Milford chronicle., 1952-02-29

district onlcerS and past, present,
and future members as guests.
Mrs. Grace Tate is in charge of
the afternoon program.
The members will attend the
services at st. Marks Episcopal
Church, MillsbOrO, on Sunday eve
ming.
FERRY TRANSFER - Transfer
of the Delaware-New Jersey Ferry
Company property to the State
Highway Department will be af-
fected today, Friday, February 29,
according to an announcement. by
Colonel William A. McWilliams,
director, Delaware Crossing Divi-
sion.
Meanwhile, display advertising
has been placed in newspapers of
leading cities throughout the ma
ton where water is still an effec-
! tive means of transportation, in
viting bids on the eight ferry boats,
a nOn-propelled iron derrick barge
and an auxiliary steel pile barge.
! CORN-Wm. H. Mitchell, Asst.
Extension AgrOnO4nist, will address
/ the members of the Milton D.PI.A.
Local on the subject of "Delaware's 8
100 Bushel Corn Club, at their
meeting on Monday, March 3rd.
The meeting, which will be held
IN the Milton High School, will
start at $500 pm. Edgar Rust Pres
ident of the Local, will preside.
J In addition to Mr.. Mitchell's ad-
dress, there will be a panel discus
sion on the subject How I Grew
100 Bushels in '51''. Members Of the
panel will include r. V. Stallerd, of
SeafOrd, and Arthur Cannon, of
Bridgeville.
The meeting is open to the public
and all farmers interested in grow
ing corn are invited to be present.
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SUMNER ACTIVITIES Officers
of the nine Sussex County Local of
the Delaware Poultry Improvement
Association will meet in the Agri-
cultural Center, Georgetown, to-
morrow, February 29th, at $500 pm
The purpose of the meeting, accord
ing to Earl Hawk, President of the
State Association, is to plan the sum.
mer activities of the organization
Activities that will be considered
by the group include participation
in the annual Delmarva Chicken
! Festival. Junior Chicken-of-TO -TOmor
row Contest, annual tour and {;
chicken barbecue.
Locals that will be Represented
include Laurel, SeafOrd, Bridge
ville-GreenwOod, Milford, Milton
Lewes. Georgetown. Millsboro an
FrankfOrd-Selbyville.
!. TOMATO GROWERS MEETINt
1 There will be a meeting for tC
?. matO growers or anyone else VIII
= is interested, in the Dublin Hi
. Community Hall, near BridgeVille
- on Tuesday, March 4, at s p. m
This meeting will be sponsored b.
= the Campbell Soup Company anC
the University of Delaware Agri
cultural Extension Service. There
will be refreshments and door
prize. There will be speakers from
both the University of Delaware
and Campbell Soups Agriculture
Research Department who will dis
cuss the latest developments and
methods in tomato growing. Open
to all persons interested. Donald
Hyland from the Delaware State
Employment Service will also be
there to talk on the labor situa-
ton.
SOUTHERN STATES-A region
al meeting of Southern States Co.
operative local Farm and Home Ad-
visory Committees will be held al
Dover, Delaware, in the Dinner Bel
Inn, on Monday, March 10, 1852, tC
outline and plan work during the
next year.
Approximately 25 women are ex
pected to attend the meeting.
Mrs. Sarah P. Ellis, Richmond
Virginia, Director of Women's Pro
grams for Southern States, will bC
in charge of the meeting.
Among the special guests invited
to attend the meeting are: Mrs
John S. Farrow. Home Demonstra
tion Agent, of Magnolia, Delaware
| Miss Margaret Webb, Asst. Home
Demonstration Agent, and Mrs
Edith NJ. Thomas, both of Dover
Delaware.
Farm Home Advisory Committees
! from the following communities
will attend: Dover, Milford, Clay
ton, MiddletOwn, and Harrington
Delaware.
ELECTED - William X. Patton
Chairman of the Board and Presi.
dent of the Farmers Bank of the
State of Delaware announces the
election of popular and Outstand-
ing Delawareans as members of the
Advisory Committee of the Fruit
Growers Office of the Farmers Bank
of the State of Delaware, in
Smyrna. These men are: Mr.. Robert
A. Mills, Mr.. J. Reynolds Pratt anC
Mr.. L. Sherman Webb.
Mr.. Robert w. Mills is the opera
tor of the Right Lumber Yard, in
Smyrna. Mr.. Mills was born ir
Hebron, Maryland, and graduate
of the Blue Ridge College in New
Windsor, Maryland. He has been q
resident of Smyrna for Is years and
a member of the Smyrna Lions Clut
and other community organizations
Mr.. J. Reynolds Pratt was born