Milford chronicle., 1939-10-06

| 1uTuy uedtn ne went " aAfC WIZ.
the letters son-in-law and daugh-
ter, Mr. and Mrs Scott
| Funeral services were held on
Saturday afternoon at O'Clock in
Wesley Church. i'm eharga of the
Rev. Omar f. Jones Interment was
made in Union cemetery on South
Race street here
Odd Fellows Elect
Officers of Union Lodge, No. 3, l..
o. o. F., have been chosen for the
ensuing term, as follows: Noble
Grand, Norman C. King; vice grand.
Ralph S. Baker; recording secretary
William Raymond Faucet; financial
secretary, J. Francis Richardson;
treasurer. Harry T. Swain.
The officers will be installed on
Monday night, October 30, at which
time Union Lodge will have as
guests members of the Past Grand
Officers Association of the Delaware
Grand Lodge Prominent members of
the fraternity are expected to be
present on the night of installation
and visitation of the Past Grand
Masters of the Grand Lodge.
Georgetown High School Football
Team Trims Delmar High
Before a crowd of nearly 600
spectators, Georgetown High School
football team defeated Delmar High
on Friday afternoon of last week by
d score of Is to - on the local grid
iron. The game was featured by
many thrills from start to finish.
Because of the intensive heat the
came was not as fast as il otherwise
would have been. This was the first
game of the season for the locals
and the only game that will be
played with Delmar High according
to the present schedule. The boys
on both teams showed up well and
looked as If they were in midseason
form due to the strenuous practices
they had gone through within the
past three weeks.
Mayors Son Kicked By Mule
Calvin Davis. son of Mayor Ira W
Davis, North Railroad avenue. here.
is suffering from a severe injury to
his right Jaw as result of being
kicked by a mule owned by Peter
OFT Mitchell on Tuesday night. The
mule had broken loose and vas wan
dering down North Railroad avenue
when Davis attempted to impOund il
together with some boys. Before Da-
Wis arrived at the scene. il il said,
the boys had been hitting the mule
with sticks. 1t statred kicking just
as Davis was coming up from the
rear, and the blow hit him on the
law Fortunately no bones were
broken Had the hoof struck him an
inch higher il is believed he would |
haV. been killed.
Home Coming At Houston Church.
Near Frankf0rd, Next Sunday
On Sunday there will he a home
coming" church service at Hous-
ton Church. on the Frankford /
charge, 10 miles south of here. un-
der diI ectiOn of the Rev J. A. Clark
The address at the church school, |
formerly known as the Sunday !
school class. will be delivered by
Elisha Steele of Dagsboro.
In the afternoon at 3:i5 O'Clock,
an address will be delivered by the
Rev John J. Bunting, superinten-
dent of the Salisbury. Md. District
of the Methodist Church. Music will
be furnished by the Campbell Sis
ters of DagsbOrO.
Home Coming At Jones' Church
The annual Homecoming" at
Jones Methodist Church. located be-
tween loves Cross Roads and Gum
boro, will be held next Sunday. The
speaker will be the Rev. Il.
c. Hallman. pastor of Centenary
Laurel. and a former dis
trict superintendent. Jones' Church
is one of the oldest churches in low
eI Delaware, having been erected
about the Civil War period and prob
ably earlier. II is an established
fact that more than 40 years ago !
was held in the grove
near the church and was known as
Jones' Camp. II was in this church
that some of the ministers, now
prominent in the Wilmington Confer
ence, started their career as young
men. it being the custom in those
days to give young men just admitted
10 the conference small charge or Cir
cult. In mOdern-day thinking. this
was a mistake because it was in
those small communities where they
Iound the true spirit of John and
Charles Wesley. upon which the
church was founded.
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THE COUPONS given for Free
Ground Prizes will be good tonight
md Saturday night at the Milford
0iremen's Carnival adv-lt
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