Milford chronicle., 1938-12-16
GEORGETOWN
American Legion OfIicers Chosen

eitCdh Ac6iOuf SOHipOSeu OF MEM
bership from Georgetown, Milton
Millsboro, Dagsboro, Frankford ant
Selbyville, were elected recently foi
the ensuing year, as follows: Com
mander, Levi Bunting, of Frankford
vice commander, Alfred Mcllnick, O
Redden; adjutant, John Fisher, o.
Milton; finance officer, Calvin E. AT
fierbach of Georgetown; sergeant-at,
arms, Frank Stogden, Of Milton; his.
torian, Howard E. Ennis, Of Stock
ley; executive committee, John I
Short, Charles S. Calhoun, Calvin E
Afflerbach Of Georgetown.
DOdd-LittIetOn
Mrs. Edith w. Dodd, of Millsboro
widow Of DR.. H. H. Dodd, and daugL-
ter Of the late Mr.. and Mrs. Gideon
Walker, of Dagsboro, and Gideon
Littleton Of Wilmington, son of the
late Mr.. and Mrs. Henry c. Littleton
Of this county, were married at 5
o'clock last Saturday night at Mills
boro, by the Rev. L. E. Archer, pas
tor of Grace NJ. E. Church Of that
town. Mr.. LittletOn is connected
with the government lighthouse de-
partment.
LarimOre-V
Announcement Of the wedding Of
Miss Georgia Larimore, of Farming
ton, and William Voss, of near Har-
rington, has been made. The wedding
took place on Wednesday night, No
vember %, at Harrington, the Rev.
Gilbert Z. Turner, pastor of the Har-
rington Methodist Protestant Church
performing the ceremony.
Norman wilkins Severely Injured
Norman w. Wilkins, age 38 years,
living on the Georgetown-Lewes
highway, near here, and member OF
the firm of C. H. wilkins and Son,
lumber, piling and mine prop deal
ers here, sustained a broken jaw,
decorations of one leg and possibly
internal injuries when he lost con-
troll of his car and ran into a con-
crete abutment about a mile from
Cokesbury NJ. Z. Church last Thurs
day night. He was rushed to the
Beebe Hospital at Lewes where il
was found he was suffering from a
broken jaw and face and leg lacera-
tiens. An X-ray will be taken as
soon as possible to ascertain whe-
ther or not he has internal injur-
les.
Mr.. wilkins is a brother of State
Detective Charles Elwood Wilkins,
West Laurel street, and Mrs. Marie
Jones, wife of John Casper Jones.
deputy receiver of taxes and county
treasurer, living on West Market
street, and Mrs. Granville Lambden,
living near Cokesbury, within less
than three miles where the accident
happened.
Hope Chapter Elects Officers
Officers of Hope Chapter, No. z,
Royal Arch MasOns, were elected on
Tuesday night, as follows: High
Priest, John l. Short, of George
town; king, Charles HOlzmueller of
Milford; scribe, DR.. Kendall J. Hook
er, of Millville; treasurer, Calvin E.
Afflerbach, of Georgetown; secre-
tary, George S. Buhl, OF. MillsborO.
Grand High Priest Frank L. Harrar
of Wilmington, paid his official Wis
it. accompanied by his staff, includ-
ing Deputy Grand High Priest JOS
eph T. Maxell, of Wilmington; grand
king, DIR. Charles R. Cannon, of
Georgetown; grand secretary, John
w. Macklin, of Wilmington; grand
chaplain, West A. Trotter, of Will
mington; grand principal sojourner,
Joseph E. Hamilton, of Wilmington;
grand royal arch captain, Andrew j.
Book, of Wilmington; grand master
of first vail, Charles S. Calhoun Of
Georgetown; grand lecturer, W.
Harry Lewis of Wilmington.
Towns Decorated For Christmas
Lower Delaware towns are be-
ginning to put on their best holiday
attire of lights and evergreens, and
the Yuletide spirit is beginning to
prevail everywhere. Shopping with
in the next ten days may set a rec
ord for the past seven years. In fact,
there has been shopping for Christ
mas noticeable for the past two
weeks since merchants began to dis
play the Christmas holiday goods
like city stores, shortly after the /
holidays. The PWA
md WPA projects have sent plenty
If good government money into cir
and the people are spend |
ng it with the hope of enjoying a {
lappy Christmas.
In the fare of Yuletide revelry,
owns of the Del-Mar-Va Peninsula [
ire abreast of the times, and the I
,ntire Peninsula, by the middle of /
his month, will be in q glow of I
lights and festoons l
itrung across the main thorough '
ares ]
Every town of Importance will be
veil lighted and present an appear G
Ince equal to, or greater, than for {
ner years.
The Georgetown Chamber Of Com s
nerce this year, somewhat lessened
he lighting effect of the principal
treets here and the Public Square. 4
he decorations are as elaborate as Z
ny in former years except in the e
'ublic Square. The extra costs, 1t is Il
will be expended for \
harity for what would be expended n
q the Public Square. This will p
iean, it is said, several hundreds Of Il
ollars for the needy and at the C
anne time lessen but little the at b
of the public green. The L
ghts were turned on last week H
rom Railroad avenue, on West Mar y
ct street, to the Public Square, for +
NO blocks. Other sections we're tur-
ed on this week, including the Ia
Christmas tree, in the ty
enter of the public square. Lessen b
lg of expenses this year, it is stat s.
/. will greatly aid many of the un- t