Milford chronicle., 1960-12-02
Happenings of Interest
Throughout Delaware

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CABARET DANCE - Friday,
December 8. Country Music Cab
aret Dance in the Bridgeville Fire
Hall, sponsored by the Fire Com
pany. Dancing. from 3 until / to
the music of Mel Price and his
Sante Fe Rangers. Tickets, s1.00
per person. 12-2-2t
CAR RAMS TRAIN = The new
lear of Thomas H. Holloway, Linz
coin, was damaged to the extent
of about 5000 when it coasted into
a train in Lincoln Tuesday.
i State police at Georgetown said
Holloway stopped at a Route 3S
railroad crossing as freight train
was moving across. The car drifted
slowly forward unnoticed by Hol-.
loway and struck a boxcar. Hollo-
way was uninjured.
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/ HAM DINNER WITH SWEET
POTATO BISCUITS - The Bridge
vile Volunteer Fire Co., Inc, will
sponsor dinner on Sunday, De-
cember IL, 1860, at the new Bridge
vile Fire Hall, Bills Market St,
Bridgeyille. Tickets: adults, s1.25,
children, Csc. Serving begins at
100 p. m. Carry-out platters. will
be prepared upon request Menu
Baked ham, scalloped potatoes,
lima beans, picked beets, sweet
potato biscuits, applesauce, coffee,
tea, milk, and homemade dessert.
12-2-2t
| nIMUNIZATI0N URGED
Since Influenza may have adverse
effects upon certain vulnerable
groups in the population, the Uni-
ted State Public Health Service
advises immunization of persons
OF all ages suffering from chronic
debilitating diseases such as Mus
cular Dystrophy.
Mrs. George Ziegler, President
of the Sussex-Kent County Chap
ter MDAA has just announced the
local chapter has voted to under
write the. costs of the Influenza
immunization injections for pa
tients with it in the chapter The
Secretary, Mrs. Ruby Mayer, has
written all patients or parents to
avail themselves of this service by
contracting their physician as SOON
as possible.
! POLL REQUESTED - Polling
of residents of near Dover on
whether they want to be annexed
to the Greater Dover Chamber of
1 hxr
Committee.
A decision to push for polling
residents on annexation was made
at a meeting of the committee in
the Treadway Inn.
Bringing about annexation of
J heavily-populated sections outside
Dover's city limits is the chief
: goal of the committee, which was
J set up two months ago as a special
! branch of the chamber.
: If the chamber as a whole ap-
proves cost of the plan, postcards
? would be sent to residents of the
/ areas concerned. They would con-
4 tain several questions relative to
annexation to provide as much in
: formation as possible for Dover's
t City Council.
} AIDE H0N0RED = Tribute to
his services as Red Cross director
at the Dover Air Force Base and to
+, the community was paid William
H. Perkins at a testimonial lunch
con recently.
, Mr.. Perkins, who has served at
y the base more than three years, is
being transferred to Fort Eustis,
iva. He will be succeeded by Rich
ard A. Finour.
Mrs. Jackson r. Burns, vice
chairman of Branch 5, Red Cross,
presided at the luncheon, which
was attended by about 40 persons,
among them number OF members
of the Red Cross staff and Gray
Ladies' Mr. Perkins was presented
with a gift in appreciation of his
service to the community.
The first class of the Red Cross
course of instruction for Gray La
dies service at the base hospital
was started before the luncheon.
A film, 1T Can Be YOU, was
shown.
| ADVANCED - Charles N. Jack
son, field supervisor for the Dunn,
N. c., plant of H. p. Cannon &
Son, Inc, for the past three years,
has been advanced to director of
agricultural research and trans
fered to Bridgeville.
In announcing Jackson's pro-
motion, effective January 2, Henry
tP Cannon, III, president of the
canning company whose main off,
: ice is in Bridgeville, said that the
new research director will be in
charge of all Cannon farms, su-
pervisirfg experimental activities
and working with the agricultural
departments of the Universities of
Delaware and Maryland and North
Carolina State University.
A veteran of the Korean Conflict,
Jackson served in the u. s. Army
for two years. He was graduated
from North Carolina State Univer-
sity in 1856 with bachelor of sci
ence degree in agriculture. He is
a member of Alpha Gamma Rho
social fraternity and Kappa Phi
Kappa agricultural fraternity. He
will reside in Bridgeville.
LATEX RE-HIRING - The In
ternational Latex Corp. in Dover
is in the process OF calling back
175 employees that were laid off
during the week of November 7th