By Greg Bassett

Saturday, Feb. 10, 1973 --

• Greater Salisbury Committee Executive Director Robert W. Cook said this week’s ship-bridge crash in the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal is “a disaster for Delmarva.” The accident has closed the railroad bridge that crosses on to Delmarva, as well as limiting the size of ships and barges that can transit the canal. Cook said some 1,300 freight cars move over the Penn Central System on Delmarva and any delays in repairing the rail bridge will cause economic havoc.
• Casting ballots from their classrooms on Thursday, Wicomico County public school teachers voted 329-187 to accept a new contract that includes pay raises, increased insurance premiums, extra money for extra work and other benefits. The vote margin was the closest since teachers and the school board began a contract system. The pay hikes will average 3.9 percent. The salary range will now be $7,500 annually to $12,000.
• Thirty Wicomico County 4-H members participated in the 1973 County Public Speaking Contest held at the Board of Education Building on Long Avenue. Ribbons were presented to all participants and awards were given to the top three boys and girls in each division. The Junior Division girls' winner was Joan Agnew and the boys' winner was Kevin Danmeyer. The Intermediate Division girls' winner was Patti Sue Gravenor and the boys' winner was Reese Jones. The Senior Division girls' champion was Genene Elliott and the boys' champion was Boyd Pusey.
• Dr. Bernard J. Dormer Jr., an oral surgeon who has worked from Peninsula General Hospital since July, has opened a permanent office on South Salisbury Boulevard. Dormer did his pre-dental work at Mount St. Mary’s College in Emmitsburg, Md., and graduated from the University of Maryland Dental School. He also trained at Wilmington Medical Center and the Boston University School.
• The city of Salisbury has issued a building permit for a project expected to cost more than $1 million. Camelot Gardens will be a 75-unit apartment complex that will encompass five separate buildings in the East College Avenue/Princeton Avenue area. City Inspections Chief Henry P. Wojtanowski said the permit anticipates a $1,150,225 total construction cost.
• New officers have been elected to lead the Wicomico County Humane Society. S.J. Disharoon will serve as president, Mrs. Jack Furbush will be vice president, Rita Buhner is secretary and Elsa Reid is treasurer.
• Salisbury-area entertainment options for this weekend include Bunky & The Inmates at the Holiday Inn, George Fitzgerald playing at The Continental Cafe at One Plaza East, Jimmy Hayman & The Outcasts at Cal Pusey’s Wagon Wheel, Mike Lombardo & His Country Tops at American Legion Post No. 64, and Warren Covington and his orchestra at the Ocean City Convention Hall.
• Burroughs Corp. announced it will build a $6 million plant business forms-manufacturing plant on an 11-acre site in the Northwood Industrial Park. About 75 people will be hired initially, with a total workforce of about 150 people on the payroll within two years. The new plant will be operated by Burroughs Business Forms and Supplies Group, headquartered in Rochester, N.Y. Ground-breaking is expected in March.