Milford chronicle., 1961-06-02
Local Happenings

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Benefit Boy Scout Troop
No. sos. will be held Saturday.
June 3, 1861, at 10 o'clock a. m.
in front of Bob's &c and i0c.
/ MEETING Alden Sunshine
Society meeting will be held on
Friday. June 9. 1861, at Slaughter
Beach home of Mrs. Carl Allen.
The hostesses will be Mesdames
Joseph, Shortall. Wood, Williams
and Elton. Please bring your own
/ dinner service.
CANTEEN AT ELLENDALE -
A Canteen will be held every Fri
day night from 8 p. m. to mid
night in the Ellendale Fire House,
under the auspices of the Auxil-
iary of the Ellendale Fire Com
pany. Music will be furnished by
the Playboys. Jitterbug Contests
weekly. Ages 13 to 10. All are
invited.
WHAT A PROBLEM! - Local
children have found hundreds of
round metal tickets formerly used
by a cannery to give to piece
workers, and have been using
them to. load up parking meters,
outside soft drink dispensers,
laundromat machines and even the
change making machine at the
laundromat, using the worthless
tokens to extract the cash and
stopping operations when the real
money stops coming through the
machine. About 25 Juveniles with
parents will attend a session with
Capt. William Short of the Mil
ford Police. shortly and at least
25 more with parents, are expected
to attend another session.
WILDWOOD HID. CLUB - will
meet Wednesday, June z, at 1880
p. m., in the Hall. There will be an
exchange of plants. II you have a
pretty flower you would like to
share with some one else, bring it
to the meeting. There will also be
a White Elephant Sale. The ladies
in charge are Mrs. Mabel Davis,
Gertrude Deputy, Olivia Abbott,
Lille Hall, Mabel Dyer, and on the
refreshment committee, Mrs. Hazel
Jester. Elizabeth Nutter and Julia
Davis. Try and come out as this
will be the last meeting until Fall
The annual picnic is planned for
July or August. The President,
Mrs. Dorothy Argo, will be expect
ing to see you at Millwood Hall
on Wednesday.
CIRCLE NO. of Calvary Meth
odist Church held its May meeting
at the home of Mrs. Zena Vibbert
with fourteen members present
and two visitors. Devotional lead
er for the evening was Mrs. Edith
Lacy. Her topic was Gods Won
ders We Don't Appreciate" She
gave a most interesting talk and
had flowers and leaves to demon-
strate her points. The devotions
were closed by repeating Mizpah
Benediction in unison.
The business meeting was con-
Quoted by the leader, Emma Hor-
vat. In June our circle has the
devotions at Jewell's Nursing
Home. After the business meeting
was adjourned, delicious refresh
ments were served by the hostess.
The June meeting will be held at
the home of Nora Jefferson. Please
join us, you'll be missed if you
don't.
CONTRACT FOR SEWER-Mil-
ford City Council recently APPROX
ed a S21,236 contract for compile
tion of storm sewer in the north
east section of the town.
The contract was awarded to w.
B. Mitten & Son, of Dover, lowest
of four bidders, on a vote of Az
with two not voting.
In favor, Councilmen Clayton
Kirby, George Adams. Calvin Ball
and Maxwell Wilson; against,
Brainard Poore and Leslie Blades;
not voting, William Irving and
Howard Furniss.
The contract calls for about 500
feet of 36inch storm drain to con-
meet with a network already con-
structed, Mayor Pettyjohn said.
The storm sewer is required be-
cause marshy land along North
east Front Street had been filed |
to make room fer a supermarket. |
The marsh had provided a natur-
al catch basin for run-off water |
into Mispillion Greek before it |
was filed in, the mayor said.
City Council also received a new
50-star American flag for use
above city hall. The donor was
the Milford post of the Veterans
of Foreign Wars.