Milford chronicle., 1956-09-14
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Ralph III. Lyons, this town, COM
Inander of Sussex District No. A.,
American Legion, has announced
his staff for the coming year.
Lawrence Rowe, Bridgeville Post
No. 26, will 6e district vice COM
mander; Earl Paris, Lewes Post
No. IL. council secretary; William
Short. Milton. Post No. 20, chap
lain; Lucien Lenhart, Millsboro
Post No. %, assistant secretary,
and John Horner, Bridgeville Post
No. "a, assistant chaplain.
Commander Lyons will preside at
the first session of the council this
season in the American Legion
Home at Lewes on Sept. 81, at
8 d. m. This takes the place of the
August meeting which was omitted.
Sussex District No. is COM
posed of the 13 posts of the coun-
", with each post entitled to three
representative or alternates. The
general Legion membership may
attend as well as the official repre-
sentatives.
4 Department officers and delegates
70 the recent national convention
have been invited
Program for the evening will
consist of the roll call of posts;
keports on membership, programs
and activities; discussion OF, the
free life insurance to Legionnaires
&nd talks on the new free depart
anent newspaper which will be
published monthly, called, "Hhe
Delaware Legionnaire"
Reports will be given on the
eational convention held in Los
Angeles, Sept. 3 to 6.
Mrs. Emma Short, state president
sf the American Legion Auxiliary,
feturning from the national con-
fention in Los Angeles, Monday
called attention to the fact that
Delaware had received an excep-
tiOnal honor i'm the election of Mrs.
George Ehinger. Dover. as national
frce president of the Eastern Divi-
zion.
Mrs. Ehinger, a past state presi
Dent, will have charge of 13 stateg..
Including Delaware. She is also
past president of Walter L. Fox
pnit No. 2. OF Dover and has been
sn active member of many state
and national committees.
Mrs. Short and others from the
State who attended the convention,
teld at the same time as. the Le-
fiOn conclave. will report both on
The convention and on the de-
tails of Mrs Ehinger's election at
hany local unit meetings through
put the state during the coming
Fonth.
Delegates were elected to the
Kiwalis Club district convention
10 be held at Roanoke, Va, Oct.
Is. 10 and 90 at the local clubs
regular meeting recently in Grace
Church Hall.
They are the club president, DR..
Charles r. Cannon; Houston Will
bon and julius C.. Green, with al
ternates including N. Eugene Camp
bell, Edward Marzoa and Dr. AL
bert ]. Wildberger.
+. Glen Grain reported on the
Pony Leagues trip to Washington
where the boys were guests of the
ball team Mr.. Grain, Houston Will
bon and William H. Henderson
drove the boys over in their cars
A letter was received from the
Hospital for the Mentally Retarded
Bat Stockley thanking the. club for
taking 40 boys from the hospital to
the ball game at Philadelphia.
An invitation was accepted from
the Greenwood Kiwanis Club to at
.tend it's Ladies' and Charter Night
observance at the Greenwood
school on Sept. 21.
Plans were discussed for a soft
ball game between the Lions and
Kiwanis Clubs.
Following the meeting the club
members were taken on tour of
fhe General Development plant
here at the invitation of Arthur
king.
Registration figure for the first
day at the local school was 1.O60.
(which is % more than the final
figure at the close of school in June.
GEORGE II. Keen. superintendent
of schools, said that II this year
Follows the usual pattern of late
Registration. the increase will reach
30.
The first dav attendance is bro
Iken down info 635 for the eIa-
bnenfarv school end 425 for the
burior-~enior high school sector
According to grades. the fegi-
ktration IS:
Grade Z, aII Of couree. now stu
hents, lie; Grade 2. 10; Grade 3.