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Milford chronicle., 1949-12-30
WROTEN = HAWs

The marriage of Mrs. Lillian Vir-
ginia WrOten of Milford and ].
Raymond Haws of Lima, Pa, was
solemnized at the parsonage of
the West Chester Methodist Church
by the Reverend Doctor Leon T..
Moore on Saturday, December 10,
at p. m.
The bride, who wore a street
length taupe dress with brown
accessories and a cOrsage of vel
low orchids, was attended by her
daughter, Mrs. Virginia Donovan
of Milford. Mrs. Donovan wore a
street length dress of teal with
black accessories and a cOrsage of
red rose buds.
Charles b. Haws, of Eagle, son
of Mr.. Haws, served as best man.
A buffet supper at Mr.. Haw's
home in Lima followed the cere-
mOny. The guests were Mr.. and
Mrs. Lance Lynch and Mrs. Vir-
ginia Donovan of Milford, Mr.. and
Mrs. Raymond E. Haws of Chey-
ney, Mr.. and Mrs. Bennett H.
Davis of Chester, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles B. Haws and son of Eagle,
Mr.. and Mrs. George E. Furman and
Mr.. and Mrs. John M. Harcastle
and daughter of Media, Virgil NJ.
WrOten of West Chester. Mrs.
Haws is the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Emery Lynch of Milford.
Mr.. and Mrs. Haws are at pres
ent living in Lima. They will make
their residence on North Walnut
street. West Chester, Pa, soon af-
ter the first of the year.
Milford chronicle., 1949-12-30
Items of a Purely
Personal Nature

Mr.. and Mrs. ]. william Wells
spent Christmas in PocomOke, Nd
Mrs. Virginia Kelley spent the
holidays with her son, Russell and
family Of York. Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emmett McNatt Of
Wilmington spent the past weekend
with Mr.. and Mrs. E. J. Salevan.
AFR. and Mrs. Windsor Emory Of
Washington, ID. c., were holiday
guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence
Emory.
Mrs. Stephen P. Toadvine was in
Lewes for the past weekend as the
guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. Herald Brit
tingham
Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon Salter and
children of Wilmington were Chris
tmas guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. Col
eman Salter.
Wallace McFaul of the UniVers-
ity of Delaware is spending his va
cation with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Wallace McFaul.
Miss Florence Pearce flew to Mil
waukee, Wisconsin to spend the
holidays there with friends. She is
expected home on Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard Clements
and daughter Patsy of Newark
were guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. David
A. Clements for the holidays.
Miss Christine Smith, who at
tends Centerville school, is the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank r.
Grier for her Christmas vacation.
Thomas NJ. Baxter, after spend
ing the holidays with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. T. Mason Baxter, will
return to Corpus Cristi, Texas to-
morrow.
Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Hitch and
children Of Arlington Va, were ho-
liday guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Clar-
ence Calhoun and Mr.. and Mrs.
Roscoe Hitch.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Beamon
and daughters of Suffolk, Va, spent
the holiday weekend with Mr.. and
Mrs. c. d. HOlzmueller, returning
home Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Vibbert and
children Of BrOadlawn, N. j., spent
the holiday weekend with Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Vibbert and Mr.. anC
Mrs. Clarence Calhoun.
James Richard Draper. a fresh
man at Cornell University, flew &c
Golden Beach, Florida to spend his
Christmas vacation with his par.
ents, Mr. and Mrs. George H. Drap-
er.
Mrs. NJ. Del Steele Of New York
City, Miss Nancy Steele of Mamp.
JOn-DuBois Academy, Orland, Flor.
ida and Tommy Steele of UnivCC.
sity of Maryland have been holiday
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Mul.
holland, Jr.
Miss Wanda Wilkie and Rea vii.
kle OF Phila., are spending theil
Christmas vacation with their par.
ents Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Wilkie
Miss Wilkie is teacher in the Rid
ley Park Township school and Mr.
Wilkie is a student at the Hussiar
Art school.
Milford chronicle., 1949-12-30
d. F. WOLcOtt Takes
Oath As NeIU Judge
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N~-~--Ae~e
minutes later. The executive ses-
sion ended six minutes later. and
the senator's adjourned sine die at
4:25 o'clock. All members of the
Senate were present.
The first of the series of four
resolutions offered by Senator
BurkhOlder before the executive
session named the attaches for the
Senate meeting: William p. Short.
secretary; Mrs. Margaret Satter-
field, assistant secretary; Thomas
V. Keith, Leroy Edler, and J. S.
Willis, sergeants-at-arms; and u.
F. Clark, messenger. It was also af-
firmed Senator Vera G. Davis as
president pro TEN.
The second adopted the rules Of
the regular Senate session with
amendments made at the two re-
cent special sessions, one making
1t possible to act on a committees
report on the appointments on the
same day the report is made; the
third reappOinted all committees
OF the regular session; and the
fourth empowered President Pro
TEN Davis to name a committee of
two to advise the Governor that
the Senate was ready to receive
his message.
Mrs. Davis named the two floor
leaders, Senator BurkhOlder, Re-
publican, and Senator Howard H.
DickersOn, Democrat, to notify the
Governor of the bOdy's readiness
to receive his message.
The cost of the session was S23O
payment for which was provided in
two Burkholder resolutions. One
resolution allowed members a total
of $122 mileage and another pro-
vided for $1OS compensation for the
attaches. 1t was the third special
session of the Senate since the ad.
journment of the regular session.
Judge WOlcOtt took the oath OF
ONCE in the presence Of a small
group of relatives and friends, u.s.
ing the WOlcOtt family Bible which
dates to about 1900.
Among relatives who witnessed
the brief ceremony were Mrs. VOL.
colt, his mother; Mrs. Daniel F
Wolcott; her parents, Federal
Judge and Mrs. Richard S. Rodney
Mrs. Max Terry, sister of Judge
fWolcOtt; Mr.. Terry; Judge anC
Mrs. Charles L. Terry, Jr.; Lieu.
tenant Colonel Nan F. Campbell
an aunt; Miss May Kenney of Lau.
rel, a cousin; and Alex G. Wolcott
of Dover, an uncle.
Others attending included Chan.
cellOr and Mrs. w. w. Harrington
and daughter, Miss Betty Harring
. ton; Governor Carvel; Secretary o
E State Harris B. Mcdowell, Jr.
Claude B. Prettyman, administra
. tive assistant to the governor, ant
f. c. Davis of SeafOrd.
Milford chronicle., 1949-12-30

