Milford chronicle., 1953-02-20
Happenings Of Interest
Throughout Delaware

TURKEY SUPPER - There viii
be a turkey supper at the Mills
boro Fire Hall on February 26. hem
eft Of Gideonite Mems Bible class
OF the Grace Methodist Church. SER
wing begins at o. m. Children
75c' and adults, $3.50.
CANCER CLINIC ~ The state
Board of Health has announced maj
"a cancer detection clinic win be
held at the Health Unit in Smvrna
.on Tuesday, February "a, from 10
a. m, to noon, and 1 p. m. to 3 D. m.
The service is for women 25
years of age and over. Women wish
Ing appointments should call Smyr-
ma 3O91. The clinic was scheduled
by request.
HOLIDAY CLOSING-The office
of the Social Security Administra-
ton, in the Old Custom House. 9Th
and King Streets, Wilmington, Del
aware, will be closed on Monday.
February %, on account of WASH
ington's Birthday.
When a national holiday falls on
a Sunday, it is the practice of the
Federal offices to remain closed on
the following Monday.
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COP ELECTION-The ReDubli-
can Club of Frankford held its
election on February 18th. The fol-
lowing officers were elected: Pres
ident, Robert H. Elliott; vice pres
1dent, Manford Penuel; secretary
Mary H. Elliott; treasurer, Eliza
beth Truitt; Board Of Directors
Vernon Murray, Marcus Davis, Ed
ward Patterson, William P. Truitt
Sirman McAllister, Rollin Hudson
Jr., Mrs. Leroy Ryan. Mrs. Wallace
STruitt, Wallace Truitt and Walton
Johnson.
| SUSSEX COP WOMEN - The
next meeting of the Womens' Re.
publican Club of Sussex Count,
will be held on February 25, 1883
at the Republican Headquarters il
| Georgetown, Delaware, at 8 p. m
Come and bring the new members
The public is also invited.
Mr.. Andrew Christie, Director O.
the Legislative Reference Bureau
will be the speaker. His subjec
will be, Proposed Legislation O
the 117th General Assembly. Al
issues will be covered. Mrs. ". H
Reynolds, Jr., teacher in Seafort
Special School District, will alsC
speak. Her subject will be Teach
er Tenure.
/ MEDICAL AUXILIARY ,Tht
Sussex County Medical Society
Auxiliary held its monthly meetinl
at the home of Mrs. j. B. Homan
Milford, Thur sday, February 18th
Mrs. Charles M. Meyer, Laurel, pre-
sided. Other officers are Mrs. Johl
w. Armand, Georgetown, secretary
and Mrs. James Beebe, Jr., Lewes
! treasurer. The auxiliary recent,
presented $4,000 each to the Nanti
coke Memorial Hospital, Seaford
; the Milford Hospital, Milford, an,
the Beebe Hospital, Lewes. TIL
money is to be used for whateve
the hospitals need. Also, at Christ
mas-time, $40 was donated to tn
Delaware Colony at Stockley.
RECORD ATTENDANCE - Fo
the second year in row, crowd
of people have broken the atten
dance records at the University o
Delaware Farm and Home Week.
This years record attendanc
reached 1000 people for the fou
day session. Daily crowds number
ed from 300 to well over 500. Las
years total attendance was 1,144.
Good weather, top fight pro
gram, and expanded facilities mad
the record attendance possible
, Farm people and those interestet
in agriculture came from all @
/ Delaware, from New Jersey, Penn
sylvania, and Maryland. Man
. farm organizations or agriculture
classes attended in groups.
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DOGS-The dog population @
Delaware, exclusive of Wilmington
was approximately $4,000 or on
dog for each IA persons in tn
: state, the annual report of tn
State Board of Game and Fis
Commissioners, made public thi
week, disclosed.
> There was $27,814.70 received b
the state board for the SALE Of do
licenses in the fiscal year sndin
. June 30, 1852. The human pOpula
ton of the state, outside Whining
> ton, was 2O7,729 in 1850.
> The report shows that in the las
fiscal year there was a sharp in
! crease in the dog population, a
) the receipts for the previous f1scs
} year from sale of dog licenses weT
{ only $22,sSS.1O.
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FIREMEN'S CONVENTION-Det
q mite dates for the thirty-third al
!, nuaI convention of the DelawaI
i State Volunteer F1remen's AssC
r citation at Holloway Terrace will b
e Friday and Saturday, September
:, and IL, according to John V. Ryal
: IJr., chief of the fire company (
), that community which will be hos
Chief Ryan is the convention con
mittee chairman.
The convention will be elimaxe
/, with a parade at 4 p. m, on th
S closing day and invitations will
: extended to IS fire companies
+ this state, Delaware County, Pa
e and Salem County, N. J., to partic