Milford chronicle., 1957-11-15
Happenings Of Interest
Throughout Delaware

MISSIONARY - Richard Melvin
of Route 2, Greenwood, Delaware,
has been assigned from the Sep
tember, 1857, Brethren Volunteer
Service training unit at New Wind
sor, Maryland, to project at the Ly-
brook Indian Mission, Cuba, New
Mexico. Richard will assist in the
activities with the Indian people
of that community.
MANSHIP'S ANNUAL DINNER
The Manship Annual Thanksgiv-
ing dinner will be served at Man
ships Church House, miles west
of FELTON,, on Route IL, Thursday,
November 2Sth. Starting at IL o.
clock noon to 7:SS o'clock. Menu
consists of turkey, oysters, and
all the trimmings, with dessert.
Price, $3.50, children, $50 and SIS.
For reservations call FELTON, A.
1853 or 4-4250.
SUSSEX CLINICS = November
IS, 1857: Venereal DisSIsSe Clinic,
Georgetown, Health Unit, 605 E.
Market Street, 1900 noon.
November 10, 1857: Well Child
Conference, Laurel (w), Health
Unit, Pine Street, 10:00 a. M;
Venereal Disease Clinic, Milford,
Health Unit, Shore Theater Build
ing, 1880 a. m.-12:30 p. m.
November 20, 1857: Well Child
Conference, Lewes, Health Unit,
110 w. Third Street, 100 p. M;
Prenatal & Postnatal Clinic, Sea-
ford (c), Nanticoke Hospital, 10000
a. m.
EDUCATION DAY = The Edu-
cation Day of the Woman's Aux
iliary of the Episcopal Church in
the Diocese of Delaware will be
held on Friday, November %, at
11:00 a. M, at Christ Church, Do
yer. The program will include an
address by the Rev. Victor Kusik
of Bridgeville on Spiritual Heal
ing, lunch, and an address by DR..
Dora Chaplin, Assistant Professor
of Pastoral Theology at General
Theological Seminary, New York,
on the Christian Life and the Wo-
man of Today" Question periods
will follow each address. Books
will be on sale.
SOCIAL SECURITY - The So
cial Security representative from
the. Wilmington office, Mr.. Joseph
Menustik, on his regular visit to
Milford, this Tuesday, interviewed
80 local residents.
Regular visits are made to this
area to assist in the completion
of applications for old age, sur
vivors and disability insurance
benefits and to furnish informa-
tion about social security. No
charge is made for this service.
The next visit to Milford will be
on Tuesday, November 10, at the
City Office Building, from $3.50 a.
m. until IL noon.
LUNCHEON - Members of the
Indian River Home Demonstra-
ton Club held a covered dish
luncheon on Monday, November 4,
at the home of Mrs. John L. Will
kins, Georgetown, followed by the
regular business meeting. Guests
present we're Mrs. George Hodges
of OAK Orchard and Miss Frances
Shoffner, Sussex County Home
Demonstration Agent.
The loving cup which represents
the award to the outstanding Home
Demonstration Club of the year
will be held by each member for
a certain period of time through
out the year.
FOSTER PARENTS - Capt. and
Mrs. John M. Watson of the Dover
Air Force Base recently became
foster parents" of a second Ko-
rean child when they offered fl
nancial aid in reply to an appeal
by Foster Parents Plan in the Air
Force Times.
Three-year-old Song o Nam be-
| Communist invaders swept across
the 38th Parallel in June, 1850.
| Captain and Mrs. Watson became
foster parents" in June of 1866,
when they answered a Parents
Plan appeal which stated so cents
would buy one pair of shoes.
The Watsons have provided f.
nancial assistance to an 8-year-old
girl, Park Chun Box, since 1855.
| FUEL TAX JUMP - There was
an increase of $30,721.44 in the re-
/ ceipts for motor fuel taxes for Sep
tember over the amount received
from this source received during
the same month of last year, ac-
cording to the monthly report of
the Motor Fuel Tax Division of the
State Highway Department
The motor fuel taxes for Sep
! tember, which were received dur
ing the month of October, totaIed
$685., 1881 and represented the
sale of 13,347 1856 gallons of mo-
tor fuel, an increase of 614,428
gallons over the amount sold in
September of last year.
In addition to being an increase
over the amount of motor fuel tax
/ es received during September of
last year, the collections for Sep
tember exceeded the collections
for September of 1855 by S43,-
1866 and was $112,309.83 more
than was received during Septem-
her of 1854.
KENT CLINICS - November
IS, 1857: Well Child Conference,
Dover, Health Unit, Ala S. State
Street I 100 n m Call Dover 5711