Milford chronicle., 1949-12-23

little bit, Of garlic is used.
Local stores and business estab-
lishments will be closed all day
Christmas Monday, December 26.
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Several Milford churches are
planning Christmas Eve services.
For a complete list see the box on
the front page Of this newspaper.
Keep December 80 for the organ
recital in Avenue Methodist Church.
William Mitten, Organist; Robert
Rudolph, soloist Eight o'clock. Sill
yer offering.
If the pumpkin sticks to the bot
tom of the pot, add one teaspoon
full Of pure cider vinegar for each
quart Of cooking pumpkin before
taking it out of the pot.
The Milford Free Public Library
will be closed Christmas Eve, Dec.
oath, Monday evening, Dec. 26thi
and New Years Eve, Dec. 31st It
will be open Saturday morning,
10 to IL.
Holly was never prettier than
at this Yule season and the ber-
ries are a gorgeous deep rich red.
MistletOe is hard to find, but the
berries this year look like calcutta
pearls, oval and creamy white.
The Milford Kiwanis Club will
hold a New Years Eve Dance at the
New Milford Armory, on Saturday
evening, December 81. Proceeds
will be used by the Kiwanians for
underprivileged children work in
this area.
You will not want to miss the
organ recital in Avenue Methodist
Church on December 30 at eight.
Circle No. will sponsor the re-
cital. William Mitten and Robert
Rudolph are favorites with any
audience. Come one, come all. Sill
yer Offering.
Plans are being completed by
Union Lodge, No. z, A. F. and A.
NJ, for the visitation of U. S. Sena-
tor J. Allen Frear, Jr., grand mas
ter of the Grand Lodge of Della
ware, and his staff on Tuesday, jan
uary 8. The dinner marking the
visitation will be held at Wesley
Methodist Church at 6:15 p. m.
Senator Frear is the first Dover
Mason to serve as grand master
since J. Wallace WoodfOrd held the
Office in 1881.
Alden Cooper, 25, Dover. who at
one time was member of the Do
yer police force, raised a disturb
ance in Dover last Friday night,
got cut in the side and had to re-
ceive treatment at the Kent Gener-
al Hospital, and then was fined 500
plus costs Of $21.60 by Magistrate
John H. Conrad.
Dover police said CoOper's trOu-
bic was over a girl. He was charged
with assault and battery on Harry
KilsOn, Rachel KilsOn, and Flor
ence Redden in South Queen street
and also disorderly conduct. He was
fined $5 and costs on each of the
four counts.
W. Reilly Brown was elected
chairman of the Caesar Rodney
School Building Commission at a
recent organization meeting. T. Ed
gar Townsend was elected vice
chairman. DR.. George r. Miller, Jr.,
I is the secretary of the commission
and has appointed w. b. Simpson
assistant secretary. Other members
of the commission are: Peter S.
Collins, Eugene Shallcross, Frank
, R. Manahan, Frank w. Richardson.
, The firm of Robinson, StanhOpe and
Manning was selected to do the
J ARCHITECTURAL work. The Delaware
School Auxiliary Association will
= furnigh the supervisory and inspec-
} tion service for the project.
David c. Aspril, of Wilmington
who recently was reappOinted a
member of the State Tax Board
, was elected chairman of the board
last Friday at a reorganization
'' meeting in the State Tax Depart.
ment offices, 834 King street, viii.
mingtOn.
Former Lieutenant Governor Ed
o ward w. COOch, of COoch's Bridge
? recently appointed to succeed w
h Reese Kitchens, was named vic,
= chairman. Charles L. HarmOnsOr
r of Smyrna, is the third member o
J. the board.
. The board heard appeals on fran
{ chise and inheritance tax assess
e ments and conducted other rOutin,
: business.
i The State Highway Department
failed to decide upon a new engi
d neer at it's monthly meeting in Do
'ver last Thursday.
: There was no indication afte
: the session whether the depart
e ment will hold a special meeting o
e defer action until its next regula
meeting on January 10.
1t was reported that the member
of the highway department wish {
review the applications submitte
d for the job. Until they decide on
successor, William A. McWilliami
d the present chief engineer, will re
a main in his post instead Of trans
n ferring to the Delaware Memoria
l. Bridge Division, as he is schedule
,e to do on January 1.