Milford chronicle., 1939-01-27
FREDERICK

on Wednesday there will be a COM
plete program which will be of in
terest to all. We are asking the
public to patronize these programs
as the proceeds will be used towards
paying for the machine.
A bus will run from Bowers to
accommodate the patrons in that
vicinity. The price of admission to
adults is 25 cents; children 10 cents.
Our basketball teams are practic-
ing to perfect themselves in good
team work. The boys and girls
teams played with the Clayton teams
on Wednesday.
A newspaper project in the sixth
grade has been very productive of
some excellent work Their paper,
under the forceful name of "The
Trumpet" was issued this week.
There were many interesting ar
ticles of current events, stories and
jokes under. attractive captions.
Pupils and parents alike enjoyed
reading it. May the work so well
begun continue.
The grim reaper has been busy i'm
our community recently. Last Fri
day, Philip Donovan, another old
resident, passed away from a stroke
of paTalysis. He had been an in
valid for a number of years due TO
heart ailment and subject to the
constant ministratiOns of his faithful |
wife. He was a retired farmer hav- !
ing moved here twenty years ago. |
He still continued to be interested |
in agricultural pursuits and civic !
affairs and enjoyed the visits of
friends of similar tastes. Mr.. Dono-
van was SO years of age and. be-
sides his wife, is survived by his
daughter, Mrs. Reese Evans. of near
town; John Donovan of Wilmington,
and Russell Donovan of Milford
Neck. Funeral services were held on
Sunday afternoon at Berrys funeral
establishment in FELTON,. Rev. Mr..
Dawson of Magnolia and Barratt's
Chapel. and a former pastor, Rev.
Robert Green officiated at the SER
vices. The deceased and his family '
worshipped at the Chapel many :
years. Interment was made in the '
cemetery.
Mr.. Paul Section of Dover and
Miss Eva Sinclair of Milford were
SucSLS VI O0(etl I1dl AAASNOh Oll
Sunday afternoon. '
Mrs. Jester A. Gray and Mrs. I
John C. Darby attended the banquet
of the Kent-Sussex Fair Association
last week.
DR.. and Mrs. Robert Hazard and
Jester A. Gray spent the weekend q,
in Virginia. !
Arthur Stokesbury is making rap
id strides toward recovery after an
operation last week in the Kent Cen II
eral Hospital. n
Mrs. John T. Mcbride was hostess +
asst week to the Tuesday night u
bridge club.
Mrs. Jessie D. Walstrom and Miss =,
Elizabeth Walstrom attended the +
at the Round Table II
Club anniversary last Friday evening
n Wyoming. u
Mrs. Elizabeth Harrington gave a
500" party last Monday evening in Z
to her husband. Harold
on his birthday anniver-
sary. {
Mrs. Samuel Peoples OF. -Philadel- ]
phia was a week end guest of Mrs. q
Emma w, Slaughter
Mr.. and Mrs. A. d. Lank and
laughter, Sarah Elizabeth, Mr.. and [
Irs. Clarence Bradley of FELTON, n
we're dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs. NJ
,arl Rust in Georgetown last Thurs +
ay night. ,
A fire on one of Mrs. Annie e. q
'amper's farms was extinguished by III
he Frederica fire company on Sun 81
ay. D!
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Gordon ei
nd little son of oxford, N. Y, are VI
uests of Mrs. B. F. Burton. Sc
Mrs. Eleanor Mick, Mr.. and Mrs. AZ
VILLAIN Leach were dinner guests III
I Mr.. and Mrs. w. Fl. Person on er
thursday. tn
John Coverdale has been seriously II
| the past three weeks" Ne
Mrs. A. d. Lank entertained the co
merican Legion Auxiliary last pa
uesday night. ch
Our community was shocked to SIS
ear of the sudden death of a for
er resident, Mrs. Ida Ewing, wife to
Robert Ewing. They moved from d..
ere to Bowers but spent the win
rs in Tampa. Florida. Her death
as due to diabetes. The body was
ought to Wilmington for interment
Silverbrook cemetery. ha
Although they had moved from our pe
wn they still retained their MEM ac
,rship in our church and contri- be
Ited generously. Mrs. Ewing was Su
lmired for her high ideals and
ndly sympathetic spirit. She has En-
host of friends also at Bowers. ap
+. Ewing has the sincere sympathy plf
his many friends in the COM tire