Milford chronicle., 1956-12-07
Happenings Of Interest
Throughout Delaware

FARM BUREAU-The Andrews
vile Farm Bureau Discussion |
Group will hold their annual |
Christmas covered dish supper on !
Friday evening, December Z, at z |
o'clock. Each member is requested |
to bring a covered dish and pie |
sufficient for their family Ham,
rolls, butter and coffee will be fur
nished by the group.
SCHOOL MEETING - The par
ents and friends of the Harring-
ton Special School District are re-
quested to attend the December
18th meeting at 1880 p. n.
Parents will meet in the home
room from 1880 to 500 p. m. The
overall aim of the school will be
discussed by the Harrington
teachers. This discussion will be
preliminary to the guest speaker
of the evening, DR.. Donald J. Dis
senbaugh, Director of the Guidance
Service, Division of Child Develop
ment and Guidance for the State
Department of Public instruction.
PROMOTED = Harry Veasey
has been promoted to the post of
service manager of Theodore Bur-
ton, Jr., and Co., Georgetown.
He became associated with the
Burton organization in August,
1949, in the service department,
and was later advanced to parts
manager for Burton Buick Co. He
served as used car service manager
Just prior to assuming his new du-.
ties in charge of the service depart
ment for the vrolet-OIdsmobile
leadership.
Mr.. Veasey has stated that he
will continue the super service
that Burton's has offered to its
customers for more than quarter
of a century.
LADIES ENTERTAIN - Mon
day evening, December 10, the De-
partment of Delaware, Ladies' Aux
iliary to the Veterans of Foreign
Wars, will be host to it's male coun-
| terpart, the Department of Della
ware, Veterans of Foreign Wars, at
the annual VFW Christmas Party
which is being held this year at the
! Newman-Lee-Urban Post Home at
| Clayton
The Christmas party will be pre-
ceded by separate meetings of
| the two departments. The State
| Auxiliary, under Department Pres
ident Eunice Rambo, will meet at
the Clayton Post Home at p. m.
and the mems department, under
Department Commander David S.
Hugg will meet at the Clayton Fire
Hall, also at 8 p. m.
PHONE DIRECTORY - Distri-
button of the 1856 edition of the
telephone directory will start
Thursday and by the end of next
week approximately 10000 copies
will have been distributed. Theo-
dore w. Collins, local manager for
the Diamond State Telephone Co.,
said today. This represents an in
crease of about 1850 copies over
the present issue, he said.
The directory contains many new
and changed numbers and it should
be consulted before making calls,
manager Collins said
The alphabetical section contains
approximately 49,765 listings, an
increase of 4,172 over the former
issue. The new book is bound with
blue cover and contains 172
pages, an increase of IL.
KENT CLINICS - December 10,
1856: Well Child Conference, Do
yer, Health Unit, Ala S. State Street,
100 p. m. Call Dover Sill, Ext. 10
for appointments.
! December II, 1856: Venereal Dis
ease Clinic, Dover, Health Unit,
Ala S. State Street, 200 p. m. +;
Milford, Health Unit, Shore Thea
ter Building, 1880 a. m.-12:30 p. m.
December 13, 1856: Well Child
Conference, Milford (w), Health
Unit, Shore Theater Building, 100
p. M; Cancer Detection Center
Dover, Health Unit, Ala S. State
Street. 9:45-11:45 a. m. and 12:45-
2:45 p. m. This service is for wo-
men 25 years of age and over. Call
Dover 1922 for appointments. .
December ID, 1856: CHEST Clinic
Milford, Health Unit, Shore Thea
ter Building, 10000 a. m. and 100
p. m.
SPECIAL MEETING = Ten Off
GERS of the Department of Della
; ware, Veterans of Foreign Wars,
were in New York City the past
weekend for a special meeting Of
the VFW's Eastern Conference at
the Hotel Paramount. David S.
Hugg of Milford, VFW state com
mander, headed the Delaware dele
cation.
At the special meeting, called at
the request of the Departments OF
Pennsylvania and New York, var
ious proposals for changes in the
voting procedure within the IL
state conference were considered.
In addition to Department Com
mander Hugg, the Delaware VFW
delegation included Department
Senior Vice Commander Edward
Tingle, Selbyville; Department
Junior Vice Commander William
Mazzetta, Wilmington; Department
Quartermaster Francis Sidowski
Wilmington; Department Judge
Advocate Robert Mccormick, New
ark; Department Chaplain Edward
Clarke, Dover; Department Chief
OF Staff Oliver Cropper, Selbyville
! District Commander Samuel Lynch
Wilmington; Deputy Department
Inspector Raymond Edwards, New
ark, and Past Department Com
mander Elwood Richards, Selby-
: vile.
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