Milford chronicle., 1936-03-20
DELMAR


DIR. Joseph S. Gould, professor Of
economics of the University of Del.
aware, was the guest speaker at a
meeting of the adult education clas-
SEES on Tuesday night in the Della
ware High School. DR.. Gould's sub
1eet was THE Economic Outlook. d"
The classes which had been held
during the winter closed on Tuesday
night following DR.. Gould's ad-
dress.
Miss Myra Jones is spending
sometime at Nassawadox, Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Waller are
having James T. Janney of PhiIa-
delphia as their guest for a few
days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Flood are re-
ceiving congratulations on the birth
of a son on March 3. Mr.. Flood is
athletic coach in the Delmar (Del.)
school.
Lieutenant and Mrs. William H.
Spicer and children of Smyrna were
weekend guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Clarence Calhoun.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Hearn and
children of Philadelphia were week.
end guests of relatives here.
Richard Cullen, student at the
University of Maryland Law School
at Baltimore spent a few days of
this week with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Lee Cullen.
Mrs. Ollie Johnson is confined to
her home by illness.
Mayor Leroy T. Lockerman pro-
claimed Monday, March 16, as Vol
unteeT FiTemen's Day for Delmar.
On that day the fire house was
open from / to- p. m. for inspection
by the citizens of the town and TO
celebrate the arrival of the new
pumper ladder engine recently pull
chased by the Delmar Fire Depart |
ment at a cost Of S7,1OO With this
new engine, DcImar is placed |
among the towns best equipped with
fire fighting apparatus.
A dinner was given at six o'clock
at the fire house to all members Of
the local fire department, by citizens
Of the town.
The Home Demonstration Clubs
will hold two flower garden meet
ings in Sussex county. The first was
held on Monday, March l6, at Broad.
Creek Community Hall. The second
will be held on March % at Cool
spring Community Hall at 1870 p.
n. Anyone who is interested in
lowers and flower gardens is invit-
I'd to attend.
The Delmar (Del.l School will be
,lOsed on Friday, March 90. when
III the teachers will attend the an
lual meeting of the Sussex County
Teachers Association at Lewes.
S. N. Culver was a Baltimore Wis
tor on Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Russell Of
Glendale We're Delmar visitors on
Mr.. and Mrs. William A. Cannon
nd daughter # Wilmington, N. c.,
yere guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde
ruitt on Sunday.
Miss Margaret HeaTn of. Sails
ury was the weekend guest of
Ir. and Mrs. Merle Nelson.
Mrs, Nelson Bradley and daugh-
or. Marjorie Lee, who have been
lsiting Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Cullen
)r a few weeks returned to their
ONE in Jarrettsville, Md, on Mon
ay.
Claude Ellis, who has been work
lg in the railroad service at JeT- l.
~ City for some time past, came
1me for a short stay on Saturday p
nd had the misfortune TO break his ?
IN while engaged in a friendly >,
ISLE with one of his companions. g
Lave set in, which s
his removal to a Balti- T.
ore hospital on Tuesday. Ri
William A. Cannon who lived in
ar here prior to his engaging in ~
e lumber business in North Caro- III
Ia in 1909. passed away at the be
me of his daughter, Mrs Marshall y
lsey, of Laurel. on Thursday NOR e,
lg, March IL. Before moving to in
nth Carolina, he was q teacher in az
2 public schools of Sussex coun- vi
and always retained his interest az
the educational development of i,
native State. He was also inter ~
ed in politics and was a member Of
the Constitutional Convention vi
ich framed the present COnstitu- ~
n of Delaware. so
ir. Cannon married Miss Jennie pl9
derson. daughter of the late Wal 10
and Mary Ellen Anderson of
mar. Her death occurred a few by
rs ago at their home in North IN
'olina. Two children survive, Mrs. thl
rshall Pusey with whom he lived
the past three years and Will IN
n Anderson Cannon, of Whining No
NJ c. The late Lorenzo Cannon, -
was a brother and his H.
mess associate Funeral services Z
e held from the Pusey home on az
irday afternoon with the Rev. r. ~,
rector Of st. Philips 100
5coDal Church, officiating. Inter- for
4 wac made fu Odd FalIows' hot