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Milford chronicle., 1952-03-21
VFW
Auxiliary Head
Due In State
Official Visitation To Be
Made In Delaware Next
Tuesday,. Wednesday;
Several Fetes Planned.

Arrangements have been made
for the official visit to Delaware,
on Tuesday and Wednesday, March
25th and 26th, of Mrs. Herschel
II. Griffith of Bloomington. Ind.
national president of the Ladies
Auxiliary to the Veterans of For
eign Wars.
Mrs. Griffith is to be hOnored at
a dinner the evening of March
25th at POlish-American Post Home.
Wilmington. She will speak over a
Wilmington radio station and will
visit the Veterans Administration
Hospital at Brack-Ex. and the Al
fred /. dupont Institute.
Mrs. Helen Faust, of Lewes,
president Of the Department of
Delaware VFW Auxiliary, has ap-
pointed Mrs. Dorothy Loose, de-
partment senior vice president, as
general chairman of arrangements
for the national presidents visit.
Other chairmen are: Mrs. Clara
Bradley, FELTON,, past department
president, hospitality; Mrs. Evelyn
Jones, pas department president
hospital visits; Mrs. Catherine Null
bern. junior vice president. radio,
and Mrs. Gertrude Rhind. mast de-
partment president, publicity.
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Milford chronicle., 1952-03-21
April Jury Panels
Are Picked In Kent
Several Local Folk Are Among
Those Selected

Two panels of petit jurors for
the April term of the Kent County
courts, which will convene April
21st, were drawn recently by the
Jury Commissioners Walker l..
Mifflin and Wilbur E. Jacobs.
The special panel comprises:
First Representative Distric t,
Jacqueline Banta, William Kruch-
en-, and Charles M. Gee. Second,
Arlen Webb, Mary c. r. Jones, and
Fred c. Lord Third, Agnes Cross
ley. Raymond Moore, and David r.
Mitchell. Fourth, Lewis Collision,
Ethel P. LegaT and Richard ID.
Sale. Fifth, Edna Queen, William
KOnschak, and Caleb Burchenal.
Sixth, Martha w. Jones, Harry c.
Rawding, and Margaret PleasantOn.
Seventh, Elmer f. Bryant, Zera K.
Richards, and Frank E. COlescott.
Eighth. Herman S. Hammand,
Grace Turner. and Leland Crea-
dick. Ninth. Grover Lord and Irene
Porter. Tenth, Otis Stokes and A.
w. Tarvin.
On the regular panel are:
First Representative d stri c t.
Norman W. Coleman, ]. Harper
Jones, and Grace Garis. Second, A.
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Milford chronicle., 1952-03-21
Cub Scouting
Pack Will Be
Formed TOnite
Actual Organization OF
Milford Area Group To
Be Completed At Meet
ing At s O'clock.

Friday, March 21st, 1852, prOmi-
ses to be a red letter day" in the
history of Milford-at least as far
as Milford youths and their par
ents are conceFned-fOr on that
date, actual organization of the
Milford Area Cub Scouting Pack
will be accomplished. This action
will take place at the third and
final meeting of parents and scout
ing officials, to be held at the Var
ney Auditorium, Community Build
ing. this Friday evening, beginning
at o'clock.
AS a climaxing feature of this
Friday evenings program, appli-
cants for Cub Scout membership
will be grouped into "dens"; "den
Mothers" and den chiefs" will be
chosen, and the selection of a Cub
master and assistant CubmasteTs
will be made. The Milford Pack
will then be ready to function. Mr.
Dale NOlen and other scouting Off
cials will be present Friday eve
ming to assist the local committee
and parents on the organizing Oi
dens and the selecting of those who
are to direct the local program, and
the parents of all boys, between
the ages of 8 and II years, are be-
ing urged to attend this important
meeting.
Formal organization of the Mil.
ford Pack will climax a 10-weel
effort on the part of a group o.
Milford Area veterans, who saw
the need for a Cub Scouting Pro
gram here and decided to do some
thing about it. In early January
members of Blue Hen Post No
6483, this community's much citeC
/ V. F. w. unit, contacted ScOu
Official Dale Nolen relative to tn,
possibility of activating Cub Scout
ing here. UpOn Mr.. Nolen's sugges
tion, a survey was conducted wit
the result that approximately 10
Milford Area boys, between tn
ages of 8 and II, indicated a desir
to be Cub Scouts; contact was the
established with parents of thes
boys and the first of three Organi
rational meetings was planned.
On Friday evening, March I'll
members of the local committe
!. and scout officials met with til
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Milford chronicle., 1952-03-21
Home Demonstration
Group Plans EUeRtS'
Short Course Will BE Held
At u. OF ID. On June
18th To 21st

