Milford chronicle., 1956-10-12
Happenings Of Interest
Throughout Delaware

SCOTTISH RITES - The fall
meeting of the Kent and Sussex
Scottish Rite Club will be held at
the Goshen-Grace Methodfst
Church, Milton, Friday, October
II, 1856, at 700 p. m, with James
b. Kilyington presiding. A roast
beef dinner viii be served.
There will be a speaker in addi-
ton to entertainment, arranged by
]. Henry Mcdonnell, and Masonic
Fellowship.
1O0TH ANNIVERSARY - The
one hundredth anniversary of the
Bretheren Methodist Church. Mag
nolia, will be observed Sunday. Oc-
tober IA. 1856, with services at
1900 a. N. and 200 D. m. The min
ister, the Rev. w. Leroy Jones.
will preach in the morning service
and the Rev. Walter L. Beckwith
of Smyrna, and former pastor of
the Magnolia Church, will preach
at the two o'clock service. The
Junior and Senior Choirs will rem
der special music at both services.
BOOK FAIR - Annual Book
Fair for the Georgetown area has
been set for Thursday, Friday and
Monday, November 1, and 5, in
the Georgetown School.
Fiction, non-fiction, biography.
autobiography and religious books
will be on display to meet the
reading interest of all age groups.
The Book Fair will be under the
sponsorship of the local Parent
Teacher Association, the town IL
brary and the school library.
Committee in charge consists of
Mrs. w. r. Ratledge, town librari-
an; Mrs. Dortha Cannon, school
librarian; Mrs. Caleb NJ. Wright.
Mrs. Harry B. Conoway and other
members of the P.T.A.
PATRIOTS MEETING - The
Delaware Chapter, Daughters of
Founders and Patriots of America,
will hold its fall meeting on Mon
day, October 22nd, at the Dinner
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1880 precedes the meeting. Mem
bers will be interested to note that
Miss Laura Clark Cook, National
president, will visit the chapter on
that day. This chapter recently re-
stored two much used items for the
Historical Society of Delaware. The
Richard Britton Manuscript Ac-
count Book, dated 1749 and the
Ferris Atlas of Wilmington, dated
1884 and 1885, have been restored
to use through the .lamination pro-
cess. Mrs. Robert E. Leonard,
president of the Delaware Chap
ter. will attend the National Board
meeting in Washington on Oclo-
ber 18th.
INVITED GUESTS - DR.. w. r
Teeter, State Veterinarian, and f
S. Biddle, Director of Laboratories
for the Department of Animal In,
dustry, State Board of Agriculture
were among those invited by thl
u. S. Department of Agricultur,
to inspect the New Plum Island
Animal Disease Laboratory. Loca
ted more than one mile off Orient
Point at the northeast tip of Long
Island, this laboratory was estab-
lished by Congress for the study OF
foot-and-mouth disease and other
dangerous foreign diseases of live
stock. 1t will operate under the
most rigid safety precautions and
regulations ever developed among
research institutions throughout
the world.
When research work is begun in
October, the Plum Island area will
be closed to the public as a safety
measure to insure against acciden-
tai escape of disease organisms
that might cause serious losses in
this country's livestock.
PLAYTEX INSTITUTE - Ap-
proximately one million dollars has
J been appropriated for the support
of pediatric research by the Play
tex Park Research Institute since
it's establishment in 1850, it was
reported at the annual meeting of
the Institutes Board of Governors
by DR.. Charles F. McKhann, chair
man. The meeting was held October
| z in New York City.
The Institute, the country's larg-
est privately supported foundation
in the field of general pediatric re-
4 search, is sponsored by the Inter
national Latex Corporation of Do
yer, Delaware. Funds allocated to
the Institute by the sponsor during
the six-year period total $685.
S1760.
Officers of the Institute include:
Dir. Joseph Stokes, Jr., University
of Pennsylvania School of Medi-
cine, vice chairman; DR.. Sidney
Farber, Harvard Medical School,
past chairman; w. o. Heinze. pres
ident of International Latex Cor
poration, treasurer; and Lawrence
c. Salter, New York, n. Y, secre-
tary.