Delmarva News from Selbyville, Delaware • 1

wTERSlTYOFDEl. A VA fj 0 dlV "The Voice of Southeastern Sussex" JAN 1 4 1972 15 THURSDAY, JANUARY 1J. 1972 NO. 20 MILLSBORO OFFICE W4-0U SELBYVILLE, DELAWARE SELBYVILLE OFFICE 436-8284 Proposed (amendments encourage high development on mission was not an expert on ecology, perhaps the only group not claiming such knowledge. However, he said the commission had found that more ground is covered by single family dwelling zoned areas than by apartments.

He also cited the comparative ease is developing adequate sewer lines from high density building as opposed to a group of single family dwellings. "We've tried to recognize the realities of the situation," noted Mills. We need high density in the immediate areas where people are headed. "Most Circa Appreciation night banquet set by Jaycees Sen. J.

Caleb Boggs will be the featured speaker at the Millsboro Jaycee's Outstanding Young Man and Appreciation Night Banquet at 7 p.m. Jan. 19 at St. Mark's Episcopal Parish Hall. The banquet will be in connection with Jaycee Week, the annual anniversary observance of the U.S.

Jaycees. Jaycee Week starts next Sunday, Jan. 16, in Millsboro, local president Larry Clausen announced today. A highlight of the week will be the presentation of the Outstanding Young Man Award to be given at the banquet to a young man from Millsboro who has made an outstanding contribution to the Millsboro community. Prior to Jaycee Week in Millsboro, the U.S.

Jaycees will recognize America's 10 outstanding young men of 1971 in Indianapolis, Ind. The week celebrates the founding of the Jaycees in 1915, when Henry Gies-senbier saw a need for a young man's civic group and organized the first chapter in St. Louis. The movement spread so fast that in 1920 the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce was formed with 24 cities represented. Millsboro Jaycees were formed in 1958.

The name of the national organization was changed from the U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce to the U.S. Jaycees in 1965 at the national convention of the young men's civic group. Built on a solid foundation of creating opportunities for leadership training through community improvement projects, the Jaycees today have a membership of over 300,000 and are active in 6,400 communities in the United States. KEN PRETTYMAN, coordinator and Herb Goerres, president of the Sussex Central Jr.

High School Band Boosters check over name lists as they prepare the first major fund raising projects. Fund raising plans in making for band trip Fire companies elect officers The battle cry has been sounded by Sussex County in a move to set the tone for high rise development in the county, but with most building anticipated along the coast. Charles Mills, chairman of the county Planning and Zoning Commission, presented proposed ordinance amendments Tuesday to the County Council which would encourage the high rise development along the coast. Mills told the council that the Planning and Zoning commission was basing its recommendation on the premise that the county would be trading high rise construction for more open space along the coast. Specifically, the proposed amendment would reduce the required lot area in square feet required for each family by 300 feet for each story over three, with a minimum requirement for a building of eight stories or more of 1,500 square feet per family.

In addition, no overall outside dimension of a building exceeding three stories would exceed 165 feet. The proposal regarding buildings over three stories gives an elaborate chart which regulates the percentage of open space required per story as related to the height of the building, with the percentage of open space increasing with the height of building. Another amendment proposed gives specific height, area and bulk requirements for two family dwellings and town houses. The Commission also suggested a special set of regulations for coastal protection. It would set a primary dune line, normally established by the Corps of Engineers.

However, should the Corps not set the line or in the event of a storm which destroys any part of the dune line, the County Engineer, determine the dune line until it was re established by the Corps. All buildings, parking areas and unloading areas would be a minimum of 30 feet landward from the line and homes east of the Inland Waterway from the Roosevelt Inlet to the Maryland line would have a minimum floor elevation of 10 feet above mean low water. Mills said the Commission was attempting to determine the best use of land and not reflecting housing preferences. He said that the com Proposed zoning amendments would restrict mobile homes location By ELIZABETH HILL June 20 to June 23 the magic dates to which all members of the Sussex Central Junior High School Band look forward the dates for their scheduled appearance in the JayCees National Convention parade in Atlanta, Ga. By those dates band members must be letter perfect in musical scores, footwork and figures coordinated, and finances in shape to insure success.

