Milford chronicle., 1939-10-06
GEORGETOWN
Local And Personal

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Students of the Georgetown High
School have started a drive to sell
season tickets for all athletic. ac-
tiyities. Several hundred already
have been sold.
Carter Minor, supply sergeant Of
Battery b, Coast Guard Unit here,
has accepted 4 position in Whining
ton.
Miss Gertrude Holloway, of Ber-
lin, Md. recently named as Sussex
County Home Demonstration Agent,
succeeding Miss Alice Melendy, has
entered upon her duties and is max
ing her home with Mrs. Frederic
Walls on North Bedford street.
Bible classes throughout Sussex
county will hold a rally in the Jones
Memorial Hall ON Sunday afternoon.
The principal speaker will be DR..
Merritt Burke, of Newport. The
singing will be in charge of Harold
Vignelle, of Wilmington.
Norman wilkins, well known
young business man, is confined to
his home on the Georgetown-Lewes
highway, suffering from heart trou-
BILE.
Miss Eleanor Townsend, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Julian +. Townsend,
North Bedford street, has entered
Mount Vernon Seminary. John Truitt
Purnell, son of State Senator and
Mrs. Harold w. r. Purnell, has re-
stunned his studies at the Wharton
School of Business Administration
at the University of Pennsylvania.
Many members of the Georgetown
New Century Club attended on
Thursday the tea given by the Sea-
ford Acorn Club in honor OF the Op- |
ening of the new club house in that
town. The building formerly was
the Dulaney home and was located
ON one of the farms purchased by
the DUPONT Company. The building
was presented to the club by the du-
Pom Company and moved to Sea-
ford.
Sara Wing, wife of Charles Wing,
a highly respected colored woman of
Georgetown, died in the State Hos
pital late on Thursday night where
she had been 4 patient for many |
months.
Howard J. Cooke, well known at
torney. East Market street, and Mrs.
George Elton Walls, living on the
public square, are repor ed to be
confined to their homes because of
illness.
Mr.. and Mrs George Barr have
been attending the New York
Worlds Fair
Mrs Parks Goodnight is recover
ing from an operation in the Milford
Memorial Hospital.
Mrs. Rufus b. Wilson, of Phila
delphia, has been spending a few
days with realtives here.
Miss Mile Roach, who is en-
plOyeG in Washington, will spend the
weekend with relatives here.
Mrs. Thomas Ayers, Miss Edna
Marvel and Miss Doris Lynch have
been spending a part of the week in
Philadelphia.
Scmmer weather continues to pre-
vail throughout lower Delaware and
this means much to the farmers who
have late crops of lima beans and
tomatoes Warm suns permit these
crops to continue to mature, espe-
cially tomatoes. The tomato crop
has been a paying one this year
lHOIt lIdu II HIS lOi manly oCdbOhSs
Growers are said to be pleased with
the prices and yields.
Mr.. and Mrs II. II. Hamilton, liv-
ing near here, have returned from
three weeks trip to the west coast,
where they visited relatives and at
tended the San Francisco EXPOSE
ton.
Church To
Have Home Coming
Providence Methodist Protestant
now know mas Providence
Church, since the union
of the Methodist Episcopal, Metho-
dist Protestant and Methodist
Church South, at the General Con
ference some months ago, will have ,
a home coming celebration on Sun p,
day, October Is.
This church, approximately be- !
tween forty and fifty years old, is
located about six miles from here, /,
and has for many years been one of =,
the outstanding rural churches with .
a large membership. The exact date
1f its founding is not known, but it
was following the organization of ;
the First M. +. Church here in 1898.
Residents and former residents !
will gather on that day for reunion
1t this. one of the oldest rural NJ. p. ,
churches in lower Delaware.
Each family is requested to bring 4
/ box lunch and at noon tables will
,e spread for the accOmm 1datiOn of
ill at the community hall. which :
)nce was the famous little Rogers 4
School House, Il short distance away
md in which most of the residents =
If the community were educated. I,
rhe church. some years ago, with /
he school consultations, look over
he little red school house" and
il into community cen =
er which il has served for the past :
ew years, and where many famous D.,
gatherings are held in :
'onne ction with church activities. :
The day promises to be d gala one :
With an all-dny service which will !;
tart at Q a. m, in charge Cf the Rev .
dr. Welch.
Hundreds OF former residents and :
riends of the church in different .
ommuHities are expected to make =
he annual trek to this famous ru- :,
al church. :
While the name, so far as can be .
has not been decided on =
ince the consolidation. il probably =
Iill be Providence Methodist. :
ohm Farrell Dead !
John Farrell. age 73 years, Span }.
War Veteran. died at "
he home of James Carl Scott, on :
'ortE Bedford street, on Wednes- Y