Dates for two statewide Home
Club activities were
set by the State Home DemOnstra-
ton Council in Dover, recently.
The annual Short Course at the
University of Delaware will be held
June 1921. The State Meeting, a
part of National Home DemOnstra-
ton Week Observances, is being
planned for May 1st. in Dover, ac-
cOrding to Mrs. John S. FarrOw,
Magnolia, president of the Council.
State family life and health pro-
grams were the other main items
of business. said Mrs. Farrow. The
state family life chairman, Mrs.
Jonathan S. Willis, Lynch Heights
Milford, reported on her program
plans. The family life program is
a new one in Delaware this year
A recommendation was made to the
county councils that the cOntribu-
tiOn of homes to better living would
be a good theme for National Home
Demonstration Week april 27-
May 81 activities.
Mrs. Franz ROssman, Richardson
Park, Wilmington, said that state
wide health activities would be
centered on acQuainting commune
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Milford chronicle., 1952-03-21
Avenue Church
Choir To Give
Cantata Soon
Palm Sunday, April 9Th,
Is Date Selected For
Presentation Of Du-
bOis' Composition.

The Avenue Methodist Young
Peoples Choir of 65 voices, will
present THE Seven Last Words of
Christ, a sacred cantata, by TheO-
dOre Dubois, Palm Sunday, April
9Th. at p. m, in Avenue Methodist
Church, Milford.
The guest Organist will be Mrs.
Robert VanCleaf, Organist Of As
bury Methodist Church of Harring-
ton.
"The Seven Last Words Of
Christ" is divided INTO seven parts,
each one representing one of the
last words. The words in Biblical
order are:
First Word: Father forgive
them, for they know not what they
do" Second Word: Verify. Thou
today shalt be with me in Para
disc. Amen, so l tell Thee" Third
Word: woman, Behold Thy Son.
Fourth Word: 20 Father why Hast
Thou forsaken Me-" Fifth Word
81 thirst" Sixth Word; Father
into Thy keeping I commend my
Soul" Seventh Word: Once more
spoke Jesus, crying with a louC
voice, "It is finished"
The Introduction to the Cantats
is a soprano solo, "All Ye People
Travelling on Life's Highway
which will be sung by Mrs. Franl
Yon. soprano sOloist of Avenue
Choir.
The cantata closes with a pray
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Milford chronicle., 1952-03-21
Easter Seal Campaign
Now Officially Open
Large Group Were Taken On Tour
Monday OF This Week

Clergymen of all denominations
from SeafOrd and several sur
rounding Delaware communities
visited the DUPONT COmpany's Sea-
ford NylOn Plant on Monday,
March II, 1852. The purpose of
this visit was to attend a One-day
International meeting on how the
SeafOrd Plant operates.
The days program began with a
tour of the plant. This was follow
ed by luncheon in the Cafeteria
The visiting ministers had the Op-
portunity to make first-hand OBJ
servatiOns of the manufacture OF
nylon, working conditions and the
plants facilities.
Afterwards, an international con
ference was held in which indus
trial relations plans and policies
plant detectives, job and promo
tiOnal opportunities and Othel
phases of industrial work typica
to nylOn were explained. The visi
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Milford chronicle., 1952-03-21
Junior Basketball
Play Ends Tomorrow
Chamber OF Commerce Team Has
Best Record For Tournament
Ar Force Photo.

