Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1957-03-01

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Mrs. Douglas Fry. They will also
be sold at the door.
MEXICAN DISPLAY - A dis.
play, Mexican in tone, will be g
part of the program on Monday al
the Milford New Century Club. Mrs
August f. Fax is chairman of the
program. Music is the subject and
Mrs. Elizabeth G. Bennett and q
number of the sixth grade pupils
are giving variety TO the program
| COMMUNION SERVICE = ASH
Wednesday Choral Communion
Service will be conducted in Ave
nue. Methodist Church, Milford
Wednesday evening, March 6, 7:3C
p. m. This service marks the be-
ginning of Lent, Christ's last forty
days upon earth. The public is in
vited
PANCAKE DESSERT - The
Shrove Tuesday pancake dessert
and cards will be feature of the
Christ Church Women's Auxiliary
on Tuesday, beginning at elght o.
clock and extending until eleven
O'Clock Cards will follow the des-
sert. A donation of one dollar will
insure a pleasant evening among
friends.
CAR. MEETING = Members OF
the Thomas Mexican Chapter, Chill
dren of the American Revolution
enjoyed the meeting on Saturday at
the home of Connie and Marsha
Townsend. The program was in
honor of Lincoln and Washington
and given by several members.
Michael Homan conducted the BUSH
ness of the meeting.
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 soc
D. ma. The Reverend Harry ]. Jae-
gar will be the speaker. The nurses
chorus will sing appropriate selec.
tions.
SCHOOLS TO CLOSE The
Milford Public Schools will be
closed March 8, 1857, so that al
teachers may attend the annua
Kent County Education Associa.
ton meeting at the Caesar Rodney
School.
At the last meeting of the Mil
} ford P.T.A. held February Ii
twenty dollars was given to the
school to purchase film strips. Or
ders FOR these films have beer
placed and the strips will b'
shown at the next meeting of thu
J P.TA., March 13.
! RECOGNITION - S c ola j.,
recognition for the first semester
at Mary Washington College of thu
University of Virginia has beer
] given to 329 young women, nine o
whom received straight AS
Il Among the students who hav'
I achieved a "B" average with M
J grade below a &C" whose name ap
pears on the Deans List is Mis-
Il Barbara j. Sheaffer, daughter o
mfr. and Mrs. George r. Sheaffer 0
Milford, a senior maJoring in hom
economies who is member of tn
Home Economics Club and Alph;
Phi Sigma, national honorar,
scholastic fraternity.
OAR MEETING-Mrs. Hoey Far
row, regent, will entertain mem
bers of the Captain Jonathan Cald
well Chapter, Daughters of Ameri
can Revolution, at her home il
Bratton Heights tomorrow at tw'
O'Clock. The speaker for the after
noon will be Miss Ruth Anna Hine
of Wilmington Miss Hines is Ii
brarian for the Delaware FIistori
cal Society. She will talk on OIL
Silver and members having piece
of silver for discussion or identifi
cation may bring these to the meet
ing. In April the members will
make tour to Dover for visit t
the Delaware Museum.
DAY OF PRAYER ~ The annua
World Day of Prayer service vii
be held in Avenue Methods
Church on Friday, March s, begin
ming at two-thirty O'Clock. Thi
service is always sponsored by tn
United Council of Church Womer
with members from each churc
in this vicinity taking part. TIL
service for the children will b
held at three-thirty, and in Avenu
: Church also. AS convenience t
business people who may have
: short time to devote to the praye
service, this will be held in tn
: Presbyterian Church from noon TN
til one o'clock The theme for tn
J main part of the day viii be ''Wh
Shall Separate Us?" A recen
: workshop, conducted by the Cour
: Gil in Grange Hall was deemed
success, having people locally al
! te4av .snd members and friend
from other communities present.