Milford chronicle., 1938-04-22
GEORGETOWN
Rotary News


boro Rotary Club have elected Alder
Short as president and Edmund C
Ryan as vice president for the tern
beginning in July and ending in
July, 1899.
In view of the fact that there are
so many business men of MillsborO
belonging to the club. the name was
changed from the Georgetown Ro-
tary Club to the GEORGETOWN Mills
boro Rotary Club.
Union Lodge Elects
0ficers of Union Lodge, No. 8, In
dependent Order of Odd Fellows,
have been chosen for the term, as
follows: Noble Grand, Thomas At
kins; vice grand. Wilson Baker; re-
cOrding secretary, W. Raymond Fau-
cett.
HOlmes.Bryan
Miss Agnes Bryan, daughter of the
late George T. Bryan, and Robert
Montgomery Holmes, both of Mas
sau, were married last Saturday af-
ternoOn at Nassau by the Rev. J. T.
Graham. The groom is the son OF
Mrs. Mary NJ. Holmes and the late
Robert Holmes. of Wilmington.
Lynch-COOper
A wedding of much interest TO
residents of lower Delaware and the
Eastern Shore of Maryland was that
of Miss Ruth Marie Cooper, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry S. Cooper, of
Greensboro, Md, and Doctor John
w. Lynch, of SeafOrd, son Of former
City Councilman and Mrs. George \.
Lynch, of this town. The wedding
took place on Sunday afternoon at
o'clock in the Denton, Nd, Meth
odist Episcopal Church with the
Rev. Milton S. Andrews performing
the ceremony. Only immediate rela-
tives and a few close friends wit
messed the ceremony.
RebekahS Elect
Officers of Mary Rebekah Lodge |
No. IS, wOmen's branch of the lnde-
pendent Order of Odd Fellows. here,
have been elected and installed for
the term, as follows: Mrs. Ernest A.
West, noble grand; Mrs. Thomas H.
Littleton. vice grand; Mrs. William
Raymond Faucet, recording secre-
tary; Mrs. Elsie Conway, musician;
Mrs. James William Faucet. right
support to noble grand Mns. Ralph
L. Swain. left support to noble
grand; Mrs. Charles T. Jester, right
support to vice grand; Miss Mary
Green. left support to vice grand;
Miss Lillian Frances Daniels. inside
guardian; Mrs Edwin L. Smith, out
side guardian.
Gives Entertainment
Bob Hewitt. of Montana, gave an
entertainment in the Georgetown
High School, depicting his expert
ences on the plains and showing mo-
tion pictures and slides of his eX-
periences.
Addresses Medical Group
DR.. Calvin H. Smith. Jr., assistant
professor of surgery in the Gradu-
ate School of Pennsylvania and on
the staffs of the Methodist and Abb
ington Memorial Hospitals. in Phil
adelphia, delivered an address be-
fore the Sussex County Medical So
ciety in the club rooms of the
Georgetown New Century club last
Thursday night. His subject was
"The Indications for Surgery i'm Gall (
Bladder Diseases" DR.. Smith is CO.
author of several textbooks on sur
gerry including Warbage-Smith's 5
Surgery Treatment" and Volume '
VII of Beckman's Operative Surg
cry"
Members of the Sussex County So
ciety long ago established the prac-
tice of keeping abreast of the times
and current medical and surgical '
practices by having prominent medi- !
cal speakers throughout the coun-
try address them. Recently DR.. Har- '
vey Bartie, Jr., instructor in neurol- a
ogy of the University of Pennsylva-
mia, spoke on Coma" v
Injured BY Auto c
Bonard Moore, an insurance agent, :
living at Glendale, sustained dis Z
located shoulder and severe cuts and
decorations about the face on Mon o
day when struck by an automobile n
driven by Miss Thelma Townsend, d
daughter of Walter P. Townsend, of
South Bedford street. The accident p
happened on East Cedar street, be- d
tween North Railroad avenue and o
North KINNEY street. Miss Town n
send, driving at a slow rate of \
speed, was unable TO stop the car Il
when she noticed that Moore, who
was attempting to cross the street, v
walked directly into her car. First L
lid treatment was given by DR.. A. e. r.
Smoot and later Moore was taken to
he Milford Memorial Hospital. Miss v
Townsend, driver of the car, is N
widely known throughout lower Del
aware. being a star forward on the "
girls basketball team of the George
own High School during the past "
ieason. a
Irs. Mamie N. Swain Dead Il
Mrs Mamie NJ Swain. widow of Is
Horace NJ. Swain, for many years j..
prominent Georgetown merchant, di
md mother of Assistant Postmaster "
Harry T. Swain, died at the home of al
Ter son, on North King street, here,
asst Friday morning, aged 64 years. M
months and 4 days, after being i'll q
or many weeks. Mrs. Swain had a F.
arge circle of friends throughout fo
he central and eastern sections of p'
over Delaware.
Funeral services were held from II
he residence of her son on Sunday h'
fternoon at 1880 o'clock, in charge B
4 the Rev. Russell W. Sapp, pastor
t the First Methodist Protestant
'hurch, of which she had been a
member for many years.
Interment was made in Union ).