Bayard v. Wharton, who has
been III during the holidays is
improving.
Mr.. and Mrs Norman Allen Of
Princeton, N. J. were holiday guests
Of Mrs. Wilbur Bennett.
Miss Charlotte Ryder Of wilm-
ington was the Christmas guest OF
her parents Mr.. and Mrs. Louis
Ryder.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles N. Pierson
Of Windsor. Conn were guests of
Rev. and Mrs. Roy L. Tawes for the
holidays.
Miss Betty and Phillip Walls of
Wilmington were holiday guests Of
their parents Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Ed
ward Walls.
Christopher and Michael Short
OF NewbuTgh, N. Y. were holiday
guests of their grandmother. Mrs.
r. Burgette Short
-
Mrs. Edward N. Kelley left on
Friday Of last week for Norwich. N.
to be the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
Lowell Hogue and family.
-
Capt. Frank Mick USMC il
spending the Christmas Holidays
with his parents. MIR. and Mrs. +.
w. Mick at Chestnut Knoll.
-
Miss Mildred Hammond has ae-
cepted position with the State
Health Department and is a visit
ing nurse, working out of Dover.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Smith of
lynchburg. Va, and Miss Virginia
Smith of Camden, N. J. were holi-
day guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Swain.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. Opie Chancellor
and daughters of Arlington. Va.
were here for the holiday weekend
as guests of Mr.. and Mrs. c. D. Hol-
zmueller.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Vinyard and
son of LigOnier, Pa, returned home
Wednesday after spending a week
with Mrs. Harry Vinyard and Harry
f. Vinyard Jr.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Roy Bennett
and William H. Richardson spent
the holiday weekend in NOrristown
Pa. as the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Paul Slaughter and Paul Jr.
-
/ Lieutenant Lloyd Baxter will
/ spend New Year with his parents.
MIR and Mrs. 7. Mason Baxter. Lieu
tenant Baxter has been stationed
at Kessler Field, Biloxi, Miss. but
will be in New York for a month
after his visit here.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. D. Davis cele-
brated their 4Sth wedding anniver-
sary by entertaining a few friends
on Saturday evening, December "a,
at their home. Mr.. and Mrs. Davis
were married by Rev. Reese of the
Houston Church in Houston in 1901.
.
James Peterman of st. Mary's
Seminary Baltimore and Thomas
Peterman of ST. Charles College
Baltimore, both studying for the
/ priesthood and Miss Norma Lee
I Peterman of st. Elizabeth's High
school Of Wilmington are spending
their vacations with their parents
] Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Peterman.
Milford chronicle., 1949-12-30
Local r esident
SucCumbs To Burns

