Milford chronicle., 1952-09-26
Happenings Of Interest
Throughout Delaware

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FIRING Anti-aircraft practice E
firing from the Bethany Beach
Range will be resumed october /.
The following schedule was an
nounced today by Colonel Riley r.
McGarraugh, Fort Miles Post Com |
Firing Area Restricted Area No. |
IA October 1-3; October Clio; Oc- |
tober 1917; October 2O-24, and Oc-
tober 27-31.
All firing will be conducted be-
tween the hours of IL a. m. and
6 p. m. (EST).
No firing is scheduled in Re-
stricted Area No. 1 (Fort Miles,
North Range during the month of
October.
CAMPUS SPEAKER - Miss FL
len Ganey, the executive secretary
of Trinity College Alumnae Asso-
citation, Washington, D. c., will ad-
dress more than go members Of the
University of Delaware Alumnae
Association at the Alumnae Lead
ers Workshop on the Newark cam
pus on Saturday, September q.
The workshop begins at 9:15 a.
IN. with registration in Warner
Hall. Mrs. Roger Thomas, presi-
dent of the University of Delaware
Alumnae Association will preside
at the workshop.
The group will also be address,
ed by Miss Besise B. Collins, the
new Dean of Women of the Uni
versity of Delaware.
PHONES - Albert E. Rose, dis
trict manager of the Diamond State
Telephone Company, said this week
that more than $4,000 telephones
are in use in Delaware, and that all
of them are dial operated.
Mr.. Rose addressed the lunch
con meeting of the wholesale sec
tiOn, Delaware Chamber of Com
merce, in the Hotel dupont, aWil-
mingtOn, where he reported that
Delaware was the first state in the
nation to achieve 100 per cent dial
operation.
Mr.. Rose said that in 1910, only
about four of 10 households in Del
aware had telephone service. To-
day, the company serves nearly
eight of 10, "and there is every rea-
son to believe that better than nine
of 10 families will ultimately be-
come telephone subscribers"
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J. P0LLUTI0N-At their Septem.
ber 10, 1852 meeting the members
of The Delaware Water Pollution
Commission elected Mr.. Wilson E
Campbell, DagsbOro, Chairman. Mr.
Campbell is the Sussex Count!
representative on the Commission
appointed by Governor Carvel. Tht
former chairman, Mr.. Lyman Cox
resigned from the Commission be
cause he moved to another state
Mr.. H. L. Jacobs, New Castl
County, representative, whom Gov
Carvel appointed to replace MI
Cox, was present for the first time
. The Commission also receive
: reports of the status of surveys {
Red Clay Creek, Brandywine Cree
, and the Delaware River.
The report of activities of tn
> Commission for the fiscal yea
, 1951-52 is ready for Distribute
. to newspapers, schools and Othe
interested organizations or indi
viduals.
RALLY-The Eighth District Re
publican Club of Sussex County j
. sponsoring a rally in the old Holly
mount schoolhOuse on Sept. 26, a
p. m, when the principal speak
ers will be U. S. Senator John j
Williams, candidate for recollection
and John w. Rollins, nominee 70
> lieutenant governor.
All Sussex County candidate
are expected to attend, and tn
public is invited. The Hollymoun
I schOolhouse is in the vicinity c
2 Angola and Fairmount, in easter
! Sussex County.
l The Eighth District Republica
Club was organized on Sept. 5 wit
the following officers: Everett
Warrington, president; Norma
D Burton, vice president; Ernes
r Hopkins, secretary, and Leste
: Burton, treasurer. Mrs. G. Y. PriC
: of Harbeson is publicity chairma
: assisted by Mrs. George Minner an
: Mrs. Ruth Steele.
: GRANGE WINNERS - The reg
: ional winners in the Nationa
= Oranges soil conservation rurs
' youth essay contest have been an
:" ANNOUNCED to the Delaware Stat
. Grange and from among them tn
. national winner will be selected.
= They are: John Peplin, Yves
" Falls, N. Y, Region /; Max Crun
= Evans, w. Va, Region 2; Evely
= lMcLoud, Cookeville, Tenn, Regio
: 3: Richard D. Arnold, Plainwel
I, Mich, Region 4; Mary Donaldson
- Denmark, Oregon, Region 5; Jel
ry w. CulHnson, Phoenix, Ari7
Region G.
The Delaware winners whose e.
1, says were entered in the regions
u contests were: Helen Samendinge
5. near Newark, a University Of Del;
e ware student, first; Ross Duke
e Laurel, a member of Broad Cree
4, Grange; second, and Marjorie JohI
n son, Smyrna. a member of ii
4. Smyrna Grange, third.
u YOUTH RALLY - The youI
l. !, people of Kent County will hay
- - an opportunity to meet young pc,
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