Milford chronicle., 1940-06-14
GEORGETOWN
Commeneeneal EzereI.es ~ 4

Commencement exercises Of this
Georgetown High School were held
in the main auditorium Of the schOOl
on THURSDAY night of last week.
The program opened with a pro-
cessi0nal, sPomp and Circumstance,
by the school band, followed by in
vocation by the Rev Omar E. Jones,
pastor OF Wesley Methodist Church.
The salutatory address was given by
Daniel Blakeley. Two declamations
followed, one by Miss Doris Briggs
entitled Il Am A Jew" and the other
by Miss Barbara MumfOrd, Man
Alone" The school band played the
Traveller Overture by Buchtel,
which was followed by defamation
"0ur School and Its Extra Curricu
lar Program by Miss Betty Phil
lips. There were two selections,
Bridal Chorus" and Goodnight Be-
loved" by ehcoVal
loved" by the vocal ensemble, class
of 40.
Declarations, "Our School and
CurriculaF Attainment" by Robert
Short and "Our School and the Stu
- dent" by Daniel Blakeley. The school
band then played the National En-
blem March," by Bagley, and "Yare
:, Overture, by Bennett.
Robert Short gave the valedictory
address.
Professor Franklin J. Butz pre-
sented the class and former Con-
gressman Robert G. Houston, presi-
dent of the board of education, pre-
sented the diplomas. The class of 40
gave the Valedictory song, followed
by Denediction by the Rev. Harry
Ewig, pastor of First Presbyterian
Church.
The class roll follows: Misses
Frances Truitt, Elva Spicer, Betty
Steel, Pearl T0omey, Ruah Tyndall, |
Ethel Warrington, Ruth Williams, |
Beulah Baker, Lydia Barker, Dora !
Briggs, Catherine Davis, Bernice /
Dayton, Mary Dodd, Iva Elliott, |
Elizabeth Goslee, Daris Hinman,
Pauline Johnson, Jean Kemper, Hell
en- Lowe, Cornelia Marvel, Lyle Nc
Cauley, Evelyn Messick, Barbara
MumfOrd, Betty Phillips, Esther
Sammons, Esther Short; Messrs.
Russell Veasey James Smack, Rob
ert Short, Frank Wilkins, William
Pusey, Helmis Scarborough, James
Andrews, Howard Belts, Daniel
Blakeley, William Booth, Charles
Cannon, Fred Cole, James COnaway,
Robert Green, Ernest Bill, William
Kitchens, David Houseman, Martin
Isaacs, Bruce Jenkins, Reginald
iKng, Robert Marvel, Felman Lit
tleton, Stanley Marvel.
Mrs. HOnOra 0COnnOr Dies
Funeral services for Mrs. HOnora
O'Connor, age 80 years, who died on
Wednesday night of last week at her
home near here, were held last Sat
urday morning at $3.50 o'clock in St
Johns r. c. Church, in Milford, in
charge of the Rev. E. J. Mccarthy.
Burial took place in Dover
engagements Announced
DR.. and Mrs. Frederick N. Nichols,
of Denton. Md, announce the en-
gagement of their daughter, Miss
Edwina Carey Nichols to John Ray
mond Justin, of Newark, son of Mr..
and Mrs. L. Sherman Justin, OF Port
Jervis, y. Y. For several years Miss
Nichols was a teacheia an the ele-
mentaTy school here, giving up the
position in the spring OF 1889. She is
graduate of Miss Saywards School
Of Overlook, Pa She attended Sweet
Briar College and was graduated
from the Ilman-CarteF Unit of the
of Pennsylvania. MIR. JUS
lin taught English in the Georgetown
High School during the fall and win
Ter term 193S-1939, and at present
s on the faculty of the Newark High
School He is a graduate of Mans
ield State College and attended Cor
lell and Duke Universities.
The engagement of Miss Mary Ann
zTeeger, for the past six years COM
lercial teacher in the Georgetown ,
1igh School to J. Porter Matthews
4 Easton, Md, has been announced ,
y her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. S. )
1reegcr of Chestertown, Md .
Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Burton of !,
Iilton; announced the engagement of q
heir daughter, Miss Pearl Burton, r
D Charles Hurley, son of Mr.. and !,
Irs. Floyd Hurley, also of Milton, .
1r1nerly of Georgetown. The we'd +
ing is expected to take place in the :
ear future. Both are graduates of .
le Milton High School. Mr. Hurley a
employed in the Nylon Plant at n
eaford 9,
zeal 3Id Personal ~,
Mrs. c. E. Clendaniel, formerly :,
iss Alberta Simpler, living on West ~
arket street, and chief clerk in the Ia
lsseA Board; of Assessment. is crit -
ally ill in the National Stomach .,
ospital in Philadelphia. Reports -
.ceived mere this week, are to the ta
feet that her condition is somewhat ~
lproved ~
Mrs. Andrew Barr, the former Miss -
veleah Green, employed in the do
High School cafeteria, ~
ho has been critically Ill with pneu- n.
onIa at her home on the George 81,
Highway, near here, is on
eatly improved. NJ.
Miss Elizabeth Houston, daughter h.
former Congressman Robert G. ~
OustSn, teacher in the Finch Junior ~
Dllegs, New York City, has arrived nj
spend the summer With her father. bn
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Burton and A.
mily OF West Market street, Mr.. ~
d Mrs George Elton Walls and No
mily, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Graves "a
d family and Mr.. and Mrs Edward ~,
Green and little son, have moved 81
1their cottages at Rehoboth Beach ~.
: the summer. ~
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Roach and M
tie daughter, Jane, have moved ne no
re from Chester, Pa. Mrs. Roach is ~
2 former Miss Grace Lynch, laugh
: Of Nh and Mrs. Harry Lynch, of