Milford chronicle., 1931-12-18
FRANKFORT


| ing the following were elected t
| serve for the year 1892:
Worthy Matron, Mrs. Martha p
Bunting; Worthy Patron, Rev. Chas
w. Branford; Associate Matron, Mrs
, Olive d. Gum; Associate Patron
j. w. Ellis; Secretary, Mrs. Eliza,
beth S. Stokes; Treasurer, Mrs
Gardner L. Thomas; COndustress
} Mrs. Ruth w. Branford; Trustee
Mrs. Jennie Bryan Ruark.
The remaining officers will be ap-
pointed in January.
Miss Emma Long, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Raymond p. Long, was Op-
Grated on Monday at the Lewes Hos
pital for the removal of her appen-
dix. Miss Long is a student at Wes-
ley Collegiate Institute, Dover, Del
She expects to be able to return to
school after the holidays.
Mr.. and Mrs. William E. Powell
entertained at a turkey dinner Sat
urday evening: Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam A. Gum, Mr.. and Mrs. E. w.
Bryan, Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Jones,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Steele, Mr. and
Mrs. Clarence T. Esham, Harry Wick
ers, all of this town; Mr.. and Mrs
Isaac P. West, of Ocean View; Miss
Myrtle Powell and Miss Mary Evans,
of Millville.
A meeting of the Home and Teach
ers Association, outgrowth of the
Parents and Teachers Club, was held
Monday night. Mr.. Bortner chose
for his program committee Miss
Lizzie Robinson and Mrs. Jennie
Parsons, who procured w. T. En-
mis-, superintendent of the Delaware
Colony, for the evening. His talk
on the sense of understanding of
mentality of children was most in
teresting.
Blue prints of the new school were
displayed. Mr.. Richards having
seven parents or representatives of
pupils present won honor mention
of the evening. The new question
box will be used at the February
meeting. Twenty-eight members are
now enrolled.
Clinton H. Watson, undertaken,
was called to Philadelphia Saturday
to get the remains of Lambert Craft,
aged "a. He died at the Methodist
Hospital that morning. He had been
i'll for some time and had gone
there for an operation. He is sur
vived by his wife, Ethel Long. Flu
neral services were held Monday at
his late home in Selbyville, burial
was at Sharptown, Md.
Miss Elsie Evans, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Reuben Evans, of this town,
and T. Howard Palmer, son of for
mer State Senator and Mrs. j. Carey
Palmer, of Milton, were married at
one O'Clock last Saturday afternoon
in the parsonage of the Milton Meth
odist Protestan Church, by the Rev.
G. Randall. The bride, who was at
tended by Miss Mildred Scott, is a
teacher in the Milton School. The
groom is employed in the First Ma
tional Bank, of Milton.
Postmaster Esham advises the |
public that there will be no mail de- |
liveries on Christmas Day. All mail |
coming that day will be sorted and
that the office will be open that eve |
ming. Rural patrons may call 1Or |
their mail. Everything possible will |
be done to make delivery of mail ar
irving the day before Christmas. !
The rural carriers will have the day /
off.
The Presbyterian Sunday school
and church are arranging for Christ
mas services this Sunday evening.
A Junior Literary Society has
been organized in the eighth grade.
Programs will be arranged and pre-
sented, every two weeks, in the Eng
lish period The next meeting will
be held on Wednesday, Dec. 23rd.
The officers of this association are
as follows: president, Walter B.
Stokes ce-president, Jack w.
Evans; secretary, Alvin Campbell;
treasurer, Delmar ]. Williams.
Members of the committee to attend
to the physical comfort and attrac-
tive condition of the room are: Mary
Elizabeth Gum, Bebath T. Lynch,
Thelma L. Truitt and Lemuel H.
Evans.
Pupils of the sixth and seventh
grades are selling Christmas SEALS
The commission earned will pur-
,hase a framed picture. An attrac-
i've quilt, on display in the window
If j. M. Parsons general store, was
made by the Girl Reserves and will
,e won by lucky member of Santa
Jlaus' band of helpers for one thin
lime. II
The Frankford-DagsborO high
chool basket ball team pryed off the
id Friday night by defeating the
trong Lewes high school team by
he score of 22-19. 1t will be re-
nembered that Lewes defeated
'rankford last year in the semi
inals by one point. The russell
'riday night was hotly contested
but Capt. Richards I
rought his team through in the last +
uarter with some beautiful floor {
,ork, passing and cooperation by
very member of his team. 1t is
aid Frankford has two of the best :
1rwards in the D. l. A. A. Stott and
lifton played best for Lewes.
-Dagsboro will play Bea-
ON College in Wilmington Saturday
fternOon, December 18th.
LEWES
Field G. Foul G. Total
EnSs, Isree. #: # ... " .
tott, C. ....... 3
lifton, re-. .... 3 l
arrison. lg. . 0 o q :
ickman. lg. u u y