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Milford chronicle., 1959-04-17
James Holleger Died
Suddenly Last Week
Veteran City Employees Memory
Is HOnOred BY Council Resolution

The sudden death of James Hol-
leger, for 80 years superintendent
of streets and sewers for the City
of Milford, last Thursday afternoon
while on the job, was a great shock
to the citizens of Milford, who ap-
preciated the work and interest of
Jimmy in the operation of their
city.
The Mayor and City Council at
the regular meeting on Tuesday
evening of this week, took cogni-
zance of the loss of this valuable
public servant and passed the fol-
lowing Resolution of Coincidence"
which has been spread on the min
utes of City Council and which has
been sent to his family.
RESOLUTION OF CONDOLENCE
BE it hereby resolved that the
Mayor and members of the City
Council of Milford offer to the wife
and members of the, family of Mr..
James Holleger. our sincere con-
dolence and sympathy.
Be it further resolved that his
untimely departure is a loss to
every citizen of the community he
so faithfully served for over thirty
years.
We join you in this period of be-
reavement. Mr.. Holleger's service
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Milford chronicle., 1959-04-17
Houston MYF To
Hold Country Fair
Saturday, May 9th, Date Selected
For The Presentation

The Houston MY.F. will hold a
Country Fair on Saturday, May 8,
1859, at the Houston Fire Hall.
There will be hot dogs and ham,
burgs, potato salad, coffee and soft
drinks and home made ice cream
for sale. They will also have sew
eral different types of booths set
up. ling toss, grab bag, white ele-
phant sale, fish pond, nail driving
and several others. They are also
making arrangements to have some
donkeys there for the youngsters
to ride.
This event is to help them pur-
chase a gate to go across the fire
escape entrance to the fellowship
hall, pay their dues to the annual
conference and they hope to be
able to give a nice donation to the
Woman's Society on the painting
of the exterior of the parsonage.
Anyone having anything that
they would like to donate such as
glass ware, potatoes, eggs, or small
items which can be used for priZ-
es, can contact John III. Yerkes al
GA 2-4000, Rev. Kirwan, GA 2-5992
or Junior Williams at GA 2-5944
Continued on page three)
Milford chronicle., 1959-04-17
Attention Artists
Hospital Fair May 9
Art Exhibit Will Once
Again Be Feature OF
Exposition

The Milford Memorial Hospital
Fair, May 9Th, sponsored by the
Womens Auxiliary, will once again
feature an Art Exhibit.
All artists throughout the penin-
sula who wish to exhibit and sell
their paintings at the Fair, please
contact Mrs. Eugene Nelson, 6 N.
E. 9Th Street, Milford, GA 2-S530,
or Mrs. Louis Pack, N. Walnut ST.,
GA 2-5O5O, for further information.
This will be an outdoor art ex-
hibit. We will substitute step lad
ders for clotheslines. Twenty per
cent of each sale will be contribu-
ted to the Hospital. Awards will be
given for the most popular paint
ing and for the artist who totals
the largest sum of money from the
sale of his paintings.
This exhibit will be Milford's
contribution to. the annual Della
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Milford chronicle., 1959-04-17
Square Dance
Selects
Official Name
Group Will Be Known AS
The Diamond S ia tie
Twirlers"; Tie Lam
berts Are The First Di-
rectOrs.

On Thursday evening the local
Square Dance Glass. which has
been progressing under the very
capable teaching of caller Leon
.Billow of Annapolis, held its Sec
ond business session to consider
the recommendations of it's Plan
ming Committee
From a choice of three names,
the group selected "The Diamond
State Twirlers" and will be known
as such in the future Regular Club
dances will start in September,
however, extra activities are being
planned by the officers for the
coming summer months. One of
these will be a record dance this
Saturday night for Glass members,
to be held in the Kiwanis Bldg,
South Milford, from to 80 p. m.
1t was decided by the Glass that
a group of three couples would be
known as Directors of the Club, to
be responsible for the handling of
its business and activities for the
coming year. Thirty-eight of the
AZ votes cast elected the Kennerly
Lamberts as Chairmen. The other
two Directors are the Edgar Burl-
ingames (28 votes) and the Will
liam Thompsons (25 votes). Com
mittees are being considered and
will be announced soon.
Continued on page three)
Milford chronicle., 1959-04-17
Presbyterians
Planning For
Spiritual Week
Theme OF Services At
Milford Edifice Week
Of April 19 Through "a
Will Be "Christ For
Everyone.

