Milford chronicle., 1941-06-20
GEORGETOWN

Following an Illness of about two
months OF a complication of dis
eases, Mrs. Annie M. Spicer, age
Sc years, widow OF Frank Spicer
died Thursday morning of last week
at the home of her daughter, Mrs
William Fleming, on East Pine
street, here.
Funeral services were held on
Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock,
ID. s. I'd at Cokesbury Methodist
Church, between Georgetown and
Bridgeville. Interment was made
in the adjoining cemetery.
Odicers for the coming term of
Group No. s. Women's Society of
Christian Service OF Grace Metho-
dist Church, Market and King
streets, have been chosen as fol-
lows; Leader, Mrs. ]. Casper
Jones; assistant leader, Mrs. Frank
Green; secretary and treasurer,
Mrs John t. Calhoun; sick and
flower committee, Mrs. Hattie Cal
houn. The proceeds derived from
"A Look Around Social" which is
to be held in the church basement
on August 20, is to be applied to
the quota set for the Circle"
, The twelfth call of Local Draft
Board No. has been issued and on
Wednesday morning, June 25, at
5.45 (E. S. To- nine men four
white and five colored-are to re-
port at the state armory here to be
inducted into service at Trenton, N.
j., during the day.
Those called are: White-Archie
E. Birmingham, James Richard Or
ton, Lewes; Ralph Leven Smith,
James Gerald Wilson, Georgetown.
ColOred-Isaac Henry Brown, of
Frankford; Oliver Robinson Can
non, Georgetown; Preston Leon
Conaway, Millsboro: James Davis
and Willie EdmundsOn, Milford.
Local Draft Board No. / has jur-
isdiction over the registrants in the
First, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth and
Tenth Representative Districts.
On July l, when the second reg
istration of .eligibles for the army
will have to file their names
those coming within the age limit
since the registration of October
last year-several hundred, 1t is be-
lieved, will have to appear. 1t is
understood that in the eastern sec
ton of the county they will report
to the armory headquarters here,
although nothing definite has been
so far as can be learned decided
upon. Changes, it is said, may be
made in the state departments in
Washington between now and then
and draft boards fixed in each of
the precincts or election districts.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lemuel Cathel, of
Berlin, Md, announce the engage
ment Of their daughter, Miss Sylvia
N. Cathel, to Clifford J. Baker. son
of Mrs. Sara c.. Baker and the late
Isaac H. Baker, West Laurel
street, this city. Miss Cathel is
graduate of the Berlin, Md, High |
School, class of '39. Mr., Baker is a
graduate of the Georgetown High |
School, class 'SS.
The bride has been In training |
for a nurse in the Peninsula Cen
eral Hospital in Salisbury, Md, for
several months. MIR. Baker was |
quarterback on the Georgetown /
High School football team in 1886, |
1887 and 1888 and was manager OF
the baseball and basketball teams |
of his school during those years.
The wedding of Miss Gladys Mes
sicAs daughter Of Mrxand Mrs. JOS
eph Messick, of Milford, and How
ard Long, son of Mr.. and Mrs. AL |
fred Long, this city, will take place
on Friday of this week at the par
sonage of Calvary Methodist
Church in Milford The Rev. Marion
Eugene Hungerford, pastor of the
church, will perform the ceremony.
The bride is a graduate of the Mil
ford High School, class 40. The
groom-to-be is employed by the
DUPONT Npylon plant at Seaford.
Misses Ruth Taylor and Mary
Millman spent the weekend with
friends in Wilmington
Granville Tingle, stationed at
Fort Jackson, S. c., who has been
spending ten days with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Tingle, near
here. returned to camp on Sunday
dLlCl nOOn.
In the Softball League the Kim
meytown Cubs, headed by Joe West,
star baseball and football player of
the Georgetown High School and
a graduate this term, defeated the
State Highway Police Monday night
in twilight game, by the score of
8 to 4. The Cubs have a perfect
record with two wins and no de-
feats. Six clubs are supposed to
compose the league, but whether
they will continue remains to be
seen. .z.
The standing of the teams fol-
lows:
Won Lost Pet.
Kimmeytown Cubs 2 0 1000
Independents =. % Il 900
State Police % Il 900
Firemen -. % 0 900
Kiwanis % % 900
Highway Dept. % 0 900
Mrs. Jane l.. Carmine, of Laurel,
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs, John B.