Milford chronicle., 1940-03-01
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The Ladies' Aid Society will be
entertained in Trinity Church on
Friday evening. The hostesses will
be Mrs. Edith d. Melvin. Mrs. Sadie
Moore and Mrs. Alice G. Melvin.
A bake for the Sunday school will
be held az Mrs. J. b. DerricksOn's s
store adjoining r B. Spurry's store
on Saturday March =. at 10 A. NJ.
Light lunch will also be served. The
proceeds will be used to buy new
song books for the Sunday school.
MIR. and Mrs Gault of Berlin, Md,
spent several days last week with
their son. Rev T.. S. Gault and
I family.
Miss Eva Brandenbrack of Will
mington spent Saturday with Mr..
and Mrs. John Palmer.
Mrs. r. b. SpuTry entertained the
Tuesday Bridge Club last week.
Other guests during the week were
Miss Theresa Johnson. Mrs. Mary
Kelley and Mrs Emma Harrington.
MIR. and Mrs. Arthur StOkesbury
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Raymond Pusey Of Smyrna.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Townsend
and son William of Camden. n. j..
were guests of MIR. and Mrs. Marion
Stevenson on Saturday.
Mrs. Ella Hennessy and MIR.
Boone Palmer Of Wilmington were
Sunday guests OF MIR. and Mrs.
John Palmer.
Last Saturday, school was held in
the Frederica school with an aver
age of 949o attendance. due to the
cooperation of the parents and the
school. There will also be school on
two more Saturdays. March and 30.
This will benefit the families con-
cerned who need the children on the
farm or the bay. We shall be able
to close on May 3lst Last Saturday.
Miss Wheeler's fourth grade, and
Miss Jarrell's fifth grade had an av-
erage of I0O3o. May the fine spirit
CT cooperation continue during the
remainder of the year.
Owing to the kindness Of John
WalstrOm of Washington, ID. e.. who
loaned the school q film, motion pic /
lures were shown on Saturday MORN |
ing at 1880 O'clock Most of them !
were in color and were taken while (
on vacation trips beginning at RehO- /
both and extending across the en- (
tire continent TO the California fair. /
The children were especially inter- .
ested in the Washington scenes, the .
public buildings, the /
cherry trees and the animals at the /
zoo. The Indians of the Southwest .
and the desert, all in color. claimed
their entire attention. Other scenes /
were OF especial interest, including
the Grand Canyon and wonderful 1
scenery OF mountains. lakes and
plains. They also enjoyed seeing the
home OF Miss Elizabeth WalstrOm.
the first grade teacher. in Mexico,
Missouri. The principal, David NJ.
Green, and Miss WalstrOm explained
the pictures which made a good les
son in oral and visual instruction in
Mrs. Jester A. Gray and Mrs. Rob-
art Hazard spent the week end in
and Richmond. Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Flanagan en-
iertained at dinner on Sunday in
lOnOrs OF the fifteenth birthday of
Joseph Flanagan, Jr. The decora-
ions were in keeping with a birth
lay event Those present were MIR.
md Mrs. Everett Wilson. Mr.. and
Mrs. George Cole of Wilmington and
Mrs. Annie e. Boone.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pickering Newman
# Chestertown, Md. have announced
he engagement of their daughter,
Hiss Villa Hughes, to Mr.. William
Welsh GaFbutt, son of Mrs. Ira Gar
,utt and the late Ira Garbutt of
Nrederica. Miss Newman is a mem
'er of the faculty of the FELTON,
iigh School and graduate of st.
'iary's Seminary and Washington
College. Mr.. Garbutt is a graduate
Il the University of Delaware.
MIR. and Mrs. John Jewell spent
sunday in Wilmington.
Through the efforts of the local
red Cross chapter the school re-
eiVed a ilrst-aid kit. This addition /
o the school equipment is very well
ome.
The first half of the intra-mural j
eague basketball season came to an (
nd last week. The girls league was
opped by the Sloppy Joes, captained
" NISAllla DOONcI. HIS team was
All of the games in the !
oys' league were closely contested
nd the half ended in a three-way tie
etween the Singing Bees. Fighting
Iornets and Super Squad. The /
itinging Bees. led by Reynolds Rob-
ins. won the play-offs. 4
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