Milford chronicle., 1938-11-25
SELBYVILLE

Thanksgiving services and the an
nual Harvest Home services took
place at Salem NJ. L. Church last
Sunday morning WITH a Ine collec-
tion of fruits and vegetables on dis
| play, that has ;ia"e been donated to
the Methodist Hospital, Philadelphia.
The sermon by the pastor, Rev. r.
! T. Thawley, was from the 116th
Psalm, where the psalInist profess
eth his love and duty to God for his
deliverance.
Text-What shall l render unto
the Lord for all His benefits toward
me?
Mrs. Raymond T.. Morris presided
over the annual public meeting of
! the Woman's Home Missionary So
ciety held at Salem NJ. E Church on
/ Sunday night and the program was
in charge of Mrs. Roy T. Thawley.
A story of an In,lian Dream was told
and enjoyed by ALL One of the inter-
esting features of the evening was
/ a musical number Nearer My God
to Thee" render cd by Mrs. Hester
Dunn at the pipe organ and her 15-
year-old son, Leland at the piano.
Miss Anna Howie. a missionary
worker and a, local preacher of
Grace N. 2. Church in Salisbury
I Md, was the speaker of the evening.
The offering was all given over To
the society.
Due to the date Of the regular
meeting of. the Selbyville Comnlun-
ity Club falling on Thanksgiving
Day. the meeting was held last
Thursday night instead.
Mrs. Paul Pepper and Mrs. Ar
thur Simpler were chairmeu Of the
Fine Arts" program. Mrs. Simpler
a resident of the town, who is tea
cher in the John NJ. Clayton School,
had a number of paintings displayed
on the walls Of the club room.
DR.. H. V. Holloway of Dover, State
Supervisor of Public Instruction.
gave an illustrated lecture on his re-
cent trip to Canada, to which the
public was cordially invited to at
tend.
Readings were given by Mrs. Pep
per. Mrs. .Corrington Townsend and
Mrs. J. Roland Buell.
An interesting talk was given by
Miss Mildred Fiske, art supervisor
in Selbyville school, and a number
of articles of her own work were
passed through the audience.
Hostesses were Mrs. George Smith
and Mrs. E. v. Williams.
Mrs. William Greenberg, the pres
ident. was in the chair.
Mrs. Wilfred Adkins, the vice pres
ident, presided over the meeting on
Thursday afternoon before, due to
the absence of Mrs. Greenberg.
International Relations was the
topic with Mrs. Sarah E. Townsend
as chairman of the program.
Mrs. Ethel Long and Mrs. Dorothy
Sparklin Holloway served refresh
ments.
Martin L. Long returned to his
home in Washington, D. c., on Sun
day after a ten day visit with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Parker J.
Long of West Hosier avenue. Mr.
and Mrs. Parker J. Long on West
Hosier avenue. Mr.. Long who works
in the u. S. Pnst Office enjoyed sew
eral days cunning before he return
ed to his position.
Mrs. Mary E. Derrickson has not
been very well during the past week.
Her daughter. Mrs. Kendall Wiley.
mother of Prof. Virgil B. Wiley,
principal of Selbyville School, has
been with her during the past week.
Mrs. Maggie E. Davis who has just
recently returned from Milford and
Magnolia. is now spending few
days with Mrs. Sallie Fassit Ritten-
our.
Mr.. and Mrs. William o. McCabe
entertained at dinner on Sunday,
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Magee and
daughter Shirley, Mrs. Ella Richards
of Philadelphia, the latter's daugh-
ter. Miss Marguerite Richards, a re-
cent graduate of Temple University.
who is now teaching school at Lau-
rel. Mr.. and Mrs. William 7. Hud-
son. Jr.. and son. William R. Hud-
son, of near town
Paul Derrickson Of the Little
Matchpango U. S. Coast Guard Sta
ton, near Wachapreague, Va. made
a short visit with his mother and
sister. Mrs Alice Derrickson and
daughter Catherine on Dukes street
last week