Juden Jones, "a years old died
in the Milford Memorial Hospital
MOndey from burns he received on
Christmas at his home on North
east Front Street.
Jones was found by Earl Bennett
lying in front of his small home
unconscious with most of the
clothes burned off his body. Ben
nett wrapped him in a blanket and
phoned for the Milford police and
hospital ambulance.
Jones was never able to state
how his clothes caught fire. The
Milford police found an oil stove
burning in the small building. and
believe that Jones stumbled a.
gainst the stove, setting his cloth
ing afire.
Milford chronicle., 1949-12-30
Executive Pay
Minimum Hiked
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whose business is in interstate
commerce. Besides the minimum
wage, it requires payment of time
and a half rates to workers COW
cred by the law for hours worked
in excess of 40 a week.
The revised regulations raise the
salary needed for exemption as
an executive" from $50 to $55 a
week or $23S.33 a month";.
They raise the salary needed for
exemption as an administrative"
or professional" worker from $500
month to 1925 a month (Or SIS a
week..
The Wage-Hour Administration
said other revisiOns announced are
mainly technical and designed to
clarity and modernize" regula-
tions which had not been changed
since 1910.
McComb said the number of
white collar" workers made ex-
empt by the regulations is not ex-
pected to be either appreciably
greater or fewer than the 2,5OO,O00
exempted under existing regula-
tiOns.
RevisiOns. also to be effective
January 25, were issued at the
same time in exemption regulations
for workers employed as outside
statesmen" and local retailing"
work.
Under the existing regulations a
worker classified as professional or
executive could not be exempt il
he did work like that performed
by nOn-exempt wOrkers-as long
as such work took up time equal to
20 per cent of the nOn-exempt en-
ployee's normal working time. This
did not apply to administrative
workers.
Milford chronicle., 1949-12-30
State Reaches Peak
AS Marketing Area
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Manufacturing employs 44,S6s
persons in the state, with a pay
roll Of $4,000, 900. Delaware's
principal industries contribute to
this as follows:
Food and kindred products, em-
ploy 4.25S workers, with a payroll
of S9,O00.O0O.
Big Textile Payroll
Textile mills employ It'll and
have payroll of $4,5O0.O0O.
Apparel manufacturers employ
1897, pay $7O3,0OO annually, the
work being seasonal in nature.
Paper and allied products give
employment to 654 with a payroll
of $2,0O0,0O0
Printing and publishing employ
955 workers, with a payroll of $2,-
$4,000
Chemicals and allied products,
Delaware's largest industry, give
employment to 1874 workers, and
pay $69,250,00O a year, the high
est per capita recorded and one OF
the highest in the nation.
Rubber products manufacturers
employ 1886 with a payroll OF
$5,SO0,OOO a year.
Leather and leather products en-
ploy 2,796 with a payroll of $S,-
6OO,O
Stone, clay, and glass products
employ 2S7 with a payroll of $780,.
900.
Iron and steel foundries employ
$50 with a payroll Of $2,2O0,OOO.
Heating and plumbing supplies
employ 47S with a payroll of ST.,
100000.
Auto Equipment Produced
Fabricated structural steel pro
ducts give employment to S5S will
payroll of $1.25O,OOO.
Metal stamping, coating and en-
craving gives work to 1892 per
sons with a payroll of $2,5OO,OOt
annually.
Manufacture of machinery (non
electrically employs S,196 with ;
payroll of $1O,2OO,OOO.
Manufacture of motor vehicl,
equipment employs 1853 with /;
payroll of $5,25O,OO0.
Manufacture of aircraft employ.
146 with a 100000 annual pay
roll.
Manufacture of instruments EN-
ploys 361 with a payroll of $7OO, 900
Miscellaneous manufacturing es
adjustments employ 1000 work
ers with a payroll of $4,5OO,O 900
federal law prevents disclosure o
figures that would reveal details O
a single cOmpany's operation, 81
a number of firms, alone in theii
fields in the state, have been lump
ed together under the miscelIane
GUS heading)
The construction industry givei
employment to 5,626 workers il
Delaware and meets an annual pay
roll of $14,0OO,OOO.
Public utilities employ SIT,
workers in the state, paying near
/ ly $2O,0O0,000 a year. Included il
this total are 1870 trucking firm
employees and 269 taxi driver!
who work on salaries. Gas ant
electric utilities employ 762 with ;
payroll of $2,6O0,OO0, while tele
phone and telegraph companies EN-
ploy 1,1O3 with a payroll of 50,
100000.
Wholesale trade gives employ
ment to 5.169 persons, with pay
roll of $1S,50O.OOO a year. Retail
trade employs 5000 and has
payroll of $3O,OOO,OOO annually
Service industries. such as hotels
garages, barbershops, hospitals
and public institutions employ 6,
54S with a payroll of $4,000, 900.
Milford chronicle., 1949-12-30
WEDDINGS
PORTOR- R-JESTER

