Milford chronicle., 1960-02-26
Happenings of Interest
Throughout Delowdre

PEPPER MEETING-The second
meeting on Bacterial Spot disease
of peppers will be held March
at Agricultural Hall on the Uni
versity of Delaware campus in
Newark.
DIR. John w. Heuberger. chair
man of the department of plant
pathology, said research workers
from several Experiment Stations,
as well as from private industry,
will report on their work with Bac-
terial Spot disease.
Plant pathologists from New
Jersey, Marylanr, Virginia, Geor-
gia, and the u S. Department OF
Agriculture are on the program.
Producers and professors are in
vited to attend.
A special feature opening the
meeting viii be a talk on fertilizers
for control of the disease, by DIR.
Jack Taylor, Mountain Experiment
Station, Blairsville, Ga.
Wayne Currey, Westville. newly
elected council president, crowned
Marilyn farrell, member of the
Harrington Sunshine All Club as
the Queen at the recent Junior
Council dance. One hundred and
fifty Kent County 4-H'ers danced
at the Capital Grange to records.
Others elected to council Offices
were: Ray Starkey of FELTON,, vice
president; Jeanne Martin, Harring-
ton, secretary, and Josephine
Moore, Dover, treasurer. Eleven
clubs, participated in the Queen
event: Debbie Cannon, Andrews
Vile; Wanda Minner, Honey Bees ;
Suzanne Jaywork, Milford; Wilma
Armstrong, Cheswold; Saralee
Webb, Houston; Lois Dill, West
vile; Nancy Abbott, Oak Grove;
Linda Konschak, Whiteoaks; Car
oil Brown, Clayton Clodhoppers
Connie Moore, Chestnut Grove.
COUNT FUNDS - Mrs. Nettie
ziegler, Bridgeville. president OF
the Sussex-Kent County Chapter
Muscular Dystrophy Association OF
America, Inc, accompanied by Mrs
Thomas Soupka, Seaford, Mrs. Mic
key Weatherly and Mrs. Ann Gallo
Laurel, William Stevens, Milford
motored to Dover Air Base on Wed
nesday and assisted the National
Health Agencies in counting the
results of the recent Federal Ser
vice Fund Drive.
Agencies benefited by the cam
paign were Muscular Dystrophy
Association of America, Inc. Della
ware Heart Association, American
Cancer Society, United Cerebral
Palsy and Delaware Society for
Crippled Children and Adults, Inc
President Eisenhower's message
to the American public was the fol-
lowing: Each American benefits
from the work of our National Vol
unteer Health Agencies" He add.
ed, Our volunteer health and wei
fare agencies are traditional anC
significant part of the American
scene. Established to meet our hu
man needs, they find strength il
our generosity"
DHIA MEETING - The annual
dinner meeting of the Kent County
Dairy Herd Improvement Associa-
tion will be held on Wednesday
March 2, says Joseph P. Moore OF
Dover, the president. About 100
members and guests will sit down
for dinner at p. m. in the Viola
Community Hall, he says.
Kent County farmers continue to
be competitive in the dairy busi-
ness with farmers in other areas.
Herd records indicate growth in
herd size, production levels, and
management efficiency. The de-
tails are to be reported at the meet
ing by Dr. w. r. Hesseltine, extern
sion dairyman at the University OF
Delaware.
The terms of four directors will
expire and the following slate has
been presented by the nominating
committee:
Arthur Short of Smyrna VS.. JOS
eph Moore of Dover.
Jack Webb, Jr.. Of Goldsboro VS..
Delbert Dain of Harrington.
William Eliason of Laws Church
vs. Van Keator of Harrington.
Louis Wright of Willow Grove
VS.. Albert Wright of Hazlettville.
The holdover directors are: Rob-
ert Mason of Harrington, Samuel
Dixon of Kenton and Charles Blendt
of Smyrna.
Local All farm youth will pre-
sent several musical selections at
the meeting.
Red Cross Dinner