Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1961-09-01
CHURCH DEDICATION

CHURCH DEDICATION - The
dedication Of the new Pilgrim Holt
ness Church, Addix Ave, Green
wood, Del, will be held Sunday,
Sept 3. The opening service will
be held in the morning, from 10 to
1870 A. M. with joint session of
| the Sunday School and morning
worship hour, conducted by the
pastor, Rev. Eta NJ Clough.
The Dedicatory service will be
held in the afternoon at 2:3O P. NJ
with the district superintendent,
Rev Mark Bowman, of Denton, Md,
bringing the message, assisted by
visiting ministers, singers and
musicians. The public is cordially
invited.
| CANCER CENTERS-Cancer De-
lection Centers, Kent County, Sept
ember, 1851 Examinations by ap-
pointment only this service is for
women Is years of age and over :
September IA Dover, Kent County
Health Unit, State Health Building.
Call REdfield Ash, Ext. IS for
appointments. September Is :
Smyrna, Health Unit, E. Commerce
Street. Call Olive 3-7088 for ap-
pointments September 81 and u :
Dover, Kent County Health Unit
State Health Building call
REdfield 4-5711, Ext. IS for ap-
pointments. September 20, Milford
Health Unit, Shore Theater Build
ling, call Garden 2-4985 for appoint
ments.
AUTO LICENSES = The tota
number of operators and chauf
feurs licenses in operation in thu
State of Delaware is equal to al
most one-half of the men, womeI
and children residing in the state
A recent report of the auditing
section of the Motor Vehicle De
partment reveals that there ar
a total of 229,503 of these licenses
of all types in operation. The pop
ulation figures for the state hav'
recently been placed at about 40,
900 persons.
A total of 156,76S bi-annual Ii
censes, the ones that are renew
ed each two years, are now in op
Grafton with 132,304 being oper
ator's and 24,464 being chauffeur
licenses.
i In addition there are 72,735 per
manent licenses in operation o
which 59,423 are for operators ant
1892 are for chauffeurs.
BIDS RECEIVED = The Stat
Highway Department received
bids recently for contracts o
which 3 were for construction pro
iects and the remaining two GOV
cred maintenance supplies.
A total of II contracting con
Germs submitted bids on the var
ious projects with the low bid
on all of the contracts totalini
$276,991.9S.
Included in the constructed
; projects were the replacement Q
two bridges over Beaver 'Creel
along road 221, in northern Ne'
Castle County, for which Dabso
Paving Company, Wilmington, sub
United the low bid of $66,50S
There were three bidders.
Another bridge projects provid
ed for the replacement of bridg
over Erickson Creek, along tn
road leading from Roxana to viii
, Evansville, in Sussex County, TO
which George & Lynch, Inc, vii
, mington, submitted the low bid @
s34,O73.50.
ACCIDENT RECORD-Accident
on the streets and highways o
this state, involving damages il
excess of 500, reported to the Fl
nancial Responsibility Division O
the Motor Vehicle Department dur
ing July, showed a decrease owe
the same month of last year.
During July of this year Their
were total of 566 of these acci
dents reported to the Division an
this number is AZ less than tn
: number that were reported dur
ing July of last year.
OF the accidents reported durin
July, 566 took place in Whining
ton and New Castle County, de
crease of 81 over last year. Ken
County had IS of the accidents,
decrease of H. Sussex County ha
IS accidents, an increase of 6.
I OF the operators involved in tn
accidents reported during July
pa were from out of the state, tw
more than in July of last year, an
154 had no insurance, which wa
81 less than July of last year
There were a total of 261 per
sons in iured In the accidents dur