Milford chronicle., 1927-05-13
Frederica

ITlnlIY Nj Cs SAo-
morning. The church was peau.ii"
ly decorated with white noMeie,
The sermon was unusualIy nne.
The i,nior choir sang beautilul pc
lection Mrs. Anna Bougy sang so-
10 With much expression, accompan-
D "a hv Mrs. L. L. Carlisle on the or
non and clarence Person on the VI
oIin The special closing seleetion "
the choir was beautl1uI. enSa1
Day will be observed next Suhuay'
The Women's Christian Iemper
moo Union was pleasantly en'ei
tained by Mrs. Harry F. Mitten on
Monday evening.
II &c with sadness that we report
the death of Mrs. Elsie houItn n1ds
Revnolds. wife of Jackson ReyholuSs,
of Camden. She was the dausntei -
Mr. and Mrs. Robbins OF inns wv
She had been i'll a number OF yea[s,
bnt natient and cheerful. Her ioveis
ohoracter endeared her to all Wno
1-,a1T ber The body was brought W
parratt,s % Chapel on Tuesday AFTER
noon where the funeral SERVICES
were u6lu. y hO'N
friends were present.
The floral offerings were LOVELY
Mrs Anna Bougy sang selec6ion
md also the Frederica choir. heV'
N q. Benson officiated at the SCI
ZOOS The deceased is survived py
her husband and was thlrty-siA
Iears @ of age. Interment was made III
tbe cemetery in the family lot'
Miss Marian Wilson graduated
last week from the Leland Powers
School of the Spoken Word, BOSTON,
NIass where she had been stuoenU
For three years. Her mother Mrs.
William w. Wilson, spent last WeeH
Nth her. attending many soclal
s,,nctions of commencement week.
Mrs. N. c. Benson, assisted pS
Mrs REYNOLDS Postles and MIS- t1el-
on Nichols, entertained the LauleS
Aid Society on Friday evening"
A GOOD program was given. a
,oI,elv duet was sung by Mrs. Anna
Ponoy and Mrs. Jester Gray. Select
readings we're given by Mrs. Harry
~ NIitten Mrs. Burton HendrlcKs
and Mrs REYNOLDS Postles. Famlllar
SONGS were sung by all with MIS-. H.
/. Carlisle at the organ. Inc eIen
ing was an especially dellghttul one.
Mrs. Bougy entertained the gues.s
With a number of anecdotes, told III
har humorous style, that created
much merriment. The hostesses ser
ved delicious refreshments.
Mr. and Mrs. Vaughn Warren Vi
Chester. Pa, were guests of Mr.. anu
Mrs. Thomas Spurry on SUNDAY
Mr.. and Mrs. William Boyce Vi
Newark spent Sunday with Mr.. ana
Mrs. Luther Robbins.
A school election was held mere On
Saturday afternoon and ernest
Raughley was elected to succeed +:
F Melvin, president of the Board OIL
Education. whose term expires III
June. Mr.. Raughley is a progressive
citizen. active in public affairs ana
an advocate of good schools. Inc
other members of the board are Mrs'
lester Gray and Thos. c. SaleVah'
who are actively interested IN
school work. Mr.. Melvin has serVe9
on the board for forty-two years anu
is entitled to the gratitude OF ms
fellowmen for nearly half century
of service in school work. Hls
wealth of experience, sound Judg-
ment and general aptitude for pusl-
ness made him an invaluable mem-
ber. He was president OF the Doaru !
in. 1901 when the present bulldlng on
St. Agnes street was erected and one /
of three past commissioners OF the +,
group of 1901 now living; the other i
two are Joseph Clark and Dr. +. l;
Carlisle. Those who have passeu
away but still cherished in kind re-
are Joseph Frazier, Dr.
w. F. Hoey, William Davis and
Stephen K. Belts.
The elementary building has long
ago been unable to accommodate tne
growing attendance and it has been
4 cherished dream of Mr.. Melvin 10
have a high school building that
will be a credit to the town and COM
munity.
A very interesting meeting of the
Society was held in the
beautiful new home of Mrs. B. Hen
tricks, the president, who presided
,t the meeting. Excellent reports
we're given by the different commit
-ees which showed that much word
1ad been accomplished during the
year, After the general line OF Dusl-
ness was disposed of an election OF
)fficers follows: President, Mrs. l.
". Belts; first vice president, Mrs.
Julia Darby; second vice president
Mrs. Alice Melvin; secretary, Mrs.
herman Vinyard; treasurer, Mrs.
Sharp Wilson; assistant treasurer,
Irs. Howard Rogers; on committees
Mrs. A. w. Carrow, Mrs. Joseph
Mrs. Sharp Wilson, Miss
elizabeth Lank, Mrs. Emma Slaugh-
er, Mrs. Bertha Rogers, Miss Helen
,ase, Mrs. Masten. During the social l
our Mrs. Annie Bougy of Philadel- l
hia, with her beautiful voice. led l
ne singing, and Miss Elizabeth Lank t
ras at the piano. The next meeting t
ill be held at the home of Mrs. l. l
7. Belts.
Mrs. A. w. Carrow, Mrs. I. w. c
etts and Mrs. Joseph Frazier at L
,nded the meeting of the Women's b
uxiliary of the Kent Hospital. d
Mrs. l. w. Belts was one of the s
dies invited to meet Mrs. Casper s
regional director of the h
eague of Women's Voters, on Fri
ay afternoon at the Hotel Richard e.
IN in Dover. In the evening Mrs. e'
etts attended the play called 1.-THE a.
harm School" given by the Senior T
lass of the Dover High School. c
Senator 1. w. Belts was a Middle ly
wn visitor last week. II
Ira Garbutt who has been spend P
g two weeks with his parents, Mr.. G.
I'd Mrs. Ira Garbutt, Sr., has re-
rned to Lynn, Mass. T