Milford chronicle., 1946-02-01
GEORGETOWN

The Boy Scouts of Georgetown
will participate again this year III
the collection of scrap paper, Tor
which the need is still great. The
collection plan will be on Patrol
connection basis. The Patrol Lead
ers in charge of the collection are:
Richard Steigelman, Wolf Patrol
William Graves. Flying Eagle Pa
troll; Thomas Robinson. Pine Tree
Patrol. Funds acquired through the
sale OF the scrap paper Will be uSed
by the Scouts to purchase camping
and hiking equipment and to assist
Scouts to pay their own way TO
Summer Camp. In last years cam
baien - boys of the local troop
earned part of their camp money
from the Scrap Drive and were also
awarded the Gen. Eisenhower Me-
dal for War Effort. Through the
courtesy of H. w. T. Purnell, the
scouts have acquired paper baler.
for use in baling small scrap paper.
The March of Dimes Campaign
for Infantile Paralysis got under
way in Georgetown this week, with
- goal of $4,000 for the town and
community. which is approximately
$l.O0 per family. The committee Is
using two methods to raise the
quota, solicitation and special acti-
vities. The committee on solicita-
ion has been assigned as follows:
North Georgetown. George Little
ton-Rotary club; South George
town. Dallas Dennis KiwaniS
Club: Rural areas. r. ID. l, Charles
WOrkman: r. ID. Robert Short
Il. ID. 3 Thomas X. Purnell; II. D.
Charles +. Swain and Clarence
Jester: r. d. 5. Albert Farley. Tn
der the head of special actiyitie.
each local organization has been OF
will be assigned certain quota tC
be raised by some activity, other
than solicitation The committee i,
already hard at work and expects
to raise the desired sum within tbs
time limit of the campaign.
Acting County Agent William II
Henderson was the guest speaker
at the regular meeting of Midland
Grange. using as his topic Lets
cussed the need for cooperation il
improving farm land; enriching the
soil to increase the yield and build
ing land value for future genera
tiOns. He noted the fine work hein$
done by All Clubs. Soil COnserva
tiOn and the Older Youth Group, the
latter newly organized grOul
composed of boys and girls ageC
from Is to 25, most of whom have
been All members or +. f. AS. TIL,
speaker stressed the need for tn,
Grange to encourage the you'll
group. whose programs are instruc
tive as we'll as entertaining. keel
rivalry is developing between tn
two teams in the Attendance Con
test, which is under way, the tw
captains being Mrs Doris Carmea
and Mrs. Leila Rogers. On Marc
2lSt Midland Grange will be hos
to Sussex County Pomona and o
January 26th the Grange is spOn
soring a benefit performance c
Tilman kinser and his Rhythm
Ramblers. to be held in Gran2
Hall. at eight o'clock in the ever
ms. l lie committee Ill CndfSe Oh IT
freshments included Mrs. Ida Kapl
Arthur kapp, Francis and Elbl
Brown, Thelma Savage and NaOn
Coffin. The next meeting of Mic
Ind Grange will be held on Febrl
AIRY 4th and will be conducted b
the Youth Group. with Miss Maj
jOrie Sammons. as chairman.
Local school authorities have al
nOunced that the gymnasium in I'll
High School will be open to II
public for recreational purpose
each Wednesday evening from T.;
until 10000 o'clock. Depending c
individual inclinatiOns. games il
Guiding basket ball. badminton al
Nolley-ball will be on the list.
sufficient interest is evinced on IL
part of the tOWnSpeOple. the Dr