTING SAMPLES - A per-
formanee test of samples of paint
to be used in roadway surface
marking, is now in progress by
the Delaware State Highway De-
partment to determine the paint