Milford chronicle., 1937-04-23
SELBYVILLE
Church News

i interesting sermon on Sunday morl
ing from the text-It is more blesse
y to give than to receive. Followin
the sermon a debt of $4,000 fc
church and parsonage improvement
: was wiped off the slate in aboI
: eight minutes, with U. S. Senate
: John G. Townsend, Jr. acting a
chairman for the occasion.
q The flowers ON Sunday were /
memory of Rodney Long who die
about one year ago.
News Items In General
The marriage of Lemuel Long, Jr
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Lemuel Long
Sr., of Selbyville, to Miss Glenda Sea
bold of Port Deposit, Md, took plac
in the latter town on Saturday, Apri
10th. Immediately following tn,
ceremony the newly married coupl,
came to the home of the bridegroom
parents, where they are spending
their honeymoon. Both the brid'
and bridegroom are graduates of thu
Selbyville High School, the former
having made her home with an aunt
Mrs. Harry v. Tubbs and graduated
with the class of 1886. Congratula.
tions. are extended to Mr. and Mrs
Long for a happy and successful flu
ture.
G. Taggart Evans. executive sec
retary of the Delaware Anti-Tuber-
culosis Society was a dinner guest
of the Selbyville Rotary Club, OF
which Homer Pepper is the presi-
dent. ON Friday night, and also
showed two reels of pictures in Sell
byville High School Auditorium fol-
| lowing the dinner.
Mrs. Mary p. Watson from the
Ladies' Aid Society served the din
ner assisted by Mrs. Madeline Wat
son Whaley, Mrs. Essie Murray, Mrs.
Roland West, Mrs. RoXie Dukes and
Mrs. Birda Long.
At the close of the picture Mrs.
Lankford, a guest of Mrs. Peter W.
Whaley, gave a short talk in behalf
of the Young Women's Christian
Association Of Delaware, in an effort
to organize Girl Reserve Club. and
TO raise funds for maintenance of
same. Mrs. Whaley and Mrs. Gov
ington Townsend attended a meet
ing in Dover Monday night and will
solicit our locality for funds and
membership at an early date.
Edward l.. Brasure of this town,
Great Sachem of Delaware Red Men,
was notified last week that he was
the winner of crocheted bed spread
that had just recently been CHANGED
off by Waneta Council No. 8, Degree
of Pocahontas, in Wilmington. 1t
is a most lovely one-piece spread.
and the work of crocheting was all
done by one lady.
Mr.. Brasure has presented the
spread to his wife. Mrs. Millie Bra
sure, who also took part in the con-
test, and is an active member of
Ayita Council No. 10. Degree OF
Pocahontas in Selbyville.
During their visit in Wilmington
Mr.. and Mrs. Brasure We're guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin C. An
drews. formerly of this town.
Mrs. Sallie Fassitt Rittenour visit
ed Mrs. John Jackson and Mrs. Hat
tie Morgan in Seaford on Tuesday OF
last week, former friends of hers,
while teaching in Seaford before her
first marriage. While there she also
called on Mr. and Mrs. Medfard l..
Watson, Sr.
u. S. Senator John G. Townsend.
Jr. was at his home here for awhile
last week, after a business trip to
the Swan Creek Apple Farm near
Millsboro.
Miss Pauline Birmingham was a
guest of friends in Newark and Will |
mington over the weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Adkins, Jr.
and Mr.. and Mrs. Cashar Evans went |
to Havre-de-Grace, Md, for the races |
on Thursday of last week.
Capt. George Walker of near Lewes !
and his daughter, Miss Georgetta
Walker of Wilmington, were at home
with their wife and mother, Mrs.
Ethel Walker. over the weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Archie NJ. Lynch, Mrs.
Miriam Dukes and daughter Betty |
Jane attended a family dinner at the |
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Elbert w.
Lynch in Seaford ON Sunday, the |
dinner having been given in honor of
the formers brother and wife, Mr..
and Mrs. Edmund Lynch of Phila-
delphia.
Arthur Hudson was at home with
his mother, Mrs. Vina Hudson, over
the weekend.
Capt. and Mrs. Harry Derrickson
went to Chincoteague, Va, on We'd
nesday for a dinner meeting of the
U. S, Coast Guard Womens League.
Mrs. Derrickson and daughter
Catherine visited Mr. and Mrs. Will
liam Rust at Milford on Sunday.
Mrs. Daisey Long of Philadelphia
spent the weekend with relatives i'll
own.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer West spent
Sunday and Monday with Mr.. and
Mrs. Edgar II. West and Mr.. and
Mrs. Raymond Mills in Collingdale.
Pa.
William A. Law of Selbyville. ac-
by Joshua Hudson of
eoxana attended the State Council
n. o. u. A. NJ. at Harrington on
tuesday. Mrs. Law and her sister,
liss Addie Furman spent the day
With their cousin, Mrs. w. w. Sharp
nd Mrs. Edward Smith, a cousin of
lr. Law.
'Ormer SelbyVille Boy To Speak
IVer Radio
Isaac ]. Quillen of Palo Alto.
alifornia, will speak over the radio
t p. m. on Monday, April 26th,
nd can be heard over any national
tation. Mr.. Quillen is the son of
Irs. Ida Quillen of this town, for
Ter graduate and teacher of Selby-
lille High School, having resigned
bout three years ago to accept a
Dsition as teacher in the Colorado
tate Teachers College in Greedy,