The Junior Basketball Program,
sponsored by M. Y. r. A., goes out
with a bang this Saturday morn
ing. Starting promptly at $500 a. m,
the Lions and Calvary teams of the
sixth grade, square off against
each other to decide the League
Champion. Each team has lost
once-tO each Other-and Satur-
days tussel promises to be one OF
the best all year. If there is a fav-
orite team among this duo, it will
probably be the Calvary Five,
due to the heighth advantage OF
Steiner and Hoyt. To Offset this the
Lions offer the speed and accuracy
of Sheaffer and Hastings.
Last Saturday the c. of c.
(eighth) and Episcopal (seventh)
won the League Championships.
Lions and Calvary (sixth) tied.
Play begins at 8 a. m, this week.
Team whipped Team l and
Team 2 nOsed Team 3 in Girls
Play. NJ. Y. r. A. All-Star 8th
Graders meet Greenwood 8th at
IL a. m. this Saturday.
Ted Pyne's Episcopal Quint
made a clean sweep of the 18th
grade League. lOOsing not a game
and completely Outclassing the
field. This team deserves great
credit for it's development as a
team and as individual players
What they have lacked in heighth
they have made up with speed
shooting bility, aggressivenes'
and knOw-hOw.
For a while It looked like Wal
Hoy't c. of c. Eighth Graders
would sweep their league. but thu
Presbyterian Five came alOnl
strong in the last half of the cam
paign to put a scare into the bis
boys that eventually won. Thu
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Milford chronicle., 1952-03-21
Gospel Singers At
Houston, March %
Crlsfeld, Nd, Group Will Sing On
Charge Saturday And Sunday

Houston Methodist Church will
have the pleasure of hearing the
outstanding and foremost Gospel
Singers OF the Delmarva Peninsula,
Frances and Beldin Sterling of
Crisfield, Maryland, Saturday eve
ming, March 22nd, and Sunday
morning and evening. March 23rd,
and at the Williamsville Methodist
Church Sunday afternoon, March
23rd, at 2:OO-4:OO p. m. The Satur-
day evening service will begin at
1880 p. m, with the pastor Of the
Church in charge. On Sunday
morning, the Sterlings will sing
several selections during the WOr-
ship Service, and in the evening,
beginning at 1880 p. m. The service
will be evangelistic and Mr.. and
Mrs. Sterling will be in charge,
singing a number of selections. The
guest speaker for this evening ser
vice will be Mr.. Donald G. Dukes of
Laurel, Delaware. Don't miss this
once in a lifetime to hear these
famous Gospel Singers.
Milford chronicle., 1952-03-21
Kent Scouters To
Hold Annual Meeting
Annual Affair To Be Held Here
On April 3rd

Mr.. Ellis LeCrone, the Dover
District chairman for the Boy
Scouts OF America, has announced
the Annual Dinner Meeting of the
Dover District of the Del-Mar-Va
Council will be held on Thursday
evening, April third, in the Social
Hall of the Avenue Methodist
Church Of Milford. The Dover Dis
trict includes all of Kent County
and New Castle County 70 the Del
aware-C Chesapeake Canal.
Mr.. John Parks of Harrington,
who has been appointed the Dis
trict Dinner Chairman, has report
ed the Dinner will be served at
6:45 p. m. ScOutmasters. Cubmas-
ters, their assistants, committee
men, parents, and all others inter-
ested in Scouting will particiDate.
The various service ORGANIZATIONS
are being urged to ioip with the
scOuters as many Of these clubs
are sponsors of troops, packs, or
posts.
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Milford chronicle., 1952-03-21
POrtunIty
Days Will Be
Observed Here
Next Weekend
Merchants Are Planning
To Offer Fine Selection
OF Seasonal Merchan-
disc At Greatly Reduc-
ed Prices.

