Milford chronicle., 1949-03-18


Room for good things to eat next I
Saturday. Help the Youth Depart
ment of Avenue Methodist Church.
Open $3.50 a. m.
March 25 is the date of the Mil
ford New Century Clubs Hollywood
Supper in the Community Building.
Save that date for good time with
food, fun and friends.
The young people of the First
Presbyterian Church are inviting
the public to enjoy with them the
showing of the motion picture,
my Name Is Han The hour is
at seven.
The Millwood Church Aid will
meet Friday night, March 18th. The
committee consists of Mrs. Ruth
Cannon, Mr.. Sam Cubage and Mr.
Jehu Davis. A good attendance is
desired.
The regular open meeting Of Al
coholic Anonymous will be held
Friday evening, March 25th. at the
Grange Hall, Milford, at $3.50 D. m.
The public, the clergy, the medical
profession as well as those having
an alcoholic problem are cordially
invited.
The Happy Homemakers Club OF
Millwood will entertain the Shaw
nee Evening Club to covered dish
supper, on Monday, March 21st, al
p. m, in the Millwood Hail. The
topic for the evening will be
CLOTHES For Little Boys AnC
Girls" by our agent, Violet Good
will.
The regular monthly meeting o.
Circles z and of Calvary Churcl
met Tuesday evening, March 18th
in the>meeting room of the church
with leaders, Mrs. Helen Wrighf
and Mrs. Mildred Hoey. After tht
business meeting was over, fOot
sale was held. Delicious refresh
ments were served. Everyone re
ported having good time.
A United States Navy .subchase
left Philadelphia Monday morning
taking a crew of 125 members O
; the Delaware Battalion, u S. Nav
al Reserve, on two-weeks' trip t
Miami and back. This is a training
cruise for the men who will prac
tice lessons learned during drill
; at the U. S. Naval Armofy in VIII
mington in the past months. L
: Comdr. j. w. Winney is in charg
of the trip.
Have you your tickets yet fo
the Hollywood supper, sponsore
by the New Century Club? Don
miss it, More fun, more food an
} lots of friends. You may win som
of the prizes, like having the fun
e niest hat, the baldest head, Il
n woman who is boss, the most he
- pecked man, the tallest person 3
- the shortest one. These and ma
,TT things will be sources of mer
ment at the supper on March %.
o
/ Herbert d. Cluley, Jr., Camde
"a has, announced his resignation
81 deputy state auditor after havil
y served with State Auditor JAM
w. w. Baker since the latter a
le sumed office on Jan. 1 in Il
ed change of state admi1istratiC
ly from Republican to Democrat. II
resignation is effective next Mo
et day. Mr.. Cluley, in his letter to Al
e. ditor Baker, said he was makil
the move with regret and explai
IN ed that he has accepted anoth
as position
er A 10-year-old girl gave birth to
ch baby in the maternity ward of
Wilmington hospital Sunday. T
lk girl was taken to the hospital frC
he the Kruse School for Girls at Ma
e. shallton in the county ambulan
and admitted a short time befo
ST the BIRTH Neither the officials
he the hospital nor the school wot
tn furnish any information on I
nd young mother. 1t is believed Il
the girl is one of the youngest el
admitted to Wilmington hospi
maternity ward.
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" Four Delawareans will refuse
pay part of their federal inco
tax as a protest against the pr
R RIe- ent military spending by the g,
q ernment which they regard as
y. ~ path to war. The four are amC
9I II signers of a letter to Presid
IA IA Turman declaring this refus
,n- r~ They are: Caleb Foote of Ard
,,eeiH1 executive secretary of the Cent
~ Committee for Conscientious
~ jeetors in Philadelphia; H,
nd Stephens Foote of Arden; Carol
oat Philips, Silverside Road, execut
md secretary of the Whining
Friends School; and Lydia H. p
ere ips, Silverside Road.
ON -
A meeting of the Board of
ectors of the r. d. Grier & s
III Co., was held March 2 at their
ice on Railroad Avenue. Two I
-, directors were appointed to
Ihe Board; namely, Todd Grier
ave Catherine L. Martin, to fill the
10 cancies of Mrs. Robert D. Gr
W.; Sr., and Mr.. Ralph H. Grier.
ITS following were elected as office
Alex T. Grier, President and G
lrs' eral Manager. r. Hall, Jr., v
President, Manager of the Tire
zz' partment; Robert D. Grier,
Secretary; Todd Grier, Treasl
z5' and Assistant Manager; Cathe
i. Martin, Assistant Secretary
"a Treasurer.
MSS A total deficit of $11,56O ,OOC
oe the next five years of operation
NO' the State Highway pepartr
was predicted on Monday by
William A. McWilliams, the
partment's chief engineer. Col
rh4 McWilliams told Safety. Cor