Milford chronicle., 1959-02-20
GEORGETOWN
Mrs. Constance Brown
Phone: Georgetown $3.50

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Bryan Field, chairman of the
1859 Red Cross Fund Drive for
Delaware, will attend the kick-off
dinner and meeting of Area &, Red
Cross, in Grace Church Hall Mon
day at 6:45 p. m.
Mr.. Field is vice president of the
Delaware Steeplechase and Race
Association and is widely known
through the country for his dy-
manic personality. He was state
chairman during the blood bank
drive.
Workers for the areas 1863 Red
Cross Drive, set for the month of
March, will attend the dinner.
Howard S. Abbott, area chairman,
has announced that there will be
three general drive chairmen this
year, Mayor Harvey B. Spicer DIR.
Elizabeth #. Phillips and Miss
Frances Shoffner.
Area s includes Georgetown, Mill
ton, Coolspring, Harbeson, Redden
and Stockley.
N1ihACA On0pilO 10 CudlI HAL lOT
the Milton drive Other chairmen
include Mrs. Arthur Smith, Har-
beson; Mrs. Molloy G. Vaughn,
Coolspring and Mrs. Harvey Nelson
and Mrs. j. Earl Pepper, Stockley
and Piney Grove.
There are also a number of sep
crate units working for the drive.
Paul Richardson is chairman for
the Citizens Loan Co., and Mrs. Al
ma Mustard for the State Highway
Dept at Georgetown.
For the schools, Earl Eshelman
and James Marvel are in charge
for the Georgetown High School
and Miss Myrtle Jefferson for the
elementary school. Mrs. Ruth X.
Moore is chairman for the Richard
Allen School end Junius Yates for
the William G. Jason Comprenen-
sive High School.
was awarded third place honors
when the results of the contest for
Outstanding Young Farmer of 1859
for Delaware were announced at
the State Javcee dinner in Mid
land Grange Hall, here last Thurs
dav evening.
First place went to John P. Will
son, of Townsend, and second to
Joseph Jackewicz. of Magnolia.
Robert ID. Hatfield, Georgetown,
state chairman for the Jaycee farm
awards, presided at the dinner
meeting. The wards were announc-
ed by Joseph Penuel Milford, who
was last years outstanding farmer.
Dean George w. Worrilow, of
the University of Delaware was the
leading speaker. He sketched the
great changes in the farm picture
in the past few years and said that
the young men such as the Jaycees
and their farmer guests were well
equipped to meet the new chal-
1enges.
James III. Baxter, Jr., president
of the State Farm Bureau and the
states first Outstanding Young
Farmer, spoke also, stressing the
remarkable stories behind the sue
cess of some of the nations top
farmers. He spoke of the indepen-
dent life which farming affords.
Raymond Becker, Wilmington, state
Jaycee president, said that in farm
ing America is distinctly ahead of
Russia.
The Rev. David B. Mulford, rec
tor of st. PauTs Episcopal Church
and state chaplain, gave the invo-
cation and benediction.
The judges were Farm Bureau
officials, including Mr.. Baxter, Mr..
Penuel who is state vice president;
Roland Garrison, Kent County
president; Earl Emerson, New Cas-
tie County president and Paul Bick-
ford executive secretary of the
Farm Bureau.
The accomplishments of the can
didates were outlined by Mr.. Pen
uel as he announced the winners
but more complete descriptions are
contained in the application forms.
Mr.. Briggs was presented as the
candidate of the GEORGETOWN Jay
Gees of which Thomas Mcbride. Jr.,
is president. Mr. Hatfield is local
farmer chairman as we'll as holding
that Office with the state organi-
cation.
Several persons at the meeting
stated that they didn't know what
was going on in their own COM
munities until they read the Jaycee
dipests.
Mr. Briggs was the only Delaware
native among the winners Mr.. Will
son came from Pennsvlvania and
Mr.. Jackewicz from Long Island.
The GEORGETOWN farmer boupht
out his father in 1856. after they.
had oDerated the farm together nrn-