Milford chronicle., 1937-04-30
SELBYvILLE
Church News

intendent of Salisbury District, wi
preside over the first quarterly con
ference of this conference year,
be held in Salem M. b. Church o
Wednesday evening, May 5th at
o'clock.
The sermon by Rev. Roy t. Thaw
ley on Sunday morning was takel
from Christ's sermon ON the Mount
the text being the fifth verse of th
fifth chapter of Matthew-Blesse,
are the meek for they shall inheri
the earth. The theme of the morn
ing sermon was "Meekness."
Rotary Appreciation Night
The Selbyville Rotary Club gave
an appreciation dinner" and pro.
gram of entertainment in the club
room last Thursday night in honor
of their wives and the ladies of the
Selbyville Community Club and the
Ladies' Aid Society of Salem NJ. E.
Church, who have served dinner al
ternately each week to the Rotarians
since their return from Bethany
Beach last fall Covers were laid for
SO with a few vacancies. approx
mately 80 having been served. The
idea of an appreciation night" orig
mated with DR.. W. E. Hastings dur
ing his presidency in 1928, the
idea having been carried out by each
succeeding president since that time,
the second having been carried out
by Raymond Morris; the third and
fourth under Harry Dukes and Clay
ton Bunting, while the fifth one was
in charge of Homer II. Pepper, the
presiding officer at present, but
whose term of office expires in the
very near future. The names of the
committee in charge of the dinner
and the part of the menu for which
they were responsible is as follows:
Rev. r. T. Thawley. Christie A.
Truitt and Pete Whaley, table ar
rangements; Harry Dukes and Will
mer Steele. fried chicken and brown
gravy: Lester Kaufman, creamed |
potatoes: Oscar Campbell, peas; Ho- |
mer Pepper. spinach; Jack Tubbs. |
celery: Paul Long. pickles and rel
ishes; Ed. Stevens, rolls and butter;
Roland West, coffee; Raymond Nor
ris, angel food cake and peaches; !
Doc Hastings, nuts and mints. U. S. |
Senator John G. Townsend. Jr. was |
at the head of the group of walters.
Cut flowers for table decorations,
and azalias. daphnes and evergreens
given out as door prizes were do
mated by Clayton A. Bunting, presi-
dent of Buntings Nurseries. and a
past president of the Rotary Club.
The ladies who drew the prizes
were: Mrs Matte Townsend and
Mrs. Roland West of Millville, MIS-.
Lester Kaufman of Ocean View, Mrs.
Paul Long, Frankford. and the Mes
danes Walter Long. Howard Pepper.
Henna Long, Lee Stevens. Hillary
Holland, James T.. Hudson. Burl
Adams. Raymond Morris, Paul Pep
per. George II. McGec. Llewellyn
Stevens and L. V. WilliaIIs of Selby-
vile. Invocation was made by Rev.
Thawley while DR.. Hastings and Ed.
Stevens were responsible for the en-
tertainment.
Dinner music was furnished by the
Hooker brothers and sister from
Ocean View. and after dinner music
by Miss Elizabeth Murray. regular
pianist for the Rotary Club. An ad-
dress of welcome and few words OF
appreciation were given by DR.. Hast
ings to which Mrs. William Green
berg responded in behalf of the Com
munity Club. in the absence of Mrs.
Peter Whaley president of the club.
while Mrs. Roland Scott spoke for
the Aid Society. The speaker of the
evening was Mr. Harvey Burgess. a
local newspaper man of Harrington,
Delaware. accompanied by Mrs. Bur-
CESS as an invited guest. The ad-
dress was both humorous and uplift-
ing. The ladies of the two organ
izations are again expressing thanks
and appreciation for the lovely din
ner and entertainment.
Miss Mary Flood of Wilmington
was a guest of her mother, Mrs. Nora
Flood over the weekend.
Mrs. Essie Murray was a guest of
her son and daughter-in-law Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred A. Murray in Llanerch,
Pa. from Sunday until Tuesday. !
Mr.. John n. Townsend of Millville \
spent Saturday evening with Mr.. and !
Mrs. w. A. Law and Miss Addie +
Furman.
Mrs. Roxie G. Dukes entertained !
lt a buffet supper at her home on
Church Street last Saturday in hon I
Or of her son Walter. whose birthday Il
was on April 81. Those present g
we're: Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Dukes.
Upper Darby. Pa. Mr.. and Mrs. Paul =
Scott and Miss Helen Scott of DreXel r
Hill. Pa. Marvel Lynch. Laurel, Mr.. -
md Mrs. Elwood Wright. George r.
own. Mr. and Mrs Eben Townsend.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Townsend,
)agsboro. Mr.. and Mrs. James Long. &,
Mr.. and Mrs. William :,
Thomas and Mr.. and Mrs. William .
'arlOw. Berlin, Md. Rev. and Mrs. y
Z. T. Thawley. Mr.. and Mrs. IRA 4
4ong. Mr. and Mrs. A. NJ. Lynch. ="
Hrs. Miriam Dukes. Senator and Mrs. .,
ames B. McCabe. Mr. and Mrs. Peter
yhaley. Mrs NJ. Pasha Watson. Mrs. -,
v. r. McCabe and Miss Maude Nc !,
abe of Selbyville. Mrs. Dukes other
on and daughter-in-law, Mr.. and o,
lrs. Alfred c. Dukes of Philadel- ~
hia. who had expected to attend
we're detained due to a business en- ~,
agement. r.
Mrs. William West was rendered a
urprise party last Friday evening H.
n honor of her 45th birthday ami :"
ersary on Sunday, April 25th. The
fair was sponsored by her husband.
William West and children. James,
Elizabeth. Marie and Daisey. The
uests were: Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence N.
!. Short and son Donald, Miss Ida - =,
lac Short and brothers. Lee and "
.arlton of Georgetown. Mr.. and Mrs da
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