Milford chronicle., 1939-12-15
MILLSBORO

Mr.. Williams has been confined to
his home by illness.
Mr. and Mrs Crawford Shockley
and Louise Collins have been i'll al
so with severe colds.
The December meeting of the Be
Ye Faithful Auxiliary will be held
at the home OF Mrs. Lille Lofiand
next Tuesday night.
The Sunday schools Christmas en-
tertainment will be given in Sunday'
December "a. Mrs. Alice Short is
chairman of the program commit
tee.
Mrs. Harry Williams, Misses
Blanche and Gladys Williams, Mrs.
Hubert Stedman, Anne Carey, MIR.
and Mrs. Alton Moore. Mrs Curtis
Spicer, Kay Spicer, Mr.. and Mrs
Leslie Thnmons were among the
numerous shoppers in Wilmington
on Saturday.
The Yuletide street decorations of
laurel and colored bulbs We're put
up on Saturday and the lights turn
ed on that night.
f. f. Carey has bought a store
J from Albert X. Richards on the Lau-
| rel road and took over the business
on December l.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Adkins have
moved into their new home near
town, opposite Kendall Eshams.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Kitchens are
receiving congratulations on the
birth of a baby son.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry b. Mitchell
were in Philadelphia last Thursday
10 70 nIfff.ha1l u
has been suffering from a severe at
tack of pleurisy.
Miss Sara Short of Milford, spent
the week-en dat home with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Short.
The new filling station of Theo-
dore Kitchens on Main street is
completed and soon will he ready
for occupancy.
Next Sunday night the services at
Grace Methodist Church will be in
charge of the Be Ye Faithful Aux
iliary.
Mrs. Annie McGee is directing the
missionary pageant Possessions.
which will be given by Mrs. Sallie
Belts, Mrs. Blanche Lawson, Mrs
Myrtle Harrison, Mrs. Flora Thor
oughgood, Me8srs. Frank Wood, Ed
ward Carey. Jr.. William H. Rodney.
Dr.. Preston +. West and Rev f.. w ,
Henvis.
Larry Gardner, who has been deer |
hunting n Pennsylvania last week |
brought home 165-pound deer OF I
which he and his friends are very /
proud.
Harry Esham who has been in !
failing health for several months |
was admitted to the Beebe Hospital
in Lewes on Thursday Of last week
for treatment
School Notes
The Mill3boro Board of School
Trustees held meeting on Monday
evening, December !.
After the new basketball back
boards were built and installed by
the manual training department un-
der the supervision of John H. Otis.
the basketball teams energetically
Darticipated in workouts and light
scrimmages. The girls basketball
team VIM play the ~twuacUurt- -garne-'
this year. Due to kindness of the
Millsboro Cut-Rate, MillsbOrO School
is able to distribute basketball
schedules. The town team started its
practice late this season. Due to this
the team was beaten by Lewes on
Wednesday, December 6. by q score
of 47-24
Last week, s. P Darden, English
teacher. was absent from school for
two days. Mrs. Allen, second grade
teacher, also missed one day.
DR.. Shilling visited the school on
December Z. He attended the Della
ware Day program and gave short
.alk. The program was presented by
he third and fourth grades.
On December S, movie was
,hown to the entire school. The mo
Vie was entitled Footsteps" 1t had
o deal with the Red Cross nurse and
ler work.
Goldey College has recently pre-
;ented the school with calendar for
zach room.
George Ayres of the State Board Of
Health, has contributed to the school
, bean bag board and dart board.
Miss Wise, reading expert and also
1 repres antative of the Lions and
Carnahan Publishing Company Wis
ted the school on December and
instructed the elementary teachers
IN Ine liner teCHulquS Vi '0"'i''"S
'eading.
Millsboro school will be decorated
.gain this year for Christmas. Mr.
Timmons has appointed a committee
O have charge of the decorations.
The committee is as follows: Mrs.
Walls, chairman; Mrs. White and
Ir. Miller. The teachers have obli-
.ated TO stand the expense.
The Sussex County Education AS
ociation will meet here on Febru-
ry 16. Leslie Z. Timmons, president
f the association, has succeeded in
btaining Professor Roy NJ. Hatch
f the State Teachers College at
Iontclair, n. j.. to deliver one OF
ne main addresses.
The faculty play, "A Ready Made
'amily," to be given on Thursday
december 21, is guaranteed to re-
love care and to produce laughter.
he plot of the play pivots around
hildren who try to prevent their re-
pective mother and father from be-
1g married. The teachers become
hildren again performing antics oil
screamingly funny nature. Ihe
Law abounds in ridiculous and side
plitting situations. AS a large rec
rd-breaking audience is anticipated,
is requested that all who wish to
ttend the play purchase their tick
is early. The prices are as follows:
SC for adults, 25c for high school
IEa for oil halfW the