Milford chronicle., 1961-05-26
Happenings of Interest
Throughout Delaware
CHICKEN BARBECUE DINNER

CHICKEN BARBECUE DINNER
June s, in Fellowship
Hall, Union Methodist Church.
Bridgeville, Delaware, A to z p. m.
Dinners to take out.
MEMORIAL SERVICES - This
coming Sunday, May 2S, at 2:30,
will be the annual Memorial Day
Services at st. Johnstown Church,
Greenwood. The speaker will be
former United States Senator ].
Allen Frear, of the Securities and
Exchange Commission. Greenwood
VFW and Auxiliary will be guests
Special music will be provided by
the Junior and Senior Choirs of
the church.
REPRESENTED - Three Della
ware concerns are represented in
the U. S. Information Agency
sponsored "Plastics-U. S. A" ex-
hibit which operfed in the Soviet
Union this week advises the Del
aware State Development Depart
ment.
The E. /. DUPONT de Nemours &
Company, Haveg Industries, Inc,
aand Joseph Bancroft and Sons
Company, all of Wilmington, are
among the 230 business ard in
dustrial firms from q states re-
ported as having contributed items
for display in three Russian cities
this spring and summer.
CHICKEN BARBECUE - Thurs
day, June s, has been selected by
the Union Methodist Church of
Bridgeville as the date for their
first chicken barbecue dinner of
1861 to be served at the Fellow
ship Hall on Market Street, in
Bridgeville. Serving will start at
D. m. and continue until z.
Tables will be set-up in the Fell
lowship Hall and also on the lawn,
weather permitting, for those who
prefer to eat out-of-doors. The
price is S1.50 per plate for adults
and S5c for children. -Ready-to-
go-Dinners" may be picked up at
the Fellowship Hall.
Mr.. Paul O'Bier is the General
Chairman for the event. Members
of the church will all have tickets
available and will help in the prep
aration and serving of the dinner.
Proceeds will go toward the church
budget.
MANY NEW II. B. CASES-Re-
ports for the first quarter of this
year show an unexpected increase
in new cases of tuberculosis.
This was disclosed today by
Frank F. Pierson, Jr., executive
secretary of the Delaware Tuber-
culosis and Health Society. who
said that the upswing is true ma
tionally as well as within the
State of Delaware.
In recent years there has been
slow but steady decline in the
death rate from TB, yet recent
reports indicate significant rise
in new cases confronting u.s." he
said.
Mr. Pierson said that Delaware
health officials have been aware
for several weeks that more new
cases of TB than usual were be-
ing uncovered. A similar situa-
tion throughout the nation was
revealed earlier this week at the
annual meeting of the National
tuberculosis Association in Gin
cinnati.
ROAD DAMAGE-Various con-
tractors are expected to get start
ed on the work of repairing storm
damage to the highways in this
state during the coming week, ac-
cording to John McWilliams.
Maintenance Engineer of the State
Highway Department
The work, which will have a to-
tai cost in excess of $633, 900, has
been divided into nine projects,
three in each county, and con-
tracts for the work were recently
awarded by the Highway Depart
ment. The work is TO be COM
pleted within 80 days.
A total of six contracting con-
Germs will be in operation on the
work which will be in progress
on secondary roads in almost ev-
cry section of the state.
The work will consist of re-
moving the temporary material
from broken places in the high
ways. replacing any base mater
ial needed, and resurfacing the
damaged sections of the roads.
In addition to the contract work,
the regular maintenance crews of
the Highway Department are max
ing the smaller repairs along some
of the roads.
SURPLUS F00DS-Edgar Hare,
Jr., Director of the Department of
Public Welfare, announced today
that all people who have been re-
ceiving surplus foods, other than
persons getting public assistance
or relief. must reapply every four
months if they want to keep on
getting the surplus foods. AT the
end of four months their names
come off the lists, and they must
make another application if they
still want the foods.
Mr.. Hare stressed that this does
not apply to persons getting pub
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