Milford chronicle., 1961-11-24
HOMECOMING SERVICES

HOMECOMING SERVICES -
will be held in Wesley Church,
Burrsville, on Sunday, November
26, at P. M. The speaker will be
Reverend William Dore of Sudlers-
vile, Maryland. Todds church choir
will have charge of the music.
Everyone welcome to these SER
vices.
FARMINGTON FIREMEN - The
Pennington Firemen will continue
their drive for funds throughout
the month of November. Seven
hundred and sixty persons attend
ed the fried oyster supper, for
which the Fire Company thanks
everyone who helped in any way.
Persons who have not already
donated to the drive can send con-
trlbutlons to the Pennington Fire
Company, Pennington, Delaware.
| PARADE DATE CHANGED =
The Lewes Chamber of Commerce
has changed the date of its 1861
Christmas Parade from Dec. Q to
saturday, Nov. 25.
| The change was by the parade
committee because many of the.
Lewes School musicians have a
conflicting date Dec. 2.
| President Frank Robinson said
the Santa Claus House on Second
Street will greet youngsters start
ing Dec. 2, and from Dec. II until
Christmas Eve, Old Kris will be in
his quarters every evening.
| NAMED TO UNIT. = DR.. How
ard E. Row, assistant state super
dntendent in charge of secondary
education, has been named to the
contest committee of the National
Association of Secondary School
Principals.
| The committee analyZes all re-
quests by national organizations
which wish to conduct some kind
of contest in the public schools.
1t is the only committee of the
association that has a five-year-
term.
DR.. Row said such contests are
discourag ged i'm the high schools of
! Delaware.
ut is easy to imagine that with
out some sort of supervision, there
would be enough contest requests
during a year to completely sub
stitute for most of our curricular
offerings" he said.
BEAUTY PAGEANT = The Ro-
tary Club will sponsor again the
pageant to select Miss Lewes for
the beauty contest of the Delmarva
Chicken Festival
This is the Rotarians' main bene-
fit affair. 1t will be held in the
high school auditorium.
David McManus is general chair
man, and Halsey B. Knapp, CO.
chairman. The master of ceremon
les will be William S. Jefferson
Stage decorations will be by Geo
Chappell and w. Allen Vessels. Th,
staging will be by James A. Moore
: high school principal, and Mghtin,
effects will be handled by Maicon
Cullum, and Richard Dennis.
The pageant is a dual event fol
the selection of a senior queen a.
mong teen -age girls, and another
to appoint a Junior Miss LeWes
among girls of pre-school age.
EXAMINATION NEEDED = A
| 9-year-old Seaford boy was sent to
Bridge House, a detention home in
Wilmington, by Judge w. Marion
Stevenson in Juvenile Court in
Georgetown, on two charges of ar
son.
| He will take psychiatric exam
ination. The boy already was un-
| der two larceny counts brought
| October rs.
The hearing was held with State
| Fire Marshall William R. Favmger
and Seaford Police Cpl. George
Mills present.
The boy was taken into custody
following fires in two outbuildings
on the property of Mrs Gertrude
| Thompson, Lansing Avenue, Sea-
ford, on Sunday evening.
Neighbors extinguished the blaz-
es. Seaford police say that the boy
admitted his guilt
The boy lived with his grand
parents. His mother has been liv-
ing in New York. One of the fires
was set i'm a pigeon loft.
DATA NEEDED = All Delaware
organizations that have events of
general. public interest scheduled
for the period january l, 1862,
through June 80, 1862, are being
urged by David S. Hugg, state in
| formation officer, to make informa-
| tin concerning such events avail
able to him at the Delaware State
Development Department, As The
Green, Dover, at the earliest pos
sible date.
This information, according to
Mr.. Hugg, will be used in the Del
aware Calendar of Events, which
is published and distributed by the
Development Department. Informa-
dion concerning some of the states
most significant 1862 events will
also be supplied by Mr.. Hugg to
editors of various publications.
The Development Department is
currently distributing a revised
edition of the Delaware Fact Sheet
which includes much information OF