Milford chronicle., 1941-02-28
GEORGETOWN

uncAdA ocINlCcS AOI MIS-. Laura n
wilkins, widow of Capt. Elwood F
wilkins, this town, who died on Sun
day night following a long illness al
the home of her nephew, William E
Derrickson, Wilmington, were held
from her late residence here We'd
nesday afternoon at 1880 o'clock
Interment was made in Union ceme-
terry here. Mrs. wilkins was 65 years
old and daughter of the late Mr.. and
Mrs. Levin Derrickson, who foI
many years lived here. She is sur
vived by one sister, Mrs, Mary A
wilkins, wife of James P. Wilkins
living here; two brothers, John Der
rickson, of Baltimore, Md, and Levin
H. Derrickson, of Stanton.
Mrs. Cora Stroup has returned tC
her home in Shamokin, Pa, after
spending some time with her son
Prof. Chester R. Stroup and family
West Pine street.
At a meeting of the food and
health chairmen of the Sussex
County Home Demonstration Clubs
on Wednesday afternoon at the Nan
ticoke Community House, William
Phillips, assistant horticulturist of
the University of Delaware Exten-
sion Service, discussed home gar
dens and the varieties of vegetables
best suited to Delaware soils. Other
speakers were Miss Pearl MacDon-
aid, nutrition specialist, who will
present yearly food plans for fami-
lies of different sizes and discuss
the contribution towards health that
the family garden makes; Miss Lou
Use Whitcomb, home management
specialist, who will discuss the eco
nomic returns from the home gar
den and present facts about Sussex
county gardens that were disclosed
by the garden study last year. The
program is part Of the general ex-
tension program which this year
stresses the use of home produced
food as a means of adding farm in
come and raising health standards.
The following club leaders attended:
Atlanta club, Mrs. Daniel Galloway,
Mrs. Leon Wheatley, Bridgeville;
Broad Creek club, Mrs. Howard Cor
dy, Mrs. Carlton Hastings, Laurel;
Columbia club, Miss Clara Ellis, Mrs.
Otho Beach, Delmar; Delmar club,
Mrs. Raymond Evans, Mrs. Gran
vile Hastings, Delmar; Georgetown
club, Mrs. Frank Green, Mrs. Ray
mond F. Montney; Greenwood, sMrs,
Roy Judy, Mrs. ]. r. Barwick; Har-
beson, Mrs. Edith Barker, Mrs. Mar
win Martin; Hollymount, Mrs. Del
berta Clifton, Miss Cornelia Hurdle;
Lindale club, Mrs. Maude Abbott,
Mrs. George Derrickson; loves x
Roads, Mrs. Oscar King, Frankford,
r. d., and Mrs. William Truitt, Lau-
rel; Nassau, Mrs. Herman Short,
Mrs. Blanche Wilson, Lewes; Omar,
Mrs. Clarence Pepper, Selbyville,
and Mrs. Harry Bunting, Dagsboro;
Reliance, Mrs. Albert O'Day, Mrs.
Hazel Smith, Seaford; Shawnee club,
Mrs. Bertha Swanson, Mrs. Orlando
Houston. Milford.
Announcement of the marriage of
Miss Helen H. Martens, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry H. Martens of
N. j., and John ]. Bauer
lin, Sd, of Seaford, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. J. ]. Bauerlin. of Collingdate,
Pa, has been made. The wedding
took place at Laurel on Friday night,
February IA, the Rev. r. Y. Barber
performing the ceremony.
Committees of Georgetown Kiwan-
is chosen for the year are: Under
children, DR.. A. C. Smoot,
C. d. Sapp, William Hill; boys and
girls work, Stuart Russell, John r.
Hugh, Charles Moyer; Kiwanis edu-
cation, Albert Farley, Donald Weir;
program music and inter-club rela-
tions, Chester Stroup, Joseph Thom-
as, Albert Farley; membership and
classifications, Joseph Thomas, Rev.
Richard X. White. Alexander e.
Braunfeld; public affairs and con-
Harold D. Hatfield, Prof.
Franklin Butt, Albert P. Croll; agri-
culture, Hugh Smith, C. C. Street,
Hugo Kopple.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Brumbley
and family have moved to Wyoming.
Miss Edith Warrington, bookkeep-
er in the office of the Georgetown
Lumber Company, is recovering
from an operation for appendicitis
in the Beebe Hospital.
Miss Eleanor Henderson of Wash
ngton, ID. c., is spending some time
with her aunt, Mrs. Rachel Sudler, |
South Bedford street, and has en-
.ered the senior class of the local
school.
William F. G. Blackstone, who has
1een i'll in the University of Penn
ylvania for the past six weeks, has
eturned home much improved.
On Wednesday morning of next
week, eleven young men will report
o the State Armory here for induc-
ion into military service. They will
e sent to Trenton, N. j., for another
hysical examination and from there
robably to Camp Upton. Those Sc
ected are: Delbert Davis McColley,
William Truitt Lindale, Charles Har-
y Warren, Milford; Everett Pretty
nan Campbell, Clarence E. Burton,
Iilton; Andrew Bellies, Howard L.
.eCompte, Lincoln; Louis E. Mitch
IL, Frankford; Granville L. TingIe,
'harles E. Morris, Layfield w. Price,
georgetown.
Miss Hazel Marie King. daughter
II Mr.. and Mrs. Charles King, here,
md Paul NJ. Venable, of Ocean City,
Nd, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Venable of Berlin, Md, were married
m Sunday in Dover by the Rev. w.
\. Moore.
Miss Mary l.. Wilkins and James
i. West, both living near here, were
married on Sunday afternoon at the
Georgetown Methodist Circuit par
'onage by the Rev. E. N. Wright.
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