Milford chronicle., 1950-01-06
Happenings Of Interest
Throughout Delaware

The ladies' Of the Church Of God
gill hold a bake in the Odd Fellows
Hail entrance on Saturday morn
ng, January z, at $3.50 O'Clock.
Come out and buy your weekend
goodies.
The Mizpah Circle Of the Pres
oyterian Church will meet January
n at 8 O'Clock at the home OF Mrs.
Anna Schmidt. The. co-hostesses
will be Mrs. Reba Hitch, Mrs. Jos
ephine Savin and Mrs. Corrine
Fooks.
About 100 more furloughed EN-
pioyees were back to the Penn
sylvania Railroads Todd's Cut
Shops, near Wilmington. Tuesday
Other workers were recalled
about q month ago. bringing the
shops payroll closer to the 2.200
normally employed by all depart
ments there. With this weeks re-
calls, only a relative few are stin
laid OF.
The lay-offs were made in Jobs
that proved superluous as a re-
suit Of the drop in rail-traflc vol
ume during the coal-mine dis
putes.
The January meeting for all
groups combined Of the Women's
Association Of the First Presbv-
terian Church will be held Tues
day, January 10, at o'clock in the
church.
There will be special instrument
tai music. Mrs. Albert Baxter. pro-
gram chairman, announces that a
sound film depicting the work OF
the church and it's place In life
will be Of interest to all. This film
Now / See" originating with the
Lutheran Board has received wide
spread approval of other denomi-
nations.
Reserve Tuesday evening for your
church.
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More than $4,000 DeIawareans
have purchased Christmas Seals.
with contributions totaling some
$4,000, according to officials of the
Delaware Anti-Tuberculosis So
ciety.
Although we are far from our
goal Of $4,000" said DR.. William
Marshall, Jr., president Of the So
ciety, I'VE are hopeful that other
residents who have received the
seals and retained them will make
their contribution at their earliest
convenience"
The Society plans to send ont re-
minder cards after the first of the
year. The reminder will be a pen
ny post card and will be mailed
early in January.
Frank v. dupont of Greenville
former chairman Of the State High
way Commission, has been made an
honorary citizen of Cambridge. Md.
for his gifts to the town.
Mr.. DUPONT presented a plot of
ground and his farm at Horn. Point.
which he used as a summer resi-
dence, to the community. A four
story office building, also donated
by the Delawarean, will be erected
on the town plot.
The Cambridge Council announ-
| ced his honorary eitizeaship as
Mayor Julian Tubman turned the
first spadeful of earth at the site
OF the new building. The council
also said it will ask Mr.. dupont TO
sit for a portrait at the towns ex-
pense.
Peyton Allen, "a died shortly he
fore $3.50 a. m. last Saturday in the
Kent General Hospital in Dover
from shotgun wounds Of the stosn-
ach. Delaware State Police ar
raigned Sell Hatch, 25, on charges
/ of murder.
Police said Hatch and Allen, who
were close friends and lived to-
gether on the B. T. Twilley farm.
near Magnolia, had quarreled dur
ing a drinking party. Hatch, DO
lice said, left the house only to
return later with the shotgun which
he allegedly fired at Aliens stom-
ach.
Police said Hatch fed after the
shooting, but was picked ND less
than an hour later walking along
the highway. Allen is survived bv
his wife, Mrs. Bertha Allen.
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7 Beginning this week, the Veter-
ans Of Foreign Wars in the State
OF Delaware are launching a mem
bership campaign, it was announc-
ed by John e. Babiarz, senior vice
commander of the Department of
Delaware, who will head the drive.
Department officers will accom-
pany Mr.. Babiarz to the following
posts during the first two weeks in
January; Tuesday, January 2.
Norman Scott Post, Walnut Street
Y. M. c. A.; Wednesday, January 4.
Diamond State Post, Richardson
Park; Thursday, January s, Blue
Rock Post, Colonial Heights.
Tuesday, January 10, Colonial
Post. New Castle; Wednesday, jan
uary II, White Eagle Post, Fourth
and Pine streets, and Thursday.
January 12, J. Ferdinand Speer
Post, Market street at Todd's Lane.
G. r. Dempsey, president Of the
Robbins Hose Company, was nomi-
mated to succeed himself IN that
office at a meeting Of the fremen
last week. He is now completing