Milford chronicle., 1949-04-22

Inc 50th, and purchase your week
end sweets.
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Members of Avenue Methodist
Church w. S, C. S. will partake of
/ a covered dish luncheon together
on Wednesday, April 81 at one
o'clock in the Pocahontas Lodge
Hall. All are invited, for this is a.
church membership meal. The only
requirement is a covered dish and
/ fifty cents.
May 9TH is the day of the Home
Furnishings Sale that will be con-
Quoted on the lot adjacent to the
Community Building by the w. S.
+ G. S. of Avenue Church. Friends
and members of Avenue Methodist
Church are being asked for con-
tributions for this sale. Anything
used in the home will be welcomed
and the society will be grateful for
the gift. The proceeds will go to-
ward new furnishings for the par
sonage. Watch for later announce
/ ments.
Each applicant for a permanent
drivers license must appear in per
I son to sign the affidavit accom-
panying the application and also
to sign the license, which is then
sealed in a plastic case, Frank L.
Reed, state motor vehicle commits
sioner, said Friday night. Appli-
cants for permanent chauffeur's IL
censes must provide new photo
graph.
No permanent drivers licenses
! will be issued in May as the three
Offices of the state motor vehicle
division at Georgetown, Dover, and
{ Wilmington will be fully engaged in
renewing annual licenses which
. expire May 81. Sale of permanent
licenses will be resumed June 1.
A combination of 1ourishing
mail order business in cigarettes
: and candy in Hartly, has been
largely responsible for the Hartly
Post Office advancing directly from
third class status to first class. This,
William j. McBlain, finance officer,
Wilmington Post Office, said is a
most unusual rise in classification.
Receipts of a post Office determine
it's classification.
The Hartly Post Office is one
of four in the state which will
receive an advancement in status
July 1, by the Post Office Depart
ment.
Selbyville, on July 1, will be
raised from a second to a first class
J office This will give Delaware sew
en- first class. post Offices, instead of
: the present five.
( The. other Offices to be raised in
: rating are Wyoming, from third to
second, and Bethany Beach, from
fourth 70 third class
Smyrna will take part in the Do
yer Day program by throwing open
1 to the public, places of antiquity
and beauty to be held under the
: auspices of the Dover Garden Club
{ on Saturday May z.
. The funds will be used toward
I the restoration of the Old Presby-
terian Church as a state museum,
and the opening of three places in
Smyrna will be this towns contri-
. button to the project of providing a
4 museum which will be of interest
! to all the residents of Delaware
q This year, in addition to Belmont
4 Hall, which was open for the first
time last year, those making the
pilgrimage may also visit Greybox
!, the home of Mr.. and Mrs. G. L. Har-
. = monson, and st. Peters Protestan:
" Episcopal Church.
Belmont Hall built in 1886, was
: owned by ancestors of Cummins
Speakman, Sr., the present owner
= since 1771, in direct line since 1927
: when purchased by his grandfa-
! ther, John Cloke.
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l. Establishment of Delaware as a
separate military district-the Del.
1t aware Military District part Of
e the Second Army, became effective
Ie on Wednesday,
ID Colonel George w. Dunn, senior
r. Army instructor with the Organic
f ed Reserve Corps ia Delaware, ha:
10 been designated as officer in com.
st mand of this district
8, Heretofore Delaware has beer
80 combined with Maryland to com,
n pose the Maryland-Delaware Mill
r tary District.
Under the new arrangement thu
IT Delaware Military District will b,
y. a distinct and integral part of th'
l. Second Army. Other districts il
a the Second Army are the eastern
i'd and western districts OF Pennsyl
s. vania, the Maryland District, anC
the Virginia, West Virginia, Ken,
ir lucky and Ohio districts, and the
re District OF washington. d. G.
Of AS the executive officer for tn,
s: district Colonel Dunn will be The
IS administrative representative o.
N. General Gerow in Delaware and, ii