Milford chronicle., 1942-02-13
CCRIBRLE &C
~ By ROBT. H. YERKES ~
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fHe war that seems so far away,
was brought cruely home to the
George A. Penuels at Millsboro,
when they were officially notified
last week by the Navy Department
that after exhaustive search, it
has been impossible to locate your
son, George Ames Penuel, Jr.,
boatswain mate second class u. s.
n, and he has been. officially
declared to have lost his, life in the
service of his country as Of pecem-
Der 7th, 194l." :. T.. George was
attached to the ili-fatesd Shaw,
sunk in the Pearl Harbor attack,
and was one of the most popular
members of the crew. Born in
Georgetown, he would not have
been twenty-five until next Octo-
ber. The fact that he is Delaware's
first hero to give his life in World
War II, is small comfort to his
sorrowing parents, and his many
brothers and sisters, who will miss
his CHEEKY smile in the long hard
years that stretch ahead.
/s/s/
With every war bulletin bringing
further news Of allied withdrawal
and defeat the time has come when
the American people must prepare
themselves for the great trials that
are ahead. Courage is needed. We
are in a fight for our very existence
The beast now rampant over hall
the globe, is turning hungry blood
shot eyes in direction of the Wes-
tern Hemisphere. We have un-
knowingly allowed ourselves to be
lulled into a feeling of false Sc
curity, we have underestimated our
opponents. We must gird our loins
for the desperate battle ahead, the
outcome of which we have no doubt
free men will win-but the battle
will be costly in treasure, the most
precious of which is LIFE.
fs/s/
We doff our hats to the members
of Calvary Methodist Church, WHO
last Sunday morning, February s,
in answer to request issued by
the Red Cross for clothing to out
fit sailors, who were being brought
ashore at Lewes, from torpedoed
vessels, furnished the following
items: Pants, So pair; bathrobes, 8;
outside packets, 8; work shirts, II;
mems suits (complete), z; over
coats, 10; leather coats, 2; union
suits, 21; odd coats and vests, 19;
underwear (pants and shirts), s;
matched coats and vests, z; shoes,
20 pair; overshoes, 1 pair; hats, 5;
sweaters, 10; handkerchiefs, 16;
gloves, 2 pair; belts, 6; neckties,
A; stockings, 49 pair; caps, 2; wool
scarfs, 1; sweat shirts, 5; shorts
and shirts, %; shirts, Al. -. The
announcement was jnade by the
pastor, Rev. Marion +. Hungerford
ian old waterman HIMSELF during
the morning service, and by the
middle of the afternoon the cloth
ing, shoes, etc, was ready to full
fill the mercy mission. Mrs.
Wallace Burn is in charge of local
clothing collections for disaster
and relief work, and persons hav-
ing clothing to donate should con-
tact 114-W without delay.
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With something doing for defense
every evening, body's life is filed
with action, and how good and how
gratifying it is to know that some
how, we are helping to turn back
the avalanche of war While it is
almost impossible to list all the
meetings we do want to lay stress
on attendance at the following for
the next few days. Next Monday
night the motor corps will meet
with Miss Dorothy Derrickson. The
standard Red Cross class for men
and women will meet the same
evening at seven-thirty in the L.
d. Caulk Company auditorium. The
same night at the same time the
second meeting of the Advanced
First Aid course will be held in the
Century Club. The instructors
course in first aid which is being
offered to all standard and ad-
vanced first aiders-this group will
take a fifteen hour course in two
days, starting Saturday, February
81.
/sIs/
If you have coal burning stove
which you have no further use for
or one which you can spare, contact
Mrs. Wallace McFaul, phone Mil
ford 269. These stoves are badly
needed at the Army camps in Kent
and Sussex counties, where many
of the outfits are living in tents.
LEWES