Miss Virginia Ann POrtOr, daug-
hter of Mr.. and Mrs. Alcade Portor
of Milford was married Saturday
evening, December oath z p. m. in
the home of the brides parents to
Mr.. Robert John Jester son of Mr..
and Mrs Edward G. Jester of Mil
ford. The Rev. Charles w. Baker
pastor of Pilgrim Holiness Church
performed the ceremony. Miss
Elizabeth Jane Austin was maid of
honor, Mr.. Harold Aptt was best
man. The Bride and BridegroOm's
parents and many friends witness
ed the ceremony. A reception of
ice cream and cake was served. Mr..
and Mrs. Jester Will reside in Mil
ford.
Milford chronicle., 1949-12-30
Births At Hospital

December 20, twin boys, Mr.. and
Mrs. Howard Argo. Milford; girl,
Mr.. and Mrs. Norris Kitchens, Sea-
ford.
December %, girl (died), Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Ellingsworth, Ellen
dale; girl, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Scott, Milford; boy. Mr. and Mrs.
Leon GOotee, SharptOwn. Md.
December %, girl, Mr.. and Mrs.
Carter Butler, Viola.
December 25, girl. Mr.. and Mrs.
Donald Veasey, Georgetown; boy,
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Locates,
Georgetown.
December 26. boy, Mr.. and Mrs.
George Whitehouse. Bowers.
December q. boy, Mr.. and Mrs,
Hugh Collins, Bridgeville.
Milford chronicle., 1949-12-30
Engagement Announced

Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Knots of Har-
rington, announce the engagement
of their daughter, Earleen, to Law
renee Lee Rose, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Reginald Rose, Wilmington
Manor. Miss Knots is a graduate
of Caesar Rodney High School, and
is now employed at the University
of Delaware. Mr.. Rose. a graduate
of Salisianum High School Will
mingtOn, will soon graduate from
Goldey College.
Milford chronicle., 1949-12-30
Engagement Announced

Mr.. and Mrs. John Carroll have
announced the engagement of their
daughter, Miss Florence Carroll, to
Charles Walls, son of Mrs. Hazel
Walls of Denton, Md, on Christ
mas Eve.
Miss Carroll is employed by
James Restaurant. Milford, and Mr..
Walls is connected with the Dewey
Weddle Electrical Company. The
wedding will take place in the
early summer.
Milford chronicle., 1949-12-30

A Christmas card, much ap-
preciated, was received by this
editor during the days preced-
ing the holiday. of Christ
Church, in Milford. It is a pho
tOgraph of the entrance and the
side of the church next to town.
A lovely view, it is and it came
without a donors name. This
is to acknowledge the receipt
of it and to thank that kind
person for his or her thought
fulness.
Milford chronicle., 1949-12-30
Fire Test

IN a test conducted for the New
York board Of standards and ap-
peals and the New Jersey depart
ment Of labor. a door manufac-
tured Of fire proofed wood. only two
and a half inches thick. stopped
what is known as a standard fire for
one and q half hours. In addition it
completely obstructed the passage
Of the fire and smoke through the
doorway. The standard fire used
IN this test begins at 1000 degrees
+. at the end Of five minutes, 1850
degrees at 80 minutes. 1.7OO de-
grees at one hour and 1872 degrees
at 80 minutes.
Milford chronicle., 1949-12-30