Christ For Everyone" is the
theme of a week of unusual preach
ing and Gospel music services at
the First, Presbyterian Church of
Milford, A half-page advertisement
elsewhere on these pages tells the
story in detail.
The preacher at this series of
services, each evening at 7:45,
Sunday, April 10, through Friday,
April "a, is DR.. Robert Bringhurst.
Pastor of LeveringtOn Presbyteri-
an Church of Philadelphia, DR.
Bringhurst received his B.S. and
his S.TB. degrees from Temple
University from which he was also
awarded the honorary DID. degree
in 1858. DR.. Bringhurst has also
done graduate work at Princeton
Seminary and was a chaplain in the
United States Army in World War
II. He is currently Pastoral Coun-
Christian EndeavOr Society and
has been Vice-ModeratOr of the
Philadelphia Presbytery twice and
is now Chairman of the Public Re-
latiOns Committee. He is married
and has four daughters and one
son.
Under his leadership and persua-
sive preaching ministry his present
pastorate has grown to nearly a
thousand members and he is a
popular and well loved preacher
not only in his own church but
throughout the Philadelphia area
and the State of Pennsylvania in
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Milford chronicle., 1959-04-17
l9 So F air
To Be Greatest
In History
Fair President J. Gordon
Smith Is Bringing Pa
irons Bigger And Bet
ter Presentations This
Year.

Still tops, that's the fame of the
fast growing Kent e. Sussex Coun-
ty Fair to be held July q through
August 1. This years edition will
rank as one of the greatest agri-
cultural and industrial exhibits
ever assembled. There will be hum
dreds of exhibits, farm, fruit and
produce displays that will interest
all ages.
This years featured name" per-
formers will top all previous years.
Despite continued rising prices for
top name talent in the entertain
ment field, j. Gordon Smith, fair
president, is bringing fair patrons
and better presentations at no in
crease in grandstand or admis-
sion prices Nowhere will you get
as big a bargain for your enter
tainment dollar.
Highlights of the week will be
entertainment by Red Foley, The
Chordettes and frankie Avalon. An
outstanding program of great en-
tertainers that will thrill everyone
young and old alike.
There will be full program of
harness racing Monday through
Thursday on one of the fastest
half-mile tracks in the country.
The Tournament of Thrills will be
presented Friday afternoon and
Automobile races Saturday after
noon.
The popular "Prell's Broadway
Shows" will provide fun and diver
sion for pleasure seekers on the
midway,
Milford chronicle., 1959-04-17
Last
Day For Chest
X-rays Here;
Unit To Move
Program Locally Is Be-
ing Sponsored BY The
Red Men IN Cooper
alton With The Anti
tuberculosis Society OF
Delaware.

The Anti-Tuberculosis Society OF
Delaware has had its x-ray units
going full force this week. It is
The Society's desire as well as the.
Milford Red Men that those who
lave never had their chest x-rayed
to do so at this time. The unit is
located on the Walnut Street bridge
panel.
AS an added incentive, Sakimas
Tribe, who is sponsoring this drive,
lnder the auspices of the society.
will give away, to some lucky per-
son, a beautiful radio. All anyone
must do to qualify is retain stub
of ticket given them by a Red
Man at the door of the x-ray unit.
The drawing will be Immediately
after Saturdays closing. The win
ner need not be present.
The hostesses for today, Friday,
April IT, are: Emma Bennett, ] to
3; Virginia Isaacs, 8 to s.: Marian
Shockley, to z; Doris Kemp, to
3. Tomorrow, Saturday, April is,
closing day, the hostesses are:
Edith Niblett, 10 to IL; Lib War
rem, IL to 3; Edna Wheatley, TO
4; Serena Hayes, A to 5.
Next week, units will be located
n Frederick, Harrington and Fell
ton. Frederick: Fire Hall, Mrs.
Wilbur Warner, General Chairman.
Wednesday, April %, 1000 to 1900
d. m. and 100 to 500 p. M; Har-
rington: Silco Store, Mrs. Clyde
Fucker, General Chairman, Thurs
day, April %, 10000 to 1900 q. m.
and 100 to 500 p. M; Friday,
April "a: 100 to 500 D. m. and
600 to 500 p. M; FELTON,: Post
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Milford chronicle., 1959-04-17
Dover Century Club
Spring Concert

