Milford chronicle., 1949-09-09
Happenings Of Interest
Throughout Delaware

Mrs. Philip r. Jacobs has invited
the members of the Mizpah Circle
OF the Presbyterian Church to meet
at her home on Wednesday, Sep
tember IA, at $3.50 p. M, for COW
cred dish picnic. Hot dogs, rolls
and tea will be provided. In case
,of rain there will be family pic
mic at the church.
The Robbins Hose Company of
Dover has decided to establish an
auxiliary uint to augment its reg
ular fire fighting forces in the face
OF drop in fire attendance and, in
line with it, to conduct a 14-week
fire school.
The age group eligible for men,
bership in the auxiliary unit, which
will be of II members, is 16 to 81
years. Applications are to be made
to Chief Ralph H. Boyer. The
school is to start September 12
] with the city making available the
parking area at the Dover base
DaIl park. Demonstration facilities
will be erected there.
i The school also will be open to
members of other volunteer fire
companies of the county desiring
to take the course, which will COW
er every phase of fire-fighting.
4 Four adults and two children are
among the displaced persons who
landed in New York last week
bound for new homes in Delaware,
the International Refugee Organi-
cation announced recently.
They include: Fiscal Rawski. &C.
year-old Polish tailor, bound for
the residence of A. Levin, 242O JEFF
ferson street, Wilmington, under
auspices of the United Services for
New Americans; Mrs. Bronislawa
: Cholkowska, 40-year-old Russian
3 housewife, bound for 4 Maple ave-
( nue., Milford, under auspices of the
r National Catholic Welfare Confer
: ence, and Michael TOlocxko, 49,
year-old Polish farmer, his wife,
4 Stephania, and children Wira, 10,
: and Bohdan, s, bound for near
t Newark, under sponsorship of the
: United Ukrainian American Relief
e Committee.
The index of prices of Delaware
farm products dropped AZ points
E in the year ended August is, it was
revealed recently by the U. S. De-
partment Of Agriculture's Bureau
of Agricultural Economics.
t, The index of Delaware farm pro-
It duct prices dropped from 268 on
/ August Is, 194S. to 226 on last
e August Is. In the middle of July
3. the index was 238 At 262, the index
i was at its lowest point since De-
e cember, 1945.
= The greatest declines were in
r fruits and truck crops. Grains anC
lie meat animal prices declined mod.
erately Gains were shown in chic.
te ken, egg, and dairy product prices
m The bureau reported that the ex
le change value of Delaware farm
s. products-that is, the ratio of price
m received to prices paid-declined i
1t, points in the year ended Angus
10, when it was SO.
in A carnival will be held Septem
or Der Is to "a, inclusive, at Millsborc
u under the auspices of the Indian
by River Post, No. %, American Leg
or ion. Special entertainment fea
lures nightly have been arranged
g. along with ground prizes.
or A troupe of highly trained mon
es keys will appear as part of tn
IL nightly entertainment and Satur
day, September II, there will be
tn matinee performance which viii
up include a Punch and Judy show
IS, especially attractive to children
lg Proceeds of the matinee will be do
re mated to Camp Barnes. Carniva
nd proceeds will be applied to pay
ment on the Legion post hom
which is under construction.
IS The post is also sponsoring
III huge variety parade, scheduled fo
er Monday evening, September 10, z
ng 1880 O'Clock, with a rain date {
of September 81. Fire companies, civ
IT, ic groups, boy and girl scot
rk troops, individual riders and other
M all over the county have. receive
invitations to participate.
he The committee in charge of tn
av parade is headed by E. E. Care
nj Jr., and comprises Frank Woo
rid Thomas Butler, Paul Moore, an
nm Preston Outten. The carnival con
he mittee includes Joseph Lofan
chairman; Preston West and EltC