Milford chronicle., 1924-05-16
FrankfOrd

Capt. Henry T. Tunnel has beel
spending a few days in Philadelphia.
AT this time the prospects for a bis
strawberry crop are very good. They
are going to be late, but at present
the weather seems seasOnable.
A son, William s., j., was born unto
Mr.. and Mrs. William S. Long last
Thursday at their home on Thatcher
street. Both mother and son are doing
nicely.
Rev. Chester A. Redmond preached
a sermon Sunday morning in the
Presbyterian Church appropriate tC
Mothers Day The church was taste
fully decorated with flowers.
The Chautauqua Reading Circle OF
this town was entertained on Friday
evening by the members of the Chau-
taqua Circle of Georgetown, ut the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. James NJ. Tun-
nell. Fifteen members left here at
7:15 o'clock in large bus, arriving in
Georgetown at o'clock They were
cordially greeted and royalty enter
tained by the Georgetown members.
The lesson for the evening was. chap
ters Is, 16 and II of America Faces
the Future, by Durant Drape. The dis
cussion was lead by James NJ. Tun-
nell. After the lesson was over, the
Georgetown members served refresh
ments in abundance. The members
who attended the merry party and
who made the trip to Georgetown
were: Mrs. G. A. Cook, Mrs. L. E.
Murray, Mrs. E. w. Bryan, Mrs Bur
ton G. Cannon, Mrs. Elizabeth How
ard. Mrs. Raymond Long, Mrs. Ward
W. Dasey, Mrs. R. S. Long, Mrs. T. NJ
Heath, Mrs Harvey Ruark, Mrs. Hen
ry Tunnell Mrs. Elisha F. Dukes,
Mrs. Morgan T. Gum, Miss Evelyn
Cook, Mrs. c. E. Timmons.
Mrs. Carrie E. Green, secretary of
Maryland Loyal Temperance Legion,
has been touring Delaware in the in
terest of the work with children. She
was recently here as the guest of Mrs.
Matte Watson who is president of the
Sussex County W. c. 7. L. While here
Mrs. Green organized L. T. L. Of fif-
ty members.
Mrs. Matte Watson attended the
county convention of the w. c. r. u,
held at Rehoboth last Friday.
. Mrs. Mary Tingle entertained at her
home. near town, over the weekend:
Misses Laura Rayne, Maude Tingle
and Christine Mccarthy, Ralph FASH
am and Lawrence Hudson. A delight
full time was reported by all.
The Ladies Aid of the Frankford M.
E Church celebrated its fOrty-sixth
Monday evening, May 5th
by giving a luncheon to which each
member invited her husband or a
guest. More than one hundred were
seated at the luncheon which was
held in the Lockwood building. The
menu consisted of ham sandwiches, !
develed eggs, pickles, olives, peas. ice
cream, cake, coffee and after dinner
mints.
An interesting program mas given |
at the close of the luncheon; an es-
pecially interesting talk being that |
given by Mrs. Ebe Walter, ST., the |
only charter member now living here |
in Frankford. She has been an active |
of the society all of the forty /
six years, during which time it has !
grown from a small beginning to a .
present membership of seventy-three. |
Several others, Mrs. Lizzie Daisey, /
Mrs. Asher Collins, Mrs Roberta Muir
ray have been members for nearly as
many years.
The address of welcome given by
the president, Mrs. J. B. Long, was re-
spOnded to by Gardner Thomas Miss
Anna Murray sang very sweetly a So
10 entitled "The Love Dream" Mrs. (.
Stella Long gave a reading "The New
Church Organ" by Will Carlton. A
letter was read from the pastor, Rev.
George A. Cook, who is spending his
vacation visiting General Conference
at Springfield, Mass, and also visiting
friends at former charges in the COM
The program closed with the rend-
ering of a medley by the members of
he program committee and the sing
ng by all of "Blest Be the Tie That
Binds our hearts in Christian love, the
of kindred minds is like to
hat above"
Thirty-twO years ago this week a
county paper had the following from ;
A horse belonging to DR..
.. H. McCabe of ROXana, broke loose
rom his hitching post, near Daisey
Ind LaytOn's store and ran down Main
md Thatcher streets to his home
without doing any damage.
Capt. William G. Robinson of the
teamship Lancaster, is visiting his
mother, Mrs. Martha Robinson.
A w. c. T. U. was organized with
Irs. W. A Vickers, president; Mrs
Dr. L. E. Murray, vice president; Miss
DELLA Cannon, corresponding secre-
ary; Miss Maud Steele, recording sec
etary; Miss Maggie Derrickson,
reasurer.
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