Milford chronicle., 1962-02-09
LEWES

Ferry dinner-meeting held S
Tuesday at Lou Ianire's Club in
Lewes. Paul F. Carpenter, cnalr-
man of the State Ferry Committee,
was chairman of the meeting and
introduced Senator Walter Hoey
as the master of ceremonies Tor
discussions that followed
The meeting eliminated IN the
appointment of committee, TO act
as a suggesting group, with whom
the names of appropriate persons
could be filed and then presented
to Governor E. n. CarVel 1or MS
consideration for appointment to
the Delaware-New Jersey t or
Authority. The Port Authority VIII
consist of ten members from Dotn
states. and they will handle ana
act upon all interstate crossing,
such as a second bridge at VII
mington and a Lewes-Cap May
Ferry. Nominated to the suggest
ling committee were: Senator wal
ter Hoey, Nutter Marvel, Senator
Harvey Spicer, Senator Earl Iull,
Paul CARPENTER, and Senator Harry
| Mayhew to name other person 10
the committee from Kent County
Presenting views at the meeting,
other than those mentioned, were:
IState Insurance Commissioner
Harry Smith, Howard Abbott, May
Ior ]. G. Stamper of Hehoboth,
Mayor Walter Carey, OF Laurel,
Joseph L. Marshall, Harry Zerby.
and Thomas Orr.
A grant of $44, ,7S4 to aid in II
nancing the Lewes sewage disposal
project has been announced by the
u. S. Public Health Service.
| Previously federal grants total
ling s250,000 were received by the
town to help pay for the installa-
tion of the sewage disposal plant,
interceptor sewer and two pump
ing stations.
The total cost of the project is
estimated at $1.4 million and will
benefit the Lewes Beach section OF
the town. A total of $1,000 feet of
sewers will be installed in the
beach area, serving 342 structures,
mainly residential properties.
Walter Crawford, director of the
I.ewes Lions Clubs n
minstrel for the past several years,
has announced that the club will
hold the minstrel in the Lewes
School auditorium on Thursday
and Friday, March 29th and Both.
Admission is $100, and the start
ing time is at pm. Perry /. Bur
ton will again be interlocutor. Sc
/ lection of end men are now under
way.
Janice Lynn Mercer of the Lew
es High School and Margaret G.
Gelder of the Rehoboth Fl G h
School were selected as winners
in the 1862 Betty Crocker Search
for the American Homemaker Of
Tomorrow. They achieved t h e
highest score in the examination
on homemaking knowledge and at
titudes taken by senior girls in
schools throughout the state on
Dec 5th. They now become eligible
along with winners in other state
high schools, for the title of State
/ Homemaker of Tomorrow.
Miss Patricia F. Yost. a member
of the class of 1861. now Mrs. G..
G.. MacIntire,. was last years win
ner from Lewes who also received
an honorable mention in the state
| This years winner, Lynn Mer-
Ger. is the daughter of Mr.. ad
Mrs. F. Robert Mercer of Lewes.
Miss Margaret Gelder is t h e
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Gelder of Rehoboth Beach
February is most appropriately
selected annually as National
Heart Month, inasmuch as St.
Valentines Day, always associated
with love and the heart, occurs
then. Miss Catherine C. NJ u |,
chairman of the Heart Drive for
Lewes and adjacent rural areas,
has announced that Sunday, Feb.
25th, will be Heart Sunday. Miss
Maull has requested that b o d
donors, and they are greatly need
ed, plan to be at Milford Volun-
teer Firemen's Hall on Lincoln S
birthday. Monday, Feb. 18th, be
tween the hours of II am. and |
p.m., to contribute their life giving
blood A minimum of 100 pints of
blood are needed the month of
February in Sussex County Forty
(40) pints were used recently in a
life-saving operation on young
seven-year-old boy, the son of VIM.
Harmon of rural Lewes. h e
must be replaced, which makes a
total of $50 pints which are owed
in Sussex County. A team of ex-
perts from the University of Pa.
will be in Milford to receive your
blood on the 18th. Give if you pos
sibly can.
Miss Maull. as usual. will cover
the business area of Lewes for
contributions, assisted by NJ r S.
Franklin G. Maull The rural areas
will be handled by John Wilson,
Master of the Henlope Grange, and
Mrs. Harry Hazard will assist, as
will Robert Smith of Nassau.
Please be ready with your con-
tribution on Tor even before) Feb
25th, and give your blood if you
possibly can on Monday, Feb. 18th
asks Miss Maull.
Additional solicitors are now
being selected for the town solici-
ting.
Winfield Davis, general manager
at the White Packing Company in
Lewes, has announced that the
firm has received government ap-
proval and is now the only in
spected plant in the State of Della
ware qualified to slaughter a /
species of livestock and manufac-
ture provisions The general pub
lie is invited to inspect the new
and enlarged plant at any time.