Milford chronicle., 1955-03-04
Happenings of Interest
Throughout Delaware

APPLES - The figure for apple
production in Delaware during 1854
will be about 100000 bushels high
er than in the previous year. it
was learned this week, as the 1854
annual report Of the Delaware State
Apple Commission was released by
William H. Richter, chairman.
Mr.. Richter explained that the
1854 production figure is not COM
plete as yet, but that it will repre-
sent a substantial increase over
1853. Production in 1853, the report
states, was 109,017.
TRAINING SCHOOL - The
Quick and Easy Breads" training
school for the Sussex County
Home Demonstration Clubs was
held recently in Jones Memorial
Hall, in Georgetown, with "a clubs
represented
Mrs. Polly Hanson, home ecOnO-
mist for the Delaware Power and
Light Company, and Mrs. Nancy
Ratliff Shelton, Sussex Home Dem
Onstration agent, traced the history
of bread, demonstrated a basic roll
recipe and from there gave a DEM
OnstratiOn for making variations Of
rolls in different shapes.
SUSSEX B. p. w. - The Sussex
County Business and Professional
WOmen's Club will have its March
dinner Meeting in the home of Mrs.
Harvey Warrington. on the George
;Own-Bridgeville highway, near
| Georgetown.
It will begin with & covered dish
dinner at 6:45 D. m. on Wednesday.
March 9Th. Presiding will be Miss
Clara SammOns. acting president,
who succeeds Miss Grace Sharp,
who resigned q short time ago to
enter training for a nurse.
The program will be in charge
Of Mrs. Helen RenerOw, chairman
of the Public Affairs committee.
ORATORICAL CONTEST - The
Sussex County Oratorical contest
! sponsored annually by the Depart
ment of Delaware, American Le-
giOn, will be held in the auditorium
of the RehOboth High School on
Saturday, March II, beginning at 1
p. m.
DR.. Joseph A. Vansant, superin-
tendent of the Rehoboth School, is
in charge of arrangements for the
program. Paul r. Hadley of RehO-
both Beach, chaplain of the Depart
ment of Delaware, who has been
conducting public speaking classes
under the LegiOn's auspices at Re-
hoboth and in Georgetown, is gem
eral chairman.
He is lining up contestants from
a number Of the Sussex County
schools, both girls and boys. The
winner of the Sussex forensic bout
for young orators will compete in
the state contest to be held in the
Warner Junior High School, Will
mington, on Tuesday, March Is.
CLINICS - March z, 1855: Well
Child Conference, Dover, Health
Unit, Ala S. State Street, 1870 p. m.
Call Dover 5711, Ext. 10, for ap-
pOintments.
March 8, 1856: Venereal Disease
Clinic, Dover, Health Unit. Ala S.
State Street, 300 p. m. Venereal
Disease Clinic, Milford. Shore Thea
ter Building, 1870 a. m.-12:3O D. m.
March 10, 1855: Well Child Con-
ference (W), Milford, Health Unit.
Shore Theater Building, 100 D. m.
Cancer Detection Center, Dover,
Kent County Health Unit, Ala S.
State Street, 9:45-11:45 a. m. and
! l2;45-2:45 p. m. For women 25
years of age and over. Call Dover
1922 for appointments.
March II, 1855: Chest Clinic,
Milford. Health Unit, Shore Thea
ter Building, 10000 a. m. and 100
p. m.
March II, Is, 10: Chest X-Ray.
Bradford and LOockerman Streets,
Dover.
March IS: Chest x-Ray A & P
Store, Dover.
WELFARE BUILDING - The
Building and Property Committee
of the State Board of Public Wei
fare has approved plans for a
building to be constructed near
Georgetown to house the Boards
Sussex County Offices, it was an
nounced today by j. Henry Topkis,
committee chairman.
Located southwest of George
own. at the intersection of Routes
113 anG 431, the building will be Of
One-story. brick construction, de-
signed for efficiency and to elimin-
ate OvercroWding of employees
along with decent and ample receD-
ton and interviewing facilities.
Emphasizing that better services
for the welfare of children and the
county's needy are the goals of the
board, the announcement stated
that the building on West Market
Street in Georgetown now rented
by the board hampers the work of
/ the employees because Of its small
size and poor layout and construc-
lion.
Wo1elSyao.