Milford chronicle., 1954-03-12

vile Gun Club is holding a blue
rock shoot on Saturday, March
18th, at / p. m. The shoot will
take place on the Dual Highway
grounds, 21a miles south of Bridge
vile.
OPEN HOUSE-The second
open House" at the Sussex County
Prison drew two hundred visitors
for a complete inspection tour of
the prison and a first hand look
at the improvements along with
first hand view of the work pro-
gram and other new features in
the prison.
Among the Friday night visitors
were President Judge Charles S.
Richards and Judge James B.
Carey, Associate Judge. The judges
were taken or an all-inclusive
tour by Lawrence Belts, Deputy
Worden
MASONS - The winter meeting
of the Kent and Sussex Scottish
Rite Club will be held in Olivet
Methodist Church, SeafOrd, tonight,
starting with dinner at Z o'clock.
The speaker will be George E.
! Vandegrift, Wilmington, active
member from Delaware in the Su-
preme Council, 33rd degree. An
cient Accepted Scottish Rite of
FreemasOnry for the Northern
Jurisdiction, and internationally
known Mason. His subject will be,
''MasOnry-HOme and Aboard.
Invited guests include the diVan
OF Nur Temple, Mystic Shrine.
HOME AND SCHOOL-The next
meeting of the Harrington Home
ard School Association will be held
Wednesday, March oath, instead of
the previously announced date.
This change has been made in order
to give the teachers the extra time
to complete report cards.
The Night of Games, sponsored
by the Harrington Home and School
Association last Saturday night en-
abled the newly formed Organiza-
ton to start a bank account and
to talk of holding another like pro-
grain. Proceeds will be used to
provide playground equipment for
pupils in the lower grades. An
prOximately One-half of the dis
tance to the goal has been covered.
! FUEL TAX-Motor fuel tax COL
lectiOns in Delaware during the
month of January showed a de-
crease in comparison with the
same month of last year, according
to a report compiled for Leroy F..
Hawke, Secretary of the State
Highway Department and Admin
istratOr of the Motor Fuel Tax
Division.
According to this report the re-
ceipts for motor fuel tax in Janu-
ary of this year were 5,262.2O
which was $16,146.82 less than the
receipts for January of 1853.
The decrease is attributed to the
snow storms during January of
this year which resulted in greatly
= reduced travel on the highways
for several days.
> The taxes collected in January
OF this year covered the. sale of
S,82S,1SO gallons of motor fuel
and this was 322.73S gallons less
than the amount sold in January
7 Of 1853.
COLLEGE PLAY-"The Imagin-
airy Invalid, by Moliere, a satire
on the medical profession, will be
presented by the Wesley Junior
College Players at the Grace Eel
lowship Hall of the Wesley Meth
odist Church, Friday.
, The cast includes: Ardin. How
ard POllit, Dover; TOrnette. Louis
Savage, Rehoboth: Angelique. wal
da Lou Reed, Millville, N. j.; Be
; line, Jean Neeley, Dover; Cleante,
: Ken Nash, Wilmington; Defoi, Da-
! Vld Allison, Bayside, L. l.; Thomas.
Herbert Yeager, Dover; Louise.
Edna Miller, Galena, Md; BeraldO,
Charles Davis, Wilmington; Flour
ante, Jack Whitehall, Reading. Pa. .
and as Purjon, Eusboro Dardet
Havana, Cuba.
Student director is Leonard Bill
ger Reading. Pa. Miss Virginia
Platz of the Wesley faculty will be
dance director for this production
; GUARD BATTALION-A com.
! mand inspection of the entire 945tt
Automatic Weapons Battalion.
: with batteries at Georgetown. Sea.
ford, Laurel ,and Dagsboro. wa,
conducted by Brig. Gen. John B
Moore of the 261st AAA Brigade
Delaware National Guard, Monda,
4 night.
1t was the first time since tn,
$ formation of the brigade that Ar
entire battalion was inspected tn,
e same night. At a critique which
= followed, General Moore said In,
e results of the inspection rated tn,
] battalion excellent. He also praised
J, the battalion commander, Mai
= Jerome d. Niles.
f The inspecting party, in addition
to General Moore, included: Col
t. Walter L. Tindall, executive Off
Ger; 1t. Col. Warren E. Perry
MaJs. John Ellis, Earl L. Matz
o and Carl Dawson, Capt. Everett
, KINNEY, 1t. Joseph Camperson
s and Warrant Officer Camron Sim
. pers.
A national guard conference,
will be held at the State House i,
Dover on Sunday, March 21st. Gen
eral Moore will preside. The groul
l, will discuss this years encamp
5, ment at Fort Miles and Bethan,
a Beach.
General Moore said groul
= conference would be held Monda,
night at tho State Ar,,,or,, =. 1S,.I