Milford chronicle., 1939-11-17
GEORGETOWN
Community Building Open

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town council. 1t was built from ma
terials furnished by local service
clubs and the labor was furnished
by the WPA. The building will be
used for community activities by the
Boy Scouts and other organizations
Ii is located near police station. just
outside the town limits, and was
built at a cost of many hundreds OF
dollars. Town COuncilmen have Gre
ated Il self perpetuating board OF
trustees who will be responsible for
the upkeep and use of the building.
II was decided to have one chosen
from the Kiwanis Club, which took
the leading i'm raising funds for its
construction; one from the Ameri-
can Legion and by the Town COun-
Gil. Those chosen are; Alexander
T.. Braunfeld, representing Kiwanis; {;
Charles S. Calhoun. representing
the American Legion, and Howard
s. Abbott, representing Town Coun-
ell. Braunfeld is president, Calhoun
treasurer. and Abbott secretary. Each
will serve without pay until such
time as he is replaced by the organ
ization which selected him. The main
building is forty feet long and TWEEN
ty feet wide and has a large none
fireplace.
Legion Auxiliary Officers
Officers of Sussex Unit, No. s, Am
erican Legion Auxiliary, have been
chosen for the term. as follows:
President, Mrs. Calvin Z. Afflerbach;
vice-president. Mrs George Elton
Walls; recording secretary, Miss Lila
Carey; treasurer, Mrs. G. Edwin Cler
daniel; chaplain, Mrs. George Coward
Baer; historian, Mrs J. Ralph Carey;
scrgeant-at-arms Mrs. William r.
Hobbs. Mrs. Aftlerbach. the new
president. has named the following
chairmen: Child welfare, Mrs. George
Elton Walls; rehabilitation, Mrs. Jno.
A. Jones; Americanism, Mrs. Thayer
Royal; national defense. Miss Eliza
beth Baer; education OF veterans,
Mrs. Alice Buxford Gum; |. ID. a. c.,
Mrs. Franklin J. Butt; junior activi-
ties, Miss Eleanor Faucet; publicity.
Mrs. John Fisher; national news,
Mrs. William r. Hobbs; poppy, Mrs.
George Howard Baer. Mrs. Irwin Il.
Murray; membership. Mrs. George
Elton Walls: Mrs. j. Ralph Carey;
finance. Mrs. James Wilgus: legisla
lion. Mrs Halsted F. Layton; employ
lnent, Mrs. Robert Short; radio, Mrs.
Harold d. Hatfield community ser
vice Mrs. John A. Jones; music.
Mrs. r. S. Baker; emblems. Mrs. Ar
thur Kapp; trophies and awards. Mrs.
Charles S. Calhoun; constitution and
bylaws, Mrs. Howard T. Ennis; era
dle-rOll. Mrs. W Raymond Faucet.
Has New Post
c. Russell Snyder. of Seaford. agri-
cultural agent for Sussex county, has
been chosen lieutenant-governOr of
the recently created seventh division
OF Kiwanis International. which in
rludes clubs in Delaware and the
Eastern Shore of Maryland. He will
assume his duties the first of the
year.
The Georgetown Home DemOnstra-
ton Club has. elected. these Officers
for 1940-41: President, Mrs. Leta
Short; secretary. Mrs. Anna Short.
Other officers will he chosen at the
January meeting.
J. =. Short Dead
Joseph S. Short, aged ~ years. liv-
ing near Ellendale, died late Satur-
day afternoon after being i'll for sew
clal weeks.
Funeral services were held at the
late home Oh Tuesday afternoon. In
lerment was made in Union Cemetery.
this town. Mr.. Short was widely
known throughout Cedar Greek and /.
the central section of lower Della /
ware He was born near Georgetown, .
son of the late Wingate and Priscilla
Short. He is survived by the wife.
Mrs Minnie Short; three daughters.
Mrs Minnie CrOcherOn of CrOcheron,
Nd, Mrs. Annie Green of Lincoln. and
Miss Mile Short. at home: three
sons, the Rev. Wineate ID. Short OF
Wilmington. Joseph S. Jr. and Rob
Crt =. Short. of Glendale
Officers Installed
Officers of the EpwOrth League of
Wesley Church were installed at the
service on Sunday night for the cur
rent term, as follows: President. Will
liam Kitchens. Jr first vice-presi-
dent, Miss Barbara Mumford: sec
ind vice-preSidcnt. Miss Millie Will
Rims; third president. Everett
Eye; fourth vice-president, Miss Lila
Jane Carey; secretary. Judy Thomas;
treasurer. Miss Violet Prettyman;
pianist, Miss Aliene Kitchens; assist
ChOirster. Miss Jane Davis.
Fire of unknown origin broke out
in the forest known as Savannah.
extending over two-mile stretch, en-
falling hundreds of dollars damage
Ii finally was stopped by firemen and
volunteers when it had reached and
Destruction of the home
of Harvey Kitchens.
Falls From Roof
James Derrickson. North Race
street, whose father is foreman of
the plant of Senator Townsend. Jr..
and his son, J. e. Townsend, Gamers.
is suffering from a fracture of the
left cOllar-bone as result of falling
from two-story ladder at the home
Of Walter Rogers, this town. Der
rickson had climbed to the roof of
Rogers home to clean a chimney.
When he reached the top of the lad
der it swerved, throwing him to the
ground. 1t was by fate that he es-
3aped death, for the ladder. in its de-
scent, swerved and caused Derrick
son to fall at an angle where it would
have broken his neck had it fallen
otherwise.
Local and Personal
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Mears, living
near here, gave a variety shower at
heir home on Friday night for their
son and daughter-in-law, Mr.. and
Ifre naIa Mears who were married.