Milford chronicle., 1955-06-17
Happenings Of Interest
Throughout Delaware

MEETING-The Millwood Church
Aid will meet in the Millwood
Community Hall on Friday evening,
June II, at 500 o'clock.
The committee. is composed or
Jehu Davis, Howard Warner and
Roland Davis.
VFW CARNIVAL - The Annual
Carnival, held each year at the Del
aware Colony, and sponsored by the
Ladies Auxiliaries of the V. +. W.,
was held June 4th. Blue Hen Aux
iliary No. 64S3 sponsored a booth
featuring pitch penny game. Pea
nuts and balloons were given as
prizes to more than $50 children.
Music and dancing were enjoyed by
all. Booths were sponsored by all
Auxiliaries in District No. 4 and
Milford. Those attending the Car.
nival from Milford were: Hilda
Cannon, general chairman; Geor-
gia Lynch, newly appointed chair
man; Audrey Savage, Gertrude
Carter, Virginia Quering, Helen
West, and Cootie Cannon.
FREAR-United States Senator
j. Allen Frear, Jr., crowned the
queen at the annual Masonic and
Eastern Star might of Thrills" last
Friday evening at Griffith Stadium
in Washington. The annual event
which regularly attracts thous-
ands of Washingtonians-is held
for the benefit of the Masonic and
Eastern Star Home for the aged
and infirmed. Clark Griffith, presi-
dent of the Washington baseball
club, was grand marshal of the
parade of fraternal, civic and mil
itary units. Senator Frear placed
the crown on the head of seventeen
year-old Joanna Lee Stewart of
Washington, who reignei over the
program. The might of Thrills"
is a major attraction of the Wash
| ington summer season.
| PLANS TRIP-Miss Anne Stew
art, Dean of Women at Wesley Jun
ior College, Dover, sailed on June
for a three-month study trip to
Italy, France and England. Miss
| Stewart will disembark at Cannes,
| France, and visit with a former
French colleague with whom she
taught in Philadelphia several
years ago, then spend few weeks
in Italy. principally Florence. From
Italy, she will go to England, where
her itinerary will include a short
course in English literature at OK
ford University and side trips to
the Shakespeare Festival at STRAIT
| ford-upon-Avon and the Edinburgh
Festival. She expects to feturn to
the United States on the S. S. Con-
etitution in the first week of Sep
tember.
SALT WATER FISHING - Salt
water fishing in the Delaware Bay
and River has been unusually good
| for the past two weeks with no let
up yet. Stormy weather may slow
up activities as the weekend ap-
proaches. Weather permitting.
| fishermen will catch plenty of
croakers as far up the river as
Delaware City. A hook and line
fisherman landed rs this week just
off Pea Patch Island, Delaware
City.
AT the Indian River Inlet blues,
founder, porgies and sea bass are
running.
Grabbing is very popular at
! Woodland Beach.
Crappies, bluegills and pickerel
are biting in Delaware's fresh-wa-
ter ponds.
SHORT COURSE-Kent County
All ers are now enrolling to attend
the State All Short Course held at
the University of Delaware, June
26-29 During these four days
Alters will attend project classes
in agriculture and home economics,
classes in leadership, recreation
training, radio, demonstrations and
entertaining Outstanding assem-
blies have been planned.
| Monday evening all Alters are
| invited to attend the skating party.
Tuesday evening will be the big
night with the State Dress Revue.
| talent show and the link ceremony
an impressive closing to the
event. The State Public Speaking
Contest will be held Wednesday
morning. Any 4-H"er IA years old
may attend Short Course. Send all
enrollments to your All Club
Agent, p. o. Building, Dover.
SEGREGATED REST ROOMS =
The Milford City Council has ap-
proved plans for a new city hall
which call for segregated rest
rooms.
The council Tuesday evening OF
this week voted approval, in their
entirety, of drawings submitted by
a special building committee OF
councilmen and others.
Council directed its secretary to
notify leaders of groups opposing
separate Negro and white facilities
of Tuesday nights decision. She
was also to inform the opposition
group that the building plans were
approved because the councilmer
believe the majority of the people
of Milford approve segregated
toilets
The big problem facing thel city
is to keep costs of the project
within the 100000 appropriation or
hand.
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