Milford chronicle., 1954-07-02
Happenings Of Interest
Throughout Delaware

j AUGUST DRAFT-The Dalaworo
draft call for August IS Ar Col
Harry B. Van Solver, state director
Of Selective Service, announced to-
day. y
The July call, previously an
nOunced, will be for SO. In lime
the state sent q men for induction
at the Schuykill Arsenal in Phila-
delphia.
BA CK FIRING-A backRring
wheat combine caused a $1,000 loss
Of the equipment, Tuesday on the
farm of Fred Oliphant at Hearns
Cross Roads, near Laurel. There
was no damage to the wheat field
but the equipment was not insured
This was one of two alarms an
sWered by the Laurel Volunteer
Fire Department, Tuesday. The
other was a woods blaze on the
property OF Kenneth Whaley on the
MillsbOro Road.
KIDDIES DAY-Kiddies Day will
be held July Ia at Wheeler's Park
with rain date of July q.
A committee from Chosen Friends
Lodge called on their sister lodge,
the Rebekahs, to help out this year.
They will take charge Of the re-
freshments and the IOOF Lodge
will handle the games.
The solicitors for the picnic have
started to contact the merchants for
their donations and the gifts will
be displayed.
PAGEANT-The young people of
the GumbOro Methodist Charge
will present 1.-THE Pageant of
America" in Bethel Methodist
Church near Gumboro, Sunday
night, July 4th. The service is
scheduled to begin at 1880. This
will be patriotic pageant with an
eVangelistic message. This page
ant Of America has never been
presented in the state of Delaware.
About % young people will have
speaking and singing parts in the
pageant. James F. Langrall, pastor.
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CAMP LANDIS-The two-week |
program for white blind women
got under way on Tuesday of this
week at Camp Lands, the summer
camp belonging to the Delaware
Commission for the Blind on Cen
ter Meeting Road, CenterVille.
Thirteen women from various |
parts Of the state arrived to par
ucipate. Entertainment will be pro-
vlded by civic organizations and
will include picnics, a boat ride on
the Wilson Line, and other forms
Of relaxation.
FOLLOWING the ladies, the next
group will be white blind men. and
then Negro women and Negro men
Mrs. Mary Forester, matron of
Inc camp for several years, con-
Llnues in that post, and will wei
come other entertainers and visi-
tors if called at Wilmington g.
present guests at the camp are.
Mrs. Clara B. Hastings of Seaford.
Mrs. Ella Garrison, Farmingto
Mrs. Betty Widdowson and Mrs
'arah SiDltzky of Harrington; Miss
1aYlnla Ford, Mrs. Mary Stevens
ma Mrs. Faith Noble from Smvr-
Ia; MISS Mildred Carey, Ocean
new; Miss Betty McCabe, Frank
ORD; Miss Mollie Donovan MIR
ora; Mrs. Ella Bradshaw. Dover.
ma Mrs. Daisy Burns and Mrs
little Frazier, Wilmington.
RELIGIOUS STUDY-The State
oard of Education has adopted >
esolution ruling against released
me from school for religious edu-
alton.
The basis of the stand takep
Y the board is the principle of !
eparation of church and state. q
'gether with the financial sun
ort given the schools by the
ate and the specific hours con-
a school day. :
The resolution adopted bv the =
)ard was announced recentlv nv .
r. George r. Miller, Jr.. state z
of public instruc- Il
on and secretary Of the board. It a
flows: n
The separation of church and 81
ate is a fundamental principle OF
emocratic government in the p
nited States which is repeated in g
e State Constitution. Article 10. L
action 3. 1897. D.
The administration of public edu- 81
.tion is a state function. Public Is
lucatiOn in Delaware has been u
ost generously supported by the o.
ate. A specific time, constituting g
school day, has been established a'
thin which children are to re- te
i've instruction"
ITO divert any part Of the funds 4
allocated or to use any portion g
the time so designated to the NJ
e of particular religious faiths re
Ould be, in the opinion of the CO
ate Board of Education, a VIOLA
IN Of the principle of the separa- ns
IN Of church and state" 50
The action of the board followed be
cent inquiries from Milford on m
G subject of released time. ne