The Dover Century Club Chorus
announces that the visiting artist
of their annual Spring Concert to
be given in Grace Fellowship Hall
in Dover on Tuesday evening,
April % at 8:15 p. m, will be John
A. Gillaspy, Baritone from New
York. Mr.. Gillaspy at the age of
25 has been featured on TV, Radio,
Concert, Opera and Musical Come
dy stages. He has been with the
st. Louis Municipal Opera Com
pany for two seasons and most re-
Gently has sung with the San
Francisco Opera Company and the
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Milford chronicle., 1959-04-17
Mother OF SO
Is Selected
By Committee
Midway Resident Mrs. E.
Edward Thompson Has
Been Chosen By The
Group; Active In Civic
Affairs.

Mrs. E. Edward Thompson, Y,
of Midway, on the Lewes-Rehoboth
Beach Highway, has been named
1859 Delaware Mother of the Year,
according to an announcement
made this week.
Mrs. Thompson, who won the
honor over dozen nominees, is a
widow and the mother of five chill
dren in age from 35 to A, and the
grandmother of 10 others.
She is native of Sussex Coun-
ty, where she received her early
education, and is the descendant
of an English family She attended
Miss Hobbs School at one time,
and graduated from Bryn Mawr
College in 1911.
Before her marriage, she taught
school briefly in New Jersey.
She is an active. member of the
Henlopen Grange and the Nassau
Home Demonstration Club.
During World War I, she headed
volunteer Red Cross workers in
the Lewes-Rehoboth area.
Her children are: Mrs. George
w. Fillingame of Newark, Della
ware;; Mrs. Herman M. Mass OF
Anaconda, Montana; William E.
Thompson, Jr., of rural Lewes
Mrs. Grant w. Ewald of New Or
leans, and Joseph T. Thompson OF
Wilmington.
A brother, William A. B. Dodd
former president of the Rehoboth
Beach Trust Co., and her sister
Miss Nell Dodd, live near her.
Milford chronicle., 1959-04-17
Annual Meet
OF Peninsula
WSCS Is Due
Next Month
approximately 500 Dele
gates Will Represent
$4,000 Members At Ses-
sions In McCabe Mem
orial Church, Whining
ton.

Mrs. Earl Sylvester, President OF
the Peninsula Conference Woman's
Society of Christian Service Of the
Methodist Church, has announced
that plans are complete for the
Annual Meeting to be held in Nc
Cabe Memorial Methodist Church,
22nd and Baynard Blvd, Whining
ton, Delaware, May z, 1859, con-
vening at 10000 a. m.
Three hundred sixty societies,
with a membership of $4,000, lOca-
ted in Wilmington, Dover, Easton
and Salisbury Districts, and cover
ing the greater part of the Delmar
wa Peninsula, will be represented
by approximately 500 delegates.
The Official Call, however, pointed
out that all members are voting
members and they as well as their
friends are welcome to attend the
meeting.
The Conference Theme, "The
Master Calleth", is based on the
current years Bible study Isaiah"
The morning meditation will be
given by DR.. John N. Link, Supt.
of the Wilmington District Guest
speaker for the morning session
will be Miss E. Gwendolin Narbeth,
missionary on furlough from Con-
stantine, Algeria, North Africa.
Other items of interest in the morn
ing session will be brief high
lights OF the work of the Confer
ence, supplemented by visual aids;
"a nladuo aarvfpa I'm which Confer
ence and District Presidents and
Treasurers will participate; and
the election of officers for the en-
suing biennium.. The noon tide
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Milford chronicle., 1959-04-17
State Youngsters Get
Chicks To Raise

