Milford chronicle., 1939-06-09
GEORGETOWN
Reeelver Of Taxes Has BIRTHDAY

ceiver of taxes and county treasure
of Sussex county, with offices here
observed his sixty-fifth birthday an
niyersary on Monday by attending {,
Lis duties at the county seat. MI
Wootten was born on a farm nea
Laurel on June 5. 1874. son of Eli,al
and Mrs. Elizabeth NJ. (Carmean
WoOtten. For many years he was en-
gagged in the hardware business a
Laurel under the firm name ofrChas
L. Wootten & Co. Later the firm
was known as WOotten G. Moore. III,
has been fruit and produce broker
at Laurel for many years. He served
two years on the Laurel Board, oi
Education and eight years as member
of city council. He was elected to his
present office in November, 1885,
Alumni Banquet TO be Held
Tonight friday
The tenth annual meeting OF the
Georgetown High School Alumni AS
sociation will be held in the cafeteria
of the school on Friday night, June
q. Following the banquet, there will
be dance in the main auditorium.
The Alumni Association, with twelve
former graduates present. was organ
lied i'm the old school building on
December 81, 1929. The organizers
were Prof. Norman Bond, then super
fntendent of the schools. and Oscar
S. Wilson. your correspondent. The
first meeting was held in the base
ment of First Methodist Protestant
Church in June. 1880.
Final details for the banquet and
lance are being worked out by COM
mittee. Officers of the association
ere: Honorary president. Mrs. Geo.
r. Lynch. class sc; president, Hous-
ION Wilson. class 81; first vice
president, James Woodrow Wilson
Baker, class 30: second viCc-prcsi-
dent, ]. Ralph Carey. class Ia: sec
rotary and treasurer. Mrs. Helen
Short West, class 10: executive COM
1nittec, Mrs. Carrie Ryan, class 1900:
Mrs. George Il. Swain. class 1902, and
Miss Edith |. Jones, class 1900.
As commencement exercises for the
forty members of this years gradual
ing class will be held on Thursday
night. they automatically will become
alumni and will participate in the Sc
lection of officers for the next term.
New Teacher Elected
The Georgetown Board of EduCa-
tiOn has elected Miss Marian Burton.
daughter of Levy Court Commission
ar and Mrs. William ID. Burton. Of
Angola. as teacher of the third grade
tc fill the vacancy caused by the re-
signation of Miss Edwina Nichols.
Miss Burton is graduate of the Wo-
mems College. University of Dc'a- |
ware. and has taught at Lewes for
nine years.
Church Women Meet
There was a joint meeting of the /
Delaware. central and southern dis /
tricts Women's AuXiliaries of the /
MARYLAND Annual Conference of the !
Methodist Protestant Church, held in |
First Methodist Protestant Church. /
here, last Wednesday.
Mrs. Robert Mitchell of the PENN /
sula Methodist Protestant Church of
Wilmington, presided. The morning !
deyotions were in charge of Walter +
Stoner of First Church. Wilmington.
and the afternoon deyotiOns were led
hy ]. Bailey Jones. of Parkslcy, Va. [
The Rev. J. Leas Green. of Salisbury. /
Md. spoke in the afternoon on the
union OF the mtllhpulNl I1plf'' 'lha
Churches. North and South. and the
Methodist Protestant Church. under
the name of the Methodist Church. A
chorus from the Georgetown High
School. under direction of Mrs Flor
cnce r, Gibson. gave several seleC-
tons.
bowers Pepper
Miss Myrtle B. Bowers. daughter of
The Rev. aud Mrs. John +. Bowers.
North Railroad avenue, and Wilbur
A. Pepper. also of Railroad avenue,
were married early Sunday afternoon
al the home of the bride by her faith
er, minister of the Brethren
Church. The bride is a widely known
nurse. The groom. son of the late
George and Mrs. Hettie Pepper. OF
Milton. is employed in Il local button
factory. =,
EnnlS GiYenS
Miss Sarah Emma Ennis. daughter q
of Mr.. and Mrs. John b. EnnIs. of {
EllendaIe. and Robert Floyd Givens.
on of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert 5, Owens.
living near here. were married at
O'Clock on Saturday night. at the
home of the bride. by the Rev. Oren E
3. Trice. pastor of the Ellcndale T
NJ. Z. Church. !
Engagement Announced "
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Frank Phip- {
pen. of Hebron, Md, announce the en- g
of their daughter, Miss il
Marian Beatrice Phippeu. to Vernon II
Grant Messick. son of former Regis T
ter of Wills and Mrs. George Nannic :;
Messick, this town. MIR. Messick is d
employed by the State Highway De b
partment. The wedding is expected to :"
take place some time this month. F
Young people of the Ocean View c
Christian Church will hold banquet Z
a. the Townsend Hotel at Bethany il
Beach on Thursday night, June Is. S
Commencement b
Twenty-one boys and nineteen girls q
constitute the senior class roll of the G
georgetown High School, commence +,
nent exercises for whom were held 3
1n Thursday night. June s. in the j
ichool auditorium The list of gradu- c
ties follows: Misses Dorothy NJ. tG
Short, Irene Faucet, jeanette i. B
Holtz, Marian Lee Prettyman. Dor d
,thy Louise wilkins, Nora Myrtle O.
Donovan. Elizabeth Jane Carey. Thel- Ct
ma Mae TTownsend, Margaret Jane d
Davis. Helena Hylenski, Marcella
lane Briggs, Laura Mildred Holson. q
Aleine A. Kitchens, Helen Aleine d
Johnson, Irene Jane Hudson. Ruby r
Hawkins, Carolyn Louise G
oase. Kathryn Elizabeth Rogers, Sara
= Short George Lee Baer,. Felnlan lI