Milford chronicle., 1938-07-29
GEORGETOWN

4OWSf OeihHdics Will De uciu at tut
Belhaven Hotel at Rehoboth Beach
A dinner will be held in the evening
and a program rendered by chill
dren of the descendants.
The Quillens have lived in lower
Delaware for about 154 years and
members of the clan are located
throughout Delaware, Maryland,
Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Vir-
ginia.
The 1O3rd birthday anniversary of
Ebe D. Quillen was observed in
1885.
Offlcers are: President. Joshua
Quillen; vice president, Ebe J. Holt;
secretary and treasurer, Mrs. Lem
uel F. Holt.
Miss Lula E. Quillen, secretary in
the Sussex county branch of the
Works Progress Administration,
with offices located here, is one of
the active members and will take an
active part in planning for the re-
union. Miss Quillen is a resident of
Millville.
To Start improvements
improvements and extensions in
the storm sewers here will soon be
started by the WPA and City Coun-
Gil. The project has been approved
by the WPA and will include i'm
provement of the lines from North
Race to North Front street and from
the corner of Railroad avenue and
Laurel street to Savannah Drive. The
government will furnish all labor
and pay most of the construction
costs. The work will be under su-
pervision of W. P. ireland, an expeT-
fenced engineer.
Observe Wedding Anniversary
Mr.. and Mrs. George A. Nelson,
East Market street, this city, quiet
ly observed their 53rd wedding an
niversary last Saturday. Mrs. Mel
son is the former Miss Mary Eliza
beth Dutton. Mr. Nelson is a son of
the late William S. and Mrs. Eliza
beth (Short )Melson of the Piney
Grove section.
They were married at Nassau on
July %, 1885, by the Rev. l. N. Fore
man, then pastor of the Nassau NJ.
E. Circuit. For more than 43 years
he was employed as a trainman and
for many years as a conductor on
the Pennsylvania Railroad. He retir-
ed on December l, 1925. He was a
member of City Council in 1880, 1881, |
1892 and served six years on the |
Board of Education. They have three |
children living: Mrs. Harry Walker,
Jenkintown, Pa; John S. Nelson,
Washington, D. c.; George A. Mel
son, Jr., Delmar, this county.
Van Pelt.MOrTis
Announcement of the marriage OF
Miss Ellen Van Pelt, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Van Pelt, of
Rehoboth Beach, and Albert Tripp
Morris, son of Mrs. John L. Morris,
of Lewes, has been made. The wedd-
ing took place on Friday night of
last week at the Methodist Episco-
pal parsonage, at RehobOth Beach,
the Rev. Conrad Hamer performing ,,
the ceremony. !
Overloaded Truck ,
Charged with operating an over
lotaded truck, Fred Scott, of Tasley, I
/ s
Harry S. Shew, was fined $1,000 and b
costs by Magistrate w. FRANK Sharp T
of this city. The fine and costs were c
paid. a
Rev. II. W. Ewig K
New Presbyterian Pastor o
Installation services for the Rev. Il
H. w. Ewig as pastor of the First II
street, took place in the church last
Friday night, in charge of the Rev.
Elliot Field, D. D., Moderator of the
New Castle Presbytery. The sermon cl
was delivered by the Rev. Thomas o
D. D., pastor of the Wi 81
comico Presbyterian Church in Sal N
Md The charge to the pas
tor was given by the Rev. ]. ]. al
Brown of Milford; while the charge 81
to the congregation was given by the Ill
Rev. William Leishman, pastor of
the Presbyterian Church at Lewes. ~ ~
DR.. Ewig was born in Washington, ~
D. c., and attended Pennington Pre- -
paratory School, in Pennington, N. ds
J. Has completed his course at Drew M
Theological Seminary and at Oskal- cf
1oska College in Iowa. For Is years
le was general secretary of the Y in
N. C. A. in Pottsville, Pa. He has NJ
leen engaged in the work since re- ha
urning from the World War where tn
le served the country as camp pas da
or Prior to the war, he had been
pastor at Catasauqua, Pa, and Del is
ware, N. J. 60
On Friday afternoon, he also was De
Installed as pastor of the COOlspring -,
Jhurch, one of the oldest in the y;
located on the Georgetown pl
Iehoboth Beach highway. The same
minister's took part in the installa- tai
ion ceremonies at Coolspring as Of
ciated in the First Presbyterian sic
'hurch here.
IOrriS-TOpfer Ma
A quiet but pretty wedding took in
lace at high noon on Wednesday of .
asst week in St. Paul's Protestant MI
Episcopal Church, East Pine street, Dr,
his city, when Miss Mary Ann Nor III,
is, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed W. '"
'ard Call Morris, South Front tSl EI
treet, here, became the bride of Ea
ohm William TOPPER, son of Mrs. NJ
ohm TOPPER and the late Mr.. Top Mr.
er, Of near Bath, Pa. The ceremony da,
'as performed by the Rev. Richard
:. White, rector of the church.
The bride was given in marriage ter