Already fund-raising plans are in the making. Each band member is to be sponsored by a local business or individual. A chicken and dumpling dinner is in the long range plans. And the Delmarva News has offered its service and help in the long haul. mission believes that by increasing the lot square foot requirement, the savings made on purchasing a vacation mobile home will be wiped out, thereby providing a reasonable deterent to taking the mobile home route as a cheap way to set up a vacation home near the beach.

Mills pointed out that the proposed amendments are in line with mobile home regulations in effect in most other surrounding counties. Mills said the Planning and Zoning Commission is persuaded that if something isn't done about mobile home locations," we will give over all our unused vacation land to trailers." This would not only marr the image of the area, but cause an all time lowering of the tax base potential." Admitting that restricting mobile homes might slow the development of the area, he said it was a "gamble, but not much of one." He forsees that the void will eventually be filled by permanent structures which will add much more to the tax base. 18 Pases in Two Sections DELAWARE rise COQSt of our visitors are coming to the beach," he said. If they have to be housed several miles away from it, they will be on the roads constantly going back and forth from their living quarters to the beach, creating a terrible traffic problem. People talk about visual pollution, Mills said, but the proliferation of single family dwellings along the dune line, with additional housing back of them trying to peak out to the ocean by being just a few feet higher, would be hard to exceed in visual pollution.

directors. The Gumboro Fire Co. Jan. 6 elected Robert Collins, president Victor Baker vice-president; D. Smith, secretary; Milton Betts, treasurer; Reese Phillips, fire recorder; Calvin Hammond, fire chief; George Irvin Daisey, chief engineer; Morris Daisey, ambulance captain; Thomas Shore and Reese Phillips, fire police; and Reese Phillips, custodian.

Selbyville officers elected Jan. 4 were Horace Bunting, president; Milton Hudson, vice-president; Clayton Ringler, secretary treasurer; Gary Law, custodian superintendent and supplies; Gardner Bunting, fire chief; Frank Holloway, first assistant chief; G. Frank Smith III, second assistant chief. Officers of the fire company at Frankford elected in December were Franklin Bunting, president; Robert Tribbitt, vice-president; William Steen, secretary; Donald Pusey, secretary of the ambulance; Ronald Scott, treasurer; Orville Long, fire chief; and Linford Rust, captain of the fire police. Elected to the Millsboro Vol.

Fire Co. was Sam Timmons, president; Lynn Bullock, vice president; Dale Hudson, secretary; and Richard Ward," treasurer. Other elected officers were not available at press time. right meeting balancing the budget, according to the governor. "They would like nothing better than to have us raise taxes." Earlier in the evening the governor was given a small basket which contained items representative of Sussex County as a key to the county.

The governor has recently purchased a permanent home on the ocean block of St. Lawrence St. in Rehoboth. Richard Timmons, county council president, and Paul Stokes, Sussex County GOP chairman, made the presentation. SANTA CLAUS DOESN'T BRING EVERYONE a Christmas gift like this, but a son was delivered to Mr.

and Mrs. Clifford S. Smith Sr. of Selbyville 4:48 p.m. Christinas Day at Peninsula General Hospital, Salisbury.

The package. Clifford S. Smith weighed 7 6 oz. and measured in. The mother of the baby Is the former Miss Jayne A.

Carey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James E. Carey Sr. The father, formerly of Gumboro, is the son of Mrs, Eileen N.

Smith and the late Robert Smith. A Peterson tells what's with state at Sussex "It is becoming alarmingly apparent that there is an inexhaustable number of people" who want a cheap vacation inSussex County, said Charles Mills, county Planning and Zoning Commission president. Mills made the comments to the County Council Tuesday as a preface to the introduction of proposed zoning amendments aimed at restricting the location of mobile homes. Warning that the county could become overwhelmed by mobile homes, the commission proposed a series of stringent measures including the prohibiting of new GR (general residential) districts or the enlargement of any existing GR districts in the eastern half of Sussex County. This would, in effect, shut out all further development of the coastal area for mobile homes except by conditional use permit and in certain exceptions in AR (agricultural -residential) districts.

