Milford chronicle., 1962-10-19
Happenings Of Interest
Throughout Delaware

TURKEY, CHICKEN AND
DUMPLIN SUPPER - McColley's
Church will have their Fall 'Tur-
key, Chicken and Dumplin' Supper"
Saturday, November 10.
SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF
FRANKFORT will appear in song
at Sloan A.ME. Church, Slaugh-
ter Neck, Delaware, on Sunday,
Oct. 21, at pm. Edith Hicks is
the sponsor.
COOLSPRING ANNIVERSARY -
The 236 Anniversary of Cool
Spring Presbyterian Church, locat-
ed just off Route Is at Cool Spring,
Delaware will be celebrated on
Sunday, October 21st at pm. The
speaker will be the Rev. Sydney
j. Venable, General Presbytery of
the New Castle Presbytery.
RUMMAGE SALE - The Har-
rington New Century Club will
sponsor rummage sale on Friday
and Saturday, October 19 and 20,
starting at 10 am. in Hoffman's
Garage, just off Railroad Avenue
All members having articles for
the sale may take them to Mrs.
Arthur Hoffman on Thursday be-
| fore sale.
FREDERICA SCHOOL NO. 80
will hold their regular monthly
P. 7. A. meeting on Tuesday, Oct.
| %, at 7:30 pm. 1t will be in the
form of an "Open House. All
parents are cordially invited to at
! tend. Parents with small children,
come out and bring them;
| special baby sitting service will be
| provided during the meeting.
MILTON Halloween Parade =
Milton Jaycees, in cooperation
with the Senior Chamber of Com
/ merce, will sponsor a Halloween
Parade on We'd, Oct. 81, at 7:30
pm. Anyone interested in entering
floats, please contact Bob Wiley
or Frank Johnson Persons wish
ing to enter do not have to live in
the Milton area specifically. Any
one may enter.
GOOD HAY Is GREEN GOLD
This year. Bill Parker, of Burrs-
Vile at the Delaware line, has
planted 20 acres of alfalfa to raise
| his total to so acres.
That is a lot of alfalfa for one
| 70 Thoro nrahoh1r-
farmers in Kent county with as
| much.
Alfalfa is good crop because
| a man can take four good cuttings
or about five tons per acre in a
| normal growing season. But if
must be well managed.
| Purnal Friedel a Holstein dairy
! man at Viola, was one of the first
| to SOW heptachlor granules to con-
troll alfalfa weevil This is a Job
which should be done this fall after
the last cutting.
duPONT STOCKHOLDERS e.
I. DUPONT de Nemours and Com
pany, Inc was owned by 230.696
stockholders as of September 80.
number of. holders recorded at the
end of the first six months of 1862,
and an increase of 1896, or 167
ner cent, over the number as of
September 80, 1861.
There were 214,747 holders of
common stock and 21,0S0 holders
If preferred stock as the third
quarter of 1862 ended. These fig
ures include 5,131 holders of more
than one kind of stock
The company has approximately
$4,000 employees, of whom about
$4,000 were stockholders at tn e
end of the third quarter.
/ Every state in the Union is rep
resented among the owners of the
company.
CANCER DETECTION SER
vices = October s, FELTON,, Fire
Hail. Call 2S4-54S7 for appoint
ments. October IL and IS, Dover,
Kent County Health Unit, State
| Health Building, Federal and Wat
er SITS. Call 734-454711, ext. 404 for
appointments. October 19, Smyrna,
Health Unit. E. Commerce st. Call
653-70SS for appointments. Ocober
%, Houston, Fire Hall. Call 22-
1858 for appointments October "a,
Dover, Kent County Health Unit,
State Health Building. Federal and
Water SITS. Call 734-5711 ext 404
for appointments. October %, Mill
ford, Health Unit, Shore Theater
Bldg. Call 422-49S5 for appoint
ments. Free examinations are Of
fered to all women 25 years of
age and over.
RATS CAN BE COSTLY = Rats
know to start looking around for
new place to live about this time
of year The means moving from
fielss into buildings where they
have ready food and protection
from winter weather. For each, rat
that you see there are probably
ten more around that you know
nothing about
Rats are expensive boarders.
Each rat eats about 40 pounds of
food per year and spoils twice this
amount
Homeowners in town and coun-
try should clean up trash piles.
stone piles and junk. This will help
prevent rats by removing t h e r
favorite shelters Prevent rats from
getting into any food or feed by