According to latest reports from
the Merchantile Division of the Mil
ford Chamber of Commerce, plans
are being whipped into shape for
the March observance of "OppOr-
tunity Days, the bargain festival
which is held the last Friday and
Saturday in each month by the
progressive merchants of Milford.
The date of the days" is Friday,
March 2Sth, and Saturday, March
18th.
The next issue of the Milford
Chronicle will devote a section to
the advertisements on "OppOrtuni-
ty Days" and persons who are in
terested in obtaining fresh season.
al merchandise at savings, will do
themselves a service if they will
carefully read these advertise
ments.
Harold Wall, president of the
Milford Chamber of Commerce,
sponsors of the sales fete, has an
nOunced that arrangements have
been completed with the proper
municipal authorities to have the
Opportunity. Days" banner placed
across the middle of Walnut Street
and window stickers will be given
to all cooperating stores. 1t is the
hope of the committee and presi-
dent, Mr. Wall. that many more
of the merchants will avail them
selves Of the opportunity to par
ticipate in the bargain carnival
and will select leaders, which they
will advertise in the section reserv-
ed for the Opportunity Days" ad
vertisements. Last month, nearly
twenty merchants participated in
the "Fete". It is the hope of the
committee and the president that
twice as many will join in the
'Fete" this month.
Those who have cOOperated in
the past know that business is not
only nOticeably stimulated during
the "Sales Fete". but much good
viii is built with the shoppers, who
know that the cooperating stores
are making an honest effort to
share their. profits with them on
those days.
Milford chronicle., 1952-03-21
Century Club
Ladies Enjoyed
Tea Monday
Membership Entertained
By Their President,
Mrs. Philip r. Jacobs;
Gifts Were Presented.

The members of the Milford
New Century Club were guests of
their president, Mrs. Philip r.
Jacobs, at a day dubbed "The Pres
ident's Tea. 1t was a very happy
afternoon for all. The usual rOu-
tine opening Of the club with Col
lect, pledge of allegiance to the flag
and minutes were observed and
preceded the program. Mrs. Elton
L. Lynch presented Mrs. Jacobs
with a purple orchid, as a gift
from the club. Mrs. ]. S. Willis
then presented a comedy playlette,
the situation of which increased
the merriment of the audience as
it progressed. 1t was titled, Come
In, Mrs. Smith. Those taking part
were Mrs. John E. Burris, Mrs.
Mortimer Whitehead, Mrs. Frank
R. Grier, Mrs. Lynch, Mrs. James
HOman, Mrs. Robert Rudolph and
Mrs. E. Roscoe Galloway. This was
followed by a song, Galway Bay.
and sung by Paul Lynch, accOmpa-
MED by Mrs. Rudolph. Then came
the tea, served at a table presided
over by Mrs. ]. Lynn Pratt. The
table and it's flowers and appoint
ments were in keeping with st.
Patrick's Day. Spring flowers, sill
yer service, green cloth and tall
green tapers were used. Mrs.
Duane Lynn arranged the art cor
ner for the meeting, using some
old china and daguerreOtypes. Mrs.
Willis, Mrs. Joseph J. Pearce and
Mrs. M. Faswell Pierce, it was an
nOunced, were the nominating
committee for officers for the COM
ing twO-year term.
Next week will be Legislation
Day. Mrs. Walter X. Barrett has
arranged an interesting program.
Mrs! Peter Whaley, State president,
will speak and Mrs. Joseph Ennis,
Kent County vice president, with
all of the legislative chairmen of
Kent County will be present. A
speaker from Wilmington will give
short talk on the subject of the
meeting. A chorus from the WyOm-
ing Round Table Club will provide
the music for the program. 1t is a
guest day and refreshments will be
served.
Milford chronicle., 1952-03-21
New City Hall Is
Object Of Survey
Plot Purchased Next To City Pro-
perty On n. Z. Front Street

Preliminary surveys have been
ordered by city council for the
of a new city hall and
public rest rooms.
AS a preliminary step, the plot
of ground which adjoins the city
parking lot, and which belonged to
the estate of Louder N. Hearn, has
been purchased by the city from
the Milford Trust Company, trus-
tees for the estate.
Canal Would Be Filled
Between the tracts now owned
by Milford for parking lots is an
old canal that years ago was utiliz-
ed by large vessels as a place in
which they could turn.
The canal will be filled, Joining
both parking lots which space will
be modernized for parking cars. On
the parking lot is a service station.
Notice has been given to move this
station by July 1st.
This will give Milford one of the
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Milford chronicle., 1952-03-21
New York Concern
VIII Locate Plant
Here about May l
Pay Roll OF Approx
ateIy S225,OOO Pev
Year Is Secured By The
Efforts Of The Milford
G. OF c.; Papers Are
Signed.

