Milford chronicle., 1949-05-20
Happenings Of Interest
Throughout Delaware


Make up your own table and
come to Pocah0ntas Lodge Hall
Friday night. Play cards of your
own choice. Prizes and Refresh
ments $50
Bring your friends and come to
the Pocahontas Lodge hall tonight
friday and enjoy an evening of
cards with us. Prizes and Refresh
ments $50
Claude E. Lynch, sr.. pastor of
Oakley Church, announces that SER
vices will be held May % at 2 D.
m. and will be continued until fur
ther notice. Everybody welcome.
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The Volunteer Circle OF the Ave
nue. Methodist Church will hold d
Rummage sale on Saturday morn
ing, May 21, starting at $3.50 in
the Reed Building, located behind
the Presbyterian Church.
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Dover stores will close at D. m.
on Wednesdays during June, July
and August in accordance with Gus
tom of the mercantile section of
( the Chamber of Commerce in past
years. The first afternoon closing
day viii be June 8.
/ Mrs. Vera G. Davis, president
proAtem of the State Senate, dis
cussed legislative procedure in the
enactment of laws at the dinner
meeting of the Dover Kiwanis
Club in the Hotel Richardson We'd
nesday night Carl j. Fox, program
!. committee chairman, was in charge.
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With J. Wallace Woodford, past
grand master, as POSTMASTER, and
HI. Eugene Gardner, worshipfut
master of the lodge, in charge, the
ANIMAL ladies night dinner and en-
tertaiDment of Union Lodge, No, z,
A. F. and A. M. was held in the Do
, yer school social hall last Friday
night Guests were James Carswell,
j grand master; U. S. Senator J. ALI
I len FreaF, Jr., deputy grand mas
|. ter and Gov. Elbert N. Carvel. The
committee in charge was headed
by Bertram II. Blum as chairman.
The other members were Robert c.
Densten, G. Preston Ward, w. Mar
Z vel Baxter and Arthur Wilgus. The
: dinner was served by the women
of Capital Grange. Entertainment
will include four professional acts
: from Baltimore.
A Rose Hill woman has filed suit
: for $4,000 in damages against Will
mington Park for injuries she said
she received when a baseball
e scared out of the park and hit her
,f on the side just below her waist.
e The suit was filed in Superior
n Court in New Castle County on be-
+ half of Mrs. Jessie Salevan of 2
l. Suttonsa Lane, Rose Hill. Her attor-
l. ney, P. Warren. Green, charges the
Of ball park with negligence in not
s. having a fence high enough to stOI
id the baseballs. According to thu
in complaint, Mrs. Salevan was walk
ing along East Thirtieth Street to
on May Is last year when the bal
Is stuck her Her compliant says sh
~ has suffered great pain ever sine,
le and has paid large sum of money
- - for medical expenses.
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Nv The annual Junior prom of thu
n, Seaford High School was held Fri
r. day night in the gymnasium of th'
A. Seaford Central School. The gener
,,s al chairman was Shirley Jones
~ The decoration committee consis
ted of Dorothy Fry, Emily Wilker
son, Barbara Rawlins, Betty Mes
sick, Anna Mae Rementer, Joal
ty Bennett, pat Morris, Dale Wheat
re ley, Jack Beiser, William Hitch
NJ Charles Agnew, Maynard Spicel
IL, Howard Zimmerman, Norman Tate
m, Bob McKelvey, Williams Hines
an Harry King, and Jack Curfman. Re
CT freshment chairman was Ruth An
1g' Massey, assisted by Arinda BearC
SUI Joan Conner and Ruth Phillips
.he Music was furnished by Levi
for Startt and his orchestra. Miss Bet
ted ty Berry of the high school facul
A ty was sponsor of the prom"
by a
]. Graham Stewart of Dover wa
elected president at the SSrd amt
the al Delaware State Baptist conveI
nal tion held at Elsmere last Frids
lay in the First Baptist Church. OthC
vas officers named are The Rev. Tho
Col. Gebhart, Holloway Terrace, viz
I'M president; the Rev. George L. Han
'ec- mond of the Philadelphia area, di
the ector of promotion; !; the Rev. Harl
ex-' Crewe, Milford, recording seer
hen tary; the Rev. Elmer e. Rose, Do
ave er, director to the Northern Ba
nth tist convention, and the followil
'es- trustees: The Rev. Arthur jaime
| to Wilmington; Chester Walters, El
mere; Walter Donovan, Hollow
Terrace; the Rev. Christian.
Ella Peters, Elsmere; Arthur N. Ne
lee Wilmington; Frank w. Richards
,on- and Mr.. Stewart, both of Dow
MIS- The 1850 convention will be he
,on- in Milford.
last e
sing An attendance of more than 1
)red scouts and their leaders is anti
con- pated at the annual camping g
Off together of Boy Scouts. of Ke
ock, County and lower New Cas-
ent; County on Saturday and Sund;
+, r. May 21 and %, according to SEQ
y S. heads. The campofee will be hC
bird at the state wild life refuge a
uPt- field trial grounds at P5sersbu
ary- Six troops planning to al snd al
hose rs, Dover; 100, Milford; 102, N
the ford; 1O3, Dover: 1O8, CamdC
Wyoming. and 122, Dover. I