Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-18
SEAFORO MASONS
HAVE GALA TIME
At FINE BANQUE!
Assisted Most Effectively by the
Ladies of the Order OF the
Eastern Star.
WAS OF HISTORIC INTEREST

Special correspondence of Every Evening
stafford April tS-The banquet given
An The Acorn club room here. Friday
night. by members of Hiram Lodge. NO.
2i a = 4. NJ. to their wives and lady
friends was pronounced one Of the finest
sn,i.i Affairs ever given in Seaiord.
The MaSons turned the preparing OF the
menu. decorating OF hall and arrange
mcnts 81 tables etc. over 10 the ladies' ot
sussex chapter. No. :. order OF the
Eastern star ot this town. and the lat
Ten Wrr, very highly commended Tor
the efficient manner IN which they per
formed their duty. The club room was
artistically decorated with cut flowers
and potted plants and the tables glisten-
"a with glass and silver on shining
damask Bcsides Soaford masons.
Rfidrevlue and Greenwood were well
trprcsentcd by members OF the order
and their wives and women friends.
~. Harrison NJ. Manning. master of
Hiram Lodge. who was toastmaster for
thr evening opened the banquet with
AN address " welcome. which was re-
spondcd o. by Mrs W. II. Miller, worthy
nlatrou az Sussex Chapter Order OF the
Eastern star. Invocation by Rev VII
lam ". narhic rector of ST. Lukc's i.
o. church The hanqucters then were
assigned thcir places at the tables by.
hand painted place cards. neatly exc
tateI hv Dr Annie q Shipley Of this
town. During the rcpast. Seaford High
SChool orchestra furnished scv-
era, pleasing selections. ~ the con-
clasj 81 oT the rcpast DR. Manning. as
toastmsstcr introduced Rev r. r.
Carp,ntcr. pastor ~ 81. Johns NJ F.
church. vha gave a very me toast on
YVES and Swcethcarts' George w.
Douoha s.yre'sr, ~ Hiram Lodge.
ea,y soute Yer, interesting data on
Haan lodge rom is institution, June
s 1Nbs - dat,
Past Master W ~ Miller responded
a. ~, toast "our Town IIc said
psr named Hooper was tho FIRST settler
h,n. coming ap Tho NantiCokc river
from Hoopcrs Island. Md. whore he
ard his famiI, hal settled Mr Hooper
received th. patent ~ land covering
HttEe tract In 1920 his son. Thos.
lloop,r. settled az Scaf"rd. receiving
/. 200 acres or land from his father,
which included lands now owned hy
colonel i ! Ross Or y. q Williams.
- stat, senator u = putton, Cherries
faaN W4Ham y Rogers. and tho site
,lsluu of tho Thomas Hooper estate,
tohn Hoopcr his SON. inherited the site
~ S,aford Saluc Hooper. 4 daughter.
married John Tcrrant. and they resided
where the mansion of X-Govcrnor VIII
liam " Ross. now stands The first
survey ~ Seaford was made IN October,
iT9a and included land east Of Market
street and south ~ King street The
frst addition to Scaford was made in
1919. hy William \cal. who resided ON
thu farm which eN-RcprescntatiNe
Frank Allen ono, owned More addi-
tlons were made 10 tho town in 1914
and 1878. extending 10 tho county road
which Is now tho north boundary of
Soaford Other additions 10 the town
were those ~ Cannon and Horscy. in
1850 and John y Wright in 1866. The
survey for the act of incorporation was
made iu 1855 and the town was in
cprpoTatcd 10y an act of Legislature
that wear A. expiration 81 that char
ter II was renewed and in 1909 the
charter was amended 10 include %anti-
coke City tnow West ScaforT,
samuel stein. past master OF Hiram