Milford chronicle., 1955-02-04

operation. Radio Station WJWL
was also praised for line cooper
alton during the past year, not
only for work during alerts but
for the Red Cross Radio Fund Day
program staged the first Sunday
of March 1854, resulting in about
81 .00G in pledges all of which were
paid except for $22.00.
Mrs. Peggy Walls Booth, Junior
Red Cross chairman reported all
schools in area enrolled 100 per-
cent; three girls from the George
town School and two from Milton
Junior Training Institute the first
School attended the Red Cross
Junior Training Institute the first
weekend Of last October
It was also reported that DR..
Elizabeth Phillips was named as
chairman of Volunteer Services in
Area s, in February of 1854 and
Mrs. WagamOn, Mrs. Audrey Por-
ter, and Samuel Shapiro, together
with Dr. Phillips, were named on
the Board of Directors.
Mrs. Barr announced that train
ing classes for Home Service per-
sonnel will begin in Georgetown,
on Wednesday, February 16. There
are already 10 persons enrolled
from Sussex County and there is a
great need for more volunteer
Home Service workers. The place
of meeting of the class will be
announced next week. The classes
will begin at z o'clock each evening
and run for three hours for con-
secutive weeks.
Present for the Board of Direc-
tors meeting were Mrs. Etheljean
Myers, of Wilmington, executive
secretary Of the Delaware Chapter,
/ American Red Cross, in Wilmington
and Mrs. John Brentlinger, vice
chairman of the Delaware Chapter
Mrs. Myers gave a brief talk on the
campaign. She stated that check
shows new cases have been added
to Home Service during each day
during the past year of 1854. Home
Service, according to Mrs. Myers
has increased in a greater degree
due to the $500 airmen and their
families at Dover Air Base and the
costs are rising day by day. II
has cost the Delaware Chapter, an
added $4,000 this year for Home
Service work. Mrs. Myers also an
nOunced that a Disaster Institute
for the state will be conducted by
the National Red Cross in April.
Mrs. Brentlinger brought greet
ings from the Delaware Chapter.
The next Board Of Directors
meeting will be held at the home
Of Mrs Barr on April IS.
The Georgetown New Century
Club will sponsor a six weeks
bridge tournament to be held in the
club rooms on Wednesday nights
every week, beginning at 500
o'clock. Mrs Robert A. Short,
ways and means chairman is il
charge Of arrangements. Those in.
terested in playing for the full
tournament may purchase tOurna
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on any one of the Wednesday
nights are also available Those
playing in the tournament will bt
permitted to send a substitute tt
play in any game they are com
PEELED to miss Proceeds will bt
applied to the club projects. TIL,
club rooms are being used in th'
afternoon of each of the days b,
the Ia NADIA School Of Dancing.
The covered dish luncheon ant
kitchen shower held last week pro
Vided a large number of articles
for the club kitchen. Mrs. Pau
Short, president, presided over
business session, in which she an
nounced the local club has re
ceiVed an invitation to attend tn
/ Frankford New Century Club for
Reciprocity meeting, March IA a
500 p. m. Mrs. Short was anon
the number of presidents of club
in the county who served at tn
tea table for the Silver Tea of tn
FrankfOrd Club, yesterday.