Milford chronicle., 1935-05-31
GEORGETOWN

the past nine years has been teach
Ing home economics in Dubois, Pa.
las been elected to that position b!
the Georgetown Board Of Education
Miss Hatfield, daughter Of Cyrus Hat
field. residing on East Pine stree
here, succeeds Mrs. Naomi v. Town
send OF DagsborO. who has held tn,
position for several years, but re-
Gently resigned.
CCC Comps inspected
The CCC camps located near Red
den, four miles north Of here, anC
at Lewes, were on Wednesday in.
spected by Brigadier General vii.
liam e. Cole, commanding general
of the Second Corps Area, Coast Ar
tillery Corps and Southern Zone and
commander OF the Civilian COnser-
VatiOn Corps. He is said to have re-
marked that they were in very good
condition.
Speakers At Union Lodge /. 0. o. r.
A special program was given by
Union Lodge No. 3, Independent Or
der Odd Fellows, in their lodge room,
on Monday night Of next week Ad-
dresses will be made by Frederick
r. Whitney. local attorney, and mem
ber of Fidelity Lodge of FrankfoFd,
and Ralph S. Baker also an attorney
and member of Union Lodge. Mu-
steal selections will be given by
James Carey pianist, and Howard
King viOlinist.
81 Years As Sunday School Sec'y
Former Clerk-Of-the-Peac Frank
W. lawson, living in the ZOar sec
ton. and now serving as deputy,
under Clerk-of-the-Peace Francis F.
Margan, is probably the oldest Sun
day School official in Delaware, if
not on the entire Delmarva Peninsula.
Mr.. Lawson has for 81 years served
continuously as secretary of the Sun
day School of ZOar Methodist Epis-
copal Church, having been elected
to the office when Is years old. He
also holds the record of being the
only man elected for two terms to
an office in the courthouse, having
been elected Clerk-Of-the-Peaee in
1918 for four years, and then again
IN 1880. In addition to being Clerk
Of-the-Peace for eight years, he ser
we'd as deputy for two years under
John S. Cooper. One other official
Of this county, Gardner =. Bunting,
is now serving his second term as
Levy Court Commissioner.
Frank W. Wagner, farmer, living
on the Seaford NJ f. Circuit, has a
record of 43 years as a superinten-
dent of the Sunday School of Bethel
NJ. E. Church, one of the SeafOrd
Circuit churches.
LegiOnnaires Attend Service
Members Of Sussex Post No. s,
American Legion, attended Me-
mortal service last Sunday night at
Frankford at which time a special
sermon was delivered by the Rev. ].
C. Bolton, in the NJ. E. Church of
which he is pastor. The Rev. Mr..
Bolton is past department chaplain
of the Department of Delaware. This
is the only service Sussex Post is
having.
Milton Boy EnlIsts In Army
Little did Philip w. Roushey, Of
Milton, eight miles from here, think |
when he placed his application for
enlistment in the u. S. Army that |
he would be assigned to the Chemical
Warfare Service. That is what hap |
pened, according to Sergeant J. J.
Winfree, in charge Of the recruiting /
office in the Federal Building here. |
This is a highly technical branch OF I
service employing trained men IN
the preparation and use of gases and
smoke screens. ROushey, without
any training in the line Of work, is
considered fortunate. and writes
from the Panama Canal Zone that
he likes the work.
According to Sergeant Winfree
there are many opportunities Oner-
ed to young men of lower Delaware
who desire to enlist at this time. L
Next month several high school grad
yates are expected to enter the SER
vice so they may have an opportunity
without cost to attend the West
Point Preparatory School, at Fort
TOtten, Long Island. The school IS
conducted for the purpose OF assist
ing those who desire TO prepare
to take the examinations y
for entrance to the U. S. Military
Academy.
With NOn.SHppOrt
Jbhn N. Wolfe, formerly Of Phila- \
felphia, but for some time a resi- {
lent of LeWes, was arrested by Mar
In w. Hall of the State police force {
asst Friday, charged with being a
fugitive from justice in Philadelphia. '
4 IS contended that Wolfe on or
lbout March 29th, last year, desert !
ID his two minor children, Marcia, |
leed nine, and Ruth, aged 8, and re- l
used to contribute to their support. a
Jpon deserting them, It is contend {
d. he left Philadelphia and came in v
O Delaware.
II was brought out that his wife f
ook the two children from one OF \
he public schools of philadelphia h
nd placed them in a private school p
nd IS desirOus that Wolfe support II
hem. Magistrate w. Frank Sharp p
L this city, before whom he was /
iven a hearing, held him in $500 e
ali for the Court OF General Ses- +
ions. John Dodd Of Lewes became
urety. i
'l0Iates Motor Laws +
Samuel Coffin, of Little Creek Dis b
rict. arrested by County Constable S
,alph f. Williams of Delmar, on 81
barge of displaying an automobile "
cense other than his own, was K
iyen a hearing last Friday before y
Iasistrate w. Frank Sharp here, ~
nd committed to the Sussex County a.
III for ten days in default OF a hne l.
I $40 and costs.
MIR. and Mrs. Ralph Torkelson and 50
hildren of Philadelphia, spent the II
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