Milford chronicle., 1961-05-12


DIVORCES - Judge James b.
Carey has granted DEGREES nisi in
the following Sussex County di-
vorce cases:
Florence ID. Tyndall VS.. William
Tyndall; Norma Lee Hudson, by
Helen Lynch, her mother and next
friend, VS.. Joseph William Hud-
son; Alfretta Comfort H. Wiley,
by Ella Holt, her next friend, VS..
Robert l.. Wiley.
PEACE DAY - Governor Gilbert
N Carvel this week called public
attention to the planned observ-
ance of Monday, May Is, as Peace
officers Memorial Day., which he
described as IAN occasion for hon
oring the memory of those brave
officers who have been killed or
disabled in line of duty.
In endorsing this project of the
Delaware Association of Police,
the states chief executive urged
all Delawareans to Join with our
! Peace Officers in commemorative
the deeds of those who have made
many great sacrifices in their eff
forts to protect our lives and prop
erty."
TOP POSTS - Two Delaware
men were elected to top posts in
Region II of the National Reha-
Utilization Association at the reg
ional meeting in Atlantic City last
week.
William n. Smith, a senior coun-
selor in the vocational rehabilita-
ton division of the State Board for
Vocational Education, was named
president-elect.
Leo A. Waters, also a senior
counselor with the division, was
made president-elect of the reha-
Utilization counseling division of
the region.
Smith, of 404 Birmingham Ave
nue., Woodcrest, has been on the
state staff since 1916, works with
disabled in Sussex County and has
charge of in-hospital training at
Emily p Bissell Hospital.
Waters, with the agency since
1913, lives in Hockessin and di-
reefs the rehabilitation program
at Delaware State Hospital.
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MAY BE WHITLEY = Governor
Ebert n. Carvel is repeatedly con-
sidering the appointment of Rus
sell W. Whitby of Camden as State
Motor Vehicle Commissioner.
Whitby, long active in Kent
County Democratic politics, is a
former president of the Delaware
Federation of Democratic Clubs
(1959-1960- and past president
of the Camden-Wyoming Rotary
Club.
Whitby repeatedly has the sup
port of Kent County Democratic
Chairman Vernon B. Derrickson.
Edward Kelly of Dover, a mem
Der of the lame duck State High
way Commission, repeatedly was
in line for the post but informed
the Governor he was Disseminated
with further Highway Department
service.
The post of commissioner has
been filled by Acting Commission
er Eugene Ellis since former Com
missioner Charles G. Moore died in
1 April, 1860. Both Ellis and Moore
were Republicans.
The job pays $4,000 a year.
INITIATED - Carl w. FatsiIrg-
er, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Carl P
Fatsinger of Catskill, N. Y, and
grandson of Mrs. l. Webster War
rem, of Glendale, was initiated
into the XII Sigma Pi Epsilon
Chapter, on April Is. This is a
forestry honorary fraternity in
which membership is elective with
eligibility based on scholarship,
character. leadership and general
ability. Founded at the University
of Washington in 1908, its objec-
tives are to promote and maintain
a high standard of scholarship in
forestry education, to work for
the upbuilding of forestry and to
promote fraternal relations among
earnest workers in the profession.
He was initiated at a banquet
where the dean of his school was
the speaker. Mr.. Fatsinger is a
graduate of Catskill High School,
and of Paul Smiths College, re-
! ceived his B. S. degree from the
University of Michigan last June
and is a candidate for his Mas
ter's degree at the School of Ma
tural Resources at the University
of Michigan this year.