Milford chronicle., 1951-01-19
Happenings Of Interest
Throughout Delaware


PARK RACENG-Delaware Parks
1851 racing meeting will follow the
traditional Memorial Day to Inde-
pendence Day schedule
The state racing commission ap-
proved the parks request for a 80
ssay race meeting opening May %
and closing July 4. The track plans
to operate six days weekly, closing
on Sundays only.
BETA MEETING Wednes-
day evening, January 10th, the
Beta Chapter, Delta Kappa Gamma
/ Teachers Society, held their regu-
lar monthly meeting IN the recrea-
/ ton haII of Calvary Methodist
! Church, Milford. After a brief bus
/ mess meeting, the members met
around the table for refreshments
and then listened to very infor-
native talk on the Legislative pro-
I gram Of the Delaware State Edu-
cation Association by the Executive
4 Secretary of that organization,
4 Robert L. Durkee.
4 -
j POST DANCES-The House Com
mittee Of the Milford Veterans of
Foreign Wars Assn, Inc, has an
nounced that arrangements have
been made for the staging of small
informal dances at the v. F. w.
Home each Friday evening, begin
ming January 18th. The Night Owls,
talented trio, have been engaged
to furnish dance music between the
hours of p. m. and midnight
Under the new winter schedule,
which went into effect on January
, Sth, the post home is now closed on
Monday evenings Tuesday and
Wednesday evenings will continue
to be reserved for, use OF. v. F. w.
/. and M o. c. units. However, social
members and their guests are well
fcome on Thursdays, Fridays, and
Saturdays; under the present
schedule, the home is opened on
: Thursday and Friday evenings at
II z O'Clock and on Saturday after
! Moons at 2 p. m.
!, %
: LAUREL c OF C-Plans were
made this week to hold the annual
5 Chamber of Commerc banquet in
the American Legion Home on Fri
J day night January 26.
AS usual a turkey dinner will be
{. featured and a floor show consist
: ing of five acts will be on the
agenda. The banquet committee IN
3 cludes Charles Devlin, Roland 7
Lowe, Jr., Garland Bloodsworth
Jr., Norman A. Waller.
d At the recent meeting of tn,
: Chamber of Commerce the new
q president, Marshall Pusey, an
y nounced the following committee
y to serve during the coming year
y Representative on Delaware ia
Is y dustires, Monroe Taylor; industrla
- committee, Charles A. Turner, v
Z Franklin 0liphant, Ford M. Wal
a ringtorl, James M. Faulkner, Harr
son Phillips, Howard Russell; mel
y camille, Harold Phillips, Roland
~ Lowe, Jr., 9. ST Lewis, e. Pratt Il
= gersol, Edward Harrington and o
!. bourne Hudson; ways and mean
- Theodore M. Hastings, Howard
~ Elliott and Charles A. ;Turne
= ~ King ,Nevins Adkins and Harold
~ Phillips; membership, Gilbert
Jones, Raymond O'Neal, Me.
IL Dunn, James M. Faulkner and Al
e thur V. Register; housing, G. s
at Lewis, Clifton E. Phillips and Rof
a ert S. Brock; entertainment, Char
4t. les Devlin, Garland BloOdswortl
rs Jr., Henry Lee Bohm, Howard +
.e' nlliott and Charles A. Turner
n. signs, Henry Leep Bohm, Waite
r Slatcher and Clifton r. Phillips
attendance, Walter Slatcher, Gal
be land Bloodsworth, Jr.; recreation
r. w. Robert Williams, Osbourne Hu
.ts son, Meril Dunn, George T. Pul
50 nell, Jr.; banquet, Roland T. Low
q Jr, Raymond O'Neal, Charles De-
slr lin, Edward Harrington; publicit
TO Gilbert s. Jones, Norman A. Wallt
elr Meril L. Dunn; chaplain, the Re
TO David w. Baker, Newell Henry an
al Elwood Chapman.