Milford chronicle., 1939-10-20
GEORGETOWN


shell from which he was cutting peal
buttons. Mr.. Lovenguth got the GLOW
OF his left hand caught in maehin
causing the she'll to inflict a woun
requiring ten stitches at the Milfor
Memorial Hospital.
Rebekahs Elect
officers of Mary Rebekah Lodg
have been chosen for the ccurren
term, as follows: Mrs. William N
Pusey, noble grand; Mrs. Charles 7
Jester, vice-grand; Mrs. Harry 7
Swain, financial secretary; Mrs. Johl
P Kitchens. treasurer; Mrs. Alexan
der C. Braunfeld, warden; Mrs. Err
nest A. West. conductor; Mrs. Edwin
l. Smith. pianist; Miss Clara E
Sammons. right supporter to noble
grand; Mrs. Arthur Kapp, right sup
porter to vice-grand; Mrs. Charlie
Short, left supporter to vice-grand
Mrs. Floyd Short, inside guardian
Miss Myrtle Jefferson, outside guard
ian.
G. H. s. Glass Play Tonight
Members of the Senior Glass of the
Georgetown High School, in order to
raise funds for the trip they are to
take prior to graduation next June,
will give the annual class play on
Friday night of next week, October
20, in the school auditorium. The
title of the play is Going on Seven
teen" 1t has been the custom of the
class for the past 20 years to give a
class play to raise funds for a trip.
With the play, series of motion pic
ture benefits and sale of candy they
always raise the funds needed.
Local Man to Build Theatre
Thomas H. Ayers, head of the Sus-
sex and Palace Amusement Company,
operating motion pictures in SeafOrd
and Georgetown, is expected, within
short time, to start construction of
a second theatre at Seaford Mr.
Ayers operates his present theatre
there under the name of the palace"
while the local house is known as
the Sussex" The new Seaford the
atre TO be built by Mr.. Ayers is to be
located on High street on the site
formerly known as the Adams Mar
BILE works, leading to West Seaford.
II is understood that it is to be five
stories and will provide space for
stores and apartments as well as the
theatre. with a seating capacity of
700. The building will be 40 feet by
$50 feet.
Spontaneous combustion is believed
10 have caused fire at the plant of
the Georgetown Gas & Service Com
pany plant about noon last Thursday.
Within a few minutes the firemen re-
spOnded to the call and had the
blaze under control II was subdued
without much damage.
Tunnell Speaks At Rally Day
Service Last Sunday
James NJ Tunnel, Jr., young attor-
ney. son of James NJ. Tunnel. Sr.,
was the speaker at the evening SER
vice of the rally day exercises of
First NJ. p Church on Sunday night.
Music was furnished by the young
peoples choir.
Engagement Announced
Announcement of the engagement
OF Miss Alice Josephine NAPLES,
daughter of DR.. and Mrs. Joseph B.
NAPLES, this place. to James H.
Hughes, son of United States Senator
and Mrs James H. Hughes, of Dover,
has been made by her parents. No
date has been set for the wedding.
Miss NAPLES attended Baldwin
School. Bryn Mawr. Pa. and is grad (
uate of the FairmOnt School and
King Smith Studio School. Washing
ton, ID. c. Mr. Hughes is a graduate
of St. Andrews School. Middletown,
and is an honor graduate of Prince
ton University. AT the present time
hC is completing law studies at the
University of Pennsylvania.
Local and Personal
Formation of junior band at the /
Georgetown High School is taking
shape, according to musical director,
Prof Chester Stroup. The regular
school band will lose this June, by
graduation, II members. Prof. StrOup
now is endeavOring to build a reserve
group of the younger students. A
Baltimore instrument company. ac-
cording TO Prof StrOup, is making
the formation of a Junior band pos
sible through a deferred payment
plan so that the boys and girls may
afford an instrument. Any instru-
ments may be rented for a trial per-
iOd until the student is sure of the
instrument he or she wished to play
before buying.
Mrs. Howard Abbott has taken
charge of the store, corner North
Bedford and West Laurel streets,
which for several years has been op-
Grated by her mother-in-law, Mrs.
Phoebe Abbott Ingram. Mr.. and Mrs.
Abbott have moved into the residence
the store. Chief of Police
and Mrs. Frank Wilson have moved
10 the former Abbott residence, on
West Market street.
Herman King. graduate of the
Georgetown High School, class '3S.
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred King, has
accepted position in the hardware +
store of State Senator Harold W. T.
Purnell.
DR.. and Mrs. Joseph B. Waples and
daughter, Miss. Alice Josephine,
closed their summer cottage at Re-
lObOth Beach on Wednesday and re-
turned to their home on West Market |
street. This week DR.. and Mrs. Wa
pies have been attending the New
York fair.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dale Bryan and the
,ormer's mother, Mrs. William G.
Bryan. whose husband was sheriff of
Sussex county from 1927-1929, have
leen spending few days in Newark,
y. j., with relatives and also have
leen attending the New York fair.
Mrs. Frederic Walls is visiting in
Iew York State and before her re-
urn will visit the fair.
Judge Charles S. Richards and sis