Milford chronicle., 1940-04-19
GEORGETOWN
Sussex High Sehools IN
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Sussex High Schools n
Defamation Contest
Fifteen boys and girls Of the sna
sex county high schools participate,
n me annual defamation contest Il
the high school auditorium here 81
Tuesday night before one of the lar
gest crowds IN several years. II
the dramatic division. there wer,
seven c0ntestants The winners ant
their subjects were FIRST. JacI
Wtiker, Of laurel Homecoming
second. Blanehe Williams. Of Minis.
bOfO, The White Hands Of Telliant,
third. Ruby Adams, Of seaford
White Lilacs " Others competina
ana their subjects we're. AnabeI
Burton, 1f Delmar, white CaFna.
tiona Kenneth Warrington, 81
Greenwood, Afraid Of the Dark; p
Stewart LeCatO, Of Rehoboth. Gun
dal Din;H Cathryn Allen, Of Bridge
vile, eDannys Little Tin Soldier
The winners IN the humorous divi-
sion and their subjects were: First.
Ebe Reynolds, of Greenwood, sDedi-
eating GrootyIlle Gas Station:" sec
0na, Vera Hudson, OG laurel. MAS
Monday Morning" third, Myia jane
Sturgis, OF MillshOr0, Tipping on
Teaehers." The five others Iii the
contest and their subjects follow:
Anita Hughes, OF Delmar, Grooming
Hubby for the Party" Agnes Cor
drey, Of Seaford, '.At the Swimming
POOL" Verona Smith, Bridgsville,
Vocal AsperaliOns; Barbara Mum
ford, Of Georgetown, ''Sisterssin-
Law" William Cox, OF Rehoboth,
Parody Of Young Lochinvar." The
judges were Prof. D. A, Petry, of
Felton,; Prof Harold Hancock, of
Caesar Rodney School, and Mrs.
Marian Minnard, q teacher In the
Harrington public school The af-
fair was under direction Of the Sus-
sex County Defamation Contest
Committee consisting Of Prof. Geo
q. Macklin. Of BridgeVille; Prof
Franklin j. Butz, OF Georgetown,
and Prof. Humphreys, of RehobOth,
who have worked hard, as wen as
the teachers in the different schools,
10 Inake 1t one of the outstanding
contests in the history Of the county.
Coach George Keen has announced
the schedule for the Georgetown
High School baseball team this
spring. Sixteen games have been
Arranged. including the one sehed-
ule1 With Dover yesterday. Other
games are: April 19, RehobOth,
away; April %, John M. Clayton, 1
home; April 26. Lord Baltimore, /
away; April 80, Milford, away; May |
8, Iewes.. home; May z. MillsbOrO,
away; May 10, over, home; May 13, i
Milton, home; May IA. John N. Clay
ton. away; May II. Lord Baltimore, 4
home; May q, Milton, away; May
"a, Lewes, away; May 2S, Milford,
home, ana May 81, RehOboth, home.
More than 5000 volunteer fire.
men, representing sixty companies
throughout the Delmarva peninsula,
are expected to attend the conven-
ton OF the DelmarVa Volunteer
Firemen's Association to be held at
Milton ON May 8. Plans for the af-
fair are being whipped into shape.
A parade will be given in the after
noon.
AGED Citizen Passes
Walter S. Johnson, aged S6, died
at his home on South Railroad ave-
nue on Saturday afternoon Of gem
eral debility, after being confined 20
the bed for two weeks. Mr.. john
son was born sin Indian River hum
dred on September 10, 1853, son OF
the late Nathaniel and Tanner john
son. Most of his life was spent in
the building trade, which he aIan-
sOned about thirty years ago. Fu-
neral services were held from his ]
ate residence on Tuesday afternoon,
IN charge of the Rev Omar Il Jones.
Intefment wsis made in Union Gene
cry ON Race street. His wife died
IN December G, 1888. 9
He Is survived by the following
children: Frederick w. Johnson, {
Frank G. johnson,
Mrs. Charles. n. Coma
way, Wilmington. N. c.; Mrs. Will i
lam r. Pusey. Mrs. Leroy LittletOn, d
r. and Floyd NJ. Johnson,
# this place. o
Fruit growers are wondering what
fleet the snow storm had on the Il
ruit crop. II may take days to check d
u ION it. 1t would seem, from all n
that some damage has S
een done. It is known that the h
each and apple buds are rapidly b
dvaneing, and should soon be in q
nll bloom. II may be several days
efOre the actual damage is known. A
Miss Dorothy Adele Bennett, OF b
Iilton, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. "
iaymOnd Bennett, of Block Port, ~ h
:, and Harry Truitt Hudson, son Of
ir. and Mrs. John r hudson. Of b.