By Greg Bassett

Saturday, Feb. 25, 1967 --

• Salisbury has been gripped by consecutive days of frigid weather, with temperatures today expected to only reach 13 degrees today. U.S. Coast Guard officials said the Wicomico River and Chesapeake Bay have yet to freeze because abnormally high winds have produced huge swells. This February has been declared the “continuously snowiest month in Salisbury’s history,” with more than 25 inches of snow having fallen thus far.
• The Bradford Room at the W.T. Grant Co. Store in the just opened Salisbury Shopping Center in Cranberry Meadows is drawing huge crowds. The huge 10-tenant shopping center opened with great fanfare last week. On Sunday at The Bradford Room, the breakfast special will be two large eggs with buttered toast, jelly and coffee for 49 cents. The dinner special will be Roast Young Tom Turkey with cranberry sauce, and vegetables for $1.29.
• Wicomico High School convinced everyone on Friday night that the Tribe has the best scholastic basketball team in the city. In 92-53 romp over James M. Bennett, before a capacity crowd of 1,500 spectators at the Wicomico Youth & Civic Center, Wi-Hi erased any doubt that might have existed. Coach Ron Sepsey was especially complimentary of senior Bud Elzey, who showed tremendous leadership as he led Wi-Hi with 19 points. Tom Guy was the top scorer for JMB, with 11 points.
• The new $800,000, 45,545-square-foot Salisbury Post Office on Salisbury Parkway was dedicated last week. One of seven sectional post offices in Maryland, the new building features a unique and modern design, is 270-feet-long in the portion that fronts Route 50 and is constructed of white stone. U.S. Sen. Daniel Brewster attended the dedication, along with Deputy U.S. Postmaster Frederick Belen. Frank P. Coulbourne is the Salisbury Postmaster and is leader of the 51 other post masters in the 218 ZIP Code.
• State Sen. Mary L. Nock of Salisbury has introduced legislation to have the Chesapeake Bay Bridge named after late Gov. William Preston Lane Jr. The former governor, who died in Hagerstown several weeks ago, was instrumental in building the span that links the western and eastern shores.
• Texas Congressman George Bush has been named the main speaker for the upcoming Wicomico County Republicans’ Lincoln Day Dinner at James M. Bennett Junior High School. Bush, a 43-year-old Texas oil man, was a World War II U.S. Navy flier who received the Distinguished Flying Cross. Bush is familiar to Salisbury, having undergone flight training at Wallops Island and frequently visiting Salisbury while on leave.
• The Wicomico County Council has come out as strongly opposed to state legislation that calls for the creation of a Public Defender’s Office in each of the state’s counties. The local Public Defender would provide a free lawyer to defend persons unable to pay for their own legal counseling. The state bill requires a Public Defender to be a lawyer in good standing who would serve an appointed term of four years. County Councilman Wade H. Insley said the current system -- in which judges appoint lawyers to represent the indigent -- is a better system because judges weigh the accused person’s legal needs and makes a selection based on expertise.