Milford chronicle., 1959-04-03
GEORGETOWN
Mrs. Constance Brown
Phone: Georgetown $3.50

The Frankford New Century Club
will hold a Reciprocity meeting on
Friday at 1:30 p. M, at the Pres
byterian Fellowship Hall.
After tea, there will be a demon
stration of flower arrangements
presented by Mrs. Raymond Atkins,
Lewes. Mrs. Atkins has won blue
ribbons in many exhibits and has
put on flower shows for her own
garden club, the Sussex Gardeners
also the Rehoboth Art League.
Fire destroyed a small shed on
the loading platform of the Swift
plant in Georgetown, Monday morn
ing. Damage was reported by
Georgetown Volunteer Fire Chief
Robert Vanaman, Jr., as about $3.50.
The shed was used by the ship
ping clerks both for warmth and
to keep their invoices. Most of their
papers were destroyed. The fire
was believed to have started from
a coat hung too close to the heaters
Dr. H. A. Press, associate di-
rector of professional education
for the American Cancer Society
will be speaker at the Sussex Coun-
ty Cancer kick-off luncheon Friday
at 1890 p. m. in Jones Memorial
Home
Prominently featured in the iun-
cheon will be James e. Goslee. Jr.,
Georgetown, state crusade chair
man; Layton Ayres, Seaford, Sus-
sex County crusade chairman, and
Robert w. Tunnell, county vice
chairman.
Community chairmen have been
announced by Mr.. Ayres as fol-
lows:
Bethany Beach, Mrs. Laura Dud-
ley; Clarksville, Mrs. Frank Phil
lips; Millville, Mrs. VIM. Powell;
Ocean View, Mrs. Allen Powell;
Roxana, Mrs. Robert Wilgus; Sell
byvi1le, Mrs. Therl Long; Fenwick
Island, Madison NJ. Gray; Williams
vile, Mrs. Charles w. Grise; Harbe-
son, Mrs. Alga Davidson.
Rehoboth, Leslie Stout; Dewey
Beach, Harry Shaud; Glendale,
Mrs. lElwood Morgan; Oak Orchard
and Riverdale, Mrs. Edna Culver;
Millsboro, Mrs. John s. Cordrey;
Frankford, Mrs. Ebe West; Milton,
Mrs. James P. White; Georgetown,
Mrs. A. L. Pittard and Mrs. Free
man Johnson, co-chairmen; Bethel,
Mrs. Mary Graves; Delmar, Mrs.
Leo B. Ee&rn; Bridgeville, Mrs.
Henry P. Cannon, II; Greenwood,
Mrs. James NJ. Hawpe; Laurel,
Mrs.. Robert Whaley.
Chairmen are still to be select
ted in Lincoln, Lewes and Sea-
ford.
DR.. Press, the leading speaker
for the luncheon, was born in Port
land, Maine, and was graduated
from Tufts Medical School in 1886.
After his internship at Queens
General Hospital. Jamaica, N. Y,
and a residency there, he entered
private practice in Forest Hills,
N. Y. He was commissioned in the
u. s. Army Medical Corps in 1912.
Most of the military service was
with the Office of the Surgeon Gen.
eral, and after his return to civilian
life in 1916, he joined the Depart
ment of Medicine and Surgery of
the Veterans Administration where
he played major role in reorgan-
izing that service to meet the de-
mands of an exemplified veteran
population.
In 1852, he left the VA to be-
come executive director of the
Presidents Commission on the
Health Needs of the Nation, study
ing aspects of the state of this
county's health, its needs and de-
veloping recommendations for a
long range program on how best
to meet them.
Following this, he was with the
National Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis as assistant director of
Medical Services until he went to
China (Formosa) for a two year
period to advise the Chinese gov
ernment on all aspects OF COM
pletely new program designed TO
meet the medical needs of grow
ing group of retired servicemen.
DR.. Press is married to the for
mer Miss Virginia X. Abbey. of
New Rochelle and New York CITY.
Their home is in CORTLAND, N. Y.
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