Milford chronicle., 1962-03-23
Happenings Of Interest
Throughout Delaware
DELMARVA FIREMEN'S ASSO.

DELMARVA FIREMEN'S. ASSO-
CIATION - The Executive Board
meeting of this organization and
their auxiliary will be held in the
fire house at Berlin, Md, on Sun
day, March 25, at pm.
ANNUAL CHICKEN, DUMPING
and Oyster Supper at the Nanti-
coke Community House near
Cokesbury Church on Georgetown
Bridgeville Road will be held
March 81, starting at 4 PM. sharp.
Committees are Mrs. George Car
mean, Mrs Henry Short, Mrs. Roy
Layton and Mrs. Mabel Lambden.
FRIED OYSTER, CHICKEN
SALAD AND DUMPING SUP
PER-served annually by the Fell
ton Community Fire Company, will
be held in the FELTON, Fire Hall,
Saturday, April IA, beginning at
$3.50 pm. Dessert will be included
in the price which will be
announced later.
FELTON, HIGH SCHOOL ALUM
Nj ASSOCIATION = will sponsor
Barber Shop Quartet, 'The Dia-
mond Statesmen, Saturday eve
ming, March "a, at pm, in the
FELTON, School Auditorium. Tickets
for adults rs cents and students so
cents. Come out, enjoy an evening
of good music and fun. There will
be door prizes.
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS-Re e.
Inducements for the elementary
schools of Delaware are on the
way. Twelve University of Della
ware goods are holders of SICO
Foundation scholarships for pros
pective teachers.
Recipients of these awards, all
residents of Delaware and gradu-
ates of Delaware high schools,
promise to teach at least two years
in a Delaware elementary school
upon graduation.
SICO Foundation scholarships
are supported by the SICO Foun-
dation, Mt. Joy, Pa, and are re-
Students interested in applying for
these awards should consult their
high school guidance counselors or
write to DR.. Edward OFT, director
of admissions at the university
DISAPPOINTED - School en-
ployees throughout the State were
disappointed to hear the news that
the State Board of Education failed
to act on the Tax Sheltered An
nuities Program on Thursday eve
ming" Charles R. Harris, Execu-
tive Secretary, DSEA said today
From those persons who were
present at the scheduled meeting,
| it was noted that no action was
taken to approve the program due
| to the lack of response from the
AttOrney-General with the inter-
est shown in the concept, perhaps
| 1t would have been wise to approve
it pending final word on the tech
nical question requested from the
Attorney-General's office. In this
way the local school districts could
begin to work on the administra-
tive problems they face" Mr.. Har-
riS said.
BASIN COMMISSION-A regu-
lar meeting of the Delaware River
Basin Commission will be held in
the top floor conference room of
the Pennsylvania State office
Building, Broad and Spring Garden
Streets in Philadelphia, on March
2S, 1862, at 11:00 am
Prinainal b11cipaCc af tho
will be the adoption Of Compre-
hensive Plan for the Basin and a
current expense budget.
Immediately preceding the meet
ing the Commission will hold
public hearing on proposed current
expense budgets for the last quar-
ter of the fiscal year ending June
80, 1862, and for the full fiscal
year beginning July l, 1862. Copies
of the proposed current expense
budgets may be examined at the
Commissions temporary offices at
$50 Suburban Station Building,
Philadelphia 3, Pennsylvania.
WOOL PAYMENT = The 1861
wool program incentive payments,
to be made this summer will cover
only wool and unshorn lambs
which are marketed before March
81, 1862, R. Harry Wilson Chair
man, Kent Agricultural Stabiliza-
ton and Conservation County
Committee, reminded growers to-
day. That is the closing date for
the 1861 program, which extends
from April 1, 1861 to March 81,
1862. Growers will have 80 days
after the closing date in which to
file their application for the pay
mentS.
Payments to producers for the
1861 marketing year will follow
the same methods used in previous
years. Shorn wool payments will
be equal to a percentage of each
producers cash returns from wool
sales. The percentage-to be an
nounced later will be that required
to raise national average price
received by all producers for
shorn wool during the marketing
year up to the incentive price of So
cents Der DOund