Milford chronicle., 1941-02-14
GEORGETOWN

Lewes of a complication of diseases
Funeral services were held Sunday
afternoon at 2 O'Clock. at DagshorC
and burial made in Red Mems Gem.
etery. He is survived by the follow
ling children, Mrs. Larry Thomas
Mrs. Annie Hill and Herbert Hud-
son Of Philadelphia, Mrs. Carrie
Singer of Brooklyn, N y, Mrs. Sarah
Smith of Pulaski, Va, and John
Hudson of Dagsboro.
Funeral services for Mrs. Clara
Pelle Johnson, 70 years old, who
died at her home at Millsboro last
Thursday afternoon we're held on
Sunday afternoon from the late
home at 2 o'clock. Interment was
made in the Millsboro Mechanics
cemetery. She is survived by two
daughters, Mrs. Annie Bailey of Phil
adelphia, and Mrs. Carey, wife of
Elijah Edward Carey, former dep
uty state treasurer, living at Mills
boro, and one son, Fred Johnson, OF
Wilmington.
In commemOratiOn of the 31st
birthday of scouting in America,
large number of scouts throughout
Sussex county gathered here in the
Grange Hall on Saturday night
where district court of honor was
conducted. under direction of Field
Scout Executive Herbert ]. Wilkins
and Albert p. Croll, district chair
man of the affair. There were dem
onstratiOns of rope tying, pyramid
building, signaling and first aid dem
Onstiatiuns.
Former Congressman Robert G.
Houston, speaking before the
Georgetown Rotary Club, urged the
members to take steps which will
lead to the repeal of the ''one-fund"
act which is supposed to go into
effect on July l, this year, and which
will eliminate separate school ana
highway funds in the state.
He called attention to the fact
that q separate school fund was ere
ated in 1922 in order to provide funds
for Delaware's excellent schools
without placing too heavy burden on
the small taxpayer. He declared
that under the 'one-fund' system that
the schools would be retarded. He
also said that the highway systems
of the state would suffer.
lie cited that the only reason for
the change was a simplified system
of bookkeeping and recalled that
during the 1922 campaign, which was
bitterly fought on the issue of a
separate school fund, that the pres
ent departmentallZed bookkeeping
had worked very well and that the
people, who insisted ON the estab-
lishment of q separate school and
road fund.- have not been consulted
regarding the change. He said it is
still not too late to secure the repeal
of the act and if sufficient pressure
is brought to bear on the members
of the Legislature that it will be re-
pealed
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas p. Hawkins,
North Front street, announce the
of their daughter, Ruby,
to George A. Penuel, Jr.. son Of Mr..
and Mrs. George A. Penuel, of Mills 1
boro. No: date has been set for the /
N'5
Miss Hawkins is a graduate Of the |,
Georgetown High School, class Of 80 (
ana for Bpinetfme served as,ssecre-
tary to Superintendent Franklin
BGtz of the school. She now is EN- l
ployed in the office of the National 4
Youth Administration.
Mrs. Sallie " Short, age 60 years,
wife of Joseph Edward Short ,elec-
trician for the Pennsylvania Rail-
road Company, stationed here. died
ut her home on North Race street. Il
ast Wednesday night, after an ill
less of many months of a compliea-
ion of diseases. Mrs. Short was a
laughter Of the late Thomas e. and
Mrs. Annie .(Warren) Hudson, and
vas reared three miles from here
Funeral services were held at the
ate home last Saturday afternoon
It one o'clock in charge of the Rev
)mar Z. Jones, pastor of Wesley
fethodist Church. Interment was
lade in Union cemetery on South
saee street.
Besides her husband, she is sur
lived by two daughters, Mrs Helen s
hort Holson and Miss Virginia
hort, both at hcme; one sister, Mrs.
harles West, of Wilmington, and
ne brother, Magistrate Harry Y.
hudson, of Delmar, deputy of the
copies Court OF Salisbury, Md.
Richard, age years, son of Sam
el II. Frank, is in the Milford Mem
rial Hospital suffering from n
rushed right arm as a result of
citing it caught in the wringer of
washing machine late Wednesday
fternoon of last week. The lad was
anding in a chair watching the
othing come through the wringer.
he grabbed one of the gar
entS, thinking that he was helping
le servant with the wash. The
ringer caught him and before his
ther. hearing the screams, could
tut off the current, his arm had
zen drawn into the shoulder An
ray at the hospital showed that
, bones were broken. Officers Frank
ilson and Elton Wood rushed the &
d to the Milford Memorial Hospital IS
I'd remained with him until a dag
isis had been taken. Officer Wood 8
ok the lad to the hospital in his II
n and the traffic was cleared for III