Milford chronicle., 1951-11-16
Happenings Of Interest
Throughout Delaware

SOME COW-With 695 hounds Of
butterfat and 1882 pounds Of milk
to her credit, Raretime Carnation
Gem, registered Holstein-Friesian
COW owned by Messrs. Tull Bro
theirs, SeafOTd, Delaware, has com
pleted S65-day production test in
official Herd improvement Regis
try.
Testing was supervised by the
University of Delaware in coopera-
tion with The Holstein-Friesia
Association of America.
She was milked 2 times daily and
was 5 years months when she be-
gan her testing period.
METHODIST SCHOOLS - plans
have been completed for Chris
tian Workers Schools to be held
at Milford and Seaford, November
19. 20, 26, and q, and December
8, and 4, the Office of the Rev.
Richard M. Green, executive sec
retary of the Peninsula Methodist
Conference Board of Christian Ed
ucation, has announced.
The Milford school will be held
in Avenue Methodist Church, and
the Seaford school in st. Johns
Methodist Church.
The former is for the churches
of Camden, Dover, FELTON,, Fred
erica, Georgetown, Harrington,
Houston, Pennington, Harbeson,
/ Magnolia, Milton, Lewes, Nassau,
Rehoboth Beach, Milford, and wy
Oming.
The communities in the Seaford
school area are Bethel, Blades,
Bridgeville, Greenwood, Laurel,
Mt. Pleasant, Reliance, Seaford,
and Whitesville.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY = The
Delaware Geological Commission
held it's first meeting recently in
the office of DR.. John A. Perkins,
President, University of Delaware.
The members of this Commits
sion are: Mr.. John J. Conway Of
/ Seaford, Mr. Richard A. Haber of
Dover. Mr. Clayton M. Hoff of
! Wilmington, DR.. John A. Perkins,
and Mr.. Daniel S. Shields of Green
vile.
The group elected DR.. Perkins
/ chairman of the Commission, and
the State GeOlogist, Mr.. Johan J.
Croft, was appointed secretary.
The aims and purposes of the
I Survey were discussed as related
I to the Senate bill concerning the
/ Geological survey. This involves
the systematic investigation of geo.
logical structure of the state and
the nature and composition of its
rocks with emphasis on examina-
tiOn of our mineral resources, in
Guiding water resources.
The Commission has recently
carried out in cooperation with the
United States Geological Survey, an
inventory of wells in the Newark
area, a study of surface geology
and a Magnemeter survey or Tho
measuring of the magnetic inten
sity of the earth. The cooperation
with the federal survey is greatl.
favored by the Commission, siac
it means that the State has thi
benefit of their financial and sci
entific help.
DELMAR DRIVE Solicitors
for both the Maryland and Della
ware side have been announced by
Mrs. Della Daugherty and Alton
Truitt, vice chairmen of Delmar's
first community fund program. The
goal of the drive is $1,000.
Robert T. Lockerman, general
chairman, at the recent meeting
announced a large thermometer
would be placed in the window oil
his Office to show the progress oi
the drive
The solicitors are:
Delaware side: Mrs. Henry Jones
Mrs. Harrison Naugle, Mrs. E. G.
, P, Jones, Mrs. A. E. Hantwerker
? M RS. Anne Miller, Mrs. ]. Paul Ell
lis, Mrs, Thomas Nelson, Mrs. Dan
, iel Culver Mrs. Irene Smith, Mrs
, Howard King, Miss Louise Culver
, Oscar E. Brown, Mrs. Fred Rider
Mrs. Frank BOnsall, Mrs. Alton
. Truitt, Mrs. Alice Kitchens, Mrs
= M urrell Dashiell, Joseph Whelp-
to IN, Charles Smith, Chester Evans
Philiper Breyer, and Mrs. Bertha
p Green.
Maryland side: Mrs. Mildred
Wootten, Mrs. Ann Locates, Mrs
n EInaline Oliphant, Mrs. Norma
. Jane COrdrey, Mrs. Wilson Sturgis
! Mrs. Helen Culver, Mrs. Mary Nit
chell, Mrs. Ethel Smith, Mrs. Mary
McCaline, Mrs. Elva Lowe. Mrs
E. N. Holloway, Mrs. Sallie Lily
ingston, Mrs. Della Daugherty
/ Frank Pusey, William COrdrey
and Mrs. Jessie Steininger.
+ The next meeting of the Com,
n munity Fund workers will be next
. Nj onday at z p. m. in the Maryland
p Town Hall.
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