Milford chronicle., 1949-06-17

Stop and take home good Milford
Neck cooking. The Ladies Aid is
holding a bake in the Reed build
ing on S. e. Front St., Saturday,
June 18th.
The Wildwood Church Aid will
meet Friday night, June 18th at the
Millwood Hall. The committee con-
sists of: Mrs. David Robbins, Mrs. 1
Jennie Short and Mrs. Fred Ben
nett.
Circle No. 4 of the w. S. G. S. of !
the Calvary Methodist Church will
meet at the home of Mrs. Mildred
Johnson, Haven Lake, on Tuesday
evening, June 81. All members try
to be present.
Circle No. of Calvary Metho-
dist Church, Mrs. Edith Lacy, lead
ers, win meet at the home of Mrs.
Alfred Paquette, 35 Fisher avenue,
on Tuesday evening, June q. Mrs
Wilma Roberts will be co-hostess.
The Milford Free Public Library
will begin its summer schedule on
Wednesday, June %. The hours
will be Monday and Saturday eve
nings, TOO to 800; Wednesday and
Saturday mornings, 10000 to 1900.
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There will be a special meeting
of the American Legion on Fri
day night at o'clock. We want ali
member to be present as this is the
| final meeting of the season. Don't
forget to bring your tickets for the
radio drawing. The meeting will be
held at the City Hall.
Mrs. George Giltenboth announ-
ces the recital of her voice and
piano pupils which will take place
in the First Presbyterian Church
on Tuesday, June 81, at seven-thir-
ty. Clarence Persons of Frederick
will be guest violin soloist and the
recital will be augmented by the
choir of the Presbyterian Church.
On Friday, June oath, between
the hours of 2 and a, the Delaware
State Board of Health, Delaware
-Tuberculosis Society with
Associated Health Authorities and
Agencies will send the Mobile Tn
: it to Lincoln School. ALI those
wishing to have these tests and x
Rays made, please 5e at the school
, between the hour mentioned.
Six members of the Clayton Clod.
hoppers All Club are attending the
short course at the University oi
Delaware. They include Bernice
Faulkner, Mary Sue Ross, winner
of a scholarship; Vincent Ross
Kurt Zippe, Robert Connel, Viii
liam Moffett.
o The club will hold tie socia
: in the home of Bernice Faulkne
+ June 26 to which members of tn
q Kenton All Club, Leipisc Girl
: Club, Smyrna Boys Club have bee
# invited.
= The Horse Show and Count
q Fair, originally planned for Satul
day by the YMCA of Dover, wa
e not held.
|, The pOstponement was due
n unexpected difficulty in securin
l. competent judges and a good ring
e master for the original date. Th
j. sponsors have been able to engag
s. Barney McDevitt as Tingmaster fC
Saturday, June 25, and if equal
,f good judges can be obtained tn
/, show will be held on that date, D
l. Blum stated.
n The Kent county tax rate for til
Ie next fiscal year has been set at
3 cents on $100 Of assessed valuatiC
B. by the Kent County Levy Court, a
~ increase of ten cents over the RAJ
l. which has prevailed for a numbl
of years.
ne Prompted by the greatly increa
Id ed cost of operating the count
le government, for which the 40 Gel
u rate was inadequate, the rate Lin
w it was increased to so cents by Z
act of the past State Legislatu
ar signed by Gov. Elbert N. Cary
IL last Wednesday.
at a.
1S Joseph Collins 20, of 435 Sou
a Governors Avenue, Dover, was K
nd led when his car overturned
bo route IA, south of Nassau, Ia
n nJ Thursday night. Funeral servic
~ were held at 2 o'clock Monday {
,I1 ,i ternoon at Christ Church, Dow
III The Rev. Paul A. Kellogg, rectt
officiated. Interment was in Chr
90 ! % Churchyard where Walter L. +
al al Post, No2, American Legion, h
o. charge.
sr- Young Collins is the second S
IN of Mr.. and Mrs. George Collins
~ die an accidental death. His brot
an er was killed by gas in Smyr
'se about year ago.
he At the six-ninth commencemt
mt exercises of the Lewes High Sch'
a last Thursday night an eighi
led nine-year-Old Lewes woman sat
the rostFum and recalled her o.
he graduation from. that same schl
M in the first class back in 1880.
The Mrs. Mary Hickman Evans is |
M only surviving member of Il
ia first class of 80. There were OF
,ee four in those days 50 years a
hid and all we're girls. Thursday nj,
the 81 graduates of the class of
appeared in scholastic caps a
gowns, in contrast to the be-ruff
organdy creations" worn by N
Evans class, complete with bus
Ed and short train.
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