In an ARdistrict, it is proposed that a single mobile home lot would have to be 40,000 square feet, have a minimum of 200 feet of road frontage and not be adjacent to any major highway. The site plan would also have to be approved by the Board of Adjustments after a public hearing and all property owners within 500 feet of the proposed site would be notified by registered mail of the hearing. As the problem of mobile home placement relates to GR district subdivisions, the amendments would require a minimum lot size of 20,000 square feet and a minimum frontage of 150 feet. The Planning and Zoning Com Beginning next week and appearing for six consecutive weeks, the News will feature a page listing each member. A picture of each, a short biography, and the name of the business or individual sponsor will bring the individual members of this band to the community.

A different instrumental section of the band will appear each week. This arrangement has been chosen so that as the members pictures appear it will be easy to visualize them in their band positions. Anyone who would like to participate in the sponsorship project, and who has not been contacted, may get in touch with Kenndal Prettyman, coordinator, R.D. No. 2, Georgetown, Delaware 19947.

Mills said the Commission's main quarrel with mobile homes was what he termed their built in obesolesence. mobile home friends will say," Mills commented, "that you can also build a house which will fall apart in 10 years. True but it is not being done on a large scale." "The dealers say mobile homes are being built to last longer. They were saying that in 1962. But 1962 mobile homes are now obsolete and bring only a fraction of the original price." Mills contended, "In the face of history, we would be rather gullible to believe that without further proof." "As we get into low grade housing," Mills continued, "you tend to get into low grade tenants the tenants matching the houses.

This spells social problems of major proportions. No county should permit a situation to go in that direction." Mills also pointed out that the enabling legislation creating the Planning and Zoning Commission gives it the authority to apply different criteria to different groups. mander of the Mason Dixon Post for winning in that post's contest. William Sorrell, son of Mr. and Mrs.

William Sorrell of Millsboro placed second in the broadcast script writing contest. Sorrell, a senior at Sussex Central High School will also receive a $25 bond for winning in competition sponsored by the Sussex Memorial Post of the V.F.W. at Millsboro at the district meeting. Herrington's taped script will be entered in state compeition Jan. 23, Kirkwood Highway, Wilmington.

The local posts' contest were conducted through the high schools in grades 10, 11 and 12. Fourteen students in the county were in competition for the first and second award winning places. Herrington scored 86 points out of a possible 100 while Sorrell scored 77. The students were judged on content, originality and delivery. Tapes of the speeches had been made earlier at WJWL in Georgetown.

Judges for the contest were Hail Bennett, Donald Ward, John Adams and timekeeper Richard Rayne. James Wilgus, chairman for the Voice of Democracy script writing contest for the Delaware Department of the V.F.W., thanked all who participated in the judging. He also noted that the state judging Jan. 23 is open to the public. Roxana, Millville, Gumboro, Selbyville, Frankford and Millsboro Vol.

Fire Companies recently elected officers. Those elected Jan. 5 for the Roxana Co. were Henry C. Johnson president; Clement E.

Hudson, vice-president; Henry C. Johnson III, secretary; Wilson L. Quillen treasurer, Leroy Bennett, fire chief; and Wilson J. Wileus. chief engineer.

The board of directors include Henry C. Johnson Clement E. Hudson, Henry E. Johnson III, Leroy Bennett, Elmer Daisey, Allan E. Rickards and Lawrence Cullen.

Elected to the Millville Vol. Fire Co. were Harry C. Hudson president; Ralph Marvel, vice-president; Harold C. Lloyd Roger Hit-rhfths, treasurer; Wilmer Powell, financial secretary; Linwood Marvel, chaplain; Thomas Banks, assistant secretary; Linwood Marvel, assistant treasurer; Hay ward Hudson, assistant financial secretary; William Quillen, fire recorder; Ralph L.

