Milford chronicle., 1924-12-19
Dover

nOunced. Inc wedding Will take
place on January IA.
The Wesley Collegiate Institute
basket ball team opened their season
last Friday evening in a victorious
manner. The girls defeated the Do
yer High School team by the score
Of 80 TO "A, while the boys won from
the Gecilton Community Club. The
scOfe being 4S to 9.
Adelaide and Annette
Howe have returned from a ten
days stay in New York City.
At a meeting Of the special COM
mittee of the Dover Rotary Club for
the Hospital Fund, it was decided to
start the campaign the first Of jan
uary to run for six weeks.
A charter was filed at the State
Department recently for the Koppers
Company to buy, sell and deal in
coal. The capitalization is S62, 100000.
T. L. Cretean, M. A. Bruce, A. M.
Hoover, of Wilmington, were named
as incorpOrators.
Announcement has been received
here of the marriage on November
30, in st. Paul's Episcopal Church,
Lynchburg, Va, of Miss Emma Eliz-
abeth Shisler, formerly connected
with the Child Welfare work in
Kent county, and later assistant SUI
perintendent of the health work of
the state, to John Pendleton Leach
man, of Mannassah, Va. Miss Shisler
left Dover about two years ago.
Judge W. W. Harrington has an
nounced the reappointment Of Wal
ter C. Hoffecker, of Smyrna and
Mayor John C. Hopkins of Dover, to
audit the books of the county comp
troller.
The dwelling house of j. 2.
Thompson, at Hazletville, west of
Dover, was destroyed by fire short
ly after o'clock on Sunday morn
ing. The origin of the fire has not
been determined.
F. E. Maloney and Son have open
ed the Green Gable Service Station
and Coffee Shop at COoper's Corner,
south of Dover.
The Rev. Francis Downs, son Of
DR.. and Mrs. P. S. Downs, Of this
town, who has been pastor of the
First Presbyterian Church, at Ty-
rome, Pa, for the past two years,
las just been called to one of the
most important positions within the
gift of the Presbyterian Church, that
of Secretary of the Board of For
eign Missions, of the Presbyterian
Church in America, of which the
Rev. DR.. Robert Speer is at the head. !
Mr.. Downs is but 80 years Of age.
Mr.. and Mrs. William M. Hope |
have issued invitations to the mar
riage of their daughter, Isabel
Louise, to William A. Hughes, on
Tuesday evening, December 80, in
Christ Church, Dover.
Howard Lewis, EnOch Gibson and
Paris Gibson, all cOlOred, have been
held in $500 bail each by Magistrate
3. F. Wood, on a charge Of larceny
Of three watches from the store of
Charles Zanders, local jeWeler.
Announcement was made at the
Fourth Quadrennial session of the
Federal Council of Church Of Christ
n America, of the appointment of
Dr.. R. c. Helfenstein, pastor of
Peoples Church, Dover, by the pres
dent of the council, as member of
he National General Committee of
Army and Navy Chaplains, of which
Bishop w. F. Mcdowell, of the Meth
)dist Episcopal Church, is chairman.
This appointment comes as an honor
o the Dover pastor as the committee
las the passing on of all applicants
or chaplains of both the Army and
Navy.
John Mag, age sc years, died at
lis home in Dover, Friday morning,
12, after a brief illness,
laving sustained paralytic stroke
he day before. Mr.. Mag worked
With his father, a baker in Dover
or many years, and later went into
business for himself, conducting a
igar store and also manufacturing
igars. Although a cripple practical
Y all his life, he was always cheer
ul and had a host Of friends. He re-
emily presented a public drinking
ountain to Dover, it being the sec
nd of this kind he made to the
own.
Miss Salome Downs has returned
rom a three months visit in the
lew England States.
At the annual meeting of the di-
ectors of Dover Base Ball Associa-
ion, the following officers were re-
lected for 1925: President, w.
harles Boyer; vice president, Will :
am H. Baker; secretary and treas
rer, Wallace Woodford; league di-
ector, William M. Hope. The an
has not been made as
} the club manager, but it is gen.
rally thought that "Jiggs" Donahue '
-ho has managed the club for the
asst two seasons, will again be call ]
/ upon.
The Board of Managers of the
almer Home, met at the residence !
Mrs. James Pennewill and re-
ected the following officers by ac- !
amatiOn, to serve for two years: :
RS. James Pennewill, president;
rs. E. S. Anderson, honorary vice
resident; Miss Mary L. Kellum, 1st
ce president; Mrs. Walter ]. Mas 5
y, End vice president; Mrs. John t
Hutton, treasurer; Mrs. 3. H. At q
nson, recor ding secretary; Mrs. E
ines A. Hirons, corresponding Sec I
tary. The Board Of Managers want
thank all who so generously con- t
ibuted to the home on the fall do T
ltion days, October and 9. The K
sh donations received amounted to Y
1918.