Final arrangements we're COM
pleted Tuesday morning of this
week, which assures a new indus
try for Milford with an annual
payroll of approximately $225,000,
according to the Delaware State
Development Department, and the
Milford Chamber of Commerce.
Lady Linda Covers, Inc, complet-
ed negotiations to lease the Milford
Roller Rink through Harvey G.
Marvel, Milford real estate broker.
The building is owned by Charles
S. Ingram. According to Col G. B.
Shaffer, Development Department
Industrial Chief, Robert H. Yerkes,
secretary of the Milford Chamber
of Commerce and Harvey G. Mar
vel, chairman of the Industrial
Committee of the Chamber of Com
merce, contracts were signed in
the office of Tunnel and TunnelL
in Georgetown.
The firm will manufacture slip
covers and expects to employ near
ly 100 sewers as soon as machinery
can be moved and placed in posi-
tion.
Officers of the organization are
Harry Swartzman, president, in
charge of sales, who maintains an
office at 39S Broadway, New York,
and Daniel Friedman, vice presi-
dent and secretary, who will be in
charge of production in Milford.
Mr.. Friedman expects to move
here shortly with his wife and
four children, he said today.
Lady Linda Covers, Inc, has
4 been in operation in Freeport, Long
Island, for more than five years
Since the organization was formed
the plant has been expanded
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Milford chronicle., 1952-03-21
Delaware Park Meet
Will Open May 29
Increased Stake Program Will BE
Richest In It's History

With the $4,000 added New
Castle Handicap heading the rOs-
ter, Delaware Parks increased
stake program for it's coming
meeting will be the richest in it's
history, Racing Secretary ]. Gill
bert Haus announced today follow
ing consultations with President
Donald p. Ross and Vice-President
and General Manager, Bryan Field.
For the meeting opening May %
and running SO consecutive days
until July 5, there will be $240,00O
in added money for the ID stakes.
Once again, more than $1,OOO,OOO
will go to horsemsn in combined
stake and purse money. This will
mark the fourteenth year without
a break that Delaware Park has
continued to increase its stake pro-
gram.
Delaware's two early closing
stakes, the Leonard Richards, ex
clusively for three-year-olds, and
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Milford chronicle., 1952-03-21
Special Singers At
St. Paul's, March %
Program Being Sponsored by The
Methodist Youth Fellowship

Each and everyone is cordially
invited to visit the st. Paul MethO-
dist Church, Milford, Delaware, on
Friday evening, March 2Sth, at
p. m, when the Chorus of the
w. c. Jason Comprehensive High
School of Georgetown, consisting
of sixty mixed voices, under the di-
rection of Mr.. William Bowie, shall
present one of it's many Concerts
of beautiful and appreciated music.
Some of the selections are: Ave
Verum"; "Oh, Lord, Cry To
Thee; "LO, How A Rose; "I'll
Never Turn Back; Pilgrims
Chorus, and others.
This most interesting Concert is
sponsored by the Methodist Youth
Fellowship of st. Paul. Admission,
adults, so cents; children, 25 cents
at the door. Tickets may be pur-
chased from any M. Y. F. mem
Der and advisors.
Milford chronicle., 1952-03-21
Sussex Jurors Are
Drawn For April
Six MilfOrdians Among Those Se-
lected From First District

The Jury Commissioners for
Sussex County have drawn the
Petit Jurors and Additional Petit
Jurors for the April Term of Su-
periOr Court.
Petit Jurors drawn are as fol-
lows: District No. /: Eldredge
Prettyman, Cornelius Stevenson,
Mrs. Louise Emory, Harry MulhOl-
land, Jr. District No 2: Mrs. Bes-
sic Baker, Harry Speicher, Roland
S. Elliott, Mrs. Virgie P. Culver.
District No. 8: Randall LarrimOre,
Leslie Bowles, Franklin O'Bier,
Sara Ann Fleetwood. District No.
4: Ira l.. Adams, Ebe T. Layton,
Harvey d. Kitchens; District No.
5: Fora Riggin, Leonard G. Rayne,
May B. Kenney, Ralph Good. Dis
trict No. 6: John F. McCabe, Kath-
crime Cannon, ollie Murray, Harley
B. Mitchell, District No. z: Grace
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Milford chronicle., 1952-03-21

maximum rent on his home, apart
ment, room or trailer may obtain
this information by making a per-
sOnal call to the local office of
rent stabilizatiOn.
A landlord, for example, may
have charged $25.OO per month rent
for a single (detached) house with
out bath on August 1, 1850 and then
installed a bathroom at a cost Of
SSOO.0O in January, 1862. In that
case the legal maximum rent for
this dwelling unit is $500 per
mont. although the landlord
should Immediately contact the To-
cal rent office upon completion Of
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.3,OOOyOOO Vehicles
Haze Crossed Bridge
Number Recorded Just Be-
fore Seven Months Of
Operation Expired

