Milford chronicle., 1950-01-13
Happenings Of Interest
Throughout Delaware

q ~ a. Tic GcJlSb JGSLCI Auul-
orium in the Odd Fellows Building,
iilford, Wednesday, January IS, at
200 p. m. Prizes and refreshments.
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The regular meeting of the w.
}. G. S. of Milford Neck will be
leld on Friday night, January 13,
n Milford Neck Church. Try to
'e present and start the new year
With big attendance.
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A pile of lumber caught fire at
the M. & H. lumber yard at Mil
ford late Monday evening, and for
q time a strong wind threatened to
spread the blaze The Carlisle Fire
Company was called and exiting
uished the blaze. Firemen said that
the blaze was the second of its
kind at the yard within a week.
Officials are investigating.
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An art exhibit is on display dur
ing January in the. State House An
mex, according to Miss Edith L.
Mitchell, State Director of Art Ed
ucation.
The exhibit, "We Don't Believe
It." was prepared by the School of
the Art Institute of Chicago. II
points up the most common falla-
cies in judging child art.
Miss Mitchell stated that the ex-
hibit will be open from $3.50 a. m.
to 4:30 p. m. Monday through Fri
day and from $3.50 a. m. to noon on
Saturday.
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Governor Elbert N. Carvel has
formally entered Delaware in the
1850 National Pedestrian Protec-
tiOn Contest and has named Will
liam P. Markland, manager of the
Delaware Motor Club, AAA, as con-
test representative.
Mr. Markland, whose Organiza-
ton will supervise state and city
/ participation in the contest this
year, and ]. James Ashton, man
ager of the Delaware Safety Coun-
Gil, which has handled the contest
in previous years, called upon the
/ Governor in Dover this week.
Demolition of the building for
merly occupied by Grace Methodist
\ Church, Dover is now virtually
completed and the work of razing
nearby buildings to provide for a
new building to occupy the site is
progressing.
When the razing operation is
cOmnIafad tho cburch rronarfx, and
the house formerly used as a church
parsonage, together with another
double dwelling will have been de-
mOlished to make room for a new
supermarket.
| The church building was erected
by the former Dover Methodist
Protestant Church in 1890 and
when the merger of the Methodist
churches took place some years
ago the church became Grace Meth
Odist Church.
, Professor Joseph Taylor, extern
! sion dairyman at Pennsylvania
. State College, will be the featured
:, speaker at the annual meeting OF
the Sussex County Unit of the Del
! aware Artificial Breeders Cooper
ative in Jones Memorial Hall,
: Georgetown, next Thursday, Janu-
ary 10, at p. m.
, Professor Taylor has been in di-
rect supervision of the Pennsylva-
MIA artificial breeding program for
the past four years and is now also
participating in that states dairy
e cattle brucellosis program. He will
c speak to the Sussex dairymen on
), the influence of artificial breeding
d on dairy herds, stressing the use Ol
,; superior sires as a means of i'm
q proving the cOunty's herds.
. Dairymen and their families from
= all over Sussex County are expect
s. ed to attend the banquet and meet
S. ing.
II Superintendent T. NJ. GOodfel-
= low, DelmaTva Division of the
=, Pennsylvania Railroad, announced
" last Saturday that withdrawal anC
schedule changes affecting foul
daily main line passenger trains
5 and two express, mail and mill
"a trains, had gone into effect at o.
> 11:59 p. m, Sunday in accordance
le with Interstate Commerce Commits
II ! sion order S45, due to shortage o
D. coal.
II Passenger trains Withdrawn wer,
No. 450, leaving Cape Charles a
A 1920 p. m. and arriving in BrOat
81 Street, Philadelphia, at 1887 p. m
81 daily; and No. 451, leaving Broal
lp Street, Philadelphia, at 5:55 a. m
,s' and arriving in Cape Charles q
ne 2:25 p. m.
l; Express, mail and milk train
III withdrawn were Dis, leaving De
mar at 4:25 p. m. and arriving /
Broad Street, Philadelphia, at 9:l
1t p. m, and D-17, leaving BrOa
ry Street, Philadelphia. at AIS a. m
ca, and arriving in Delmar at 9.15
rst m.
av. Passenger train schedules chanl
IDS ed were No. 452, leaving Car
IL Charles at 1920 p. m, and arrivin
us, in Broad Street, Philadelphia, {
we 1875 a. M; and No. 453, leavin
ew Broad Street. Philadelphia, at A.;
ith a. m, and arriving in Cape Charlie
ri at 2:21 p. m, which operated O
le- Saturdays only, are now schedule
'lr. for daily except Sunday Oper'
in tiOn.
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