Milford chronicle., 1940-12-13
PURNELL, RHODES
ASSEMBLY HEADS.
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IN introducing Mayor Bacon, Mr..
Buck praised him for "his unseIf-
ish services to the City Of Whining
ton"
Other speakers included former
Judge Earle d. Wiley Of Dover, who
viii be secretary Of state: H. Eugene
SaVery, chairman Of the Republican
State Committee, and Senator Heal
Guests at the speakers table In
cluded Leonard G. Hagner, chair
man of the Republican First Dis
trict Committee; d. d. Wharton of
Dover, chairman of the Kent Coun-
ty Republican Committee; William |
]. Swain of Bridgeville, chairman
Of the Sussex County Republican
Committee, and Recorder of Deeds /
Albert Stetser, chairman of the New
Castle County Republican Executive
Committee.
Other guests included the follow
ing members Of the General Assem-
bly,:
Senators Rinard, Heal, George w.
Mullin, George r. Clark, BENJAMIN
F. Simmons. John B. Hendricks,
Charles E. Brown, Alden P, Short,
Clayton A. Bunting, and Purnell.
Representatives Charles A. Pat
terson, Frank Hainesworth, Rich
ards, Thomas A. Kellum, Abner
Woodward, Frank H. Buckingham,
Rhodes, Richard W. Willis, William
X. Pennington, Clinton W. Jolls,
William D. Johnson, Isaac Thomas,
Frank S. Pritchett, Harry H. Jones, I
John H. Van Hoy, Jonathan S. Will
lis, Alfred A. 0'Day, Thomas E. !
Hickman, William B. Dorey, John !,
L. Barr, and Norman B. Bayliss :
Senator Purnell was born at :,
Georgetown September 10, 1896, son =
of the late Thomas r. and Delema
(Jefferson) Purnell. His father. a
hardware dealer, died in 1926. His
mother died in 1905.
A graduate of Georgetown High
School, Senator Purnell took charge +
of the business founded by his IA I
ther, May IS, 1925, after operating Il
a garage and electrical equipment s.
business for several years. U
He is past grand master of the o.
Grand Lodge of Delaware; ID
past master of Franklin Lodge, No
l2, A. F. and A. NJ; past high priest -
Of Hope Chapter. No. z, Royal Arch ~
MasOns, and is a member of the fol-
owing organizations: JOppa COun-
I'll, No. 3, Royal and Select Mas q
er MasOns; St. Johns Command
Try, Knights Templar; Delaware
IOnsistOry of the Scottish Rite; Lulu
Temple, A. A. o. N. NJ. s., and Ever
green Forest No. 40. Tall Cedars of
lebanon.
Senator Purnell is past grand of
Union Lodge, No. 8, l. o. o. F., and g
last president of the Georgetown
of Commerce and the
Rotary Club. He is
,rOther of State Police Superinten-
lent Norman Purnell.
Senator Rinard, born at Elkins, W.
Ia, June Z, 1901, went to Whining
on in 1916. A major in the 198th
Coast Artillery, A. A., Delaware Ma
iOnal Guard, he is a member OF the
lar of Pennsylvania and Delaware,
and a member Of the legal division s.
lf the Wilmington Trust Company.
Representative Rhodes, a druggist
Df Newark, where he has been in
business 30 years, was born in Queen
Inne County. Nd, in 1879. He grad
ated from the Philadelphia College
Pharmacy in 1902 with the degree
doctor of pharmacy.
Representative Richards was born
Wilmington November IA, 1906, a
IN of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert H. Rich
rds. He attended Friends School
I'd was graduated from the Taft q
'hOOl, WatertOwn, Conn, in 1924.
his graduation from the 1
liversity of Delaware in 1928, he
ant to Harvard Law School from
lich he was graduated in 1881.
: was admitted to the Delaware
r the same year.
He was chief deputy attorney gen.
Al under AttOrney-GeneralP P. War
4 Green, post he relinquished by
;ignatiOn December II, 1886. He
married and has three children.