Milford chronicle., 1955-11-18
Happenings of Interest
Throughout Deldwdre

OLD DOVER SPEAKER - The
speaker for the November meeting
Of the Friends Of Old Dover will be
Mr.. Dean A. Fales, Jr., Registrar
Of the Henry Francis dupont VIM
terthur Museum. The meeting IS
to be held on Friday, November
18th, at 500 p. m, Ia the State
Museum Building No I, at GIG
South Governors Avenue. in Dover.
The public is invited Mr.. Fades will
speak on the subject OF American
Antiques and viii illustrate his
talk with cOlOred slides from the
famed Winterthur Museum collec-
ton.
MORE WILLS II woodrow VIII
son Morgan. register Of wills. said
this week that there has been a
noticeable increase in the number
of Sussex County persons leaving
wills when they died.
This change has been gradual
during the fiveyears he has been
in Office, he said, until now by far
the majority Of deceased have made
out wills rather than leaving the
disposition Of their estates to the
court.
Most Of the Wills are simple and
brief and have been fled in some
safe place such as a bank or an at
t0rney's Office.
WILSON TOURS - Elwo0d viii
son, director of the new prison set
up which win absorb Sussex COun-
ty Prison as part Of the state sys-
tenn on July 1, made an Official
tour Of inspection Of the counts.
prison on Wednesday, November g.
He was accompanied by the mem
bers Of the new prison board and
had luncheon before the inspection
with members Of the Levy Court.
including Levi S, Warrington, Sea-
ford, president, Victor r. Adams
and Clarence Lingo and the COM
missioner's secretary, Miss Mary
Prettyman, at Hickman's Restaur-
ant in Millsboro.
SANATORTUIT REPORT - 1T
the monthly meeting Of the sana-
tOrium committee Of the Emily P.
Bissell Sanatorium, the following
statistics were reported for the
month Of October, 1865. The Sana-
torium gave 5255 number OF pa
tient days with the total hospital
cost Of $58s361, the cost per pa
tent day being S1L13. The total
Of meals served was 81, 1,555
at a total dietary cost of s14.18I
or S.66 per meal
The average number Of patients
for the month Of October was 1863,
with 112 from New Castle County,
"A from Kent County, and 81 from
Sussex County.
DAGSBORO c. OF C. 81 Meeting
to formally organize a Chamber OF
Commerce at DagsbOrO was post
poned from Monday night the date
set, until a later date
not yet determined, when an out
side speaker will outline the work
ings of the organization
AT a preliminary meeting in the
fire house, Joseph KOlfock was
chosen temporary president with
the following other temporary Off
GERS: Russell Brittingham, vice
president; Milton Esham, secretary;
Gordon Heathman, Arthur Asper
and Russell Frey directors.
Gordon Heathman presided dur
ng the election Of officers.
CRIPPLED KIDDEES CLINICS
in the schedule for Kent
County Crippled Children's Clinics
have been announced by DR.. Jack
SablOff, Director Of Crippled Chill
lren's Services for the State Board
If Health.
Effective in December, the Mil
'ord Crippled Children's Clinic VIII
De held every other month and a
second Dover Crippled Children's
Clinic viii be held in its place in
be intervening alternate months.
As q result of this change the sched-
lie viii be as follows; Dover elm
cs are scheduled for the first Tues
lay of December 1855, February,
ADrii, June, October and December
1856. Milford clinics are scheduled
or the first Tuesday Of january,
March, May, July, September and
November 1856 Dover clinics are
ilso scheduled for the third Tues
lay Of each month, with the excep-
ion Of August. There will be no
Children's Clinics sched-