Milford chronicle., 1936-02-14
SELBYYlLE
Chnreh NeMs

president, Mrs. Roland Scott, IN the
chair, duo to Che absence of Mrs. @
II. Pepper who filled another en-.
gagement on that date. With the
dues paid In and cash received from
other sources the receipts of the
evening amounted TO about $4,000.
After the business session adjourned
a treasure hunt" featured the eve
ning's entertainment under the
Craftsmanship Of Mrs, y. M. Shockley,
while the refreshment chairman, Mrs.
NJ, Pasha Watson served homemade
doughnuts, coffee, salted nuts and
mints. Other members Of the jan
uary grpup were Mrs. James Il.
Hudson and Mrs. William A. Law. A
motion was made and unanimously
carried, to have. q florist send cut
flowers to Mrs. Mary +. Derrickson,
a charter member of the society, who
is now III at the home Of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Kendall Wiley In Bridge
vile. Relatives and friends who
have visited her since that time re-
port Mrs. DerricksOn as being very
appreciatiVe of the lovely bouquet
Of pink carnations. pink and yellow
snapdragOns.
On Sunday morning Rev Rev.
ShOckley preached from the text
found in the first chapter OF Jonah, |
and a part of the sixth verse-What |
meanest thou o sleeper? Arise call I
upon thy God. The theme of the |
sermon was Arise o Sleeper" The |
Senior and Junior Choirs contribute
ed some very good musical numbers /
and both deserve a great deal Of
praise for venturing out on such a
slushy morning due to the rain and
melting snow. .itt
In the evening the weather had
cleared up, but the sleety roads and
pavements made travel almost i'm
possible, but however in response to
a previous invitation from the pastor
the Selbyville Troop of Boy Scouts
attended church in a body for a
special sermon i'm observance Of the
2Gth anniversary OF the founding Of
the Boy Scouts in America They
were accompanied by the Scoutmas-
ter. Mr. G. Frank CARRIER who is also
an instructor in the manual training
of SelbyVille High
School The subject for the evening ,
was Abraham Lincoln" while the
sciiptural background was from the
18th chapter OF St. John where Jesus
tanght his disciples u lesson in hui / 4
mility and service. The members of v
the troop are Lambert Campbell, Ia
Stevens, Leroy and Severn n
Lynn Pomeroy, Charles I
Brown. Carol Farlow. Emory Nc Il
Cabe, Ray Jarvis. Lorenzo McCabe. +
Mrs. COvington Townsend was L
hostess to the Woman's Home Mis- d
sionary Society at her home on West 3
Church Street on Tuesday afternoon la
Df this week from 2 until 4 o'clock. Ii.
Following the business meeting a a
very pleasant social hour was spent
With the hostess by whom delicious v,
were, served. la
News Items In General D
II has been told repeatedly TO our
'oung people that they didn't know y,
what a real winter was like, but at oi
present they are enjoying a real B
winter. Sometime dur ul
ng Thursday night snow began 10 al
all and continued to fall all day on dt
friday until il reached a depth of to
ten to twelve inches on
evel. but due to the strong wind the II
lrifts were several feet deep. Zero az
weather. during great deal of the pi
winter has revived the Old-fashi0ned Or
kating parties, but the sleigh and of
ellis has so long been discarded that TO
leighing parties are not much In vi
an
Mrs. Ida Townsend visited her II
Delmar White and ye
lmily in Pittsville. Md. on Wednes- le;
ay of last week. on
Mr.. and Mrs. J.. Conn Scott and re
lpghter Jane returned last week d.
ON very pleasant trip TO Florida.
DING down they spent one night hi,
ith Mrs. ScOtt's cousins, DR.. and of
rs Horace Baker and children, in We
n. C. Dr. Baker is the ne
m Of Mrs. Maggie Baker. and a sal
other Of Mrs. John McCabe of this an
wn. Master Bill Scott stayed with PAL
8 grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. r. V. Rit
lker during the absence Of his par
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Mr.. and Mrs. II. v. Tubbs and Mr.. the
ID Mrs. Ray Holloway also return chi
from Florida the first of this week. wa
, their return trip they were caught pre-
their first snow storm in Georgia. the
Mrs. NJ. Pasha Watson and Mr.. and bro
8. Pete Whaley entertained to din les,
j. on Sunday evening Mr.. Whaleys per
Mt and cousin. Mrs. Beulah Nc moi
be and daughter Maude. and Mrs. ed
ixie Dukes. chii
Messrs. James Law and Wilmer mol
ng of Philadelphia came down on SER
nday and brought Mrs. Name BOu
nch to her home here after a ten "
rs visit with Mrs. Harry w. Law som
! family IN that city. spa
.ir. and Mrs. Mason Sprague and refe
latter's sister, Miss Mickey Parks 100
ertained to dinner on Wednesday r.
ming OF last week, Mr.. Philip be i
ing. and the Misses Christine aud
ker, Hazel Scotch, Carolyn Bro byvi
/. teachers in Selbyyille High Feb
lOol, and Miss Glenda Seabold who sion
been staying with the Spragues III
ing the absence Of aunt, Mrs. star
a Tubbs with whom she IS spend volv
the winter briet
lF. and Mrs A. Edward Stevens briel
e a dinner on Sunday I'm honor ense
their son Juniors 14th birthday strir
iversary. Those present were lists
gel MeCabe Linford Hall and YOU
ern Murray. byvi
Irs. g. r. Nichols was called TO solo.
erson Hospital in Philadelphia Ju