Milford chronicle., 1957-12-13

FOOD SALE - Chaplain's Chap
ell Church Food and Fancy Work
Sale, Friday, December 13, at 10 o.
clock. Greenwood Fire House.
Benefit Building Fund. We will ap-
preciate your help.
YMCA DINNER - The 18th an
nual dinner of the Dover YMCA
will be held Monday, January 81,
at $50 p. M, at the Hub Restaur-
ant, Dover, E. w. Buchanan, gen.
eral chairman, announced this
week
Four committees are making
preparations Hudson E. Gruwell
is chairman of the committee on
planning and program; HI. Gordon
Fromm, promotion and ticket
sales; Jack Smyth, publicity, and
Robert H. Reed, arrangements,
decorations, and reception. Tickets
will go on sale Immediately after
Christmas and may be secured
from any member of the Y board
of directors.
/ FARMER TAX GUIDE - Con-
| gressman Harry G. Haskell, Jr.
| (R-DeD, announced today that the
1857 edition of the Farmers Tax
Guide" is available to the public.
The guide, written especially for
farmers, explains in plain nun-
technical language most of the III
come tax rules which concern them.
The many examples used show how
the rules apply in actual situa-
tions. Sample records and filled-in
tax return forms are included in
the booklet.
/ Congressman Haskell pointed
out that persons wishing to secure
the Tax Guides should go to their
local Internal Revenue Office or
their county agents.
GREETING - Christmas greet
ings will be beamed to a tri-state
area from the lofty west-side tower
of Delaware Memorial Bridge this
season, according to Frank ]. Hor-
: ty, general manager. The bridge
connects the States of New Jersey
and Delaware.
! Arrangements have been made to
: place a colored neon electric
Christmas wreath with an appro-
: pirate message some 400 feet above
the west pier, attached to the
: cross-bar on the tower standing
on Delaware soil.
1t will be 25 feet in diameter,
and double-faced so that it will be
visible to cars travelling in either
direction over the span.
OBSERVANCE - Delaware Day,
: December 7th, commemorating the
10th anniversary of Delaware's
ratification of the U. S. Constitu-
ton making it the First State,
! was observed in the Zwaanendael
Museum by special exhibit set up
l in cooperation. with the David Hall
!, Chapter of the Daughters of the
: American Revolution, Mrs. George
1 E. Chambers, Sr., Regent.
!. Colorful posters of the State. EN-
blems made by Miss Sylvia Vessels,
1 President of the David Peterson
e deVries Chapter of the Children
of the American Revolution, are
Z displayed around typewriter
copy of the resolution approved on
:, December z, 1887, and list of the
Delegates from the three counties
who signed that memorable docu-
, ment. The State tree is featured
/ by boughs of holly arranged in
, gilt vase near the State Flag.
FUTURE TEACHERS -. Speak
ing during the monthly meeting of
! MT NJ v,an
: Chapter, Caesar Rodney High
ris, Executive Secretary, Delaware
State Education Association, listed
the necessary characteristics and
abilities needed by a person to be
a good teacher. He emphasized
leadership ability, health and ply
sical fitness, good scholarship, in
t tellectual traits and emotional sta
J bility as the qualities required of
t person who wishes to enter the
| teaching profession. The meeting
was conducted by Elizabeth Emer-
son, student president, Eta Chap
e ter.
81 Over fifty boys and girls attend
ed the meeting which was held in
the school library.
Mrs. Dorothy B. Townsend.
, mathematics teacher, is faculty
sponsor for the chapter.
XMAS PARTY - Plans have
: been made for the Christmas party
of the Milisboro Homemakers' Club
to be held in the dining room of
5 Grace Methodist Church Thursday,
/ Dec. 19, at noon. There will be a
: covered dish luncheon for members
and guests.
II At a previous meeting, Mrs. A.
/ Wayne Burton and Mrs. Nina Tim
2 mons gave demonstrations on
2 Christmas wrappings.s
: Mrs. Frank Harrison, the newly
r elected president, appointed her
j. committees as follows:
: Citizenship, Mrs. Lyle Ferris;
j health, Mrs. john Cannon; annual
! reports, Mrs. Harold Gardner; pub
| licity, Mrs. Clifford Cahall; recrea-
} ton, Mrs. Davis Carlisle; family
life, Mrs. Arling Remel; safety.
Mrs. Donald Carswell; internat-
! ional relations, Mrs. John Phil
lips; outstanding award, Mrs. Bur-
4 ton; sunshine, Mrs. George r.