Milford chronicle., 1960-09-09
HOMEMAKERS' CHORUS :

homemakers interested in singing
with the Sussex County Honremak-
ers' Chorus are urged to attend a
business meeting this Friday night, |
September 9Th. The meeting will
be held at the Agricultural Sub
station on the Georgetown-Laurel
Highway at 500 p. m.
HAT PARTY A Hat Party
will be held September Is, at p.
m, in the Community Hall of Har-
beson Church. New Fall and Win
ter styles will be for sale at s3.98
each. Free refreshments will be
served. Everyone is invited to at
tend and bring their friends. The
Woman's Society is sponsoring the
event.
Mrs. Helen n Talley, Whining
ton, hat stylist, will be present
Chairman, Mrs. Richard Waga-
mon; Publicity, Mrs. Roland Bunt-
ing, Mrs. Richard Hudson; Re-
ifreshments, Mrs. Wallace Kopple,
Mrs. Albert Davidson and Mrs. ].
Floyd Lingo.
FAIR HILL RACING = Widely
known figures in the sport of rae
! ing from several states will COM
prise the leaders who will handle
the two days of Thoroughbred fiat
racing and jumping events on Sat-
urdays, September 10th and 18th,
according to an announcement from
William DUPONT, Jr., over whose
estate at Fair Hill, Maryland, the
races will be run. Alfred E. Bis
sell of Wilmington is a member of
| the Race Committee, and others
are Stuart S. Janney, Jr., of Balti-
more, former member of the Mary
land Racing Commission; Sidney
Waters, Jr., once a great rider
and now an outstanding trainer;
and j. H. Tyler Mcconnell, Secre-
tary of the Hercules Powder Co.
IMPORTANT PLANNING - The
planning for two important con-
ferences will be completed at
meeting of the Council of Admin
istration, Department of Delaware,
Veterans of Foreign Wars, at the
Dover Memorial Post next Monday
evening.
The first of the two conclaves,
a statewide conference and work
shop" for department, district and
post officers, will be held in the
Legislative Hall, Dover, on Sum
day, September Is, beginning at
1 tot
mander Edward w. Clarke outline
his 1960-61 program, the officers
will be separated into panel groups
/ for the purpose of developing
means of implementing the vari-
Gus phases of this program.
OFFICERS SCHOOL = TIL e
2O76th ARSU Wilmington U. S.
Army Reserve School, located at
Eleventh and Washington Streets.
wilmington, Delaware, has an
|. nounced that enrolment for its
1960-61 School Year is now open to
qualified Reserve and National
Guard officers.
Of particular interest to officers
residing in Kent and Sussex Coun-
ties and nearby areas of Maryland,
who are unable to attend the many
Associate Branch Courses being
offered in Wilmington, are the fol-
lowing three Courses being con-
Quoted at down-state locations:
Air Defense Artillery Officer Ca
reer Course (being offered for the
first time), Milford; Engineer Ad-
vanced Officer Course, Dover; and
Associate Command and General
Staff Course, Dover.
ROSE SHOW = Mr.. Elwood
Cox, general chairman of the show
committee of the Delaware Rose
Society announces that Mr.. Jaspar
Crane, donor of the Crane Rose
Gardens to the City of Wilmington,
will cut the ribbon opening the
Rose Societies second annual rose
show. The show will be held on
Saturday, September "a, from IL
noon to $50 p. m, in the John
Wanamaker Auditorium, adjacent
to the Ivy Tea Room in the Pent-
house, in Wilmington.
At the time of judging, an ex-
hibition rose should be in the most
nearly perfect phase of it's beauty,
usually when the bloom is oIfe-half
to three-quarters open depending
upon the variety. There is no fee
for entering exhibits. All amateur
rose growers are invited to COM
pete for awards in this show by
exhibiting roses from their garden.
FILM AVAILABLE - r. A. Ha-
| ber, Chief Engineer of the State
| Highway Department, announces
, that a film prepared by the De-
, partment, covering the improve
ment of dirt roads in this state, is
, available for use by any organiza-
tion wanting it.
Mr.. Haber said that arrange
} ments for displaying of the film can
be made through an application to
the main offices of the State High
way Department in Dover.
The film is in color and is ac-
companied by sound The needed
equipment for displaying it is sent
with the film by the Highway De-
partment.
The film porrtays the evolution
of the dirt road, from it's early
stages when the horse and buggy
predominated as the means of
transportation over these roads, to
, the modern hard surfaced former
dirt road, providing easy travel
for every type of modern vehicle.