Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1935-03-15
MILLSBORO

AACCt neat 4uc6udy nl6uts NttiEu 10
at the home Of Mrs. Harry Esham.
The Ever Faithful Auxiliary will
have bake in the store-room OF the
Dodd building adjoining Dodd's res
taurant on Saturday morning, start
ing at 10 o'clock. The members of
the Auxiliary and friends of the
members are urged to bring some
article of food to be sold and to be
at the store with it by 10 o'clock.
A miscellaneous shower was given
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Carmine at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. ElwoOd Stur-
gis last Thursday night. Mrs. Car
mine received many lovely gifts. Mr..
and Mrs. Carmine will leave this
week to make their home in Har-
rington.
Mrs. Leon Thompson and baby son,
Ernest Blackstone Thompson, of Re-
hobOth, are spending some time here
with Mr.. and Mrs. E. c. Blackstone.
Mrs. Walter Kemp and daughter
Barbara, of Newport, are with Mrs.
Kemp's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. A.
Burton for few days.
Mrs. Harry Davis attended a meet
ing of telephone employees in Will
mingtOn, last Friday night.
George H. DOdd. is improving slow
ly after a long illness.
Misses Blanche and Nina Williams, |
students at the WOman's College in (
Newark, spent the weekend here
with their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. /
Harry Williams.
Miss Helen Lingo, of Philadelphia,
was home over Sunday with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. C. d. Lingo.
The drive is on for funds for the
new Milford Emergency Hospital.
Al the report dinner on Wednesday
night a good showing from Mills
boro was made. DR.. Oliver James
of Milford, spoke at Sunday School
OF the great need of a new building
and the asset well equipped hos
pital is to a community.
Rev. ]. A. Clark is instructing
class in church membership every
Friday afternoon Immediately after
school during Lent.
Mrs. Levin Hickman and her
daughter, Mrs. Emmett, of Los An
geles, Cal, who is visiting her mo-
Their, are sick in bed with bronchitis.
MillSbOrO To Hold Old-Time
Spelling Bee
On Wednesday, March Goth, at 7.3O
o'clock there will be a spelling bee
held in the school auditorium. Pu-
pills from the sixth, seventh and
eighth grades will participate. The
purpose of this bee is to select six
outstanding spoilers to represent the
MillsbOrO School in the Division Bee
which will be composed of the best
spoilers from the first group schools
Of the county. The Division Bee will
be held in the Millsboro School audi
-orium on the evening of March %,
Tor the purpose of selecting six
champion spoilers to spell in the
county contest which will be held at
Georgetown at Il later date
Both the contests at MillsborO are
rec, and the public is invited.
Much interest is being worked up
)ver this spelling contest, which is
being sponsored by the News-Journal
papers of Wilmington. According
to the present plan, each school will
hold a local bee among its sixth,
seventh, and. eighth grade pupils for
the purpose of selecting representa-
tives to spell in the Division Bee.
At the Division Bee champion spell
ers will be selected to participate in
he County Bee where the best spell
ars will be picked to represent the
in the State contest The
champion spC!lcr of the State bee
will represent Delaware in the Ma
lonal Contest at Washington d. {.
On Friday afternoon March l5th
he following program VIII be rem
ered by the students:
From to o'c!ock-A program
ealing with the great men born dur
lS the month OF March Will be given
y the secondary school. Mrs. 5. +.
'arGeh VIII be III charge
Between the hours of and 3, the
uplls under MIS-. Car.tcn Lingo VIII
ntertalh tha elementary school III
eneraI assembly
FROM $50 TO 4.jo' Mrs. Atkins
ONE economic students VIII enter
IN al tea thelr teachers parents
M other special friends.
InouSh parents ana other friends
the schoOl are welcome TO visit
an! tlne' they are DelhS extended
special invitation to spend the al
'rnoon OF March l'th at the school.
ROY the past Two years parents
ave Deeh requested to come to the
'hool directly after O'Clock to take
p any SPECIFIC pupil problem with
ON nr; 20 to 80 Uni MINUTES ute after dismissal
'rtunity to see them. Many par
IT'S from time 10 fine take advant-