Milford chronicle., 1955-05-27
Happenings of Interest
Throughout Delaware
BEEKEEPERS CONFERENCE

BEEKEEPERS CONFERENCE =
The Eastern States Beekeepers Con-
ference will be held at University
of Maryland, College Park, Md.
June IL and IS. Any local beekeep-
ers wishing to attend may obtain
information from Mr.. Carl Colell
who advises that advance reserva-
tions are necessary for overnight
attendance.
SUSSEX LEGION Sussex
Post, No. s, American Legion, and
its auxiliary, will attend Grace
Methodist Church together on Sun
day at IL a. m, for special Memo
rial Day services. They will also
attend in body the Monday morn
ing ceremony at the courthouse.
James Hastings, commander OF
the post, has tickets for Veterans
Day at Delaware Park, Saturday.
NO FIRING - Colonel S. B. How
ard, Post Commander, Fort Miles,
Delaware, announced that no firing
will be conducted at the Bethany
Beach or the Fort Miles Anti-Air-
craft Artillery Range AREAS /, 2
and 2A), during the month of June
1855. Firing will be scheduled for
the month of July. Dates will be
announced at later date. This is
published for the information of all
concerned.
ST. YOUNGSTOWN - Rev. Park
w. Huntington, DID,, will be the
Guest Speaker at the Annual Me-
mortal Day observance at st. Johns
town Church, one mile east OF
Greenwood, Sunday afternoon, May
29th, at two-thirty.
A special program is being pre-
pared. Greenwood Memorial Post
No. 746S, Veterans of Foreign Wars.
will attend in a body and take part
in the ceremonies both in the
church and in the cemetery.
The ceremonies will be concluded
in the cemetery by firing salutes
and the sounding Of taps.
ALUMNAE DINNER - Ticket
committee has been announced for
the 26th annual Alumni Association
dinner to be held this evening.
Friday, May 27, in the Georgetown
school cafeteria.
Mrs. Mary Carmean is chairman.
with the members as follows: Mrs.
Aleine Short, Georgetown Trust
Company; Mrs. Esther Hudson.
Farmers Bank: Mrs. Jessie Lawson.
Harbeson; Miss Jane Foskey, Jose
ph Braunfeld, Benton Carlisle and
Earl Pepper.
Speaker for the dinner will be
Dean William o. Penrose of the
University of Delaware. Christian
E. Mack is president of the asso-
citation and Lester Pittard will be
POSTMASTER.
WILL GRADUATION wednes-
day, June /, John G.. McInerney, a
former graduate of Milford High
School, class of 1851. now of Re-
hoboth, will be graduated at Mount
Saint Mary's College at Emmits-
burg, Md. 4.-. .......
His choice of studies has result
ed in his receiving the degree of
Bachelor of Science. John is mo-
mentarily expecting acceptance in
to the officer Candidate School OF
the United States Navy at Newport.
Rhode Island.
A well known figure around Re-
hoboth for the past five years, John
is best known perhaps for his work
on the Rehoboth Beach Patrol.
where he served as lieutenant for
the past two years and in all six
years on the Rehoboth Beach Pa
troll.
FISHING INCREASING-Fishing
activities have picked up this week
in the Delaware Bay and Ocean
off from Lewes. Boats radioed to
shore at the time of this writing
that they were landing sea bass.
Fishermen at the Indian River
Bay and Inlet may expect founder.
Party boats going out from
Bowers this weekend will come
home with trout and hard-heads.
A party from Chester. Pa, fishing
the Bay from Kits Hummock in
small skiff landed 100 croakers
and lard can of trout one day
this week.
Bluegill. crappie and pickerel are
biting in Delaware lakes and ponds.
Fresh water fishermen can OBJ
tain maps showing the location of
fishing ponds by writing to the
Delaware Game and Fish Commits
sion at Dover Delaware.
10TH POLIO CASE - Delaware's
tenth polio case this year was re-
ported last Friday by Dr.. Charles
III. Benning, Wilmington city health
commissioner.
Under the health departments
policy of Withholding the names
of all polio victims. the case was
described as n white. female child.
resident of Wilmington"
The child was admitted to the
Doris Memorial unit of Wilmington
General Hospital on Wedneday. She
has the paralytic form of polio. Her
condition is fair.
DR.. Benning said the child had
the required three shots of Salk
vaccine last year in the vaccine's
nationwide test.
Five of the 10 polio cases are
still under treatment at Doris Me-
mortal. Besides the new case there
are two from Sussex County and
two from rural New Castle County.
TO PRESENT AWARDS-Callo-