Milford chronicle., 1938-01-28
GEORGETOWN

tern SlOie ASSOCldlon OF Opt0ulc'
trists was held at the Offices OF DR.
Preston f. West, the president on
West Market street, this city, on last
Thursday night. DR.. Slocum, OF
Washington, d. c., and Cambridge
Md. was guest speaker.
DR.. West gave an interesting talk
on his recent trip to the British
West Indies and Central America,
and showed 800 feet of motion pic
ture film photographed in technical
or of native life, customs and char
acteristics of the inhabitants of Ha-
vana, Cuba; Kingston, Jamaica;
Nassau, Bahamas; Cristobal, Colon,
Balboa and Ancon of the Panama
Canal Zone. Many interesting and
curious souvenirs and novelties
were exhibited.
officers of the Eastern Shore As
sociation, in addition, to DR.. West,
the president, are: DR.. Ira B. AL
len, of Seaford. vice president; DR..
Kathleen f. Freeney, of Delmar,
secretary; DR.. ]. S. Kreeger. of
ChestertOwn, Nd, treasurer
Boy Scout Activities
Boy Scouts Of Georgetown will on
February II, embark upon a cam
paign of visual safety education to
climax their celebration of the 2Sth
anniversary of the founding of the
Scout movement in this country.
Plans are being made to dramatize
safety methods by staging Give ex-
hibits in the shopping centers here
so that all persons may become
alert and guard against needless ac-
cidents. In addition to safety DEM
cnstrations, the scouts also will re-
veal plans for fire prevention and
first aid methods as learned in
scouting.
The activities here will be organ
ized and directed by Deputy Attor-
ney Caleb NJ. Wright, Commissioner
of the Georgetown District, and
Howard A. Solomon. field scout eX-
ecutive.
School Children To
Question Housewives
A QUESTIONABLE which will cover
the buying habits of Georgetown
housewives has been prepared by the
"distributive occupations" class OF
the Georgetown High School. Stu
dents, in the near future, viii call
upon a large number of families to
question them regarding their pur~
chasing habits. The names of those
questioned will be kept secret
Presidents Birthday
To Re Observed
Commemorating the birthday or
President Franklin d. Roosevelt, a
benefit movie to raise funds TO fight
infantile paralysis will be given IN
the Sussex Theatre here on Febru-
airy 4. The picture title is First
Lady" A matinee for children will
be given in the afternoon and two
shows at night
Twenty-Five or more prizes are 10
be given away. the donations COM
ing from merchants here.
The committee In charge OF the
benefit consists of the following
Chairman, Dr.. Rowland G. Paynter;
secretary, Ralph s. Baker; treasur-
er, James B. Carey and Mrs. George
Elton Walls, Mrs. Harold D. Hat
field, Prof. Franklin J. Butz and
Prof. Albert Farley.
New Century Club Meets
The program of the Georgetown
New Century Club on Wednesday
night Of last week was in charge OF
Mrs. ]. Ralph Carey. 1t opened by
group singing of God Of Our Fa-
theirs" An article on Human Rela-
tions" was given by Mrs. Robert
Short, followed by two selections by
the club chorus. Mrs. F. Thaddeus
gave two readings,
"Norah at the Country Club" and ,
Necessary Traits" Mrs. Ralph 5.
Baker gave three songs, I'm the {
Time of Roses" II Know a Little {
Girl" and "The Lass With the Deli
cate Air" s
Wednesday of this week was re-
ciprocity day with the Zwaanendael I
Club of Lewes presenting the pro- !
gram. {
The three-act comedy play entit-
led Broken Dishes" will be given
oy the Georgetown High School, in
the school auditorium, on Monday
night, January 81. :
The American Legion Auxiliary, \
Sussex Unit No. 8, sponsored the 4
notion picture, The Prisoner OF \
zenda" on Monday and Tuesday +
nights. E
Miss Irene Faucet, daughter of Y
Mr.. and Mrs. w. R. Caucett, is un-
lergoing treatment in the Homeo- a
lathic Hospital, Wilmington, for ap- a
lendieitis. Il
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson Baker, llv- n
ng near here. are being congratu- d
ated on the birth of a baby girl
Who has been named Anita Marie. s.
Among the sick are: Mrs. Harvey a
Wilson, Mrs. Violet West, Miss Mar
,aret Rogers, Mrs. Harlan Hinnman, d
Irs. Ida Mears. a
Mr.. and Mrs e. Harley Ryan and ;
Irs. ]. A. Jones are on a trip to II
florida.
.ecateS. .GreenWalk N
Miss Erma Locates of Laurel and u
Iarshall Greenwalk, of AIillsboro. E..
1ere married last Saturday night at IL
o'clock, at Laurel. by the Rev. Lee -
'lliott. G,
! IOrgan-FOntaine
A wedding of much interest o,
the Delmarva Peninsula h,
ook place on Saturday at 1890
clock, at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. 9,
larold w. T. Purnell, Market street, in
his city, when Miss Elizabeth, Fran d;
es Morgan. daughter of the Rev. ii
nd Mrs. Lewis 3. Morgan. of Mid