Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1950-10-06
Happenings IF Interest
Throughout Delaware

Kent County Club of the Univer-
ity Of Delaware Alumni Associa-
ion will meet at p. m. Thursday,
october u. at the Wonderbar Res
aurant, Harrington. The principal
peaker VIII be DR.. John Al. Mum
'oe, whose topic will be Kent
younty history.
Dr.. Munroe, a graduate of, the
is associate professor
# history and assistant TO the
lean Of arts and science.
Other speakers will be Hugh +.
athletic publicity di-
'eetor, who will discuss the cur
'ent Blue Hen football prospects
Ind show motion pictures, and
Richard d. Groo, alumni secre-
airy.
GEORGETOWN w. C. T. 1.-THE
first fall meeting of the George
town w. c. 7. U. was held in Wes-
ley Methodist Church recently,
with Mrs. Katie johnson presiding.
The devotional service, with the
theme Love t-y neighbor as thy
SELF" was led by Mrs. Kathryn
Johnson.
Delegates were named to attend
the state W. C. T. U. convention in
Camden on October IL and u.
They are the following officers of
the organization Mrs. Sigurd
Christensen, ST., vice president;
Mrs. M. Watson, recording secre-
tary; the Rev. R. North, CORE
spending secretary; Mrs. Amy
Kaiser, treasurer; the Rev. q.
Kenschaft, Contingent Fund Sec
rotary; Mrs. Hazel Ann Auken,
Mrs. Fannie Boyer, and Miss r.
North, program committee.
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PRAYER WEEK-The G oshen
Methodist Church WSCS at Milton
Will observe a week of Prayer and
self-denial Oct. 25-31. The society
will take charge of the church eve
ming service Sunday, October 80.
Other events planned by the So
ciety include a community supper
and bazaar in the Goshen Fellow
ship Hall, Nov. 3 a bake and food
sale in the Milton Fire Hall, Nov. z.
Circles Of the society will meet
Tuesday evening as follows: Circle
1, Mrs. Dorothy Burton, chairman,
home Of Mrs. Margaret Palmer;
Circle 2, Mrs. Frances Darby,
chairman, home of Mrs. Emma
Lank; Circle 8, Mrs. Addie Dick
ersOn, chairman, home of Mrs. El-
dora Reed; Circle A.. Mrs. Ruth
Dickerson, chairman, home of Mrs.
Beulah Reed; Circle 5, Mrs. Clara
Lewis, chairman, home of Mrs.
Naomi Jensen.
COMMUNITY FAIR The
Bridgeville Parent Teacher Asso-
citation again will sponsor a COM
munity country fair, similar to tho
one held last year, according to
action taken at a meeting of the
group Wednesday night.
/ The AFFAIR will be held at the
Bridgeville school on Friday and
/ Saturday, November 8 and 4.
George Tuck. P. T.. A. president.
named Mrs. Henry Cannon, III. as
general chairman. The proceeds
will be used to purchase a motion
picture protector, film strip ma
chine, and film library for the
school.
Miss Elizabeth Kinder demon-
strated how film strip can be us
ed in the first and second grades
in teaching science and transpor-
tation. Virgil Wiley, school SUI
perintendent, presented the film
About Our Earth"
Mrs. George Smith presented
Miss Ann Newton in several piano
solos. The social hour was in
charge of Mrs. Robert Smith, Mrs.
Jane Rudelmeir. Mrs. Lewis Col
Inns, and Mrs. William Stuart.
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FARLEY DELEGATE - Stanley
Ross, editor and publishers of the
Wilmington Sunday Star, will be
one Of the U. S. delegates to the
Inter-American Press Conference
in New York City, Oct. 8 to 10, it
was announced this week.
Mr.. Ross, former president Of the
Association de Escritores Ameri-
canos," an organization of 1900
Latin American and U. S. editors,
publishers and writer's, has been a
! delegate to the international con-
ference at each Of its three pre-
vious sessions, in Venezuela, Ecua-
dor and Havana. This is the first
time, however, that he has repre-
scented the United States.
Mr.. Ross, former Associated
Press and New York Times COR
respondent in Latin America, is
member of the organizing commit
tee for the conference, which will
bring some 800 delegates from the
81 American nations together at
the Waldorf-AstOria Hotel. He at
tended the previous conference, in
1913, as editor and publisher Of "El
| Caribe," an international daily
/ newspaper which he founded in the
Dominican Republic.
! SCHOOL LUNCH - A slightly
smaller appropriation of Federal
funds will be received for the
1950-51 school term for the school
lunch program, according to an
announcement made today by Mrs.
Ethel B. Emmert.
Mrs. Emmert stated that the app
portionment for the 1851 School
Lunch Funds has been announced
by the U. S. Department of Agri-
culture Delaware is to receive
$74 .262.00 for use in the public
schools.
Last year, the initial apportion-
ment for Delaware public schools
..rne enc 90 On ronllona ton ne