Milford chronicle., 1940-09-06
GEORGETOWN
Lacal And Personal

Local And Personal
Mr.. and Mrs Boyer Davis and
/ daughter, Anne, Of Wilmington, are
occupying the Davis cottage at Oak
Orchard over the holidays.
Mr.. and Mrs Gideon Roberts and
son John, Of Richmond, Va, form
erly residents here, have been visit
ing relatives and friends through
out the county for the past few days.
Mrs. Sadie Cooke and daughter
Eva. will leave the first OF the week
for Baltimore where they will spend
the winter She has rented an
apartment and will have her son,
Leroy Cooke, an employee OF the
Bethlehem Steel Company, with her.
Mrs. Cooke has sold the general in
suranee business OF her late hus-
band, former Deputy Attorney-Ge
eral Howard J. Cooke to Wilbur
AIlgmford
Group No. 4 Of the Ladies' Aid So
ciety OF Grace Methodist Church
will hold a "bake" at the store OF
Charles B. Stevenson on Market
street, Saturday morning Of this
week.
Some Of the Georgetown mer-
chants are cooperating with the U.
IS. Army Recruiting office in getting
tnlIstments. One store on Market
street, under management Of John
Hnugh, has put the center window at
the disposal Of Sergeant William
Spanbefg for a display. The exhibit
includes guns and relics Of the
World War with a large poster show
ing Uncle Sam with his sleeves roll
ed up and ready 70 go to work for
defense.
Mrs. Annie Wilson and grand
daughter, Joan Short, are visiting
relatives in Snow Hill, Md.
Rev. M. E. DearhOlt and family
are visiting relatives and friends in
Western Maryland.
With farmers receiving good
prices for their broilers and bumper
crops of apples, peaches, tomatoes.
and beans reported throughout the
county, money is in circulation
throughout lower Delaware. The
month Of September, for more than
half century, always has been an
ideal season Of the year for circuses
to visit this section, especially when /
crops are good When reports Of a
poor crop season reaches the man
agements Of circuses, usually there I
are not as many to invade lower Del
aware. However, two or three each I
year show In some sections Of the
county. Sussex county will have its
first circus of the year when the
known Hunts Circus, which
has been exhibiting in this state for /
the past IS years, visits Georgetown
on Friday, September s, and pitches
tents on the HoIsoh lot on West
Market street, near the duPOntl
highway. {
Prof. and Mrs. James Lamachia
have returned home after spending
The summer with relatives in Court
lara, N Y.
William Reeves, Of Media, Pa, is
he guest of Thomas Saunders who
resides on the Public Square.
Mrs. Sarah r. Quicker and daugh-
.er, Miss Elizabeth A. Quicker, have
'een entertaining for several days
It their West Market street home,
VI. and Mrs Sonthsate l. Morrison
II Leesburgs Va. - = IS -
Mazie Smith, wife Of Hugh D. |
smith, warden Of the Sussex county
all, and her sister, Mrs. Fred Paul
sheT, of Philadelphia, have return
ID from tour of the New England {,
states [;
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman COrdrey, of
dilford, and the formers mother, .
FRS. John Cordrey, North Race =
treet. this city. are visiting their \
laughter and sister, Mrs. Woodrow fC
wilson. at China Grove, N. C. Mrs.
wilson is the former Miss Elva Cor Il
rey of this city. 4
The Georgetown Public Schools
pened Wednesday morning for the
all and winter term, 1940-41. The II
rst faculty meeting will be held on
tuesday morning and afternoon. Six h
ew teachers have been added to the IL
aculty. In the elementary school, 4
iiss Louise RObles is a new teacher. n
Iiss Rachel Morris and James Owen e
ill teach English and social stu /,
les in the Junior High School Miss
lizabeth S0uthard and Miss Leo b
ora SPOTS will teach commercial y
uf1ectS while Miss Mary &. X. ii
Dnes, R. ~, daughter of former
equity Attorney-General and Mrs. 2
rank M. Jones, West Pine street, <
i'll be the school nurse.
Following is the faculty: 4
High SchoOI-Franklin J. Butz,
Joseph D. Thomas, Al
rincipal, teaching French and Lat :,
!. room "a; Carolyn Brogan, girls Y
lysicial education in the old gym q
asium; Mrs. Dortha Cannon, IL "
'arian: Miss Susie Collins, junior II
gh school mathematics. room 6;
rs. ClOrence Trainam Gibson, mu- :,
c, room 10; Mrs. Velma Hayman. IS
gh school mathematics, room 21: s.
ance Horner, distributive trades, e
ON 80; George Keen. boys physi-
] education, in the new gymnas-
m; James Kelley, senior high :
hool social studies. room 20; A
mes Lamachia, woodworking, Z
oms and 3: Earl Maloney, senior
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