Milford chronicle., 1941-02-21

points for future activities of the
club.
Georgetown High School took a
twin bill from Delaware City High,
on the local court, Tuesday night.
The local Jayvees won by the score
| of 27-13, while the varsity quintet
put the game in the bag by the score
of 1926. Coach George Keen used
most of his second-stringers against
the Delaware City boys. Conaway,
for the county-seaters, and Sartin,
for the visitors, each came through
with six field goals.
-Four white men and four Negros
-selectees in the draft call-left the
local armory by bus for Wilmington
Monday morning, and from there
they went to Trenton, N. j.. and
were inducted into service at Fort
Dix. They are: Charles Calvin
Lockwood, Thomas Abraham Short,
Henry P. Street and Joseph Spencer
Street, all colored, of Lewes; How
ard Walter Dicl1erson, of Glendale;
Hall E. Ewing, presumably postal
clerk of Washington, d. c.; Walter
II. Tingle of Harbeson; AL. Warren,
MillsborO. g.
Next week, local draft boards will
start notifying 12O men who will be
called from the state in the sixth call
from March 4, and 6.
Georgetown Kiwanians have just
issued a report of their stewardship
to the community. outlining what
they have done during the past year.
The report states that $500 per
month was given for transportation
to the nursery school; a member
sold Boy Scout clothing at cost; one
member is district chairman of the
Court of Honor of the Boy Scouts,
and another general chairman of the
sussex district; a yearly subscrip-
tion to the Kiwanis magazine was
donated to the Georgetown Public
Schools; five dollars. was given to
the Daily Vocation Bible School,
held in Wesley Church last summer;
an assistant scout master for the
Georgetown troop was secured and
$4.00 paid for Scout registration; a
Christmas party for about 500 boys
and girls was given and apples, can
dy and oranges were given to all in
the Public Square; the vice-presi-
dent of the Seeing Eye was brought
to Sussex county and four Illustrated
lectures were given; ten dollars was
appropriated towards the purchase
of a U. S. flag and a Delaware State
flag for the Georgetown armory;
five dollars was donated to the Red
Cross; a chemical fire extinguisher
was placed in the log cabin, built by
the WPA and used as a meeting
place for the Boy Scouts; a library
of about $50 books was donated to
the members of Midland Grange, !
No. 81, Patrons of Husbandry; a do 1
nation of $25.00 was made to the
Seeing Eye;" the club acted as CO.
sponsors of two spelling bees where |
gold, bronze and silver medals. were
awarded.
On Tuesday night, the Lord Balti-
more Broiler Growers Association
will hold a meeting in the agricul-
tural room of the school to hear II.
L. Richardson, state extension pOul-
tryman, speak OIL ventilation and in
for broiler plants.
Prominent retail merchants from
all parts of lower Delaware held a
i'm the hall of Midland
Grange here for the purpose of
forming the Delaware Council of
Retail Merchants. Addresses were
made by Edward A. Scotton, secre-
tary of the mercantile section of the
Chamber of Commerce.
and Paul C. Kelly, vice-president of
he American Retail Federation.
which will be made at
| meeting in Dover on Wednesday
light of next week at which time
throughout the state
will be present, and, no doubt, will
,ffeot a permanent state Organiza-
ION. Directors or representatives,
wO from each community in lower
Delaware. are to be chosen, as we'll !
s in New Castle and Kent counties.
representatives chosen 10 attend )
he Dover meeting are: Georgetown, :
ormer Representative John A. l
ones and Walter /Virden Macklin, :
resident of the Georgetown Cham {
er of Commerce, and chairman of =
he meeting; Bridgeville, o. H. Ban o
ing; Milford. Wilmer Landlord, :
'homas Derrickson; Seaford, Will
am F. Longendyke, former Repre- :
entative Charles A. Hastings; Mil 9
1n, Clyde Belts, former Levy Court :
J. Leon Black; Lau-
81. George Sppicer, Sol Braunsfeld; I
Ielmar, l.. J. Smith, ]. Gilbert
reen: Lewes. Glennwood Harring- y
IN; Greenwood, George w. Hanks,
o1.o., nH,....I.AI, 4.