Milford chronicle., 1949-03-11
Happenings of Interest
Throughout Delaware

The w. S. C. S. OF Cedar Neck
will hold bake and food sale on
April 16, Watch the paper for To-
cation.
Mondays ceremony marked the
first activation of a new unit of the
National Guard unit in Delaware
under authority of the Second Ar
my, Fort George G. Meade.
Circle No. 4 of the w. S. C. S. of
the Calvary Methodist Church will
meet Tuesday evening, March Is,
at the home of Mrs. Francis Rob-
bins. ALI members please try to
be present.
The Shawnee Home Demonstra-
tion Club will meet with Mrs
Morris Groverman on Friday af.
/ ternoon, March II, at 2 o'clock
The subject will be Better Light
ing for Better Living"
Formal activation of Battery I
of Seaford, a new unit of the 945tl
Automatic Weapons Battalion
19Sth AAA Group, Delaware Ma
tional Guard, was held Monday
night at the Laurel ArmOry.
Circles Nos. z and 8 of the Cal
vary Methodist Church will hold ;
joint meeting in the basement 0
the church on Tuesday evening
March Is. All members pleas
bring an article for the food sale.
The Suhannah Wesley Circle Q
Avenue Methodist Church vii
meet with Mrs. Earl Williams d
The Aletta, Friday evening, Marc
Il, at 7:30 o'clock. Please not
the difference in date. Come Ou
and meet your secret pal.
Circle No. 1 of Calvary MethC
dict Church. Mrs. Edith Lacy, leaC
er, will meet at the home of Mr.
Marie Worthington with Mrs. Do
, othy Wilson as co-hostess on TueI
: day evening, March Is. All men
bers are requested to be present
In the first eight weeks of tn
year, nearly half of all the chicl
: in the United States were placed
Delmarva Peninsula broiler house
: The figures are from the week
reporting service of the U. S. 81
reau of Agriculture Economics.
total of 55,S13,OO0 chicks WEI
placed in seven major broiler pr
ducing areas. On the DelmarN
Peninsula 24,034,OO0 were place
The report said the placement
! chicks is proceeding at about
| per cent more than for the san
period a year ago.
:, A former Wilmingtonian stoppt
:. the music Sunday night on not
: worth $35,250, described by Il
" American Broadcasting COmpal
as the largest jackpot in radio hi
= tory. Mrs. Julia Hubert, cOlore
= so years old, who moved to Phil
n delphia from Wilmington soI
years ago after living in WilmiT
= ton for q years, correctly iden
r. fed the mystery tune on Stop
n Music" program. Her priZe-w
e ming answer was "The Navy a
20 the Army, the Army and the Nav
i Her husband, Benjamin F. Hube
Is a retired letter-carrier, stilF &c
le to Wilmington every week day
al his job as caretaker of the hes
quarters of the Sons of Veteran
Literary Association.
Captain A. F. E. Horn, So yea
old, member of a pioneer RehObC
Beach family, died Sunday in d.
tors Hospital in Washington.
as was active in varied fields duri
On his 30 years residence in Washir
lg ton. He was organizer of
IT. Georgetown Boys Club; was pre-
r. dent of the Boys Club of WashiI
p ton, and served as a member a
ch budget director of the Washingt
ty, Community Chest. Captain He
r. was chairman of the Natiol
O. Symphony Orchestra Associat
he fund drive and member of the
lit chestra board of directors. Dur
il World War II he served on
"a alien enemy hearing board and v
as on the selection committee of
Navy Viz program. He also Sc
ed on the civilian aide commit
al of the U. S. Army Air Force.
was graduate of the Univers
of Delaware, class of 1910