The Delaware Memorial Bridge
seven months of opera
ton on Sunday, and just nine
hours before the seventh month ex-
pired the S,OO0,00Oth vehicle trav-
eled across the span, according to
Manager G. Lester Daniels,
Mrs. Martin j. Synnott, 65 I'm
ion Street, Montclair, New Jersey,
operated the three millionth car.
She was driving from Atlantic
City to Wilmington to visit the
family of Mr.. and Mrs. John r.
Griggs. Mrs. Griggs is her daugh-
ter.
Daniels said today that total
revenue from the bridge during the
first seven months of operation
amounted to $2,622, ,456.S0. Average
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thesises at graduation time.
AS an indication OF the volume
of requests, Frederick said that on
two recent successive days a total
Of 257 requests we're resolved from
80 states, Hawaii and the District
Of Columbia. All of these are an
swered as quickly as possible with
the requested information.
There are times when we hear
people state that history and geo.
graphy are no longer taught in
our public schools as they we're
IN the ''Old days. but the evidence
IN each days mail. would prove
otherwise" Frederick declare d.
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Milford chronicle., 1952-03-21
Cracked Eggs Are A
$168,OOO Loss In Del,

Cracked eggs amount to a
$168,O00 loss in Delaware each
year." says w. T. McAllister, mar
keting specialist with the Della
ware Agricultural Extension Serv-
ice.
McAllister applied the results of
four year Ohio study on egg
breakage to Delaware conditions.
Eggs are broken every time
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Milford chronicle., 1952-03-21
so Greener Pastures
Program Is Planned

William r. Thompson, Lincoln.
was elected chairman of the farm
er advisory and planning commit
tee for Delaware's Greener Pas
lures Program, at recent meet
ing in Dover Thompson replaces
William Reynolds, of Middletown.
A new score card was approved
by the group. It provides a more
complete method of scoring, and a
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Milford chronicle., 1952-03-21
Kent Red Cross Drive
Is Seeking 81, ,OOOI
Five Community Chairmen|
Listed AS ROI Call
Is Begun

The annual Red Cross roll call
is getting into full swing in Area
5. comprising most of Kent Coun-
ty, Mrs. Charles r. Wilson, Dover,
campaign chairman for the area,
reported last Friday. A. X. Pfister,
Dover, is cO-chairman. The areas
quota is $1,000.
Chairmen appointed by Mrs. Will
son following her appointment as
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Milford chronicle., 1952-03-21
Navy Urgently Needs
Registered Nurses
New Program Now Open lnsures
Rapid Advancement

The Navy's urgent need for reg
istered nurses to be commission
ed in it's nurse corps continues, and
a new program has been opened
for recruitment of dietitians, ply
sical therapists, and OccupatiOnal
therapists for commissions, as
Waves, in its medical service corps.
This has been announced by Lieu
tenant Commander r. w. Weeks,
OfFicer-in-C Charge of Navy recruit
ing ih the Philadelphia district.
To become a Navy nurse. or an
officer of he medical service
corps, a woman must have reached
her 21st but not her 3Oth birthday.
EducatiOnally. TO become a nurse
she must be a registered nurse and
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Milford chronicle., 1952-03-21

sented Tuesday, Wednesday, Thurs-'
day and Friday afternoons.
Other features of the fair, some
times referred to as Americas
Largest Small-Town Fair, are
numerous.
Tuesday will be designated as
Children's Day, with free admis-
sion to all children of primary and
secondary school age. Children will
also have reduced admissions to
all shows and rides.
Thursday will be Governors Day.
Governor CaTvei and his Stan and
all members Of the Legislature will
be invited to attend. The livestock
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