Milford chronicle., 1960-03-18
Happenings of Interest
Throughout Deldwdre

PANCAKE SUPERB pancake
supper, sponsored by the Viola,
Canterbury and FELTON, Ruritan
Club, will be held in the Viola Com
munity Building in Viola, on March
10, from to 7:30 p. m.
The supper was originally sched-
uled for March 5, but due to bad
weather it was cancelled.
Tickets may be purchased from
Moore's Grocery Store in Viola or
from any member of the club. Tick
cts will also be on sale at the door.
TRAILER BLAZE - A house
trailer which was the bachelor
quarters of three sergeants attach
ed to Dover Air Force Base burned
north of Dover recently, causing
damage estimated at $500.
1t was the third house trailer
to be destroyed by fire in the Dover
area recent The blaze is believed
to be some sort of explosion in the
kitchen. Living in the trailer were
Technical Sergeant George w.
Smith, Technical Sergeant Conrad
Lips, and Technical Sergeant Ohio
Thomas.
GUERNSEY BREEDER DR..
William Mcdaniel. chairman of the
department of agricultural econom-
les, University of Delaware, will
be the featured speaker at the 18th
annual meeting of the Delaware
Guernsey Breeders Association.
The meeting will be held Satur-
day. March 19, 10 a. m, at the Pen
cader Grange Hall, near Glasgow
on Route S96 just south of Route
40.
Trophies and certificates will be
given to the three best Golden
Guernsey salesman, the top Al
project leaders, the best vo-ag pro-
ject leaders, the two highest pro-
ducing Delaware Guernsey herds,
and longtime production leaders.
BUNGALOW RAZED-A fire OF
undetermined origin caused dam
age estimated at almost $4,000 to
the bungalow of Joseph Wild, pota-
to farmer, along the Hazlettville
Road, near Wyoming, about 10 a. m
last Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wild had left the
house for a trip an hour or two be-
fore the fire was discovered in a
first-fioor bedroom, according to in
formation gathered by Camden
Wyoming Fire Company.
At home were three children
one z, but the other two older
They made their way safely from
the house.
The bedroom was gutted and
clothing in a closet in the room
was destroyed.
/ TALENT SHOW-Charles r. Ma
illet will be master of ceremonies a
the annual talent show of tn,
Mems Bible Glass of Grace Meth
odist Church March % at George
town at p. m. in the church hall
according to an announcement b,
the Rev. Dr. Thomas C. Mulligan
show chairman.
Entertainment during intermis
sion will include Norman Reynolds
Milford, and William PrettymaI
Jr., Harbeson, western songs
Howard Smith, Wilbur Mumford
Harold S. White and Fred Diedrich
vocal quartet, and Floyd MCGEE
vocal solos.
Ticket committee is headed by
William e. Pusey and includes
Charles Greene. Harold F. Wilson
and James Hayman.
: HANDYMAN Funeral SER
vices for William H. Collins, who
was found dead in the kitchen OF
his home, 65 Washington Street
Dover, last Saturday night, will
be held from the Stevenson Funeral
Chapel on Friday at / p. M, with
interment in Whatcoat Cemetery
Dover.
The elderly handyman had not
been seen for about week and on
! Saturday last a sister-in-law, Mrs
Ethel Waters, asked police to in
vestigate, worried because he had
had heavy cold. Death was attri-
buted to pneumonia.
Small bills and coins totaling
$9S.34 were found spread about the
house in trunks, boxes, socks, poe
textbooks, books, newspapers, and
other such places in search after
he was found dead.
ALUMNI BAKE - The Milford
High School Alumni Association
will hold a bake on Saturday, April
2, beginning at 10 a. m, in the va
cant store formerly tenanted by
Scott's 5 and 10 on North Walnut
Street It is impossible to contact
every member of this association in
Milford and vicinity, therefore, any
one wishing to make contribu-
ton, please have it at the above
location by 10 a. m. on the day of
| the sale. Also please patronize the
bake and help the Alumni Scholar
ship Fund, for which the proceeds
will be used. If anyone wishes to
make a contribution of any kind
and find it impossible to have it at
the bake, contact Mrs. Robert H.
Yerkes, GA-2-4000, chairman of the
bake and she. will try to have
some one contact you.