Milford chronicle., 1941-05-23
DELMAR

Mic. A@cC (NAACu pBcAt Aaot WSC
with her daughter, Mrs. Nelso
/ Bradley and family at Aberdeen
/ Md.
, Marion B. Sherwood attended tn
special convention OF the railroa
shop craft union of America
Pittsburgh to elect a president c
} the organization, last week. MI
Sherwood represented the Delma
local of the union.
1 Franklin Hearn, Of Massilon
Ohio, is visiting relatives in an
near this town.
John e. Sturgis is visiting hi
daughter, Mrs. George Maddox ant
husband, in Pittsburgh, Pa.
Miss Marie De Pralon of Balti
more was the guest of friends her'
last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Truiti
were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. e. e
Kennerly, of RiYerton, ON Sunday
Members of the Delmar Md
All Club are receiving instructions
on the proper methods of using q
gun and are also holding practice
on the school rife range. Tuesday
Howard Tingle led the shooting
with score of 72 out of 100 shots
and Thomas Neadis was second
with So. The members are prac-
tising so as to qualify for awardH
from the National Rife Associa-
tion.
Eleven students of the Delmar
Md High School attended the
Potato Blossom Festival at Tasley,
Va, last Wednesday. as members
of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
Drum & Bugle Corps. Edward
Parsons Of Salisbury, formerly of
Delmar, is drum major of the
corps.
A benefit covered dish supper
was given at the home of Mrs.
Carroll Elliott, of near town, on
Thursday evening: Officers o T
Adah Chapters were guests.
Several members of Adah Chap
ter, No. 5, o. e. s., attended Mill
vile Chapter last Wednesday eve
ming, when it celebrated its thir-
teenth anniversary with a party in
honor of William Derrickson of
Frankford, worthy grand patron of
Delaware.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. B. Sherwood had
Mr.. and Mrs. Irving Culver Of Sal
isbury, and Mrs. Gertrude Longfel-
low and Miss Jane Clark of Green's
borO, for their guests on Sunday.
Mrs. Mabel Ellis of Thieils, N. Y,
has been the recent guest of Mrs.
C. N. Landon.
Miss Kathleen Elliott. student
nurse at the Peninsula General
Hospital, and daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs: Raymond Elliott of this town,
is taking an extension course at
Sheppard Pratt Hospital, Balti-
more.
Mrs. Boyd Frymier of Pittsburgh
is visiting her mother, Mrs. Jack
son Ellis.
Mrs. Joseph 1. Beach, who under
went an appendectomy at the Pen
insula General Hospital last Satur-
day, died Of an heart attack on
Friday.
Mrs. Beach is survived by her
husband and six children; also
three brothers. Funeral services
were held Monday at 2 P. NJ, with
the Rev. M. E. Hungerford, of Mil
ford, officiating, with Rev. Walter
Donoway, Of this town, assisting
Interment was in Delmar Metho-
dist cemetery.
Ernest E. Melvin, retired rail-
road conductor, passed away at his
home here early Saturday morning
following a stroke of paralysis suf-
fered about four weeks ago. Mr..
Melvin, a native of Goldsboro, Nd,
retired from the railroad in 1888
after AZ years service. He was
member of the Brotherhood of R.
r. Trainmen, Order of r. R. Con-
ductors, Delmar Lodge, 582, Loyal
Order of Moose, and an active
member of Delmar First Methodist
Church.
The deceased is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Goldie Melvin; two
sons, Howard, of Wilmington, and
Leroy, of Salisbury, and two half
sisters, Mrs. Mollie Diggins and
Mrs. Della Mulligan, both of Queen
Anne, Nd Funeral service was
held Tuesday at noon from his late
home on State street, with Rev. S.
B. Bradley of First Methodist
Church officiating. Interment was
in Buckingham cemetery, in Ber-
lin, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. V. ]. Carmine at
tended the session of the Grand
Chapter of Delaware, o. E. S., held
in Wilmington, this week.
Mrs. Edna Parker of Baltimore,
is visiting relatives and friends in
and around Delmar.
DR.. and Mrs. Everett Hemphill, |
of Haddonfield. N. j., were week
end guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert
Johnson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Ritchie en-
tertained the latter's brother and |
wife, Mr.. and Mrs. George s. 4
of Media, Pa, over the
Mr.. Mark Atkinson, Of Fort
Bragg, N. c., has been visiting his
parents here. Mr.. Atkinson is
being transferred to Camp Bowie,
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