Milford chronicle., 1938-04-01
sELBYvILLE
Church News

said unto her, What shall l do TO
thee? tell me what hast thou in tn
house? And she said nothing, save
pot Of oil. The three points empha
sized were Expectancy, Desire ant
Obedience"
Rev. Thawley left this week TO at
tend the 10th annual session of thu
Wilmington M. Z. Conference nov
being held in Union NJ. E. Church II
Wilmington with the Rev. T. ]. Sart
as conference host.
Mrs. Thawley will attend as sec.
retary of the Ministers Wives AssO-
citation for all three conference dis
tricts.
Burial services for William Frank
lin, who was drowned at Dewey
Beach, on March 2, were held in Red
Mems cemetery at o'clock on Sat
urday afternoon with the Rev. Roy
T. Thawley as the officiating minis
ter.
Hope of ever recovering the body
of Franklin and that of Alden Ad-
kins of Frankford had almost been
abandoned, but we are glad to state
both have been recovered.
Franklin was the Oldest son Of Mr..
and Mrs. William Franklin of this
town, and was an active member OF
the Selbyville Volunteer Fire Com
pany. The pallbearers from the fire
company were the president, Paul
TimmOns, James Wilgus, Llewellyn
Stevens, Clarence Tingle, Victor
Murray and John r. Davis. Besides
his parents the deceased is survived
by two brothers and one sister, Har-
ry and ElvOn Franklin and Mrs.
Flossie Webb of in and near town.
Mrs. Mae McCabe Dukes is now
recovering very nicely since her re-
cent illness. Her cousin. Miss Ruth
McCabe, n. ~, Of Jefferson HOspi-
tai, was with her as nurse for a
few days last week.
Mrs. Myrtle Torbert and Mrs. En-
ma Hayes from Dover were guests
of the latter's sister, Mrs. Lillian
Dukes Holloway and her husband.
Frank A. Holloway on Wednesday OF
last week.
DIR. Lee Lawry, native of BradfQrd.
Pa, of Laurel during the past year,
has Just located in Selbyville with
an Office in the old telephone office
of Mrs. ROxie G. Dukes on Church
street.
Mrs. Kendel Wiley of Bridgeville
and Mrs. Matte Shockley OF Mills
boro were all day guests of their
mother, Mrs. Mary f. Derrickson on
Main street, Thursday of last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emory Marvil of
Salisbury, Md. spent Sunday with
the latter's brOther-in-law and sis
ter. MIR. and Mrs. Calvin 7. Rayne
and children. Jeanette, Calvin, Jr.,
George and Naomi.
Calvin 7. Long and granddaughter
Miss Betty Anne Long of ShOwells,
Md. were also guests for a short
stay while visiting the formers sis
ter. Miss Electa Long on Dukes
street.
Mrs. William Greenberg entertain
cd a number of her friends at a
bridge party on Thursday afternoon.
Prof and Mrs. Milo NJ. Clark and
daughter Nlilene of the Henry c.
Conrad School. Richardson Park,
near Wilmington, were guests OF
Mrs. w. NJ. Long at SLEEPY Hollow"
over the weekend.
Prof. and Mrs. Thomas W. HOwie
of the Alexis I. dupont School OF
:.ear Wilmington. spent the week
end with Mr. and Mrs. J. Clifton
Hastings and two children, Jackie
and Jimmie. Prof. HOwie and Prof.
Clarke were former teachers in the
Selbyville High School.
Mrs. Thomas II. Hudson of Ocean
View was a guest of her hrOther-in-
law and sister, Mr.. and Mrs. Clar-
ence II. Pepper over Saturday night
and sunday.
Layton McCabe of the U. S. Navy
is at home with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Chester McCabe on a ten
day furlough.
William r. Tubbs, a student OF
Yale University, New Haven. Conn.
is spending his vacation period with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John A.
Tubbs, on Church street.
Miss Rachel Morris of Randolph
Macon College, I4ynchburg, Va, ar
rived home last week to spend a few
days with her parents and little sis-
ter, MIR. and Mrs. r. b. Morris and
Janet on Dukes street.
Their guests over the weekend
were Mrs. Morris brother and wife,
Mr.. and Mrs. Vaughn S. Collins of
DR.. Wallace NJ. Johnson of New
ark and Mrs. Estelle Shockley of
were guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. W. A. Law on Sunday. Mr.. and j.;
Mrs. Virgel Bernard of Washington, I
d. c., were also callers on Thurs
lay afternoon.
An article in last weeks issue of
The Milford Chronicle in reference TO
Mr.. and Mrs. S. L. Murray of near
Eldon, Iowa, celebrating their gold
IN wedding anniversary on Tuesday, !
March Is, was OF much interest TO !
he people of this community, when
Charles W. Wllgus of this town, dis :
covered it was his uncle, Sylvester
Murray, a prominent school teacher,
who left Delaware for the west in
1884. :
Mr.. Wilgus was just a small boy, i
put very distinctly remembers the
lay his uncle came to his parents
rome in ROxana on horseback to say !
goodbye to his mother who was a 7
sister to Mr.. Murray. He describes
him as a young single man, wearing v
ong whiskers, seated on the back n
Of a very frisky horse and wearing
riding boots. The remark he made {
vas, Jane. I'm leaving now for the /
vest, and I shall never be back home {
Igain."