Milford chronicle., 1949-02-25

The next meeting Of the Ameri-
can Legion Post No. 3 will be held
Thursday, March 3rd, in the Mil
ford Armory at 1880 D. m. Refresh
ments will be served.
The Happy Homemakers win
have their emOnthly meeting at the
home Of Mrs. Mary Davis. with
Mrs. Lucy Davis as cO-hostess The
topic for the evening viii be
Quick Breads"
The Milford Lions Club will hold
a card party on Friday. March III.
starting at p. m. All kinds Of
card games will be played with
prizes for the winners and refresh
ments for all. Admission. soc.
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Avenue Methodist Church WO-
mans Society of Christian Service
will hold its weekly meeting in the
church on Tuesday evening at 1880
{ O'Clock. The Volunteer Circle win
have food sale at that time. All
members are asked to be present
and enjoy some unusual entertain
ment.
Larry Edward Anderson. arrest
ed last Friday a few hours after
he had allegedly broken into the
service station of BENJAMIN Moore.
Harrington, was sentenced bv
Judge Terry to one years impris-
onment. The defendant, after be-
ing arrested, expressed his desire
to go before the court and plead
guilty.
Earl Gillespie Price, % years
old, Cheltenham, Md, driver Of an
automobile that ran on the road
and turned over when he allegedly
rounded a curve at too fast a speed
was fined $40 and costs on a charge
OF reckless driving by Magistrate
/ Stevenson, Smyrna, plus suffering
lacerated chin. Lois Robinson. 21
years Of age, Hartly, a passenger
in the car, suffered cOntusions Of
the forehead. Price, State Police
said, was driving west on the Do
ver-Hartly Road when the acci-
dent occurred.
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Two new members, Mrs. TilHe
Hastings and Mrs. Emelia COfer.
we're welcomed into the Laurel
unit of the American Legion Aux
iliary at the February meeting held
at the home of Mrs. Eliza HOllO-
way. Mrs. George Kirk was named
as child welfare chairman for the
balance of this year. A program on
"Americanism" was presented with
Mrs. Holloway giving a talk on
Abraham Lincoln and Our Flag"
Each member is asked to bring a
tea towel for the new Legion Home
at the next meeting.
A meeting of interest to farmers
of the community was held Mon
day evening in the St. Georges
community house, at which time c.
E. Phillips, state agrOnOmist, ex-
planned to the farmers how they
may grow more and better crops
Y during the next five years. Speak
! ers also were present to explain
. the 1949 performance and report
I forms and to answer questions re-
, garding them Howard Workman
, is a member of the P. VI. A. COM
mittee from the fifth representative
: district of New Castle County.
More than 700 children in the
first six grades of the Wilmington
schools have received routine ap-
plicatiOns of sodium fiuOride from
the Public Health Service FluOrine
Team assigned to Delaware under
the direction of the State Board of
Health The team which includes
one dentist, two dental hygienists
and a clerk, will complete their
r schedule in Wilmington on March
l. They are now working at the
, Mary c. II Williams and st. JOS
= eph Schools. The fluOrine program
r got under way officially January 10
? at the Bancroft School where sod
. ium fiuOride was applied to the
: teeth of 267 children, with all chill
\ dren receiving four applications
j three to seven days apart The
f same service was performed for
4 258 children at No. 20 School and
: 159 at St. Mary's. In March the
\ team will move to New Castle
0 County. It will be stationed in Kent
r County in April and in Sussex
n County in May. Several schools
p have requested the fluOrine treat
: ment and an attempt will be made
to serve them in order of request.