Milford chronicle., 1936-01-03
GEORGETOWN
CHURCHES Som VIM Open
Revival Neaflnw


I evangelistie revival services. Mani
OF them are carried on much Tx,
the old-tlme Wesley reyivals o.
many decades ago. singing, praying
and exhortations 20 the unchurched
20 turn over a new leaf and join
'the church
Three Mlsmnps In One Family
Within Three bays
No doubt the family Of Harley j.
COnaway, prominent business man,
living on the Public Square here, IS
beginning to believe that misfor-
tunes do not come singly. The Yule-
tide season this year has not been
as happy for them as ia many f0r-
mer years because of two accidents
last week and one member Of the
family being stricken III
Mr. Conaway. for mshy years a
prominent hardware merchant and
automobile dealer was the first to
sustain injuries when he slipped on
the icy pavement Monday Of last
week, between his home and place
OF business and sustained a broken
collar bone. On Christmas Day his
son, Harry }. Conaway, who is as
soeiated with him IN business under
the firm name OF H. j. ConaWay and
Son, iabbed an oyster knife through
his left hand while opening the BIZ
valves for use at the Christmas din
ner. The next thing TO happen was
that their son, James, who had been
calling on some friends had 20 be
carried home suffering from q Sc
we're attack of asthma.
SO with two accidents and one
member Of the family becoming III
all within three days, had a tenden-
cy to mar the Christmas spirit in
the gOnaway home. All arc recOV-
ersng.
Blades.Hastings Wedding
Miss Hazel Hastings Of Laurel, |
and Roy r. Blades of Dover, were
married on Christmas night at Lau-
rel by the Rev. w. H. Hearn. pastor
of Laurel Centenary Methodist /
Episcopal Church.
FaFens-W Wells Nuptials
Announcement Of the marriage Of
Miss Elsie Wells, daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. Ira F. Wells, Of near Mil
ton, and Lester Farens, son Of the
late J.. W. Farsns, also Of near MIL
ton. has been mades The wedding
took place last Sunday morning, at
Milton, the Rev. Howard Davis,
pastor Of the Milton Methodist Epis-
eopal Church, performing the cere-
mOny.
The bride for many months has
been employed in the County Board
Of Assessment here. The groom IS
connected with chain store at
Milton
WOOd-DickeFs0n Marriage
Stealing march on their friends
on Tuesday afternoon, Miss Edna
DickersOn, daughter of Charles B.
Dickerson, OF Milton, and Elton r.
Wood, Jr., son Of Mrs. Wood and the
late Mayor Elton r. Wood Of this
city, went to salisbury, MI, where
they were married ~ the Rev. a. L. /
Franklin. They will live In the
property which they recently had
built on the GeoFgetoWn-Lewes
highway, near here.
Union swatch Night
Service Held Here /
Members Of First Presbyterian, I
Wesley Methodist Episcopal and /
First Methodist Protestant Churches
in a union watch night :
service on Tuesday night in First !,
Methodist Protestant Church, Mar !
ket and King streets. The services
started at IL O'Clock with q sermon +
by the Rev. John Humphreys, pas 4
Tor Of First Presbyterian Church. (
In addition to the sermon, there was :
music by the combined choirs, a !.
short time before midnight the "
.hurch bell tolled and sounded the 3
leath knell of the old year, and rang =
n the new.
christmas Lighting Prizes Awarded .
Christmas lighting effects in y
Georgetown this year were more =
Elaborate than last season ana y
lmOng the best of any community 3 3
N the Del-Mar-Va Peninsula, ac- =
ording TO hundreds of people who 3
ave visited here from different sec 4
ions within the past two weeks. "
Prize winners for the best deco
ated homes were announced on "
saturday night, at II o'clock, in the q
ubIiG square, as follows: First, Al Y
ert p. CrOll, West Market street, 70
25: second. Theodore Burton, Jry Y
Vest Market street, $40; third, as
gorge E. Swain. East Market
lreet, IS; sOurth Mrs. Clara Hol- .
on, North Race street, an electric Z
,aster; fifth. Charles s. Calhoun, %
asst Market street, an electric iron. 60
mention was given the q
blowing: George Elton Walls, "a
Dhn 7. Carey. Ralph Carey, Jehu T. hp
udson. Virden Macklin, Crawford va
alley, Harold D. Hatfield, Oscar s, er
Tilson, Asa Gray, A. J. Stevens, na
rs. Flora Barr. Samuel Locates, w
rs. A. Maude Hammond. Andrew on
urray, Robert Morgan; Thomas
yers. ~
agistrate Makes Prison Sentence me
Ight So As TO Give Prisoner ar
Ieasure OF Some OF Christmas mi
Olldays Ia
Arrested on charge Of being
unk and a menace to the travel shs
z public at C0llinsyille, a Georges ia
wn suburb by Ohicer Lynch Of the ~ ,
georgetown police station, Robert ~
lrmon last Saturday was commits ~
1 to the Sussex county jail here ess
+ three days by Magistrate W. IN II
ank sharp Owing to the fact that
was the Christmas holidays and -,
,gistrates Sharp did not wish him -. -.
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