Milford chronicle., 1940-01-19
GEORGETOWN
Flremen Elect

AhNAACM LACNA
Officers of the Georgetown Volun
toer Fire Company have been chOseI
Tor the year, as follows: President
Charles II. Marsh; viee-president
and treasurer. Walter +. Townsend
secretary. Thomas Il. Purnell chief
Olin d. Johnson; assistant chiefs
James 4. Devin and Thomas II. rur.
nell: fire recorder. James y. Devin
superintendent of SUPPLIES, Joseph
q. Green; CUSTODIAN. Bodney H.
Pride
DaiIymen 10 Meet
Sussex County dairymcn will hold
. meeting in the Milton school on
Thursday night, January rs. Claude
Phillips, assistant agronOmst al the.
delaware Experiment Station. will
be- the speaker Of the evening. Rec
Cgnizing the seriousness of the sum
mer pasture problem. an effort Is he
ing made to supplement better per
manent pastures and at the same
time well. planned temporary pas
tuIes. December records disclose a
county membership of 2G with total
Gi 375 cows. The average COW pro-
duced I0I pounds OF milk and ISL
pounds of buttorfat for the month.
Thirty-ninc cows produced more
than 1000 pounds of milk ana 81
COWS produced more than 10 pounds
Of butlerfat Is. Ralph Hill, Of
Bridgeville. with a herd of eight
cows, produced an average of l.062
pounds per COW and an average of
40.2 pounds of fat per COW. Holly
brook Diaries, Laurel. I'm care of J.
w. Benson, had the highest COW of
the month for butterfat production
With a production of 70.2 pounds
'Dairymen having the ten highest
herds in milk production follows in
order of December production: s.
Ralph Hill, BridgeviIle; George
Simpson. Houston; irving Rurtuu.
MillsborO; Alton Dolby. Scaford; W.
II. Jump. Houston: Claude Ellis. .
Seaford; Harvey McIlvaine, Ellen /
dale; Delaware Colony. Barn No. !,
Stoekley; w. u. Mcars. SeafOrd; Joe
dcllvaine. Lewes.
Lu2ler Roberts
Miss Leoda June Luzier, of Milford. (
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Dorsie d.
LuZier of Thomas, w. Va, and Steph-
tl w. Roberts. son of Mr.. and Mrs
James p. Roberts of Milford, were
married on Sunday afternoon at 2
o'clock, by the Rev. John r. Bailey.
I otired minister of this town.
Scott Warren
Announcement of the marriage of
Miss Anna Scott, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Charlie Scott, and George
70 .e Ia,
all Of Lewes. has been made.
The wedding took place OH January
J at Laurel. The Rev. j. C. Handy,
pastor of the Mt Pleasant charge.
performed the ceremony.
Engagement Announced
Mrs. Hattie }. Calhoun, North King
street, announces the engagement OF
Ter daughter, Miss Louise, to Hugh
?. Smith, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram
tOdney Smith, living near here. Miss /
,alhOun is a graduate of the local i
Ugh school, class ':lS, and at present
. employed as a clerk at the George /
Gwn school. Mr.. Smith graduated |
rom the Georgetown High School, G
lass '33, and attended Beacon Col !
eye, Wilmington, in 1884. At present
e Is employed in the drugstore of
ieOrge Il. Swain. Il
nSseX Post Officers Chosen )
Officers of Sussex Post, No. s, /
merican Legion, have been chosen Il
Ir the term, as follows: Command +,
r, John 1. Short, Of Georgetown; Fl
George Howard q
aer, OF Georgetown; adiutant. John n
isher, of Milton; finance officer DR.. q
alvin l.. Af1erbach, of Georgetown: u
the Rev. Omar Il. Jones, of {
georgetown; historian. service Off Il
n and child welfare officer. How Il
ID 7. Ennis. of Stockley; ambulance tC
liver, John Fisher. of Milton; as Il
slant ambulance driver, Frank
togdon, of Milton; executive COM 81
ittee, Prof. Franklin J. Butz and IN
y. Clendaniel, OF Georgetown, and tll
illiam Powell. of Frankfort: serge "
it-at-arms. Frank Stogdon, OF Mil NJ
n; custodian. Charles S. Calhoun, II
this town. III
AIRY Jones Dead m
Harry Jones. aged sixty-flye, a ma Cl
'e of Ohio but for many years a res
ant of Philadelphia, died on Satur- Nj
y night at the home OF his half Of
tier Mrs. But2, wife of Prof. Frank CT
j. J. Bntz. superintendent of the D;
'al public school, on East Market d.
'eet, here. He came to make his dil
me with Prof. and Mrs. Butz about ia
rec years ago, Funeral services th,
re held at o'clock Tuesday after tn,
on from the residence. in charge Of fol
, Rev. Fl. W. Ewig. pastor Of First
Church. this town. In Nh
ment was made In Union ceme- to,
y. we
aabeih Blackstone Dies at
uneral services for Miss Elizabeth Ch
Ickstone. aged 35. daughter Of for Jol
r State Treasurer Ernest c. Ice
OF Millsboro, who died in fat
Temple University Hospital, In To
on Thursday. were held vii
Sunday afternoon from the home en-
her father at Milisboro. In charge Els
The Rev Richard X. White, rector VIII
St Paul's Protestant Episcopal hor