Milford chronicle., 1933-07-21
GEO FUTURE FARM.
ERS ENJOY SUMNER OUTING

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Chapter Future Farmers of Amer.
lea have just returned from theil
summer outing at Riverdale Park
This is an annual affair and is one
of the most enjoyable of the years
program.
The following members spent the
week together in true camp style:
Harold Gordy, Robert Rust, Hay
ward Sockriter, William Virden
John Parsons, Cornell Sammons
Howard Sammons, James Locates
Preston Hickman, George Mears
Edwin Pepper, Gardiner King, Wal
lace Kopple, Clarence Abbott, Ed
ward Veasey, William Wolfe, Paul
Williams, and Raylynn Hoyt. In
addition to those who spent the en-
tire week at the camp, a number OF
other members and friends spent
one or more days with the group.
Some of the visitors were as fol-
lows: Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Alb
bott, Mrs. ElwOod Lynch, Master AL
fred Rogers, Jr., Mr.. and Mrs. An
inias Hickman, Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd
Rust, Mr.. and Mrs. John Rust, Miss
Margaret Rust, Miss Marion Collins,
Miss Grace West, Joseph Thomas
and two daughters, Lee Marvel and
sons, James and Stanley, Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles S. Atkins, Mr.. and Mrs.
Clarence Virden, Miss Florence Vir-
den, Mr.. and Mrs. Hugo Kopple and
son Charles, Norman King, Mr.. and
Mrs. Loda King, Mrs. Lewis E. Hal
/ lowell, Mrs. Nellie Trice, and Mrs.
Melton l.. Willis of fredericksburg,
Nd, Cyrus Williams, Mr.. and Mrs.
Otha Pepper, Perry Mears, James
Jarvis, Mr.. and Mrs. Grover ]. Sam
mons, Miss Marian Sammons, JO-
seph Sammons, Miss Esther Sam
mons, Miss Ruth Sammons, Miss
Marjorie Sammons, and Miss Doro-
thy Sammons.
The boys and their friends par
| ticipated in a variety of activities
and games, including swimming,
l'diving, canoeing, rowing, sailing,
horseback riding. water polo, horse
shoe pitching, baseball, soccer, mod
ern and old-fashion dancing and
games to music. etc. The activities
of the week were so varied that
tNeIyOHe ndu d hiOSL ShJOyd va
cation.
On Thursday evening the program
took the form of a hot-dog and
marshmallOw roast, followed by
group games on the beach. The re-
freshments consisted of roasted hot
dogs, toasted marshmallows, lemon
ade, and pickles.
The boys had as their guests of
the evening a number of their new
found friends as follows: Miss Peg
gy Reed, Melvin Cooper, Robert
Cooper. William r. Mitchell and
Mrs. >Elsie Mitchell, of Wilmington;
Miss Phyllis Hall, Miss Florence
Jones, Miss Dorothy Dawson, Miss
Vera Mercer. Miss Mildred Camp
bell, Miss Annaballe Harrison, Mrs.
John Toner Richard Toner. and
Mrs. Charles Dawson of Elsmere,
Dell; Earl LOngstreth. Mrs. Eva
Dillon. Miss Murial Wagner, Mrs.
Anna Wagner, Edwin Dillon, and
Edward Wagner, of Swathmore, Pa;
Miss Judy Hughes, Mrs. Alice Hous-
ton, Miss Kathryn Houston, Dickey
Miller, Miss Mary Rodney Houston,
and Charles Houston, of Philadel-
phia; Mr.. and Mrs. William Denny
and Bill Denny, of Milford, Del;
Miss Charlotte Welch, of Wilmington,
Del; Mrs. Anna E. Bowie. George
Bowie, Miss Florence E. Bowie. and
Frank N. Bowie, of PottstOwn, Pa.
To climax the weeks activities the
Future Farmers sponsored an old
fashion barn dance on Saturday
evening. This affair was made pos
sible through the courtesy of Chief
Little Owl, chief of the Nanticoke
Tribe of Indians. The music for the
square dances was furnished by
George Bowie, of PottstOwn, Pa,
and Miss Mural Wagner, of Swathi
more, Pr, past masters of the old
time dance. F. Thaddeus Warning
ton, advisor of the Georgetown Chap
ter Future Farmers of America, and
Jack Oliver, of Elsmere, gave the
calls. The music for the round |
dances was furnished by Charles |
Littleton and Robert Purnell, OF
Georgetown, and Earl Longstreth,
of Swathmore, Pa.
The special feature of the evening |
was a number of old Indian dances
by Chief Little Owl.
MANY of the visitors had never be-
fore seen an Indian dance, there
fore these dances depicted by Chief
Little Owl in full native Indian dress
to be a most fascinating pic
ture.
Those who enjoyed the dances in
cluded most of those that were pres
ent for the beach party on Thursday
evening, and in addition Miss Jean
atte Dawson, Miss Ellen HairgrOve,
Miss Dorothy Pence. Olda Price, Miss
Tracy Ashcraft, Miss Bradford Car
Ter, Miss Lee Hairgrove and Miss
Margaret Cataldi, of Camden, Del;
Miss Ethel Biddle and Miss Lara
more, of Dover; Mrs. Helen Marvel,
Miss Betty M. Marvel, Raymond
Marvel, Miss Ruth Derrickson. Har-
I'D Jones. Charles Purnell and
Johnson Purnell. of Georgetown;
Wilmer L. Jones, Miss Sarah L.
Tones, Miss Betty Jones, and Miss
sallie L. Jones, of Montclair, De-;
PAUL E. Crossan, Miss Myrtle G.
yrossan, Miss Doris Il. Crossan, Miss
Barbara E. Crossan. and Paul E.
yrossan, Jr., of Bethlehem, Pa; Miss
Marguerite Ewell, Miss Kathlyn
HASTINGS, Miss Ettamae Pennewell, !
Iiss Virginia McClauley, Miss Ruby
smith and Miss Dorothy Taylor. of
,eaford: James Hudson, James Jar
is, Charles Kopple. Howard Abbott,
Irs. Margaret Abbott, and Miss AL
,erta Veasey. of Harbeson; Miss
,eppie G. Presthofer. Miss Geneva |