Tomorrow evening is the
Dill-Williams party, which is
being looked forward to by
those who have been invited.
Old and new friends will greet
1860 together amid good wishes
and singing. Mrs. Dill and
Mrs. Williams will be assisted
by Mrs. Harry L. Grier. Mrs.
Elmer T. Williams. Mrs. Step
hen Toadvine and Mrs. G. Mar
shall Townsend.
Milford chronicle., 1949-12-30

Miss Evelyn Short entertain
ed friends at her home near
town Christmas night. A roar
ing fire in the fireplace was the
center for the boys and girls
who sat and talked until time
for departure.
Milford chronicle., 1949-12-30

A wedding in the southland
that will interest local friends
is that of Miss Harriet sipple.
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
George Massey Sipple of Or
landO, Florida, to Mr.. Emory
Gene Rich, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
E. G. Rich, also Of Orlando.
The wedding took place on
Friday, December %, at eight
in the evening at the First
Presbyterian Church and the
reception followed at the Ros-
alind Club. Mrs. Rich attended
Mary Baldwin College and is
a graduate of University of
North Carolina, where she ma
jOred in journalism. Mr.. Rich
attended The Citadel, served in
the Merchant Marines during
the war and is attending En-
ory University, majoring in
economics and is a member of
the 1850 class. Much entertain
ing has been done for the bride.
a popular member of the social
set of Orlando. Many local
friends will remember her,
when as a very young girl,
she, with her parents, lived for
a time on Clarke avenue.
Milford chronicle., 1949-12-30
Hospital HOstesses

January Mrs. Carolyn Collins.
January miss Frances Collins.
January 3-Vacant.
january Mrs. Ruth Lofland.
January 5-Mrs. Elizabeth Moore
January 6-Mrs. Florence Glib
son.
January Mrs. Ruth Jester.
January 8-Mrs. Helen Lynn.
January 8 - Mrs. Elizabeth
January 10-Mrs. Alma Rust.
Milford chronicle., 1949-12-30
New 1850 Chevrolet
On Display Jan. 9TH
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again occupied the Number One
sales position in the United States.
The new 1850 Chevrolet to be shown
here on January sets an all-time
high for our product" Mr.. Burton
said.
Milford chronicle., 1949-12-30
MilIwOOd H. D. Club

MillwOod H. D. Club will meet
January 4th in Millwood COmmnn
ity Hall at 1880 a covered dish
luncheon. Each one bring cover
ed Dish and own table service.
Milford chronicle., 1949-12-30
WILKINS

William B. wilkins. age S5, who
was found dead in a woodland near
his home on Saturday last. was
buried Wednesday in Union Gene
terry, Georgetown. after services in
the Grace Methodist Church. Mr..
wilkins had been making his home
with the Misses Mary, Lilly, and
Laura Warren near Glendale. Sat
urday he went into the woodland
opposite their home to gather pine
chats. He did not return and
searehers found his body. He had
been suffering from a heart condi-
ton for some time. He is survived
by sister. Mrs. William King cl
Georgetown; and two brothers,
John and Christopher, also of
GEORGETOWN.
Milford chronicle., 1949-12-30

Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Humes,
generous people that they are,
shared Their Christmas holiday
with a foreign student, having
Thomas Wang Of Nanking,
China, as their guest from Sat
urday until Thursday. Thomas
is a graduate Of Nanking Uni
versity and is now studying to-
ward a degree in economics at
Columbia University. During
his spare moments he is busy
with translations at the United
Nations, a position he can have,
should he choose after his col
lege work is finished. Holidays
can be gloomy times for boys
and girls far away from home.
The Humes sensed this early
enough to make arrangements
for their guest to plan his visit,
which has proved a pleasure to
all Of them. One such visit will
do more for international
friendship than much talk or
volumes Of printed matter on
the subject.
Milford chronicle., 1949-12-30

Railway and highway culverts
make ideal locations for beaver
dams and hence beavers become a
nuisance when roads and railroads
are built.
Milford chronicle., 1949-12-30

Going back to last week. the
annual party given by DR.. and
Mrs. S. NJ. D. Marshall at their
home on Causey avenue. was
another good time for the many
Milford chronicle., 1949-12-30

