Milford chronicle., 1958-12-12


Light Service, Sunday, December
IA, at 400 p. m. The soloists win
be Mrs. Mary B. Coulter, MIR. Leon
Donovan and Mr.. Eugene Bovine.
SMITH SPEAKS = Harry S.
Smith, state insurance commits
sioner, was the featured speaker
at the dinner of the Fidelity Life
Association and the Federal Mu-
tual Insurance Co., at the Seaford
Inn, Dec. 8. Also present from
Georgetown were Mr.. and Mrs.
David Pepper. Mrs. Pepper is the
local representative.
BANK STOCK SPLIT = A two
for-one split of the capital stock
of The Peoples Bank of Harring-
ton has been approved by the
banks board of directors and will
be considered by its stockholders
at a special meeting to be held at
a future date.
If approved by the stockholders,
they viii be asked to vote the
necessary amendment to the banks
charter to make the split possible.
SPEAKS RUSSIAN-Pfc Charles
M. Belts, the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
H. Millard Belts, r. D. No. 4, Mil
ford, Delaware, was graduated to-
day from the Russian Language
Department of the U. S. Army Lam
guage School in Monterey, Cali
| fornia.
Trained under the Army's step
ped-up program for overcoming a
critical shortage of skj1iSd lin
gusts, Pfc Belts is now well pre-
pared to act as an interpreter or
as a translator, able to converse
freely in Russian, as well as to
read and write the language.
FIREMEN MEET - At the reg
ular meeting Of the Kent County
Volunteer Firemen's Association
held in the Camden-Wyoming Fire
house the following slate of Off
GERS were elected for the coming
year 1859: President, William
Dawson, Camden-Wyoming: First
Vice President. Roland Neensan,
FELTON,; Second Vice President,
Charles Hegman, Little Creek;
Secretary, Paul B. Smith, Marydel;
Treasurer, Howell H. Barnes,
Smyrna; Fire Recorder, George M.
Seed, Jr., Milford; Directors:
George M. Reed, Jr., Milford; Stout
Bickling, Smyrna; Elwood Knight,
Magnolia; Charles Short, Leipsic; !;
and c. d. Mills, Harrington.
COKESBURY SERvTCE-A Car
rol and Candle Lighting Service
will be held at the Cokesbury
Methodist Church, on Sunday, De-
cember 21, at 7:30 p. m.
Special Christmas selections will
be rendered by the Senior Choir,
Junior Choir and the combined
choirs. Mrs. Jessie L. Tibbitt, or
ganist at Cannon Methodist Church
will give recital of organ music
during the evening.
The worship service will close
with the entire congregation par
ticipating in the Lighting of the
Candles. The Rev. Gerald M. Hen
derson, pastor, will officiate at the
services. The MYAF of the church
is in charge of the preparations for
| this service and the decorating of
the church for the holiday season.
SUSSEX CLINICS - December
Is, 1858: Venereal Disease Clinic,
Georgetown, Health Unit, 603 e.
Market Street, IL noon
December Is, 1858: Well Child
Conference, Laurel (w), Health
Unit, 504 Pine Street, 1000 a. M;
Venereal Disease Clinic, Milford,
Health Unit, Shore Theater Build
ing, 1870 a. m.-12: 80 p. m.
December II, 1858: Well Child
Conference, Lewes, Health Unit,
10 w. 3rd Street, 100 p. M; Pre-
natal & Postnatal Clinic, Seaford
(c) Nanticoke Hospital, 1000 a. m.
December 18, 1858: Well Child
Conference and Prenatal & Post
natal Clinic, Frankford (c) Health
Unit, Main ST, 100 p. m.
December 10, 1858: Well Child
Conference, Bridgeville (c), Health
Unit, 110 Market Street, 1:30 p. m.
MARVEL AWARD - There are
only days left for nominations
I for the ninth annual Josiah Mar
vel Cup award of the Delaware
State Chamber of Commerce.
Closing date is Dec. Is. Any res
ident of the state who has in mind
"a person who contributed an out
standing service to the state
worthy to be remembered" is in
vited to submit a recommendation
in four copies to the Chamber of
| Commerce.
| The award and scroll will be pre-
sented at the annual dinner meet
ing of the state chamber Jan. 29.
I Gerrish Gassaway, executive vice
president of the chamber, empha-
sizes that the award is state wide
event, and that nominations will
be accepted regardless of race, coll
or, creed or sex, as long as the
nominee is citizen of Delaware.
| GOAL EXCEEDED - Pupils in
Grades 4 through II of the George
town School have completed the
annual magazine subscription drive
with $4,000 or $500 more than the
anticipated goal. According to
Richard Blaner, band director, the
profit, to be used by the band, is
about 81 900.
Mr.. Blaner was assisted in the
management of the drive by six
leaders,: Ray Johnson, Sandra
Pepper, June Hestings, Helen Jean
Donovan, Virginia Scott and Nancy