Milford chronicle., 1939-07-14
GEORGETOWN
RotarIans Choose Officers

for the ensuing term, as follows:
President, Edmund C. Ryan. of Mills
boro; vice president. Richard Miller
of Georgetown; secretary and treas
uTer, Walter Virden Macklin, of
Georgetown; sergeant-at-arms, Har-
ry Z. Williams. of Millsboro board
of directors. Mr.. Ryan, Crawford
Shockley, Wayne Burton, of Mills
boro; Richard Miller, Andrew J..
Murray, Nutter Marvel of George
town.
Committees have been named by
President Ryan as follows: Boys
work, Wayne Burton, Asa Reynolds,
Andrew j. Murray; rural-urban,
John T. Carey. C. Linden McIlvaine,
Harry E. Hudson; vocational service,
James Edward Goslee, Sr., Crawford
Shockley, George e. Swain; music,
James Carey, Rev. Omar E. Jones,
Nutter ID. Marvel; community SER
vice, John J. Williams, w. Blaine
Atkins, Henry Graves. State Senator
Alden Short, DIR. Charles r. Cannon,
James Carey, Howard T. Ennis. Rev.
Omar f. Jones; club service. former
Deputy Attorney General Frank NJ.
Jones. Thomas Vaughn, Richard
Miller, Congressman George S. Will
liams; international service, S. p.
Darden, Walter Virden Macklin,
Crawford Bailey, crippled children,
DIR. Joseph B. NAPLES, Harry +. Will
liams. Ralph Carey. James f. Cos
lee. Jr., fellowship. State Senator AL
den Short. Jesse Jones. former big
league baseball pitcher; Ann Rey-
noIds. Rev. Omar E. Jones; attend
ance, DR. Charles r. Cannon. Jesse
Jones. Nutter ID. Marvel, DR.. w,
Blaine Atkins; program committee,
S. p Darden. James T.. GOslee, Jr., |
James Carey. Jesse Jones.
Because of the large number of
business men living I'm Millsboro. !
who have Joined the club. it was de- |
cided some months ago to change |
the name from the Georgetown Ro-
tary Club to the Georgetown-Rlills-
boro Rotary Club.
The club is considered one of the |
most active south of Wilmington.
Chairman OF Highway
Commission Has Birthday
Charles w. Cullen, chairman of
the Delaware State Highway Com
mission, prominent member of the
Sussex County Bar Association, and
often mentioned for the position of
Judge on the Supreme Court bench.
last Saturday observed his 74th
Born in Georgetown on July s,
1865. son of the late Charles NJ.
Cullen. one time judge of the Su-
preme Court of this State. and Mrs
Catherine V. Cullen, he received his
education in private
school here. He attended Delaware
now the University of Della
ware, from which he was graduated
with the degree of B. of A, in the
class of 'S5 He read law under the
guidance of his distinguished fa-
Their. the late Judge Cullen, and was
admitted to practice in Sussex coun-
Ly in 1888.
He has been an officer of the State
and County Bar Associations. Many
years ago he held the rank of captain
Of Company G, First Delaware Regi- |
nent. Delaware National Guards.
He is a Mason and affiliated with /;
he Presbyterian. Church. Like his
'ather. politically. he always has
leen affiliated with the Democratic
party.
In 1928. his friends prevailed on
lin to be candidate for Representa-
i've in Congress. He acceded to their
wishes and put up a gallant fight.
However, he was defeated by his
riend and fellow member of the Sus- {
lex County Bar. the late John M.
, Dfahar ardunV af hn ! I
,eneral election. was defeated by |
Jol Robert G. Houston. also a men, 7
,er of the Sussex County Bar Asso-
iatiOn.
hort Watkins
Miss Georgia A. Short. daughter
f Mr.. and Mrs. Carl A. Short, of :.
,ewes, and Nelson w. Watkins, son =
t Mr. and Mrs Wallace S. Watkins. J
( Milford, were married on Friday
light at Lewes by the Rev. Otis P.
efferson. pastor of the Lewes Meth :,
dist Church The bride is widely 7, !
nown throughout the eastern sec
on of lower Delaware. ~ 8,
Stewart
Announcement of the marriage of II
Iiss Martha Anna Matthews. daugh-
sr of Mrs. Anna NJ. and the late h
gorge r. Matthews. of Laurel, and a;
harles f. Stewart. son of Mr.. and s
Irs. r. A. Stewart. of Seaford. has /,
cen announced The wedding took ir
lace at Seaford on Tuesday night N
[ last week at 10 o'clock. the Rev. N
ohm l.. johnson, pastor of St n
ohn's Methodist Church. at Seaford, d,
the ceremony. al
Irs. Carrie Rogers Dead
Mrs. Carrie Rogers. widow of W
rank P. Rogers and daughter of the az
tie Robert Joseph. for many years til
prominent farmer near here, died nj
the Milford Memorial Hospital &C
iOrtly after noon on Monday as a TO
,sult of a complication of diseases. nj
se 62 years. Mrs Rogers had been di
lnfined to her home on West Mar sU
ct street, this city. for the past two ye
eeks. On Saturday night her con-
tion became SO critical that she tn
as taken to the Milford Memorial
ospital sc
Mrs Rogers husband was for he
any years the pioneer of the cOun- Is
v in growing seedless apples. When
began to produce them in the cas- be
rn section of the country. they at er
acted much attention. He, however. ed
as not the originator of the seed
ss apple but was one of the first MI
the country to successfully them. Va
e also was known as the "oniOn do
ng" of Delaware, being able TO
ow them as large as the average so
le grapefruit. They were, in fact, Si'