Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1930-05-23
SELBYYILLE

Mrs. William II. Mealey, Mrs. 4.
M. Robinson and son of Philadelphia,
were guests of Mrs. p E. Long on
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. C. Davis had as
their Sunday guests Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Scarborough and three
daughters, of Girdletree, Md.
Isaac CULLEN, of Wilmington, was
the guest of his mother, Mrs. Ida
Quillenfi on Sunday.
The 4th and 9Th grades gave n
party on Friday afternoon in their
school room, under the supervision
of their teacher, Mrs. Russell Blunt
ing. Refreshments were served and
games were played. The idea orig
mated in an arithmetic contest. The
girls won in the fifth grade and the
boys led in the fourth.
The w. H. M. Society met at the
home of Mrs. Ida Townsend on Tues
day evening. After the regular bus
mess meeting and the devotional eX-
ercises, a social hour was held, fol-
lowed blythe serving of refreshments
by this hostess.
Lester c. LOvett, of Little Silver,
N. j., owner and operator of a num-
Der of nurseries, spent Sunday as the
guest of Clayton A. Bunting, with
whom he is connected in business.
We frequently know the little inti-
mate gossip concerning our friends
and neighbors, but how many people
know the really worthwhile things
Of their community? For instance,
take the telephone office, located on
the property of Mrs. RoXie G.
Dukes, who is chief operator, and
who by her untiring efforts, has
helped to make possible the fact that
there are 73 telephones i'll the town
and community, So new ones having
been added recently. There are 400
telephones in the complete circuit.
There were IA in 1906. Quite an in
crease. The office personnel now
consists of chief operator, Mrs. RoX-
lie G. Dukes; operator No. 2, Mrs.
Charles Lewis, who was formerly
chief operator at Lewes, and who
came here after the marriage of Miss
Kitty Birch, who was then made toll
operator at Salisbury; operator No.
3, Mrs. Maud Tingle Jarvis; NO. 4,
Miss Esther Long, and No. 5, Miss
Georgia McCabe, and No. 6, Miss Ed
IA Murray. By the middle of June
a new operator will be required.
The National Guards will have dl-
rect line to Bethany Beach, and that
will eliminate a lot of discomfort and
confusion among the regular sub
scribers.
The Delaware Nurseries, under the
management of Clayton A. Bunting,
of this town, and Lester c. Lovett,
of Little Silver, N. j., acting as the
nursery departments for number
of the largest mail order houses IN
the country, have made shipments of
frees and plants, since the first OF
March, to every country in the
world, receiving as high as 5000 and
over orders in a day. The success
Of this enterprise has been phenom1-
nal, and the continuance of the bus
mess is assured. This new concern,
with the Bunting Nurseries, Inc, a
we'll known organization, owned ana
operated by Gardiner Bunting and
Sons, are helping to place Selbyville
on the map, as one of the largest
shipping points for nursery stock In
the country. Over 200 people have
been given employment, and that
alone, in the light of the labor sit
uation of today, has meant much to
the people of this community.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wade Ryan and son
spent Sunday with relatives at
Blades.
The young people of the town gave
a shower" in honor of Mrs. Pau
line Hayden on Friday evening:
The baccalaureate sermon will be
delivered Sunday morning, June l,
1880, in the Methodist church, by
Rev. Davis.
Commencement exercises will be
held in the Selbyville theatre Mon
day, June 2, at 8 p. m. Program will
be announced next week. The class
of 1880 of the Selvyville high school
consists of 10 girls and 5 boys.
Louise Rogers attained an average
of 1888 for four years and Mary
Flood an average of 1857. The other
members of the class are: Adelphia
Bennett, Electra Brasure, Pauline
Birmingham, Cecil Hamblin, Flor
ence Lekites, Alberta McCabe, Mar
tina McCabe, Ruth Watson, John
Davis, Simpson Lynch, Grise Nc
Cabe, Harold McCabe, William Ste
phens.
Between forty and fifty mothers
and daughters from Selbyville were
present at the Mother-Daughter
Night held at Ocean View NJ. r.
Church last Friday night by the
Selbyville group of churches. About
1870 were present from all the five
churches, a splendid representation
from each church in the group. The
program was as follows:
Greeting and purpose of the Mo-
ther-Daughter Night, Ruth Lind
seth.
Duet, Little Honey Bunch" Mrs.
o. H. Connolly and Miss Elizabeth
Connolly.
Talk, "a Mothers Responsibility"
Rev. Howard Davis.
Solo, Mother Machree," Mrs.
Norman Davis.
Reading, Child and Mother" Dor
is Magee.
Talk, "a Daughters Responsible
ity," Rev. o. H. Connolly.
Duet, Come Where the Bluebells
Ring" Mrs. o. H. Connolly and Miss
Elizabeth Connolly.
Mothers and Daughters Pledge.
Hymn, Prayer of the Quest"
This part of the program was fol-
lowed by group singing of mother
and daughter songs, and then play
what Is Homer was given by six