Milford chronicle., 1960-03-25
Milford New Century

The members of the Milford New
Century Club greeted spring on
Monday at the regular bi-monthly
meeting. Mrs. John Longbotham
presided and welcomed the mem
bers of the Village improvement
Association and the Zwaanendael
Clubs who were present. Mrs. Bor-
den Smith, chairman for the pro-
gram of the afternoon had arrang-
ed a novel display of hats. Explain
ing that hats were a harbinger OF
spring and appealing to the femin-
inc sex, she had asked several
members to interpret their ideas
about the month they were asked
to represent andsSthe things they
came up with were delightful, be-
coming, and entertaining. Mrs. Rob-
ert Rudolph played several selec-
tions pertinent to the month and
Mrs. Smith did some apropOs read
ing of poetry as She introduced the
ladies of the month. Taking part
and in order were Mrs. Forrest
Webster, Mrs. Obey Sapp, Mrs. j..
Albert Baxter, Mrs. Wilson Vim
yard, Mrs. Marion Shockley, Mrs.
Henry Burkett, Mrs. w. ]. Dufen-
dach, Mrs. Louis Pack, Mrs. George
Westphal, Mrs. Burkett taking the
place of an absent member, Mrs.
LaFay Smith and Mrs. Desmond
Lyons. The judges for the award
ing of gifts were Mrs. Raymond
Goslee, Mrs. John ]. Williams and
Mrs. Thomas Ayers of the Rehoboth
Club. Mrs. Baxter was awarded
first prize for her original st. Pat
hat, Mrs. Wilson Vinyard for her
spring hat of Easter lilies, palms
and baby chicks and Mrs. Westphal
was runner up with her school
yard. red school house and belfry.
Mr.. Borden Smith was present and
took flash pictures of the ladies
and their hats.
Mrs. Jonathan s. Willis gave the
devotions and read phamphlet
C allied Unconscious Influence"
and paid tribute to the late Mrs.
Clarence Fraim, who has been an
influential and devoted club wo-
man for many years. Spring flowers
were arranged for the meeting by
Mrs. Vinyard and Mrs. Edward
Kuhlman. Mrs. Carl Morgan was
not present but she sent her re-
port in which she urged the MEM
bers to fill out their fall out pre-
paredness reports for which the
best two will receive prizes. An
rod frNT
the day by Mrs. Eugene Nelson and
tastefully hung by her. The exhibit
was open to the public from four
until six Monday afternoon. All of
the. paintings had been done by
local artists and high school stu
dents.
The elimination of the sewing
contest for all clubs in Delaware
will come when the fashion show is
held in the Student Center in New
ark on Wednesday, April 6 at 12:15.
Representatives from the Milford
New Century Club will vie with
those of other clubs to win the
first prize for her club. Mrs. Paul
Short of Georgetown is the State
chairman for the affair and reser-
vations for the luncheon and show
may now be made directly through
her Every one will be welcomed.
The next meeting of the club will
be held on April A. Mrs Louis Pack
who has written a play for Drama
Day will present it then with the
assistance of several members.
Nomination of officers for the
term 1960-1962 will also take place
then. The meeting on Monday was
concluded by tea with the hostess
es, Mrs. Calvin White and Mrs. Des-
mond Lyons, assisted by a large
committee. arranging the affair.
Mrs. Van Nuis Wilkerson and Mrs
Alex Sadowski poured at the table,
with a beautiful centerpiece of
spring flowers.