Milford chronicle., 1962-03-16
Happenings Of Interest
Throughout Delaware
SMORGASBORD DINNER

SMORGASBORD DINNER
Sponsored by Unity Chapter No.
16, 0. E. S., of Lewes, Delaware,
at the Lewes Special School cafe
terra on March II, 1862 Serving
from 4:3O p. m. to 700 p. m Adults
$1.75; children, S10O.
FRIED OYSTER, CHICKEN
SALAD AND DUMPING SUP.
PER-served annually by the Eel
ton Community Fire Company, will
be held in the FELTON, Fire Hall,
Saturday, April IA, beginning a t
$3.50 pm. Dessert will be included
in the price which will be
announced later.
ST. PATRICK'S DANCE = On
March II, the Knights of COlum-
bus, Star of the Sea Council, are
holding their 8th Annual st. Pat
rick's Dance at st. MichaePs Hall
in Georgetown. Dance to the music
of the Lou Paris Orchestra. Dress
is optional and dancing will be
from 800 to 100 Am. Everyone
invited. Come along and have
good time.
ORGAN CONCERT-The MYAF
of the Cokesbury Church, located
on the Georgetown Bridgeville
concert. The concert will be held
on Wednesday, May End, in the
Georgetown High School Auditor
ium. The concert will begin at 500
pm.
Mr.. Larry Ferrari, of Philadel-
phla we'll known TV organist,
will be the guest artist The pro-
ceeds from this concert will be put
into the organ fund, established
by the MYAF', for the purchase of a
new organ for the church.
BASIC TRAINING - 1t was an
nounced today by 1t. Robert B.
Williams, commanding officer US.
Army recruiting main station,
Phila., all men enlisting in tn
regular army from the Delaware
area will receive their basic train
ing at Ft. Dix, NJ. Prior to this
announcement men enlisting here
were shipped to Ft: Jackson, sc.
for basic training. Ft. Dix, only 38
miles from Phila., will give t b
parents and friends an opportun-
ity to visit the post on weekends
and also let the trainee spend
ample time at home when on pass.
For further information, see t h
local army recruiter, M-Sgt., Sabol
located at 218 S. Governors Ave,
Dover or telephone RE6-6937.
BILLION IN ASSETS = The
State Farm Insurance group pas
sed one billion in assets in late
1861 to become one of only 112
organizations Of that stature in
the United States.
Edward B. Rust. president of
the parent company, State Farm
Mutual said today that the COM
bined assets for the five companies
were 1,OO3,457,19 at the end of
1861. The group has more than
eight and two-third policies in
force.
Local agents for State Farm are
Bill Craig, Masonic Temple, Mil
ford and B. Norman Hopkins, Cen
ter st. Harrington.
State Farm Mutual, for 20 years
the worlds largest auto insurer,
began in 1862 its 40th anniversary
year-with assets of $72S,031, ,902
after increasing its policy count by
more than a half million during
1861.
HANDBOOK READY The 18th
edition of the Delaware Poultry
Handbook is now available to
poultry producers. Irving King,
chairman of the handbook COM
mittee of the Delaware Poultry
Improvement Association, announ-
ced that copies have been sent out
to DPIA members. He said inter-
ested poultry members can get a
copy from the county agents Of
fices in Georgetown, Dover and
Newark
The 1862 edition of the poultry
handbook contains 1O8 pages Of
useful information of poultry man
agement, according to Ray Lloyd,
University of Delaware Extension
pOultryman. 1t is an excellent ref
erence manual for egg and brOiler
producers as well as turkey grow
erS, he said.
ENGINEER = ]. Henry McDone
nell, of " Shady Lane Avenue
(Dover), has been appointed su-
pervising engineer with the
Diamond State Telephone Com
pany's general engineering depart
ment in Dover
Mcdonnell received his BIS de-
gree in civil engineering at Gettys-
burg College in 1922 and started
with the telephone company's en-
gineering department the following
year. He later served with the
company as an engineering assist
ant, senior engineer and project
engineer.
He is a member of the Dover
Planning Commission, Downstate
Management Club, the Masonic
order, and the Telephone Pioneers
of America.
Mcdonnell is past president of
the Dover Lions Club and also the
Dover r d Feather Executive
Committee.
RECEIVED AWARD = Wesley
Wilson, Millsboro, has recently
haan hQuornd by tho Allctato Ix.