Milford chronicle., 1929-06-07
Hollyville

Children's Day Services will be
held at Unity M. E. Church Sunday
evening, June 9th. Everybody well
come. There will be no preaching
services in the morning as the time
will be given for rehearsing the
children. But come out on June
23rd and hear a good sermon by
Rev. Richard Greene. His theme
will be "a Consecrated Hand" The
first quarterly conference will be
held at Unity M. E. Church at 1.3O
Saturday, June Sth.
The Ladies' Aid will meet at Mrs.
Arthur Stevenson's June 18th. We
welcome everybody.
Hollymount School will close on
June 5th with a successful year.
Miss Hazel Joseph, of Whining
ton, visited her parents here over
the weekend.
The Hollymount Community Club
met at Mrs. Clara Joseph's the third
Wednesday in May, with our vice
president, Miss Maribel Prettyman,
as leader, in the absence of the
president, Mrs. VIM. P. Smith. Cake
and sugared Strawberries were serv-
ed for refreshments. The next meet
ing will meet at Mrs. Amanda 1.
Prettyman's June 18th.
Elmer Sapp, of Wyoming, visited
Mr.. and Mrs. Otis Joseph Saturday
and Sunday.
The Auxiliary of St. Georges P.
E. Church will meet at the home of
Mrs. Walter G. Phillips on Wednes-
day afternoon, June 5th.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Stevenson, of
Philadelphia, visited their parents
over the past weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clayton Ellis, of
Lewes, visited the latter's parents,
of this place, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Josephs.
Among the petit jurors drawn for
the June term of court were Thos.
Stockley and Otis Joseph, of this
place.
The Coolspring Grange met on
Friday evening last, May 31st. A
very interesting meeting was held.
Prof. Lacato, formerly of the Uni
versity of Delaware, but now con-
nected with the Firestone Rubber
Co., stationed near the city of Mon
rovia, Liberia, Africa, gave an in
teresting address on his work and
customs of the people of that coun-
try Liberia is inhabited by half
civilized Negroes and about fifteen
thousand ex-slaves that were liber-
ated in this country and sent to
Liberia to work out their own des-
tiny. He spoke of the capital of the
republic, Monrovia, as being named
after one of our illustrious presi-
dents, James Monroe. The laws of
the country were copied after this
country's. The city of Monrovia
was a town of shacks and tumble
down buildings. There was only
seven automobiles in the city and
they were owned by the employees
of the Firestone Rubber Co. He
said their traffic laws were in dupli-
cate of the city of Detroit, Mich.
One of the greatest vices of the
half-civilized tribes in the country
was gambling. The price of women
in that country ranged from three
to five dollars. They were sold
and gambled away like any other
chattels. He brought several cur
los from that country, including a
huge elephants tusk, an idol carved
from ebony, that they believed kept
the evil spirits away. The rubber
companies are developing some
thousands of acres of rubber trees
in that country, which already has
practically broken the British mon
opoly of the rubber industry. The
lecturer of Coolspring Grange, Mrs.
Otis Joseph, wishes to announce
that an interesting program is be-
ing prepared for the next meeting
night, June 14th. AS there is only
two more meeting nights before the
Grange goes on a summer vacation,
it is very desirable that all of the
officers and members, as near as
possible, be present.
Lemuel Joseph, of this place,
celebrated his list birthday on Sat
urday last.
Those present were his sister,
Mrs. Mary E. Hurdle, and children,
Otis Joseph and wife, John E. JOS
aph and wife, John Stevenson and
wife and his two grandchildren,
Miss Hazel Joseph, OF Wilmington
and Frances Irene Joseph. Ice
cream, cake and lemonade, also
bananas, were served as refresh
ments.
Mrs. Cornelia Hurdle and chill
dren, accompanied by Mrs. Mary E
Hurdle and Mrs. Elizabeth Steven
son, made a business trip to Sails
bury, Md, on Tuesday last.
Ex-senator Harry Prettyman, OF
this place, who has been undergo
| ing treatment in one of the Phila-
delphia hospitals, has returned
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. William D. Burton
will attend the graduation of their
daughter Marion in Philadelphia on