Milford chronicle., 1957-03-08
Local Happenings

Local Happenings
MEETING - The regular meet
ing of the American Legion Aux
iliary, Milford Post No. 3, will be
held Monday, March IL. at 8 p. m.
in the post home.
Mrs. George Marvel, the presi-
dent, will preside.
AVENUE BAKE Saturday,
March 9Th, 10000 a. m. Bake will
be held in the Fellowship Hall of
Avenue Church sponsored by the
Junior Department of the Church
School. Proceeds for carpet fund
for Junior room.
BAKE - Junior department of
Avenue Methodist Church will hold
a Bake Saturday morning, March
9Th at 10 o'clock, in the Social Hall
of the Church. Proceeds will be
used toward the purchasing of a
carpet for their assembly room.
THOMPSONVILLE WSCS = The
regular monthly meeting of the
WSCS of Thompsonville Church
will be held in the church Friday
evening, March 8th, at 7:3O D. m.
Hostesses for the evening will be
Mrs. Katherine Webb and Mrs.
Evelyn Bayless.
CARD PARTY = Margaret C.
Pyle Lodge will sponsor a public
card party on March 7th at s D. m,
at the I.O.OF. Hall, Milford. Tick
cts are 75c. Door prizes and re-
freshments. Tickets can be obtain
ed from any Rebekah member, or
Mrs. Douglas Fry. They will also
be sold at the door.
ATTENTION = Anyone who
would like to make candy for the
Lions Minstrel Show, please have
your candy at the Nurses Home
on Wednesday, March 18th, at l 80
p. II. 9nly those members of the
Hospit Auxiliary whose names
begin with A to L will be contact
ed, at this time but anyone may do
nate if they wish to this time.
Gaping EXERCISES - The
Gaping Exercises of the Milford
Memorial Hospital School of Nurs-
ing for the class of 1859 will be
held at the Avenue Methodist
Church Friday, March 9Th, at 800
p. m. The Reverend Harry J. Jae-
gar will be the speaker. The nurses
chorus will sing appropriate selec-
tiOns.
SUNSHINE CLASS = The Sun
shine Glass of Calvary Church will
meet with Mrs. Milbury. at the
parsonage on Friday night at o.
clock. The committee, with Mrs.
Milbury, are Ruth Mariner, Ethel
Watson, Emma Bennett, Elsie Hols-
ton, and Sophia Pase. If you have
not been attending the monthly
meeting, our teacher and officers
would be happy to see you. Plan
to met with us at the parsonage
Friday night.
NOON SERVICES - A series of
United Lenten noon day services
will be conducted during the Len
ten season in the First Presbyteri-
an Church, Milford, each Thurs
day beginning at 1905 noon and
continuing until 1925 p. m. The
services are being sponsored by
the Milford Ministerium. The
preacher for next Thursday Lenten
service will be Rev. Douglas Mil
bury, pastor of the Calvary Meth
odisC Church, Milford. The public
is cordially invited to attend these
services.
SCHOOLS TO CLOSE = The
Milford Public Schools will be
closed March g.. 1857, so that all
teachers may attend the annual
Kent County Education Associa-
tion meeting at the Caesar Rodney
School.
At the last meeting of the Mil
ford P.T.A. held February 13,
twenty dollars was given to the
school to purchase film strips Or
ders for these films have been
placed and the strips will be
shown at the next meeting of the
P.T.A., March 13.
SOCIAL SECURITY - The So
cial Security representative from
the Wilmington office, Mr.. Joseph
Monustik, on his regular visit to
Milford this Tuesday interviewed
81 local residents.
Regular visits are made to this
area to assist in the completion of
applications for old age, survivors
and disability insurance benefits
and to furnish information about
social security. No charge is made
for this service.
The next visit to Milford will be
on Tuesday, March II, 1857, at the
City Office Building, from $50 un-
til IL noon.
DAY OF PRAYER - The annual
World Day of Prayer service will
be held in Avenue Methodist
Church on Friday, March 8, begin
ming at two-thirty o'clock. This
service is always sponsored by the
United Council of Church Women,
with members from each church
in this vicinity taking part. The
service for the children will be
held at three-thirty, and in Avenue
Church also. AS a convenience to
business people who may have a
short time to devote to the prayer