Milford chronicle., 1960-04-08
Happenings Of Interest
Throughout Deldwdre

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Whites Church near Harrington,
Sunday, Aril 10, 1860 at p. m.
Come out and enjoy the special
music and singing.
EASTER SERVICES-A special
Easter Program will be presented
at the Williamsville Methodist
Church, near Houston, Del, Sun
day, April 10th, at 7:3O p. m. Par
ents with children to be Baptized
are asked to present them at this
service. Everybody cordially in
vited to attend.
SAILING CLASSES-The Indian
River Yacht Club at Oak Orchard,
Del, will begin classes in sailing
this Friday night, April Sth, at
7:30 p. m. Glasses are available
for either children or adults.
The club is hoping that a large
number of children will participate
in the junior program in order that
junior fleet may be organized
this season.
Amy inquiries before Friday
night should be directed to Charles
S. Heath, Laurel, Del, Chairman
of the Junior Sailing Program.
BRIDGEVILLE TICKET = One
ticket for the primary election has
been announced in Bridgeville. APP
pearing together are these Repub-
licans: Earl Wiley, candidate for
committeeman in the Second Rep
resentative District of the Second
Senatorial District; Mrs. Myer
Dimes. candidate for committee
woman; Norman E. Scott, candi-
date for delegate; Mrs. Ruth Hook,
candidate for delegate; Sherman
Todd, alternate delegate; Donald
Wright, alternate delegate.
CRUSHED TO DEATH-Thomas
Lane, 21s years of age, of Beaver
Valley Road, near Johnson's Cor
ner on the Concord Pike, just over
the Pennsylvania state line, was
crushed to death by a truck in
the driveway of his home last Fri
day.
Members of the Talleyville Fire
Company ambulance crew said the
boy was run over by a garbage
truck. The truck was being backed
into the driveway and the driver
failed to see the child.
EGG ROLL-Dover Lions Club
committees are working on ar
rangements for the clubs third
annual Easter egg roll to be held
Saturday, April Is, at 1870 p. m.
at the Pony League Park.
The Lions are planning to hide
about 800 dozen colored eggs in the
10-acre area. Sections will be desig-
mated for age groups from to
IL. Prize eggs will also be hidden.
An old fashioned creased pig
chase is scheduled for older youth
and adults.
Children and youth from Dover
and vicinity are welcome. If it
rains the egg roll will be held
Easter Sunday at 2:30 p. m.
ROTARY DANCE-The Smyrna
Rotary Club will sponsor a dance
at the Dover Armory, May TO- The
Sammy Kaye orchestra has been
hired.
Clarence S. Collins, Jr., is gen.
eral chairman and the following
committees have been selected:
Tickets, James Cooper, chairman;
promotion and publicity, DR.. Geo.
V. Kirk and Leroy P. Piper; ad-
vertising, Charles Rebar and VIM.
Willis, chairmen, Lester Letter,
James Cooper, Clarence Collins,
Howard Slaughter, Lawrence C.
Ellery, James Bradley, and Rex
Gilmore; decorations, James Brad
ley and Frank Elton.
BIG BROTHER-The Dover OPP
timist Club has issued a call for
volunteers for the Big Brother
movement it is starting in the
Dover area.
George K. Shockley, trial magi-
strate and retired state policeman,
is chairman of the committee.
Through the Big Brother plan
the Optimist Club hopes to help
boys in trouble
Also on the Optimist Club commit
tee are John Pugh, co-chairmen:
John Gibson, Nathan Cohen, Her.
bert Avery, Dick Lockwood and
James Somerville. Hilton Baines
and Tom Farr, social workers, will
assist.
DR.. Robert Layton, Dover sur
geOn, is one of the first volunteers
to sign up said Mr.. Shockley.
SYMBOLIC LAMP-Arthur Tay-
lor, master of the Harrington
Grange, received THE Old Oil
Lamp, symbol for the Kent Coun-
ty Pomona Grange, from Winfred
Gruwell, of Trophey Grange at
the visiting program held in Harr-
ington. The program was in charge
of Mrs. Elmer Cohee.
Mrs. Dorothy Hyde gave a talk
on Our Heritage, a history of
the Currier & Ives prints.
She also announced old New
Castle Day, Odessa Day and Dover
Days.
A reading was given by Elmer
Cohee entitled "Old Courting Days
in Grandpa's Time, Miss Anne
Cow gave a reading, Just Another
Boarder". Mrs. James Kates had a
display of a quilt she had made,
and also of old clothing.
FIRST GRADERS. May 9-13
shall be the registration period for |
all first grade students.
2. In grade two all second grade