Milford chronicle., 1952-09-05
Happenings Of Interest
Throughout Delaware


POMONA GRANGE The Kent
County Pomona Grange will confer
the fifth degree at special meet
ing to be held in Capital Grange
Hall, Dover, Thursday, Oct. 2, at
8 pm.
Seyenty-five grange members at
tended a covered dish supper by
the Pomona last Thursday night.
Talks were given by Harry c. john
son, Smyrna, master Of the State
Grange; Paris Kirby, Milford,
state Overseer; Andrew O'Neal.
Laurel, Sussex County deputy and
Winfred Gruwell, FELTON,, master of
the Pomona. Mrs. Edna Dukes.
Townsend, Pomona lecturer, pre-
sided.
HONORED II. Edward Murphy
of Ridley Park, Pa, a.native of Del
aware and former Wilmington
resident has been elected regent BY
the Sigma Nu Fraternity at its 35th
Grand Chapter at Grand Hotel,
Mackinac Island, Mich.
The fraternity has 115 active col
legiate chapters located through
out all states in the union except
South Dakota and New Mexico and
one chapter each in Canada and
District OF Columbia.
Mr.. Murphy is a native Of Milford.
and was graduated from the Uni
versity Of Delaware in 1923. He is
well known in Wilmington where
ne was formerly district manager
of the Diamond State Telephone
Company and is a member of var
ious civic organizations. He is
presently on the executive operat-
ing star Of Bell Telephone Co, OF
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.
| Other national officers are Louis
L. Roth, st. louis, Mo-, first vice
regent; James w. Bradley, Atlanta.
Ca, second vice regent; John M.
Roberts, Chicago, Ill, grand treas
urer.
Mr.. Murphy has appointed u. S.
Senator ]. Allen Ffear Jr., of Della
ware to serve as grand marshal for
the biennium.
Milton L. Draper, of Newark, Del,
will continue serving as a grand
ofdcer, supervising chapters of the
fraternity at the University Of Del
aware, University of Virginia, Uni
Yersity Of Maryland, Washington 6.
Lee University, George Washington
University and William and Mary
College.
POLIO - Col. Ralph S. Baker.
chairman Of the Sussex Chapter Of
the National Foundation for Infan-
tile Paralysis, has issued state-
ment urging parents to closely
observe symptoms of illness in
children.
He advised them to watch for
headaches, fever, nausea, pain in
the neck, back or legs, and above
all, to seek Immediately an early
and competent diagnosis of illness.
Colonel Baker said there are six
cases of polio from Sussex under
going treatment in the Doris Men,
Orial Unit Of the Wilmington Gener-
al Hospital.
Colonel Baker also stated that
the Sussex Chapter stands ready
to extend aid to all polio cases in
Sussex County.
He quoted a passage from letter
received from a parent of a 7-year-
old girl now under treatment in
Doris Memorial which stated the
parents opinion that ''to recognize
the disease early enough is of ut
most Importance.
This child, who is from Bridge
vile, while suffering bulbar type
polio, is described in good condi-
ton. In addition to the Bridgeville
case there, the following cases listed
by towns:
Nine-year-old girl, Georgetown,
recovering; five-year-old boy, Sell
byville, bulbar-paralytic type; 26-
Iyear-old mother of two children, Of
iFrankford, paralytic type; five-and
Ione-half-year-old girl Of Lincoln,
paralytic type; 25-year-old father
lof one child of near Dagsboro, bull
bar type, critical.
The child from Lincoln was ad-
United to Doris Memorial Aug. 3rd,
and the latest case, from near Days
bOro, was admitted Aug. o.
During 194S, there were 1S cases
OF polio in Sussex; in 1949, seven
cases; in 1850, 10 cases, and in 1851,
ldnlv ono case