Milford chronicle., 1937-07-30
GEORGETOWN
Stogdon-Rogers

St0gdOn-k0gers
Miss Ida G. Stogdon, daughter q
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis B. Stogdon, q
Milton, and Eugene e. Rogers, so
of Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Rogers, @
Milford. were married on Sunday af
ternoon, at 4:30 o'clock, by the Rev
John T. Bailey, pastor of the Mil
ford Methodist Protestant Church.
Rash-Garey ts
Miss Grace Rash, of near Wood
side, and William Carey, of Milford
were married on Saturday night
July IL, 1887. Following the cere
mony Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Rash
parents of the bride, gave a wedding
supper for the bridal party, the i'm.
mediate families and few friends
The young couple are enjoying a
wedding trip by automobile, visiting
several places of interest, but keep
ing their destination a secret.
Ryan-Marvel
Stealing a march on their many
friends throughout lower Delaware,
Miss Mary Aleine Ryan, daughter of
Edmund C. and the late Mrs. Ryan,
of Millsboro, and John B. Marvel,
prominent high school athlete, and
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Nehemiah P.
Marvel, West Market street, this
city, went to Elkton, Md, on July IL
where they were married by the
Rev. C. NJ. Cope. The wedding did not
become public until this week.
The bride is very popular in the
, southern section of the State. She
took an active part in athletics in
the Millsboro High School.
Her father has for many years
been one of the leading business
men of lower Delaware, being a
member of the firm of Collins and
Ryan, of Millsboro outstanding gen.
eral merchants. He also is prom
inent member of the Georgetown Ro-
tary Club, as we'll as Franklin
Lodge No. IL, A. F. & A. NJ.
Mr.. Marvel was one of the out
standing athletes of the Georgetown
High School, majoring in football
and baseball. His father is a widely
known railroad man, and has been
for many years. The bridegroom is
one of the most popular young men
in the central section of lower Della
ware, and has a wide circle Of
friends not only in Georgetown, the
place of his birth, but throughout
lower Delaware.
They spent their honeymoon in |
Sunbury, Pa. and at Niagara Falls.
Draper-Smith
Miss Marian Draper, daughter of
Davis Draper, and Paul v. Smith,
- both nf EsIInn- I
dale, were married last Saturday
night, at $3.50 o'clock at Rehoboth
Beach, by the Rev. Conrad Hamer,
pastor of the Rehoboth Beach Meth
odist Episcopal Church, formerly
pastor of the Glendale NJ. E. Circuit.
Potato Shipments Heavy
Thirty-four carloads of potatoes
have been shipped from Delaware,
65S from the Eastern Shore of Mary
land and 1852 from the Eastern
Shore of Virginia so far this season.
Shipments from this State already
are four times greater than for the
corresponding period last year. The
Eastern Shore of Maryland ship
ments are eleven cars more to date {
than last season; while the Eastern
Shore of Virginia record is 2,776
cars more. Total carload shipments {
for the Peninsula up to Wednesday
was 9,049 cars. 9
The Philadelphia, Boston and Chi \
cago markets remain steady; while q
others are slightly weaker. :
sBasket" Meeting To Be Held
Forty years ago there were meet
ngs held in groves throughout low
,r Delaware known as "basket-meet-
ngs." In reality they were the fore r
'unners of campmeetings in the n
anne groves. Such meetings usually
Ieveloped into the establishment OF a
permanent campmeetings. There are Y
'ut few exceptions. d
Under the auspices of the Hous-
on NJ. E. Church at Hickory Hill, f,
,etween Millsboro and Gumboro, a a
sket-campmeeting" is to be held
rom August 1 to Is. Just why they oV
hould be called "basket-meetings" m
r "basket-campmeetin has nev- m
r been learned. At any rate, they
re not unlike the campmeetings OF W
he past cent&ry except for the fact al
hat cottages are not arranged in Id
ircle and the grounds may not be :,
S we'll lighted with "lightwood u; u:
as in olden days. or by ker- d d
sene or electric lights as in the ~
lodern age of the past 25 years. The r.
ervices are the same, but there is v,
o promenading ground. However, 1t da
as been sure sign that when such
leetings have been organized usu- M
lily they turn into an old-fashioned at
Whether the one near Tt
ickory Hill, only a few miles from gu
le famous Carey's Camp will devel- pl
D into permanent campmeeting ca
,mains to be seen. Much will de- sp
end on the interest and enthusiasm re-
) the residents of that section. Wis
II would not be strange in the raj
asst to see % new camp develop
ithin the radius of six miles of an 20
her campmeeting. Seventy-five
,ars ago camps we're known to be
Id within six miles of each other.