Milford chronicle., 1956-10-19
GEORGETOWN

. Officers of the Georgetown Ele-
mentary School Student Council
have been elected as follows:
Carol Short. president; Josie
Richardson, vice president; Kathy
Eckstorm, secretary and Janet
Lloyd, treasurer.
These officers are from the sixth
grade and were elected by the
members of the third, fourth, fifth
and sixth grades.
4iEach room in these grades will
elect two Representatives to serve
on the student council.
= Mrs. Mary Frances Barney, Sus-
sex County Civil Defense director,
on her return from the u. 5. CD
Council conference at Atlanta, Ga,
said that she devoted an address
Which she made entirely to the ac-
eDmplishments of the women of
Sussex County.
u Her topic was "WOmen'S ActiVi-
tIes in CD" and she said she
thought it was more instructive
to detail specific activities of her
home county rather than go into
generalizatiOns.
q Among other things, she told of
the cooperation of the "a home
demonstration clubs of the county
and of other women's groups in
Guiding the New Century Clubs. the
apxiliaries to the VF'W and Ameri-
can Legion and the fire auxiliaries.
She told the conference that she
nPver adressed a women's group
nnless she had at hand specific jobs
Which they could do for CD.
Mrs. Barney has mailed checks
% the Rehoboth Beach and Laurel
Fire Companies for the Federal CD
matching funds for which they have
qualified in installing radio COM
munication equipment for CD use.
Rehoboth Beach will receive 234.40
for one mobile unit and Laurel,
571.43 for two units.
A CD display from the point of
view of industry is being set up at
the DUPONT Nylon plant at Seaford.
Ralph Good, CD director for Del
mar, has secured 1000 pieces of
CD literature to distribute to the
families of that town during the
CD civic survey there. The Delmar
New Century Club will conduct the
survey.
Interested persons from all Sec
tions of Sussex County f1ocked to
the Georgetown High School audi
torium last Wednesday night for
the largest and most spirited BIZ
partisan political mass meeting
held thus far i'll the campaign in
Delaware.
The forum was sponsored by the
Sussex County Home Demonstra-
ton Clubs as a civic service and
there were 35 candidates from both
parties on the platform.
Those unable TO attend, such as
Dale Wheatley, Republican candi-
date for state auditor, sent specific
messages of regret.
Each candidate was allowed the
same period of time to plead his
cause, with Gov. J. Caleb Boggs,
Republican and ]. II. Tyler Nc
Connell, Democrat. starting the for
NAL program pitted against each
other in the arguments for their
candidates. for governor.
The brief speeches, with each
candidate lined up against his
immediate opponent, went from
governor on down the list to the
localized contests for representatives.
to the General Assembly. The larg-
est number of absences were in
this representative classification
where several Candidates were at
tending local rallies. Both Harvey
j. Spicer. Republican and Warren
HolsOn. Democrat, were present to
set forth their sides i'm the ninth
district contest.
Mrs. Mabel +. Givens, citizenship
chairman of the county home
demonstration clubs. who arranged
the forum, presided DR.. Elizabeth
F. Phillips gave the invocation and
Commander Joseph Littleton Of
Sussex Post, No. S, American Le-
gion, led the salute to the flag.
William Penn Frank, Wilmington
Morning News COlumnist, was mod
orator and introduced the speakers.
The question period that followed
the formal program was unex-
pectedly spirited. Members of the
audience uueried the candidates
on several live subjects. includin0
the magistrate system and states
rights.
Mrs. Givans pvnlained her pur-
pose in promoting tho forum and
said that now that those present