Milford chronicle., 1940-05-24
GEORGETOWN
ArmOry C0rnerstone
10 Be Laid Inna I

( ATmOry CerneFstone
TO BE Laid June I
Members Of Sussex Post, No.
American Legion, consisting Of lee
ionnaires throughout the central an
southern sections Of lower Della
ware, VIII conduct cornerstone lay
ing exercises at the local armorJ
now under construction on Wes
Pine street, this city, on Saturda,
afternoon, June 1, at one o'clock Z
s. r,
Post Commander John /. Short hal
appointed Or. Calvin e. Afflerbach
chairman of the committee, to max,
arrangements for the affair.
Governor Richard C. McNullen
members of the 107th General AS.
sembly, the Department Commander
of the American Legion, the Regi.
mental Band, officers of the Della
ware National Guard, together with
Battery B, 261st Coast Artillery
under command of Capt Ralph S.
Baker. are expected to be present.
u S. Senator's James H. Hughes
and John G. Townsend and Con-
gresham George S. Williams, have
been invited
DR.. Afflerbach is asking all organ
izations desirous of having a small
token placed in the box of the cor
nefstone to contact him not later
than May 2S.
Engagement Announced
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Rust, of Phil
Adelphia. for many years residents
on South Race street, this city, an
nounce the engagement of their
daughter, Miss Bertha Rust. to
George VI. Patterson. Jr., albO Of
Philadelphia. The wedding will
take place in the early fall. Miss
Rust attended the Georgetown Pub
lie School and graduated from the
Germantown (Pa.1 High School She
is employed as a clerk in the office
of the Bell Telephone Company in
that city. Mr.. Patterson is manager
of the EastOn (Pa) branch OF the
Remington Rand Company
WOliinger.Fisher
Announcement of the marriage of
Miss Elizabeth WOlfinger. of Lewes.
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
WOlfnger, and Matthew Fisher. also |
of Lewes, son of Mrs. Joan and the J
late Matthew Fisher, has been made. !
The wedding took place at Lewes at |
noon on Thursday of last week. The !
Rev. N. w. Rightmyer. rector of St |
Peters Protestant Episcopal Church,
performing the ceremony.
COliins.PalmeF
Miss Elizabeth Collins. of Mills
bOro, and Elmer 7. Palmer, of Re !
hoboth Beach, were married on Sat
urday night. at 10 o'clock at RehO-
both Beach, by the Rev Benjamin A.
Warren. of the New York Confer
ence.
FraAkfOrd Raises Red Cross Quota
Appearing before the members of
FTankford Town Council on Monday
night to solicit contribution for the
Red Cross. Mrs. Alice HuXford Gum. !
chairman of the FTankfOrd Chapter
was given a great surprise when the
towns entire quota of 10000 was
presented to her.
The check will be forwarded at
once to the Wilmington Office.
Frankford probably is the first
town in lower Delaware to raise its
quota The money will be sent to
the Red Cross now engaged in relief
work among the refugees In Europe.
Members of the F'Tankford Town
Council are John Furman. ManfcTd
Penuel, John Betcham. Levy Bunt-
ing and Clarence a. EasheH.
All records for May 20 for straw
berry shipments over the Delaware
were broken on Monday; ,
according to the state police force.
Strawberry Yields/ /
Expected To Be Good
Indica ions point to an increase of
10 per cent in the strawberry crop
his year over the 3.063.O0 crates of
Ia st year and 23 per cent above the
I929-193S average of 2.I51 900 "a
luart crates The figures are based
IN survey of the intermediate
states. including Delaware, Mary
and. Nav Jersey. Illinois. Kansas.
lentucky. Missouri, Oklahoma. It is
that the production in
hese states will reach 3,7700
rates Of 24-quarts each. Shipments
re being made from Virginia and i
within a few days, with favorable
weather. conditions. Maryland and =