This years Junior BroiIer Pro-
gram got underway last week when
$500 chicks were distributed to
116 youngsters by All Agents and
vocational agriculture instructors
all around the state.
Future Farmers of America and
All Club members between 10 and
10 years old are entered in the an
nual broiler growing contest. Each
youngster has so chicks to raise.
The awards program will be held
at the Kent-Sussex Fair grounds
June 1-2. Each youngster will se-
lect six of the birds which will be
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Milford chronicle., 1959-04-17
Sen. Walton Simpson
To Speak In Milford
Camden S0lOn Scheduled To Ad-
dress First District COP Club

AS the Milford Chronicle prepar-
ed to go to press on Thursday
plans were being completed for the
first Spring meeting of the First
Representative District Republican
Club of Sussex County, scheduled
for Pocahontas Hall, here, that
(Thursday) evening. $50
State Senator Walton H. Simp-
son, prominent Camden business
man and lone Republican, member
of the State Senate from Kent
County, was slated to discuss some
of the Legislation passed and pend
ing in the present session of the
General Assembly.
Recently elected officers, headed
by the club president, Edmund F..
Steiner, were slated to assume their
new duties at this meeting, which
was declared open to all Republi-
can and independent votes of the
area.
Milford chronicle., 1959-04-17
Know Your Delaware
Bus Tour May 5th
Interesting Trip viii Include Study
OF Areas Rarely Visited

Mrs. Eugene Hackendorn, Jr.,
chairman of Natural Resources of
the Delaware State Federation of
Women's Clubs, announces a
Know Your Delaware, Bus Tour,
Tuesday, May 5, 1859.
Mr.. Clayton Hoff has assisted in
the preparations of this tour and
has consented to be a guide. Plans
are to tour the South Eastern Sec
tion of the state. 1t will include
some areas and programs which
are rarely visited by the public or
vacationers.
Arrangements have been made
with DR.. Carl Shuster, Department
of Biology, University of Della
ware. for the tour to include the
Biological Laboratory at Lewes,
Delaware. At Haven Lake Mr.. Nor
man G. Wilder will explain the
work of the Fish and Game Com
mission. Redden State Forest will
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Milford chronicle., 1959-04-17
Boy Scout Council To
Hold Pot Luck Dinner

DIR. Gunnar H. Berg, National Di-
rector of Professional Training for
the Boy Scouts of America, will be
the speaker at the Del-Mar-Va
Councils first annual "Potluck"
Dinner May 9 at the Delaware
State Armory at Tenth and Du-
Pont Streets, Wilmington.
The "Potluck", a huge covered
dish supper, is recognition affair
for the councils volunteer Scout
ers. Close to 1000 are expected to
attend.
There will be entertainment and
presentation of Silver Beaver
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Milford chronicle., 1959-04-17
at-Sportsn.an ShoaO
AtArnsOry, April $3.50
Plans For Fete Sponsored By The Milford KilDanis
Club Are Progressing Nicely; Many Companies
Will Display Latest In Boats Motors And
Related Items; Many Prizes Will Be
Awarded During The ShOW.

Co-Chairman ]. Irwin Bowman
and Walter Morris, of the Milford
Kiwanis Club, announced that
plans are progressing for the Del
aware Boat and Sportsman Show
which will be held at the Milford
Armory on Saturday and Sunday,
April 25th and 26th. The public
will have the opportunity to see
many kinds and styles of boats
and motors.
The following committees have
been made: Refreshments, GLAND
Evans; Tickets, John Rogers: P.
A. System, John wilkins; Publici-
ty, William Stayton; Posters, Ben
Orkin, Morris Rosker; Armory Ar
rangements, James r. West; Ramp,
Sigmund KendzierSki; Personal
contacts, Irv Bowman, Walter Nor
ris, Jim Downham and Herb Dish
aroon.
Milford chronicle., 1959-04-17
Blood Bank Seeking
SO, 900 New Recruits
Hope To Honor Gov. Caleb BOggs
On His Fiftieth Birthday

