Milford chronicle., 1932-02-19

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The girls band of the Every Ready
Club will hold bake in the store
of Harvey Spicer, near the post
office, ON Saturday morning at 10
O'Clock. There will be chickens, pies.
cakes, ETC., on sale. Come and get
your Sunday dinner.
The services at st. John Baptist
Episcopal Church, Milton, next Sun
day are at 1880 a. M, Holy cOmmun-
ion; 10 a. M, Sunday school; IL a.
M, morning prayer and sermon;
1880 p. M, special service of the
commemoration of the birthday of
George Washington. At the morning
services during the Lenten season
the sermons will be series of med
! itations on the Lords Prayer. The
special service for the evening will
be poems concerning the life of
George Washington by Carl Mues-
sen, Franklin Ellingsworth, Paul
Edginton and Sinclair Campbell, Jr.
Papers on the aspects of his life
will be read by Dolly Ponder,
George Washington, the Husband"
Jane Mathis, George Washington,
the Commander-in-Ch Edith
Edginton, George Washington, the
Citizen;" Martha Wilson, Daniel
Webster's Character Sketch of
Washington; Virginia Wilson, "A
Memorial to Washington" Rev.
Joseph c. Wood, George Washing
ton, the Christian" The weekday
services are held Thursday evening
at 1880; the meditations are on the
renewal of the confirmation vows.
The Fisher Bible class will hold
supper, called "The Feast of the
Seven Birthdays" in the Sunday
school room of the NJ. E. Church on
Tuesday evening, February %, be-
tween the hours of and s. The
supper will be unique in manner of
serving and food served Mrs. Ruth
Dickerson and Mrs. J. L. Black of
the supper committee announce tEat
a social hour and short program
will be enjoyed following the sup
per. Price of supper tickets, SOC, and
they may be secured from members
of the supper cOplmittee. .-.
Evangelistic meetings will begin
at the Pilgrim Holiness Church on
Sunday, February 81, in charge of
the pastor, Rev. H. p. Adams. The
Holden Sisters, of Dover, gospel
singers, will be in attendance all
during the services. The public is
cordially invited to attend these
services. rts
The time of presenting the Pill
sr,.;,,, ayor lNTlET, |
Wilmington, has been changed from |
Z p. m. to $3.50 p. m, lasting one |
half hour. These Saturday evening |
programs have become very populAr !
with radio fans all over the east.
The town of Milton will partici-
pate in the National George Wash
ington Bicentennial Celebration, by |
a program ON Monday, February %,
under direction of Major VIM. +.
Smith, and his committee, represen- /
ting the organizations of the town.
The program as planned for the
day will begin by ringing of the
church bells, 200 strokes, occupying
II minutes, in honor Of George
Washington at 10 a. M, the hour of
his birth.
At / p. M, representatives of the
social religious, cival and eduea-
tional organizations, with pupils of
the school will march to Firemen's
Hall OH Union street where the rails
ing of new flag by the firemen
will take place with appropriate
as outlined by the nation
al program.
At the conclusion of the ceremony
the program in the firemen's hali
will be opened by Mayor VIM. II.
Smith, with the singing by The au-
dience of America"
Washington's prayer will be Civ
en- by the chairman.
Invocation.
Representatives Of the American
Legion will lead in the salute to the
colors, using the order adopted by
the Legion Post, including unison
pledge to flag and the American
creed. Special music and other
ill be given by representa-
lives of the Boy Scouts, New Cen
tury Club, lodges and churches.
"The Minuet" will be given by the
first and second grade pupils of the
school, ..t
The program will close with the
singing of the Star Spangled Ban
ler by the audience.
Mayor Smith asks that lighted
candle be placed in a window of !
every home on the evening of. the /
,2nd between the hours OF and 8
IL honor Of Washington.
The Misses Margaret and Ruth
yollins, of Assateague Island, Va,
ave returned home after spending
ONE time here with their grand !
mother, Mrs. S. ii. Holland. l
MIR. and Mrs. James p. Leonard,
Tho are quite i'll, show very little,
any, improvement at this writing.
Ir. and Mrs. Leonard are two of
1ilton's most beloved and aged citi-
ems. |
Miss Ella Millman attended the
lneral of Frank Marvel at Rehoboth
II Sunday last. . Es v
Word was received here by Mrs. Y
.rthur M. Barnes ON Feb. 9Th, OF y
he sinking of the tugboat, Larnie +
!. Shaw, which went to the bottom a
n Feb. 3Hd, at McCrea Shoals. (the 7
louth of the Delaware Bay), the T
rev consisting of seven men, all A
lost their lives. The A
aptain, John B. Jones, and son Ed N
ard. were relatives of Mrs. Barnes. Il
far only tho bodies of the engi- A
eer and mate have been recovered. 4