Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1950-09-22

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kUMMAGE SALE-Saturdav
September 23rd, at the room in tbe
Shore Theatre Building, formerIv
occupied by Hershey Ice Cream.
Help the V. F. w. Auxiliary tn en-.
Leftaln and aid the hospitalized
BAKE AND RUMMAGE SALE
The W. S. c. S. and M. Y. A. r of
trinity Methodist Church, Freder-
lca' are sponsoring a bake and
d6u u sale Saturday. September
70 IN the fire house, beginning at
10 o'clock.
MUSICAL PROGRAM-The M Y
f. of Pennington and Prospect
Will give a musical program at the
Prospect Church on Sunday eve
ming, Sept. oath, at 8 O'Clock. It Is
hoped that a large number of per-
sons will attend.
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LAUREL ENROLLMENT-TTnon
the opening of Laurel Schools last
week temporary enrolment fig
ures were announced as follows:
elementary white school 687. Sec
ondary white school 444. Negro
school 2O6, total enrolment 1897
NEW LIBRARY HOURS - Ra-
ginning in September the Milford /
free Library will resume it's reg /
uIar schedule of hours. They are
Monday evenings, z to 9: Wednes-
day afternoons, 3 to 5: Saturday
mornings. 10 to 70; Saturday eve
nings, z to 8.
BAZAAR-Avenue Methodist
Church Woman's Society of Christ
ian Service will hold a bazaar and T.
supper in the cafeteria of the high
school on Friday, October 9th.
remember the date and keen Il
open for this affair, which will he
IN charge of the circles of the or
ganizatiOn.
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MEETING The Captain Iona
than Caldwell Chapter, Daughters
OF the American Revolution. will
meet with Mrs. Arthur Simpler AT
Che Hotel Royalton, Rehoboth, on
september Both. at one, for lunch
con and the regular fall meeting
Members will be guests of Mrs.
Simpler for lunch.
SEMINAR-A seminar for the
Dover District WOman's Society of
christian Service will be held in
st. Johns Methodist Church in |
Seaford on Wednesday,, September
u. The morning session, presided
over by the district president, Mrs.
w Harmon Money. will begin at
1880. This seminar is open to all
members of the w. S. c. S.
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GEORGETOWN May
or Ralph S. Baker has named FIor-
ace J. Hickman coordinatOr Of civil
defense for the Georgetown area.
Mr.. Hickman, a retired captain /
of the Delaware State Police, is
also cO-chairman for the Red Cross
disaster program in Area No. 8,
which includes Georgetown and
area. He will be in
charge of Georgetown civil defense /
divisions which will be set up in
cooperation with state and national
civil defense programs.
RED FEATHER DRIVE-Plans
are well underway for the Red
Feather community fund drive in ;
Dover, according to Victor E.
HOlpp, chairman of the campaign,
who states the solicitation will
start October 1, and will continue
for 10 days.
George Ehinger has been select
ed as vice chairman of the drive,
and Ralph R. Fischer and Carl ].
Fox as co-chairman in charge of
initial gifts. Within the next few
days solicitors will be selected and
the area blocked out to permit
complete coverage of Dover.
CHURCH MEETING-F
September 22nd, in the Presbyteri-
an Church, The United Council of
Church Women, representing II
churches of Milford and vicinity,
will hold their installation of Off
GERS. The topic of the meeting to
be presented by Mrs Martin from
Newark, N. j., will stress and ex-
plain the Ecumenical movement
and the council work in general.
The executive board will entertain
the speaker and state officers at
luncheon prior to the meeting.
Representative Of diffe rent
churches will be heartily welcomed
at the meeting.
FAMILY REUNION-On Sunday,
September II, 81 members of the
Lyons and Prettyman families gath
cred at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Walton Jones at Bridgeville for
their fourth annual family reun-
ion. A family picnic at noon was
followed by business meeting and /
social afternoon. The officers /
elected for this year include: Pres
ident, Mrs. c. H. Conway of Green
wood; secretary, Mrs. ]. R. Bar
wick, of Greenwood, and treasurer,
Mrs. Layton Houston Of Philadel- |
phia. The oldest member present /
was w. Poole Prettyman. ST.. of I
Philadelphia and the youngest |
member present was Joyce Lynn |
Orr of Wilmington.
NEW All CLUB - A new All
Club is being organized west of
Dover on Monday. September Is. (
Mrs. Pauline Hufnal, Kent County