Milford chronicle., 1962-01-12
ROAD CONSTRUCTION

Improvement projects has been
halted by weather conditions, ac-
cOrding TO William j. Miller, Jr.,
Director of Operations for the
State Highway Department.
Preparation of the earth sur
face on some of these roads could
not be continued because of the
freezing condition of the road and
their present condition will make
travel somewhat difficult, accord
ing to Mr.. Miller.
Roads in this condition are not
numerous, said Mr. Miller, who
pointed out that persons desiring
10 travel over them might find it
difficult
AS soon as weather conditions
permit, construction operations
will be resumed on these roads
and they will be rushed to COM
pietion. added Mr. Miller, who said
he was making this announcement
so that any persons affected by
the present condition of these
roads would understand the stu
alton.
JOB APPLICANTS = Applicants
for employment with the State
Highway Department will be ap-
proved only, for certain positions,
if they can meet the job descrip-
tions for the position they seek.
A directive to this effect has
been issued by William j. Miller,
Jr.. Director of Operations for the
Department and has become effec-
tive Immediately. 1t applies to all
supervisory. engineering and other
skilled employees.
According to the directive the
approval of the applications will
be made by the Division Engineer,
Personnel Director and Chief En-
gineer before being submitted to
the Director of Operations for
consideration.
The directive, sent by Mr.. Miller
to all division and Section heads
in the Department, reads as foil
ows:
The job descriptions which have
been approved by the Department
are to be on the basis of selection
for all supervisory, engineering
and other skilled employees who
are employed by the Department
Copies of the job descriptions are
available in the main office and
can be obtained from the Personnel
Director upon request.
| EXCELLENT cow Sussex Rob
inhood Peggy 357S74O, registered
| Holstein COW in the herd of Tull
Brothers, Seaford, Delaware has
been officially classified Excel
ent" the highest designation at
tainable in the type classification
program of The Holstein-Friesian
Association Of America
This highly select designation is
applied only to animals scoring 80
or more of the 100 points repre-
| senting theoretical perfection in
body conformation.
OF nearly $4,000 registered Hol-
stems officially classified for type
last year, only 369 were rated
| Excellent"
The Tull Holstein moved into
the Excellent" bracket for the
first time during a recent class
ification of the herd by j. H.
Stewart, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
an official inspector on the staff
of the national Holstein organiza-
ton. She scored 80 points. Animals
scored Excellent" in previous pro-
grams are not included in this
listing
The Classification Program in
continuous operation since 1929
provides a universally-recOgnized
method of comparing the conforma-
ton of living animals with that of
the True-Type HolStein COW or bull.
Participation is currently at an
all-time high level.
VOICE OF DEMOCRACY-High
school students in many Delaware
public, private and parOch1al
schools are putting the finishing
touches to their Voice of Democracy
radio scripts and will compete for
state and national prizes totaling
more than $4,000
! The contest is sponsored Jointly
| in Delaware by the Veterans of
Foreign Wars of the United States
and the Delaware Association of
Broadcasters. Four district con-
tests are scheduled after which a
state finalist will be chosen.
According TO co-chairman Miles
L. Frederick, the VFW and Harvey
| c. Smith of the Broadcasters, the
one disappointment comes through
| the lack of one hundred percent
participation by the schools.
The young people who are COM
peting will have top district prizes
of $25.00 Z. S. Savings Bonds, while
the state winner will have an op-
pOrtunity to compete for a 81 800
college scholarship in Washington
D. C. on FEBRUARY and also be
J entertained there for a weekend
| Several locOl posts are setting up
additional awards, the co-chair-
man pointed out Blue Hen Post,
| Milford, is one of these
| The top scholarship prizes comes
from the national organization of
| the Veterans of Foreign Wars of
the United States it was pointed
out
| The topic this year was What
| Freedom Means to Me-, and each
student was asked to prepare a
| five minute original radio script on
| the subject. The four finalists will
| have their scripts recorded and
| these will be heard at a date to be
| announced over Radio Station
! WDEL. The. state winner will
| then head for Washington and the
/ anntaSt