--Aoo VI dSc OAaeA Vi E1dCheu-
sack, N. J., daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Gunner Olsen, has chosen
Monday. January 2. for her
wedding to Mr.. Lloyd Elton,
also Of Hackensack. son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Elton. The
ceremony will take place in the
First Presbyterian Church at
four with Reverend Kenneth
Kepler officiating. Miss Olsen
viii be attended by her sister.
Mrs. William McFarlane OF
Falls Church. Va. and Mr..
Stanley Carter will be the best
man for the groom-elect. Mr..
Chalres w. Hammond and Mr..
Charles w. Hammond and Mr..
ers. A reception will follow at
the New Century Club. The
young couple are both gradu-
ates Of Milford High School.
Miss Olsen is a graduate nurse
and is employed as an Office
nurse. Mr.. Elton served in the
Navy during the war and is
now an electrician. They will
have a wedding trip. after
which they will live in Hacken-
sack.
Milford chronicle., 1949-12-30

May you all have a Happy
New Year and may it continue
to be just that for S65 days.
Milford chronicle., 1949-12-30

Some Of the things one reads
in the paper about themselves
can have the surprise element.
Such was the case when
Thomas Mason Baxter, Jr.,
read about himself being home
for the holidays from Randolph
Macon College. With many boys
and girls to keep up with, a
mistake. now and then, can be
pardonable, but when a young
man has been out of one col
lege for two years and doing
fine and hard work at an avia-
tiOn school. one has to be very
charitable to accept that. Tom
my will receive his wings in
February at Corpus Cristi,
Texas, which is an event in any
boys life. He has been home
for the holidays and will re-
turn to Texas tomorrow.
Milford chronicle., 1949-12-30
glg9E9RlE

who came during the evening
to help usher in the holiday
season. Delightful hosts. they
are, and one feels at home at
once with them. Many guests
from Out-of-town were present.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel NJ. D.
Marshall Of Baltimore were
among the guests and helped
with the receiving.
Milford chronicle., 1949-12-30

Mr.. and Mrs. Myron Warren
welcomed many guests Mon
day evening when they had
open house at their new resi-
dence on Clarke avenue. 1t was
one Of the many enjoyable af-
fairs Of the evening.
Milford chronicle., 1949-12-30

The Christmas dance Monday
evening was a very enjoyable
AFFAIR. Lovely red and green
decorations set the holiday
mood and the music by the old
master, George Madden, made
the evening one Of real plea
sure for many. Parties galore
were given during the evening
and brought together out-of-
town and home guests. The
dance was sponsored by the
local Lions Club.
Milford chronicle., 1949-12-30

Read the CLASSIFIED ads
Milford chronicle., 1949-12-30

-''~'ly HsltlHB eHtcts that nave
made Milford beautiful. It does
not seem fair to mention any
particular home. for they are
all lovely and symbolic the
gayety Of the Christmas season.
Other towns nearby have been
visited but one comes home
feeling that Milford. somehow,
has the edge on all the others.
Is that self satisfaction or is it
just civic pride? You answer.
Milford chronicle., 1949-12-30

J. c. Stamper, RehobOth Avenue
jeweler, has been nominated for
president of the Rehoboth Chamber
Of Commerce to succeed Clarence G.
Flatt. Mr.. Stamper is a cOmpara-
tive newcomer in the resort mer-
camille field.
Other nominations were: Capt.
Jaw D. Wingate, vice president: !:
John A. McManus. executive secre-
tary, and Mrs. Mae Hall McCabe,
treasurer.
The trade body is interested in
obtaining a new year-round hotel
for the resort. A committee COM
posed of Mrs. McCabe. Mrs. b. e.
Morris, Thurman Savage, Alfred F.
Shook, and NJ. X. Newman was
named to handle the project.
Directors nominated for two-year
terms are E. C. Larsen, Mrs. Harry
E. Wright, Mrs. B. c. Morris
Charles J. Lutter, and John II
Marsh. Charles s. Horn, Jr.. was
appointed to fiji the unexplred term
Of Mrs. Eyadne Knapp. resirned
The election will take place n IAN.
uGry.
Milford chronicle., 1949-12-30

trip around d town
these evenings is
well worth while. In
dividuality has been