With its announced slogan of
$4,000 at 50' the Blood Bank of
Delaware is set for its most in
tensive recruiting campaign which
will continue until the Banks
fourth birthday observation on May
20.
Just few days prior to that
date on May Is, Gov. j. Caleb
Boggs, honorary chairman of the
Blood Bank, will mark his fiftieth
birthday. The Bank hopes to give
him a present of $4,000 protected
Delaware families for his anniver-
sary-thus the 10000 at so" cam
paign slogan.
Gov. Boggs has informed James
F. McCloskey, Blood Bank presi-
dent, that no gift would make him
happier than the knowledge that
the states citizens were set for
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Milford chronicle., 1959-04-17
Kent Republican
Women Meet April 20
Monthly Session Will Be
Held AT Wesley College
Art Building

The Kent County Republican
Women's Club will hold their
monthly meeting on Monday night,
April 20. at p. m, in the Art
Building of Wesley College in Do
yer.
Mrs. Vera Davis, OF the first of
the fifth district, is the Program
Chairman for this meeting. Rep.
Charles Richards will be the
speaker.
Mrs. Don Concilio (Kent County
Presiden), Mrs. Clara Cook Smith,
Mrs. Thomas Lane, Mrs. Clinton
Wooleyhan. and Mrs. William Clu-
ley, who attended the annual Nat
ional Conference of Republican
Women in Washington, ID. c.. on
Monday will relate the events of
the day, including the banquet at
which President Eisenhower was
the distinguished guest.
Milford chronicle., 1959-04-17
Delnarva 500 Plate
Dinner Due May 6
C.. Ed McCauIey Announces Plans
For Fund Raising Fete

One of Americas most celebrated
ministers, DR.. Carl S. Winters OF
Oak Park, Illinois, will be the
guest speaker at the annual $1OO-
A-Plate Delmarva Dinner Wednes-
day, May 9Th. in the Wicomico High
School at Salisbury, Md, which
climaxes this years fund drive for
the Delmarva Poultry Industry,
Inc.
DPI President, C. Ed McCauley
of Seaford, Del, in announcing DR..
Winters acceptance of the invita-
ton said that it had been arranged
by Lloyd Cell of the Poultry and
Egg National Board in Chicago and
that the services of DR.. Winters
had been provided through the
courtesy of the General Motors
Corporation for whom he serves as
a consultant.
CONTINUED on page six)
Milford chronicle., 1959-04-17
St. Johns Plans
Two Social Affairs
Church To Hold Gard Party This
Week. supper Next

Members of ST. Johns r. c..
Church are preparing for two spe-
ciai events in successive weeks, a
card party to be held this Satur-
day evening, April IS, and a church
supper the following week. Both
affairs will be held in the parish
hall of the church.
The card party is scheduled to
begin at 500 D. m, and admission
Is 81 90. Tickets can be secured
from many of the church members.
Table and door prizes will be CIV
en- away, and refreshments served
Plans the following Saturday
evening call for a spaghetti sup
per, with servings from 500 to 500
D. m. The menu consists of spaghet-
I'll and meat balls, salad, bread, but
ter, coffee and dessert. Tickets
may be purchased at $1.25 for adj
ults, and Csc for children.
Milford chronicle., 1959-04-17

Some exhibitors are making very
special offers during this show.
For example, one dealer will have
a special sale on Coast Guard-ap-
proved cushions; another will have
a special on water skis and gift GER
tificates will also be given. Door
prizes will be given to those hold
ing the lucky numbered tickets.
The following companies will be
on hand to show their lines of boats
and motors and related items !:
Barnard Marine of Dover, Del. /;
Holt Marine, Seaford, DEL. Holt
Outboard, Seaford, DEL; Taylor
Marine, Milford, DEL; Sears, Roe
buck & Co., Dover, DEL: Newton
Bridgeville, Del, will show stay
afloat material. The T.V. Co. OF
Milford and Scott and Evans OF
Milford will be showing ship-to-
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Milford chronicle., 1959-04-17

an admittedly more than slight
pause of an order by William Penn
issued in 1888.
1t was on The Green that early
markets including those for
slaves-and fairs were held The
First Delaware Regiment was mus
tered there before marching to
join Washington's Army in the
North, where a portrait of King
George III was burned in public
ceremony after a reading of the
Declaration of independence and
where, in 1900. John Vining deliv-
cred eulogy on the death of
George Washington.
Under the program arranged for
the weekend by the Friends of
Old Dover there will be folk
dances, a minuet and games on
The Green during both days. From
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Milford chronicle., 1959-04-17
Fort Delaware To
Be Reopened May 80
Nay Become One OF States Lead
ing Tourist Attractions

