Milford chronicle., 1952-11-28
Happenings of Interest
Throughout Delaware

Grange Officers were among the
honOred guests at the mortgage
burning ceremony held Monday
night by Diamond State Grange No.
2 Of Stanton, at its newly remodel
ed Grange Hall. The hall, the for
mer Friends Meeting House, was
purchased in 1851 for $4,000.
Since its purchase the kitchen
has been remodeled. A new heat
ing system has been installed and
repairs and renoVations undertake
en- generally. The building was
dedicated to Grange work in June.
1851.
The guest speaker was John G.
Leach, vice president of Goldey-
Beacon School of Business. Wor-
thy State Master Harry C. john
son OF Smyrna and members Of his
stan were among the guests. Miss
Shirley Vanaman sang.
Other guests included Mrs. Paul
Mitchell, member of the Harmony
Grange, and national chairman of
home economics, and Mr.. Mitchell.
Immediate past State Grange mas
ter.
MUSEUM - The Zwaanendael
Museum at Lewes, Delaware, will
close its doors for the winter sea-
son. on Sunday, November 80, ex-
cept for special groups who mske
appointments in advance with the
Curator, Miss Catharine c. Maull.
AS is customary, the Museum
will reopen to the general public
next April, with regular visiting
hours.
Miss Maull says that since April
1st of this year approximately g.
600 persons have visited the Muse
um, an unprecedented attendance,
much more than the previous sea-
son between April and December /.
Great attractions have been three
special exhibits, consisting of an
tique pitchers; fragments of CO.
lOnial objects dated from 1850 to
1850 from the foundation of a re-
Gently discovered dwelling in the
vicinity of Pilot Town Road, and
an exhibit of shells found on the
beaches around Cape Henlopen
For special appointments with
the Curator, she may be reached at
her home by telephoning Lewes
1891.
/ HOMECOMING - Homecoming
services were held Sunday in
Bethany Methodist Church near
Delmar. The service began at 1870
p. m, with a Sunday School pro-
! gram in charge of R. w. Lingo and
Roy E. Jones.
DR.. o. A. BARLEY, superintendent
of the Dover District, was the
guest speaker. An "Old fashioned
experience meeting" followed with
Jacob West as the leader. William
BOyce was in charge of the music
and Richard Davis was the soloist
In the evening the Rev. Roy l.
Tawes began evangelistic services
which will continue through the
week. There will be visiting speak
ers and sOlOists at each service.
Evangelistic services closed Sat
urday morning at a joint meeting
of the First Methodist Church and
the Mt. Olive Methodist Church of
Delmar. In spite of the bad wea-
ther, the evening services we're all
well attended.
There were different que S t
speakers at each service. The first
part of the week, the rites were
held in Mt Olive Church and the
series of meetings ended in First
Methodist Church.
I FORT DELAWARE-A six-point
program for the possible restora-
tion of Fort Delaware on Pea Patch
Island was outlined on Saturday
by Albert Kruse, Wilmington archi-
tect, at the annual luncheon meet
ing of the Fort Delaware Society.
The program included sugges-
tions for a thorough compilation
of the history of the fort and a
Photographic survey of the present
buildings.
The annual meeting, held in the
Hob Tea Room, in Wilmington,
was also marked by the election Of
officers, including reelection of w.
Emerson Wilson, city editor of the
Morning News, as president. He
has been one of the leaders in the
establishment of the society that
led to the awakening Of interest
in the old fort off Delaware City.
Mr.. Wilson, a student of Civil
War history, now has one of the
most extensive collections of books
and pamphlets about Fort Della
ware which may be the keystone
for an important photography Of
literature pertaining not only to
the fort itself but also to the
troops, officers and men who were
part Of the garrisOns and who were
prisoners at the fort during the
war.
MMIGRATI0N-COl. John P. Le-
Fevre, Kent County prothonotary,
this week called attention to the
fact that the new immigration and
nationality act viii become emec-
tive December oath.
He issued the reminder after re-
ceiving from Karl I. Zimmerman
district director, U. S. Department
Of Justice, immigration and Natur-
alization Service, Philadelphia, a
copy of the law and instructions
for ordering new naturalization
! forms.
, Stress was laid on the fact that
IN accordance with the law, every
/. alien in the United States on Jan.
uary 1st of each year shall report
his address during January or, il
temporarily absent, he shall report