Milford chronicle., 1934-09-21
SELBYVILLE
Goth BIrthday-ReuniOp Dinner

anniversary on Saturday, Sept. 10Th
and a family reunion dinner was
held at her home ON Sunday will
} all her immediate relatives, with the
exception of one grandson and his
family, present in honor of the Oc-
casiOn. Aunt Rietta, as she is called
by her many friends, is quite active
and attends to her household duties
and had host of callers on Satur-
day, offering congratulations upon
her natal day. and leaving flowers
or some little gift as a token OF
| appreciation for her splendid life
as a citizen of our town and COM
munity, having been born in this
locality on September 18th, 1874,
and has always resided within a few
miles of her present home. The
home was simply banked with fiow-
ers-the gifts of her friends and
relatives and added much to the at
traction of the dinner on Sunday.
Those present for the occasion were
her son, Frank A. Long with whom
she resides, Mr.. and Mrs. w. X.
Long. Miss Esther Long, Mr.. and
Mrs. +. V. Baker. Miss Christine
Baker. Mr.. and Mrs. J. Conn Scott
and children Jane and Bill of Selby-
vile. and Mr.. and Mrs. Joshua B.
Richards of Philadelphia and Ocean
City. y. j.. the family circle having
been broken by the absence of Mr..
and Mrs. William Richards and three
sons. Bill, Richard Clifford. of
Philadelphia. Among the refresh
ments of homemade ice cream and
the four cakes representing the four
children OF the family, one of the
interesting and very attractive fea-
lures of the birthday celebration
was a small birthday cake. made and
presented by a greatgrand-d daughter,
Jane Claire Scott. who will not be
five years old until the 27th day of
the present month. The young
mistress mixed the pastry with the
aid OF her mother, Mrs. Helen Baker
Scott telling her the quantity Of
ingredients to use, baked and iced
the cake with a white iceing, using
nine pink candles. as the cake was
too small TO admit the use of a can
die for. each year of her great
grand daughters age. After the
dinner on Sunday all left for their
respective homes wishing their
mother and grand mother many hap
by returns of her natal day, she hav- /
ing taken great delight in the festivi-
ties of the occasion.
{ hurch News I
DR.. Leonard White. superirten1 /
dent OF Salisbury District of Will /
NJ. L. Conference, presided .
at the Second Quarterly Conference
of Salem NJ. f. Church on Thurs /
day night of last week.
The chancel table was adorned .
with a lovely basket of flowers on !
Sunday in memory of Mr.. Joseph |
Sudler Long, father of Mrs. George
H. Magee of this town, who passed (
away seven years ago.
Rev. IvanhOe Willis, superinten- /
dent of the Anti-SalOOn League of |
the State of Delaware. was here on I
Sunday morning in behalf of the !
work, as the church /
services are given over to that pur-
pose one Sunday during each year. I
His talk was based on two passages
Df scripture. the first from Matthew
l3:2S-"An enemy hath done this"
and was from the parable of the
man who sOwed good seed and while
men slept an enemy came in and
,0wed tareS, this being his answer
o the question. Didst thou not sow
good seed? The second was from
Proverbs l4:34-Righteousness eX-
llteth a nation but sin is a reprOach :
o any people.
Rev. ShOckley. the pastor in
.harge. occupied the pulpit on Sun
lay evening and also delivered a
cry good sermon from st. Luke
5:2-"ThiS man receiveth sinners,
md eateth with them A quota
ion of the Pharisees in regard to
esus eating with the publicans and l
inners.
Rev. and Mrs ShOckley are giving 5
party in honor of the elatter's {
sunday School class and the Young I
'eOple's Choir combined. at their ;
ottage Shoc-Lee. at Bethany Beach,
his Friday night, and all members q
re requested to be present. I
Waller
Miss Frances DerricksOn. only
laughter of Mr.. and Mrs. William I
;. DerricksOn of this town. was t
nited in marriage to William Wal i
ar. of Salisbury, Md. on Saturday I
fternoOn. September 18th. 1884, l
he wedding ceremony having been G
erfOrmed in the Episcopal Church
t that town. by Bishop Daven-
Ort. in the presence of only few
relatives and friends.
'ollowing Il few days honeymoon
rip to Virginia Beach. the happy
Ouple will be at home in their fur
ished apartment in Salisbury,
here the groom is engaged in bust q
ess. The Selbyville friends of Mr.. I
nd Mrs. Waller wish them a hap
y and successful welded career. d
eTSOnal Items a
Miss Virginia Adkins of Mills
orO. and Miss Eliza Moore of Oak h
richard were entertained for a few C
lys last week at the home of Mr.. Il
nd Mrs. William Burch on West
hurch street. n
Miss Hannah Long left on SatuT-
ny for Jenkintown, Pa. where she Of
as resumed her studies as a sec N
III gSdl StuuCHL 1T BCdNCi COllCbCs
Miss Cecile Hamblin was re- r,
mt visitor in New York City. m
Mrs. ROxie G. Dukes has had as Ii
ar guest during the past week, Mrs. B
ma Fish of Camden, n. ]. On
iturday Mrs. Dukes, Mrs. Fish and n
rs. NJ. Pasha Watson spent the day n
ith Mr.. and Mrs. William NAPLES n
Pocomoke, Md +
Mrs. Ida Townsend spent Sum ~
" with Mr.. and Mrs. Yirgel ID. ~