Milford chronicle., 1939-12-15
SEAFORD

opening OF tne LOnBIellOW fafl
development in West Seaford wa
recently announced by the Seaforl
Realty Company as the first of
number of residential and business
projects here planned by the com
pany. Bounded by the new Nylol
Boulevard on the west, Harrington
, street on the south, and Rust stree
On the north, LongfellOw Park is thu
largest single development since thu
! plant in Seaford. Local contractors
have been asked to bid on the frs
ten houses of the 40 homes to b'
built on the tract, which the com
pany recently purchased from Clar.
once &. Allen. Work ON city lights
sewers and water will begin imme.
diately after the grading of the
streets which is scheduled to start
this week.
Santa Claus will be host to chill
dren of this community this Satur-
day, Dec. 16, Paul NJ. Mitchell, pres
ident of the retail division of the
Chamber of Commerce, recently an
nounced. Santa Claus will treat the
children TO a matinee at the Palace
Theatre, where bags of candies and
toys will be distributed. He is due
shortly after noon and probably will
be accompanied by the high school
hand and town officials. He will
make a tour of the town after the
ending of the theatre party. If there
are too many children for one show,
plans have been made for two shows.
Santa will set up a desk in the
lobby and will file away letters dir
ected to his attention.
The Seaford Cotillion Club will
hold its annual Christmas dance at
the Armory at Salisbury, Md, ON
Tuesday night, December 26. Ran
dali Willen was recently elected
chairman for the ensuing year. w.
Ross Collins will have charge of the
music. and the decorations will be
handled by Garland Russell and
doc" DOherty.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel w. Elliott
have moved to their home on North
Pine street which they recently pur-
chased from John Handy.
Mrs. o. ID. Rhea recently had as
her guest her sister, Mrs. p. G. Lake
OF Boston, Mass. Miss Jessie Millen
CT Philadelphia. a former teacher in
the SeafOrd High School, was re-
cent guest here of Miss Gertrude
Williams.
T.. Paul BurkhOlder of the State
Board of Education, Dover, was
guest speaker last Friday night at
luncheon OF the Kiwanis Club at the
Hotel Sussex. Winfield Scott, Jr.,
was in charge of the program and
the subject was Delaware Day" Mr..
Burkholder related the history of
Delaware. and mentioned several
citizens of the state who have be-
come famous. Robert J. RubenStein,
club president, presided at the busi-
ness session at which time discus
sion of the plans for the annual club
Christmas party for the under-privi-
lodged children was held. The club
plans to entertain so or more chill
dren at a Christmas dinner and party
ut the Sussex Hotel on Friday even
ing, December %.
Mrs. Karl p Thompson was a
guest last weekend of friends in
Baltimore. Md.
A. Berkmire, assistant employment
agent of the DUPONT Company here.
is spending two weeks vacation with
his family in Baltimore, Md.
DIR. and Mrs. Thomas +. Cotting-
ham have returned home after
spending several days last week in
Baltimore. Md
l.. C. LongfellOw recently an
nounced that he had leased the sec
ond floor of his department store on
Water street to Reeves, Parvin and
Company, wholesale grocers of Phil
adelphia and Wilmington. The firm
will have floor space of 5000 feet
and will have a 60-foot roadway en-
trance in the rear, leading to North
street. A dwelling owned by MIR. I
will be moved away to !
give the new firm an entrance to a
parking lot. which is level with the /
second floor on the rear of the !