Milford chronicle., 1962-06-15
Mrs. Earl T. Paris
Legion President
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Webster, Mrs. John Conrad, Mrs
Elwood Short and Mrs. Park w.
Huntington. Alternates are; Mrs
VIM. N. Cann, Mrs. John Powell,
Jr., Mrs. Regina Husfelt, Mrs.
Everett. Argo, Mrs. Robert H. Gray
and Mrs. Harold Kerstetter.
In the absence of Mrs. Lillian
H f, Department Americanism
Chairman; Mrs. John Powell. Jr.,
presented the two Essay winners,
who read their essays to the group.
The 1st prize winner was M is s
June Thompson, Harrington; Sec
ond prize winner was Miss an
Hopkins, Dover.
The Girls Nation representative
for 1861 Miss Jean ELLEN Davis,
Wilmington, and Miss Sandra Bar
nett, Wyoming were guests at the
Saturday afternoon session. B OF h
girls told about their stay in Wash
ington last July and expressed
their thanks to the Auxiliary o
giving them this opportunity.
Awards and Tropheys were Civ
en- to the following Units: I'll
Billy Regan, Jr., Trophey for Amer
icanism was presented to Delaware
Unit No. 1. Wilmington by his
mother, Mrs. William ]. B. Regain.
The Junior Activities Trophey
was awarded to Lewes Unit No. II.
Lewes. Mrs. Powell Membership
Chairman announced the winner of
the Catherine NJ Dillon Trophey for
Membership was to be awarded to
Walter l.. Fox Unit No. 2. Dover.
The History awards were, 1st
prize, Walter L. Fox Unit No. 2.
Dover, End prize, Nanticoke Unit
No. 6. Seaford. Child Welfare prizes
were awarded to CKRT Unit No.
z. Harrington, and to the J. Allison
O'Daniel Unit No. 10, Newark.
The Pan Americanism awards
were: 1st prize to Delaware Unit
No. 1, Wilmington; End prize to
Nanticoke Unit No. 6, Seaford; Civil
Defense award to First State Unit
No. 20. Wilmington.
A liberty Bell Citation was
awarded to David w. Harrison Unit
No. IA, Smyrna.
One of the highlights of tn e
afternoon session was the awarding
of Citations to two of Delaware's
outstanding women, they were Mrs.
MacSumne lMullin, Wilmington, for
her work in Mental Health, and Ito
Miss Mildred Bryan, Wilmington,
Dance Instructor for swimming
and dancing classes for blind chill
dren. Mrs. Mullin is chairman of
volunteers services for the Mental
Health Association Miss Bryan has
been teaching blind children swim
ming and dancing for II years.
Mrs. Eugene Sacco, Chatham, N.
J. National Vice President of the
Eastern Division was the G u e S t
speaker. Mrs Sacco said that with
our many programs of service,
surely each member should be able
to find one i'll which she can take
an active part She also said,
wouldn't it be wonderful if W
could live in a world without War.
w z llA<lAC CfCiJ OAAOliI " h0Cp
our Nation secure and free from
War. We build guns, planes a n
rockets, but we cannot buy our
Nations substance. May we find
within ourselves the courage, the
faith and the hope which these days
of challenge require, by display
ing Freedom Flags on all patriotic
days, we will be showing that we
are devoted Americans, determined
to keep our Flag flying over our
land in it's full meaning.
She also said the Auxiliary to
do everything possible to promote
the sale of Freedom Bricks, which
is our National Presidents special
project to raise $4,000 dollars to
build a Cold War Briefing Room
in the Freedom Center at Valley
Forge.
Miss Helen Jones, Department
Education and Scholarship Chair
man presented Miss Geraldine Fin
ann, Wilmington, winner of the
National Presidents Scholarship,
who is member of Delaware Unit
No. 1, won out over So girls in the
Eastern Division.