Milford chronicle., 1933-11-24
HOUSTON

birth of a boy, born in the Milfor
Emergency Hospital on NoVembe
8. 1888. He has been named Eugen
Wells.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Kirkby hav
been entertaining his sister ant
nephew from New York.
Miss Grace Hayes spent the weel
end at Milford as the guest of Mr.
and Mrs. George B. Robinson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Garnet Newell of Mil
ford spent Sunday with her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Passwaters.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Armour ant
children were Sunday visitors a
the home of her mother, Mrs. George
Johnson.
The sympathy of the community
goes out to Mrs. w. T. Williams
whose father was buried on Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Wyatt are
planning to move to Milford very
soon.
Mrs. Cora Hummel of Wilmington
is visiting her daughter, Mrs, Ola
Sapp.
Jane Scott was an overnight
guest of one of her schoolmates on
Monday.
William Reynolds and Miss Cora
Johnson have been recent Whining
ton visitors.
Ola Sapp and William Chism have
made quite an improvement to their
homes by a coat of paint.
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Purcell are
now occupying the Sherwood
Farm"
The many friends of Elmer Daw-
son will be glad to hear he is inn
proving very nicely, so much so he
can walk about a little.
Charles Tatchnell and Mrs. Bea-
trice Morgan were dinner guests OF
Mrs. Elizabeth Davis at Milford on
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willis H. Voshel and
daughters Louise and Doris spent
the weekend as the guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Baynard Kinnamon at
Boothwyn, Pa.
Church news for Sunday, Novem-
ber 26: Sunday school at $3.50 a. m.
Howard r. Moore, superintendent.
Preaching at 10:30 by the pastor,
Rev. ]. c. Handy. Evening services
as usual. Young peoples meeting
followed by preaching. Mid-week
prayer service every Wednesday
night.
The Houston New Century Club
met at the home of Mrs. Ralph Jump
on Wednesday afternoon, November
Is with a large attendance. The. pres
ident, Mrs. Webb, presided, and the
meeting was open with a song by
the club, followed with the Lords
prayer, repeated in unison. The sa-
lutte to the flag was given, led by
Mrs. Dufendach. The minutes of the
previous meeting were read by Miss
Garnet Lofiand and approved by the
club; then a discussion of several
questions and business followed, af-
ter which the meeting was given oy-
er to Mrs. Jump, chairman for the
day. On this day the vice president
Of Kent county was to have visited
the club, but due to a previous en-
gagement she was unable to be
present, so Mrs. Jump had prepared
a very interesting program in which
each and every member had a part.
There were two contests, which
created quite a bit of fun. In the first
contest, Mrs. Dufendach won the
prize and in the second contest, Mrs.
Cora Satterfield won the prize.
There were also two visitors from
Wyoming Club present, Mrs. Wilbur
Jump and Mrs. Jackson. During the
social hour the hostess served an
abundance of delicious refresh
ments. After having spent such a
very enjoyable afternoon the club
adjourned to meet with Mrs. Aman-
da Lofiand on Wednesday afternoon,
November 90. Thanksgiving being
the topic.
School Notes
Ellen Vinyard will give a very
interesting talk at the New Century
Club in Milford, Monday afternoon,
November 81. She will tell about her
trip to the Worlds Fair. We are very
proud that Ellen has an opportun-
ity to tell others about this wonder
full trip.
DIR. H. B. King, assistant superin-
tendent of elementary schools, Wis
tied Houston school Monday, Mo-
vember 13.
The Houston school will hold
bake Saturday morning, November
25 at j. C. WhaIton's store for the
purpose of raising money to pay to-
wards the shrubbery bill. All dona-
tions will be greatly appreciated.
Please come out and buy something.
The school needs the support of ev-
cry patron in the community.
Miss Vinyard and Miss Dill are
serving lunches at school several
days a week. The money raised will
be used for the same purpose that
the bake is being held. Last week
S1.74 was cleared.
Personal
On Tuesday, November IA, Mrs.
Franklin Slaughter and her new
son, Eugene Wells Slaughter came
home from the Emergency Hospital
at Milford and both are doing fine.
Miss Betty Hammond of Milford
was the weekend guest of Miss
Counselman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Merrill Boggs of
and Mr.. and Mrs. Arling-
ton Slaughter of near Dover were
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Franklin
on Sunday night.
We are glad to report that Mrs.
Herman Marvel is slowly improv-
ing all the time.
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