Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1936-03-13
SELBYYILLE


NNA@A-AA-ANA~s
session, Mrs. Ethel Long, the enter
tainment chairman, opened the pro
gram with a group Of songs under
the direction Of Mrs. Delphia Davis
followed with the reading of some
very good poems by IS members
who responded to a request by the
chairman to either recite or read
their favOrite poem. During a CEN
tral intermissiOn of the readings,
the audience was delighted with a
piano solo, "A Noel of Love-" By
Miss Ruth Norris, a 9Th grade pupil
in the public school. The program
closed with an old fashioned SPELL
ing bee. Mrs. ROxie Dukes was re-
freshment chairman and served
fruit punch and waters, assisted by
Mrs. Sue Long, Mrs. NJ. P. Watson,
Mrs. Madeline Whaley and Miss Ad-
die Furman. Two members Of the
group. Mrs. Amy Long and Mrs.
Fannie Bunting were unable to be
present because. of illness.
The text for Sunday morning was
Judge and 24--Now unto him that
is able to keep you from falling
The subject was Spiritual GyrO-
scope" A comparison was made of
two ships In a storm, one was held
little more steady because it had
a gyroseOpe, while the other was
tossed about great deal, so the
Christian who is under the guidance
of spiritual gyrOscOpe" is better
prepared for the storms of life
when they beat upon the soul.
The WOman's Home Missionary
Society held Its monthly meeting at /
the home of Mrs. J. r. Buell. on /
West Church street last Tuesday af-
ternoon at o'clock. with Mrs. ViT-
gel McCabe as president and Mrs.
IRA Long as secretary The hostess
served refreshments during the So
cial hour that followed.
News Items In General
A shadow of gloom was cast over
our entire community on Thursday
afternoon, March 8, when a message
came to Mrs. Ida CULLEN that her
husband, Isaac J. Quillen, had pass
ed away suddenly in Philadelphia,
following an attack of heart trouble
Mrs. NJ. Pasha Watson and Peter w.
Whaley went for the body on Friday
and brought it to the WatsOn-Whal-
ey Funeral Home, where It remain
ed until Sunday afternoon when the .
funeral services were held in Salem ,
NJ. f. Church by the pastor, Rev. +.
NJ. ShOckley at 2:30 o'clock, after \
which the burial took place in Odd \
Fellows cemetery at BishOpVille,
Nd, he having been a member of Z
hne oil - hA NJ T..
E. Church of that town during his II
residency there before coming to
SelbyVille several years ago. The I
Masonic order attended the funeral v
in a body and also had charge of the \
burial services at the grave and the II
from that organization
were William B. DerricksOn, IRA &
Long. Charles w. Wilgus, James B. II
Thomas A. Holloway and /
Willis W. Hudson. e.
The floral tributes were both nu- ID
merOus and beautiful, showing the Il
high esteem in which Mr.. CULLEN W
was held by his friends and rela- .bl
tiVes. Besides the widow he leaves W
Dne son, Isaac J. CULLEN, Jr., a for in
mer graduate and teacher in the
High School, but for the s,
)ast two years a member of the nj
eaehing faculty of the Colorado Of
state Teachers College in Greedy, &C
Colorado, and one daughter, Miss tn
Kathryn CULLEN. also former grad Al
late of Selbyville High School and tn
t present is teacher of the third nj
nd fourth grades in the same al
chOOl and il was she who received CI
be phone call in school and had the NJ
ard task of breaking the sad news NJ
D her mother and wiring her bro RI
her, who arrived mere late on Sat tn
rday night and remained with his
lOther and sister until Wednesday. an
lie also leaves one daughter-in-law,
lrs. Viola CULLEN, who remained IN lOt
Freely and did not come for the flu W.
eral. op
The surviving brothers and sisters ex
re Messrs. Clinton and George Wi
uillen and Mrs. Philip West of tn,
Mrs. Dora Evans of Do thu
err, Mrs. Lemuel Holt. Mrs. Will Chi
am Richards, and Joshua Quillen sci
I Philadelphia, all of whom were inc
. the funeral, accompanied by their Ea
lmilies. Mr.. CULLEN was 60 years No
: age and the son of the late Capt
nd Mrs. Ebe CULLEN, of Ocean Mi
lew and was married to Miss Ida
ollins, daughter of the late Mr.. hol
nd Mrs. John Collins of Bishop I
lie, Md, about % years ago. and ent
I'd spent a great deal of his time
it'll the ]. P. Morgan Company as DR.,
lief engineer of the tug Arabian. net
We are offering to Thomas H. +
mmons of town, George TimmOns You
ID Mrs. Alvin McCabe, Of near 7
wn our sincere sympathy in the ing
IS of their mother, Mrs. Laura 7
mmons, widow of the late Cyrus Ste
mmons, who died at her home in and
Md, on Thursday ed
lrning, March S, at the age of "a cak
ars. She was also a sister to Mrs. n
lnie McCabe of near town. Among Gu
3 other relatives who attended the a {,
neral and burial services at Bish- ity
Vile on Sunday we're the grand "
ildren, Messrs. Paul and Leslie cIul
nmons, Mr.. and Mrs Harold Tim the,
ms, Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Bunting one
4 Miss Laura McCabe bert
rhe marriage of John Savage of quit
s town to Miss Pearl Evans of tacl
yard took place at the NJ. E. par nea
lage in Berlin, Md, on Saturday Mar
ming, March 7. The ceremony was to [
formed by the Rev. J. w. Bick- will