Milford chronicle., 1938-05-27
BRIDGEVILLE


Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur Rawlins Of
Easton, Nd, we're dinner guests oi
Miss Sallie E. Rawlins and Harry
Rawlins last Saturday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Miller and
Miss Mae Knowles mOtored to VIII
mington on Sunday to spend the day
with Mr.. and Mrs. j. F. Harrington
Mr.. and Mrs. William E. Ferguson
were In Philadelphia last Wednes-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Culver and their
house guest, Mrs. Mabel Culver of
Philadelphia, spent the weekend at
the Culver cottage at Rehoboth.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. J. Elliott were
guests at dinner at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. C.. C. Cooper at Trappe.
Nd. on Sunday.
Walton Smith was in New York
on business for several days last
week.
The Nanticoke Home Demonstra-
tion Club met with Mrs. Elwood Lit
tleton last Tuesday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. w. Baker enter
tanned the following on Sunday:
Charles Dedaker, Mrs. Jennie Ded-
aker, Miss Kathryn Smith, Miss Bet
ty Mcdowell and Miss Marjorie Long
of Philadelphia.
] In observance Of Air Mail Week.
mail was taken from the Bridgeville
airport to RehOboth by local pilot
Alton Lewis on Thursday of last
week, accompanied by Postmaster
Bradford Jones. Leon Thompson, Of
Rehoboth. then flew the mail he had
to Camden. N. j., airport.
Mrs. William E. Ferguson was
hostess to her bridge club on Tues
day evening.
James Butler of Schenectady. N.
Y. and George Bultre of Philadel-
phia are visiting their brother. w.
w. Butler and Mrs Butler.
Mrs. Mather Rankin returned to
her home in Hartford. Conn. the
last of the week after a months
stay with her mother, Mrs. Minnie
Sudler.
Mrs. Harry X. Wright is visiting
her sister, Mrs. John Beck and Mr..
Beck in Philadelphia this week.
DR.. and Mrs. Walter Lee and son
Billy of Middletown spent Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. w. J. Swain.
Robert Elliott of Washington, D.
c., spent several days the last of the
week with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
]. P. Elliott.
Mrs. Harry Viven entertained sew
eraI tables of bridge on Wednesday
afternoon.
DR.. and Mrs Joseph S. C. Mack
are in Philadelphia this week at
tending the pre-gFaduation affairs of
Temple University. DR.. Mack will re-
celve his degree from the Temple
Dental School on June z.
Mrs. Carrie L. Kleinhan. accom-
panied by Mr.. Kleinhan. Miss Mae
Belts and Mrs. Charles Belts took
the seventh grade pupils and sever
al other students of the Bridgeville
High School on a trip to Philadel-
phia on Saturday. There were about
forty persons in the party. Arriving
in Philadelphia. they first visited In
dependence Hall, then to the Natur-
al History Museum, after which they
went to the Planetarium. After an
hour there they went to the aquar-
ium and from there to the zoo and
lastly took In the exhibits at the
Franklin Institute.
The trip was very educational and
instructive and the pupils all re-
ported a splendid day.
Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah
Estelle Wright. widow of the late
William Wright, were held in the
NJ. z. Church on Saturday afternoon.
May 21, at 3 o'clock. Mrs. Wright
was born In fredericksburg. Nd. 20
years ago and had lived In Bridge
willie for the past 80 years where
she was the owner and proprietor of
the Columbia House. She was the
daughter of the late Capt. and Mrs.
William H. Watkins. Mrs. Wright
had been in poor health for some
time and fell on April 29, fraeturing
her hip. She was removed to the
Kent General Hospital in Dover
where she remained until her death.
Rev. J. C. B. Hopkins, pastor of
the Bridgeville NJ. E. Church. was in
charge of the services, assisted by
Rev. Disston W. Jacobs, pastor of
the Snow Hill M. E. Church. Inter-
ment made in the Seaford cemetery.
Mrs. Wright is survived by one
Miss Mary E. Wright Of
N. Y. and Mrs. Laura
Fields Of fredericksburg, Md. i