Milford chronicle., 1936-05-29

O The baccalaureate sermon will b,
X preached Sunday morning at tht
2 John NJ. Clayton School by the
: Rev. F. d. Viehe, pastor Of The
\ Frankfort Presbyterian Church.
s Friday evening, June 5, com
Y mencement exercises will be held.
: The salutatory address will be
: given by Alvin Campbell. The vale
dictOrian is Lemuel Evans.
ElwOod F. Nelson, Esquire of Will
mingtOn, will address the graduates.
The mantle ceremony will be by
William Truitt and Jack Lockwood.
Mary Elizabeth Gum will make the
presentation to the school of the
class gift.
The diplomas will be presented by
Atwood F. Lynch, a member OF the
school board.
The acceptance of the class gift
on the part of the school board will
be by Hon. Ebe H. Chandler.
The remains of John r. Truitt
were brought here Tuesday for in
terment In Carey's cemetery. Mr.. |
Truitt died in Wilmington last Sat /
urday morning at the home of his |
daughter, Mrs. Olivia Piper. where /
he was living. He lived here for
many years before going to Will
mingtOn. He was a brother of Will
liam E. Truitt, who died recently.
He was Sc years old and was born
near Pittsville. Md. Besides his
daughter he is survived by his wild
ow and one son, Harry.
Many members of the local Eas-
tern Star of this town, attended the
annual session of the Grand Chap
Ter. Order of Eastern Star, held in :
last week.
Alfred Ellis has gone to RehobOth 7
Beach where he is employed by the :
American Stores Company. 1
Mr.. and Mrs. Thurman Rogers and n
everett Derrickson were visitors to 4
Baltimore, Md, last Sunday.
Miss Ruth Watson, who is a mem c
er of the graduating class at the
College. Newark. entertain S
d number of her friends over the a
'eek-end at Fenwick Island In the le
arty were Miss Beatrice Harrison
nd Miss EastabrOOk, physical direc- "
lrs at the college; Miss Jean Sig j
IT, Harrington; Miss Eleanor White
Wilmington. and Miss Helen Kirk 81
atrick of West Chester, Pa. CT
Charles H. Lockwood, coroner of to
ussex county. has sold to F. stan 81
" Gordon of Philadelphia the "
rOperty near town which he pur- On
lased from the estate of the late MI
apt. Eli Walls. M
Mrs. Preston Williams, Mrs. c. A. er
both, Mrs. Harry Williams and =,
RS. John Williams were visitors TO sn
ilmington last Wednesday. NJ.
In answering a call to Bethany cls
each on Monday afternoon the TN
Volunteer Fire Company
as outside the town limits in less WI
an five minutes from the time the we
'en started to sound. A forest fire
d gotten beyond control and sew ley
al cottages were in danger of MI
rning. The boys had more than an reI
ur of hot fighting. They had splen- Ho
cooperation of the beach people.
r a time the fire looked very dan wa
-Ous and several cottages were in on
lger. This was a fire where rec
emptiness in getting away probab- \
averted a big fire. wri
,emueI LYNCH. aged "a wears. suf- ter.
ed severe injuries on Monday N
en- he fell on the concrete pave day
Mt at the National Bank. DIR. c. ton
FOoks was called and attended d
]. Mr. Lynch was taken to his spel
s home in Baltimore Hundred. lily.
IRE he is living. NJ
he Frankford Volunteer Fire her
lpany was summoned last We'd G.
lay to a fire near GAINESVILLE. It
the barn at the parsonage Of the
jley African NJ. E. Church. The :
ionage and other buildings we're 2OC
ID. A grass fire was responsible. sw,
fire company was at the scene mi,
N minutes from the time the sir On
tarted to sound. The pastor had -,
20 about a mile to the nearest
DhOne. NV
iday morning shortly after sew vi
clock the firemen were called to Ter
imney fire at the home If Ray at
near Omar, On account of
, being a high wind and very
and sparks flying. the company
called. Little or no damage was