Grim and foreboding Fort Della
ware, which is expected to develop
into one of the First States great
est tourist attractions, will be re-
opened to the public on Memorial
Day, May 80, and boat Transports
ton to and from Pea Patch Island,
site of the fort, and Delaware City,
on the mainland, will be available
each weekend throughout the
summer according to the Delaware
State Development Department.
The State Parks Commission,
which operates Fort Delaware, has
arrangements with Cap
tain Walter Wisowaty of Delaware
City to provide round trip trans
portation at very nominal
charge A 35-foot motor launch,
having ship-to-shore radio and
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Milford chronicle., 1959-04-17

guests, and members OF the WO-
mems clubs.
In the vocal division the out
standing students were Miss Judith
Breme, a student of Mrs. John
Heyde; Miss Carol Dunai, pupil
of Mrs. Gov Hutchinson; Miss Ju-
dith Scott, the student of Francis
Lichtenstein: and Miss Lois w.
Brasure, who studies with Mrs. Ella
Mazick
Top instrumentalists were Julia
Price, Philip Kerstetter, Wilson
Radding, Ted Chmielewski, John
L. Marshall, Jr., Kathleen Scott
Paul c. Ramer and John Cole.
Misses Price and Scott and Mr.. Ker-
stetter are the students of Mrs.
Dorothy Brill. Radding studies
with E. H. Peterson, Marshall with
Walter Cochrane, Ramer with Karl
Continued on page ninel
Milford chronicle., 1959-04-17

For the other crops, farmers will
have $4,000 acres of wheat-2,000
acres less than year earlier; oats.
5000 acres-down 1000 acres; bar
ley. 10000 acres-unchanged from
1868; hay, $4,000 acres-down 5000
acres. February intentions for ear
ly summer potatoes indicated $500
acres for 1959-1,5 500 acres less
than the 1858 crop.
On the national level. 1853 crop
paintings may be the smallest in
records dating back to 1917, ex-
cept for the low levels OF 1857 and
1868. That is the picture as shown
in the u. S. Department of Agricul-
ture's annual report OF farmers
spring planting intentions, accord
ing to the ASC announcement
Prospective paintings of the 16
crops for which growers market
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Milford chronicle., 1959-04-17
Frankford Open House
For s'Big Dutchrnan"
Poultry From All Parts OF Penin-
sula Invited To Showing Tomorrow

Delmarva poultrymen are being
invited to attend an Open House
Saturday, April IS, by Big Dutch
man at Frankford, Delaware.
Last winter the Automatic Poul-
try Feeder Co. of iceland, Mich,
moved it's Delmarva Factory
Branch from Laurel, Delaware to
larger quarters in the Tuxedo
Building at Frankford. Since then
the new Office and warehouse have
been reconditioned. The Open
House will celebrate this.
Doors will open at a. m. On
hand to welcome guests will be
Manager Rollin Hudson, Jr., and
David Bunting of Frankford, as
well as several men from the main
office at iceland.
There will be about $1,000 worth
of door prizes. given away at 8 p.
m. These range from the hopper
of an automatic poultry feeder to
egg baskets.
Milford chronicle., 1959-04-17
Women's Auxiliary
OF Hospital Meet
Total OF 822 Is Reported On
Membership Rolls

The monthly meeting of the Wo-
mans Auxiliary of the Milford
Memorial Hospital was held Tues
day, April IA, at the Nurses Home
with Mrs. Raymond Masten pre-
siding. Mrs. Byron Gibson report
ed a total of 822 on the member
ship rolls. This is an increase of
so for the year 1859. Miss Cordelia
Carter reported "a infant pictures
taken for the month of March with
a profit to the Auxiliary of approx
mately $52.
The hospital administrator. Ger
ard Lorenz, announced the install
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Milford chronicle., 1959-04-17
Completing Plans For Big
Old D0Uer Days Celebration

history will
the will
Colonial