Milford chronicle., 1928-01-27
Delnnar


very sick, is improving.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. L. Barker speni
Friday in Newark.
Little Miss Ardis Brannock cele'
brated her eighth birthday by enter
tanning the following guests: Misses
Mary Godfrey, Elsie Whayland, Ocea
Baker, Mary and Thelma Snyder
Mildred Berkstrasser, Mary and Ell
lestine Ellis, and Masters Eugene
and Vernon Northrup and Earl
Brannock.
Mrs. R. R. Phillips, Mrs. Eunice
Phillips and Miss Jane Phillips
were Clayton visitors Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Phillips are the
proud parents of a baby girl.
Mrs. Samuel Jones spent Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. Lands Wilson,
at Smyrna.
Miss Dorothy Hyde, of Middle
town, was a recent guest of Miss
Louise Marvel.
The Booster Bible Glass of Mount
Olive M. P. Sunday School will
serve a platter supper Tuesday eve
ming, January "a. A choice Of two
menus will be offered. All the work,
including cooking and serving the
meal, will be done by members of
the class.
Miss Beatrice Poulson visited
Miss Pearl Phillips, of Wilmington
ton, Saturday and Sunday.
Little Billy Marvel has been laid
up with chicken-pOX, but saysit did
not affect his appetite for ice cream.
AS many of your readers know,
Delmar is located in the states of
Delaware and Maryland, the divid-
ing line being the original Mason &
Dixon line, a portion of which the
municipality designates as State
street. There is a Delmar, Della
ware, Town Council and Delmar,
Maryland, Town Council. There is
a Delmar, Delaware, High School
and Delmar, Maryland, High
School; there is a bank in Della
ware and bank in Maryland. The
greater number of the churches and
the preponderance of the business
interests are on the Delaware side
of the town, although Delmar, Mary
land, has the larger population.
Each of these units has it's own ac-
tivities and the writer presents this
brief statement of facts to explain
what might appear, to those un-
familiar with our geographic posi-
ton, an inconsistency chargeable to
the whims of correspondent.
The wedding of Miss Thelma
Conglar and Mr.. Miles Kitchens,
both of Delmar, was solemnized at
the Baptist Parsonage by Rev. J. E.
Berkstresser, on Saturday morning.
They will reside in Delmar.
Past Masters V. ]. Carmine and
S. M. Ellis installed the following
officers of Delmar Lodge, No. POI, A.
F. & A. NJ, at its last regular meet
ing: Howard c. Kirk, w. M; F. E.
Lynch, Jr., S. W.; E. R. Wilson, ].
w; M. H. Hastings, S. D.; J. G. Ell
liott, ]. D.; ]. F. Truitt, S. S.; F. E.
Nunvar, ]. s.; A. H. Hearn, Sec;
S. N. Culver, Treas; w. S. Marvel,
Jr., Tyler.
Constable George E. Hearn and
Miles Fitzgerald, of the Penna. r. R.
police force, arrested Anthony
Jones, colored, of Seaford, on a
charge of stealing from a Seaford
garage. He was turned over to the
Seaford authorities.
Delmar won the graded school
banner for attendance during the
month of December, with an aver
age of 95.2 per cent, while Ellis
School was awarded the rural ban |
ner with an average of 100 per cent. |
The members of the First Baptist |
Church turned out in force to cele-
brate the birthday of their pastor,
Rev. J. E. Berkstresser, Friday eve
ming of last week. Mr.. S. X. Slem- |
mons was master of ceremonies and |
delivered an appropriate and inter-
esting speech. Other speakers made
short addresses, and Mr.. Berkstres-
ser responded with timely address
upon the subject of Fellowship. Re-
were served in abuhd-
ance.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. N. Culver were |
visitors Sunday.
The following classes of the Del
mar Sunday schools held their
meetings as follows:
No. Is, of the M. P. Sunday
School, Mrs. R. w. Adkins, teacher,
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Marion
Jones, Friday evening, January 13;
Class No. 8, of the M. E. Sunday
School, Mrs. F. L. Barker, teacher,
at the home of Miss Virginia Mock,
evening; Glass No. II, of
the M. E. Sunday School, Mrs.
Leonard White, teacher, at the home
Of Mrs. Bertha Marvel, Thursday
evening. There was a good attend
ance at each of these meetings, and
were served.
Mr.. G. L. Long was severely
burned about the hands when a box
Of matches in his hands became ig-
nited by coming in contact with a
spark on a burnt match stick.
Delmar Lodge, No. 2O1, A. F. G A.
NJ, attended Divine services at the
Delmar M. e. Church Sunday MORN
ing. Rev. ]. T. Bailey, pastor of the
NJ. P. Church, delivered the sermon.
Prof. Lester Hall, principal of the
Delmar, Maryland, High School, has
been confined to his room ten days
suffering from an attack of erysip-
aIas Of the face