Milford chronicle., 1941-02-07
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National Guard Entrains !

National Guard Entrains i
Members of Battery B. 26lst Coas
Artillery, Harbor Defense, fDelawarV
National Guard. left Tuesday fol
Fort DUPONT where they are expect
ed to go into training for q. year
More than 16O have been stationed a
the Georgetown armory for the pas
week. On Monday night, in an effori
10 show their appreciations Of t4e
sacrifice exhibited by the Natiehkl
Guardsmen, the communities from
which the members are drawn gave
them "send or by entertaining
them at the Sussex Theatre here.
Short addresses were made by for
nter-U. S. Representative George S.
Williams. OF Millsboro, representing
the Millsboro community, and by
James M. Tunnell, Jr.. representing
the Georgetown community. Both
praised the boys for their stand and
said their communities were proud
Of them.
Scouts To Meet This Saturday
Scouts and friends Of Scouting
will gather here in the Grange Hall
on Saturday night of this week
where a district court of honor will
be conducted under direction Of
Field Scout Executive Herbert J.
wilkins. Albert r. CrolI of this town
Is district chairman of the affair. In
connection with the court of honor
there will be a competitive rally in
which there will be rope-tying con-
tests, flint and steel contests, pyra-
mid building contests and signaling
contests as we'll as first-aid demon
atrations. There will be motion
picture. THE Scout Trail to Citizen
ship" Prominent scout leaders thru
out the county are expected to be
present and assist in the affair.
Basketball
) Georgetown High walked OFF with
a 24-point victory over Delmar (DeD
High last night on the local court,
taking the game 40-16. Conaway,
Royal Walls and Faucet led the at
tack, accounting for 2S of the points.
In a preliminary game, the Delmar
girls in a close contest, won from
the County Seat girls by the score
Of 1924.
The Georgetown Jay Wees, in an
other preliminary game, won from
the Milton Jay Wees by the score of
1925
By taking Delmar into camp. the
local cagers have a perfect record
for the season. They opened the
season with Cambridge Md High |
here ON December II. winning in a
close contest 1894. They defeated
the Georgetown Alumni on Decem-
her 20 by the score of 40-35. Mill
ford High was defeated on January
10, at Milford, 47-34. Last Friday
night they jOurneyed to Delaware
City and won 42-32. The Delmar
game makes their fifth straight win.
Former Newspaper Woman Dead
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary W.
Clark, aged 81, who did at her home
on South Race street on Tuesday
night of last week, were held last
Friday at 1870 o'clock, from the
Carey funeral home here, in charge
OF the Rev Omar z. Jones, pastor Of
Wesley Methodist Church. Inter
ment was made in Union cemetery.
She was widow of ]. B. Clark, who
during the SOS was publisher and
editoItfsf the Sussex Journal here.
Upon his death, she managed and
edited the paper until 1894 when it
was sold TO former Deputy Attorney
General Frank M. Jones and Andrew
j. Lynch, who for years edited it,.
She was daughter of the late DR.. and
Mrs. Harry Willis. of Preston, Md,
and had made her home here for
more than half century,
Local and Personal
Mr. and Mrs. Fred L. Dodd of the
Stockley Section announce the en-
Jessie Louise. to, Clifford William
Lawson, son of the late William and
Mrs. Dolly Lawson of Millsboro.
Miss Dodd is a graduate of the
Georgetown High School, class s3S,
and from a school of beauty culture.
Mr.. Lawson attended the Millsboro
school and is now employed by a
contracting firm of Dover. The
wedding date has not been fixed.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Harley Ryan are
on a trip to Florida. They are ex-
pected to be gone about a month
Mrs. Edward Russell, South Bed
ford street, who has been critically |
III for the past week, is slowly inn
proving.
Miss Inez Walls entertained her
bridge club at her home on South |
Race street on Wednesday night.
Mrs. Virginia Edgell, wife Of Dep
uty Clerk of the Peace Neil Edgell,
underwent an operation for appendix
citis at the Kent General Hospital,
Dover, on Thursday afternoon.
Lester Brumbley, employe of the
Georgetown post office, who has
been confined to his home near here
for more than week because of ILL
hess. has returned to work.
Little Miss Margaret Katharine
Robinson. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
]. Thomas Robinson, is undergoing
treatment in the Delaware Hospital
for an eye ailment.