Milford chronicle., 1962-04-20
Happenings Of Interest
Throughout Delaware

TEENAGE DANCE = THE Mel
otone Four" will be featured at the
Pennington Fire Hall on April 27,
8-11 pm. with rock and roll for all
teenagers. This is sponsored by the
Ladies Auxiliary. Admission SIS.
TURKEY. KEN AND
DUMPLING SUPPER = McColley
Spring supper with all the trim
mings at their community house
Saturday, May 5. Serving time, 4
pm.
STATE MUSEUM The Della
ware State Museum will be closed
on Easter Sunday, April 22. 1t will
be open Good Friday, April 20 from
2 to > pm.
A new exhibit containing tools
and accessories used by Michael
Haitsch, a harness maker of Wilm-
ington, Delaware, has been INSTALL
ed in the number three building of
lection of tools and accessories was
presented by his son, Leroy NJ
Haitsch of Wilmington.
The Museum located at 316 S.
Governor Avenue, Dover, on us.
Route 13, Alternate, is open Tues
day through Saturday from Gil a m.
to pm, and Sundays 2 to pm.
1t is closed Mondays. Free parking
space is available to visitors at the
rear of the Museum.
DFPA WINS AWARD Del.
Chapter, Daughters of the Foun-
ders and Patriots of America, has
received a second place award for
publicity inches from the National
ScrapboOk Chairman, Mrs. Bennett
F. Hughes, of Louisville, Ken
lucky. Mrs. Ralph A. McCloskey,
State President of the Delaware
Chapter. has just returned f r o m
the annual session of General
Court in Washington, D. c., where
she accepted this award in the
absence of State Chairman, Mrs
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and Mrs. Clarence E. Jester, of
Milford The National President,
Mrs. Herbert r. Hill, of Fountain
town, Indiana, will make her Of
ficial visit to Delaware on Mon
day, June 4, 1862.
ROSE GROWERS - All in
aro inuitaJ tn
bring their questions on roses to
the conference room of the State
Board of Health at Dover on We'd,
April 25, at 8 pm. The Delaware
Rose Society is holding its first
dOwnstate meeting in cooperation
with the University of Delaware
Extension Service.
A panel discussion will feature
four leading amateur rose growers
to handle all questions. Panelists
will include Professor Claude Phil
lips Of Newark, Mrs. E. w
Buchanan of Dover, Mr. Joseph
Eckhardt of Bridgeville, and one
other local person yet to be con-
firmed
The Oregon Rose Festival on
color film will be another pro-
gram attraction. Everyone is well
come to attend.
SCHOOL EVALUATED - Seven
educators spent last Wednesday
and Thursday at Bridgeville High
School doing a State Department
of Education evaluation of grades
seven through II at the request
of the Bridgeville School Board.
The program of instruction, cur
ricuia, physical facilities, extra
curricular activities and sports,
and school philosophy were ex-
amined.
DR.. Howard E. Row, assistant
state superintendent in charge of
secondary education, was commit
tee chairman. Other evaluators
were Frank Mercer, Lewes; Miss
Ruth Moffitt, John Bassett. Moore
High School, Smyrna; Rudy
Sauer, Milton; William Garfield,
John Dickinson High School;
Richard Koch and Mrs. Mildred
Snowberger, both of the State De-
partment of Education
STATE ADVENTURES = Th e
Delaware State Development De-
partment is currently distributing
a revised edition of Adventure
Out-of-DoOrs in Delaware" an at
tractive siX-panel, three-fold bro
chure listing all of the states
camping, fishing and picnicing
sites, together with information
concerning rules applicable to the
use of these public facilities A
map, pin-pointing location of the
various facilities, is also included.
Copies of the 1862 edition of
Adventure Out-of-Doors in Della
ware" may be obtained by con-
tacting the Development Depart
ment at As The Green, Dover.
They are also available at the
Game and Fish Commission, North
Street Dover; Recreation Promo
ton and Service, 1901 Orange ST.,
Wilmington; Delaware State
c m b er of Commerce Ill
IA King Street, Wilmington, and
the Travel Bureaus of the News
Journal Company at Dover and
Wilmington.
PASTOR INVITED-The Milford