Milford chronicle., 1949-03-18
Happenings Of Interest
Throughout Delaware

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tor Co. Show Room. Benefit Youth
Dept, Avenue Methodist Church
School. Cakes, pies. rolls, dough-
nuts, hOme-baker beans. cookies.
etc. Starting at $3.50 a. m.
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The Hollywood Supper to be
given by the members Of the Mil
ford New Century Club win be on
March rs in the Community Build
ing. Mrs James r. Salevan is
chairman of tickets. This will be
a big event in Milford. Get set
early.
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The Millwood Sunshine Society
will meet March 3Oth, at the Mill
wood Hail. Captain Lynch will be
the speaker for the afternoon. All
members please be present and
bring a gaest. A good attendance
is desired. Mrs. Barrett is in charge
of the meeting.
On Friday evening, April 1, the
Milford Business and Professional
Girls Club will take their 1949 play
TOO Many Relatives" to Lincoln
City, where they viii present it
/ for the benefit of the Lincoln Gem
etery fund. If you missed the op-
pOrtunity of seeing this play in
Milford, make it date to go to
Lincoln on April and help a
worthy cause.
Bavard Sharp. of Greenville
chairman of the New Castle Coun-
ty Republican Committee, paid his
first visit to the 115th session of
the General Assembly Tuesday af-
ternoon and was host to a number
of the legislators at lunch in Lee
/ Pores Restaurant Mr.. Sharp
spoke briefly about the importance
of cooperation among the Republi-
can members of both houses and
offered his assistance in the solu-
tion of their problems.
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The alternative to Gov. Elbert
N. Carvel's revenue-raising pro-
} gram announced last week is a
serious and drastic CUT in state
services, the Governor said Tues
day afternoon. In the first of a SER
les of press conferences organized
by the Governor as a means of
keeping editors and the public in
, formed, the chief executive said
that a great portion" of the addi-
tional revenue will be used in 'iIi-
: proving our school system"
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The By-Kota Glass of the Calv-
ary Methodist Church met at the
home of Mrs Lochlin Huth, Mon-
= day evening, March 14th. The meet
ing was called to order with q
members present. Mrs. James Webb
, gave in interesting Bible talk on
\ Joseph" After a short business
: meeting, Mrs. Harvey Marvel was
i given surprise Stork Shower.
. She was the recipient of many
practical and lovely gifts. The APP
q ril meeting will be held at the Par
! sOnage.
= 4, Walter Scheffer, 50, died In Kent
l; General Hospital, in Dover, Satur-
day, without regaining conscious
ness from the effects of coal gas.
n, The man and his wife, Betty, A,
rs were overcome in their home at
lg Woodland Beach, four miles from
IS Smyrna, on Thursday They were
s. found by neighbors who forced
le open a door and quickly ventilated
N the house. 1t was filled with coal
is gas from a stove in the living
A. room. Mrs. Scheffer is reported im-
l. proving.
d Gov. Elbert N. Carvel, Tuesday
er afternoon bought the first dollars
worth of Easter Seals in the state
campaign sponsored by the Dela-
a ware Society for Chippled Children.
a During a ceremony in his office,
he Governor Carvel paid the dollar to
m four-year-old Frances McCluskey,
r spastic, who attends. the school
ce for crippled children run by the
re society at the New Castle County
of Airport. The Governor welcomed
id to his Office George w. Ehinger, of
he Dover, state chairman of the socie-
lat ty, and Senator Vera G. Davis (R-
er Doyer), who is a member of the
tai executive board. Mr.. Ehinger ex-
planned that the society aids adults
as well as children and that the
to Easter Seals drive is it's first
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es- The Delaware quota for the Op.
" portunity Savings Bond Sales
a Drive, to be conducted throughout
ng the country by the U. S. Treasury
ent Department, has been set at So,
al. 273,676, it was announced by Ale1
en-, D. Cobb, savings bond division al
raj rector here. The drive will be helC
)b- from May 16 to June 80. The New
)pe Castle County E. Bond quota, in
inc cluding Wilmington is $1,700,00
i've Kent County, $1S0,0O0, and Suisse,
ton County, $300,00O Actual sales dur
lil- ing the same months in 194S, MI
Cobb said, were New Castle Coun
ty, E Bond sales, $1,744,4 ,459; KEN
Dir S189,14S, and Sussex, $310.069. Tn
Dns county chairmen are William 4
off Patton, Dover, for Kent; Kennel
lew W. Baker, Bridgeville, for SUISSE,
the and Clarence P. Weber, Middle
and town, for rural New Castle county
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ier, DIR. Clarence ]. Prickett, superiI
The tendent of the State Welfare HON
RS: and former Smyrna mayor, wa
en- presented the 194S citizenshi
ice award in ceremonies in the Sfnyl
De- ma theatre last Sunday. The awarl
Jr., sponsored by the Smyrna Lion
lrer Club, is presented annually to n
rine cipient selected by a committee q
and the years outstanding citizen. In
speech of acceptance DR.. Pricke
said he accepted the award in tt
in name of the community and not f
|. by himself. John G. Leach, vice-pres