Milford chronicle., 1941-05-23

extensive shipments are expected
to be made. The lower Delaware
| crop.is expected to be In full swing
by the latter part of the month
Eastern Shore of Virginia points
during the weekend reported that
the price ranged from $3.50 to $500
per crate with some fine quality
berries going as high as $3.50 to
| 1915.
G. II. 3. BAH Player Injured
James West, corner East Cedar
and South KINNEY streets, star
fullbaek Of the Georgetown High
School football team last season,
and catcher on the baseball team
this year, was painfully injured on
Friday afternoon during a game
with Millsboro High School when
he attempted to slide into third
base. He suffered broken rib and
strained ligaments in the back. He
probably will be out of the lineup
during the remainder of the sea-
SON Millsboro High won the game
from the county seaters by the
score of to 4.
j. NJ. Clayton School
Commencement
commencement exercises of the
John M. Clayton Consolidated
School, serving Frankford and
Dagshoro. will be held on Thurs
day night, May 29, in the school au-
ditorium. The address win be de-
livered by U. S. Senator James M.
Tunnell of this city.
The baccalaureate sermon will be
delivered by the Rev. Ziba Adams
on Sunday night, May 25. Music
will be furnished by the combined
choirs of the several churches.
Miss Mary Louise Holton is the
yaledictorian and the salutatorian
is Jay Bunting. Presentation of the
class. gift will be made by the pres
ident of the class, Miss Wilma
Lynch.
The graduates are: Joseph Bunt-
Ing, Jay Bunting, Thomas e.
Dingle, Robert ], Parsons, James
l.. Hummer, Webster S. Stokes,
William E. Gray, Reginald Layfield,
Richard o. Lewis, Misses Ida Wat
sons, Elizabeth Hudson, Hannah
Marie Hudson, Grace V. ToOmey,
Phyllis E. Campbell, Hilda Ann
Murray, Grace Ann Long, Jeanne
Banks. Wilma Lynch, Yvonne
Chamberlain, Mary Louise Holton,
Mary Elizabeth Tingle.
Deferred Men Now
Subject 10 Draft Cali
Jacob Reese White, head OF tAe
wen known firm of Houston-White
Company, Millsboro, and a member
of Local Draft Board No. l, located
here, states that from now on men
who have been deferred, will have
to be called.
He states that of the 3,2O2 men
registered in the draft from the
First, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth and
Tenth Representative Districts.
comprising the eastern half of low
err Delaware, 2,46O are white and
742 are colored. OF the 500 men
placed in class la who have re-
celved physical examinations up to
the first of the month only "a white
and 20 colored have been accepted
by the army.
Over 40%o of the yonng men in
Quoted into service by the local
board are physically unfit for mil
itary service according to present
army standards. In view of the
fact that the board during June,
July and August must furnish 100
additional men and since the origi-
nal la men are practically gone,
the only alternative is to call men
from the originally deferred list.
Moore wilkins
Announcement is made of the
marriage of Miss Helen Mae Moore,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Joshua r.
Moore. of MillsbOro, and Robert
James Wilkins, Jr., son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert ]. wilkins, South Race
street, this city, at the Nassau Cir
cult parsonage, between here and
Lewes, ON May 8. The ceremony
was performed by the Rev. John
Whedbee.
The bride is a graduate of the
Millsboro High School and at the
present time is employed in the
Georgetown exchange of the Dia-
mond State Telephone Company.
Mr.. Wilkins is engaged in the
broiler business with his father.
They will make their home here.
ROgers-zirby
Miss Kathryn Elizabeth Rogers,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Norman
M Rogers, this city, and Harry
Zirby, Of York, Pa, and Newark,
were married last Sunday at New
ark. !.