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Local club notes and community updates from Marydel area
The Merryde Civic Club met at Mrs. Herbert Bults on March 19 with a program on quick meals led by Mrs. Thomas Fleather Jr. Members were asked to bring a recipe or household hint. Several social events are noted including a Boy Scouts district dinner in Dover and the dedication of the Dover High School Auditorium. Various residents are mentioned visiting, moving, or hosting, along with a birthday pajama party for Rae Markley. A traveling speaker, Mr. Franklin Cole, spoke at the Marydel Lions Club about dairy storage and milk quality. Two residents are ill with chicken pox and many locals spent weekends with family or friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mers
Harold S. Kinsman
Thio'phic
Mfr
Reynolds Meyers
Merryde
George Luff
Lee Leslie
Herbert Butts
William Oxley
Howard Bickling, Jr
Boy Scouts Mid-Del
Capital Grange Hall
Dover
Leslie
Luff
Butts
Dover High School
United States Navy
Pearl Glover
Effie Davidson
Margaret Smith
Rae Markley
Carol Arndt
Town
Greensboro
Howard Bickling
Marydel-Henderson Road
Jeff
Amy Boys
Bridgeville
Amos Wyatt
Jean Leslie
Helene Erhart
William Erhart
Franklin Cole
Wilson Refrigeration Company
Smyrna
Marydel
Reviva
Frances Rodimak
Kennard Shults
Lee Harman
Wilmington
Grace Hutson
Joan
Near Town
Courtland Buckleau
Luther Andrews
Denton
Hollis Gray