Banks, fire chief; Roy Rickards, chief engineer; Brice Steele, ambulance captain; John Stephens, ambulance lieutenant; Herman Vogel III, rescue captain; Lee Burbage, fire police; Ronnie Dicker-son, custodian; and Raymond Powell, Elisha Quillen and Asher Rickards, progresses. "We did what you signed us up to do, just look at our platform," the governor said. Harvey Lawson of Millsboro asked the governor when he was going to answer some of Earl McGinnis' charges. "Harvey, I've been advised not to answer the reckless comments that are made until we find out who the Democratic candidate is going to be. Then I'll answer them," he said.

Lawson also questioned the governor's unwillingness to compromise with Democrats in cutting part of the bond bill. The governor explained that the areas the Democrats in the House wanted cut were in areas where money would be a necessity. Money for these areas would then be taken from operating expenses. This would give the Republicans a difficult problem of new voters and transfers, either from other states or from party to party." Another area that is covered by his office is "maintenance of records" and the planning of "all details of elections and primaries." To take the elections post, he resigned as a GOP county committeeman from Southeastern Sussex. He also resigned from a date systems position at the Seaford nylon plant of the duPont where he has been employed for 10 years.

The Board of Elections have set Turner's salary as Administrative Director at $9,500 a year with the understanding that he will receive a raise to $10,500 in July. Lynch was being paid the latter figure when he retired. Gov. Russell Peterson told what was right with Delaware at a meeting of the Sussex County Republican executive committee members Monday night at Georgetown. Today all that is heard is what is wrong with this country and with Delaware, but that is not the story in the governor pointed out.

"I am asking Republicans to learn this story of what is right with Delaware and then tell the people," Peterson said. The governor mentioned the state's helping Selbyville in getting funds for its sewer syetem, the dredging of White Creek, the coming of added industry such as Vlasic to Millsboro as things that are right with this area. The relationship between the government of Sussex County and the state Peterson termed a team effort. "Our reocrd of accomplishment will become clear as the campaign Robert Herringfon awarded first place in VFW contest Clarksville man appointed Dept. of Elections director Delmarva Calendar Robert Herrington, son of Mrs.

Phyllis Herrington of Ocean View, was awarded first place in the V.F.W. Voice of Democracy broadcast script writing contest for District No. 4, Jan. 6. Herrington, a junior at Indian River, will receive a $50 bond at a V.F.W.

district meeting. Earlier he received a $25 bond from Paul Cooper, com- The Lord Baltimore Women's Club will meet at 8 p.m. Jan. 18 at the home of Mrs. Vicki Phillips, Clarksvdle.

The Omar Extension Club will meet at 12 30 Jan. 20 at the home of Mrs Joshua Turner. All members should bring a covered dish. The annual smorgasbord by the David Hall Chapter of the DAR will be held from 4 to 7 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 22, in the large dining room of Lewes School.

Tickets are $3 for adults and $1 for children under 12. Proceeds will be used for the continued restoration of the Maull House on Pilottown Rd. The Selbyville Community Club will meet at 8 p.m. Jan. 13 at the home of Mrs.

Brice McCabe. Mrs. Joanna McCabe, director of 1 nursing at the Hospital for the Mentally Retarded, will be the speaker. Guests 1 will include area girls interested in and 1 considering a career in nursing. The Selbyville Recreation Program will sponsor a dance from 8 to 11 p.m.

Jan. 15 at the Selbyville Middle School. Music will be by the Southern Iron. Admsiion is $1.25 for those in grades 7 Kenneth W. Turner, 36, of Clarksville has been appointed Sussex County Department of Elections Administrative Director, succeeding Marvil L.

Lynch of Laurel, who retired as of Dec. 31 after holding the post for three years. Turner, a native Sussex Count ian, has been active in GOP affairs in the Bethany Beach area for several years. He served a 2 year term on the Bethany Beach Town Commission, starting in 1962, and in 1964 he ran unsuccessfully as the Republican candidate for Clerk of the Orphans' Court and Register in Chancery. Turner says that after a week in office he is just beginning to "get his feet wet." His basic duties are "responsibility for all registrations of.