Milford chronicle., 1942-07-03
GEORGETOWN


cal attorney. has moved from the
Henderson apartments on South
Bedford street, to the apartment
corner East Pine and South Race
streets.
State Senator Harold W. T. Pur-
nell, Georgetown chairman of the
Sussex County Retail Trades War
Savings staff, will have charge OF
the campaign to be conducted here
for the sale OF war bonds and
stamps, which will start on We'd
nesday, July 1, and continue up to
and including July 81. Nearly every
merchant in Georgetown is plan
ming to take part in the nation
wide Retailers For Victory" cam
paign. Each merchant who has
pledged his services will devote a
full fifteen minutes of each day to
the exclusive sale of the bonds and
stamps. Retail stores will cease
selling their commodities from
noon until 1915, and all prospec-
tive customers calling at the stores
will be solicited for the purchase Of
bonds. Merchants also will devote
a part of their advertising space to
promote the drive. Clerks in all Of
the stores are being instructed to
do their bit in the campaign.
After completing three months
course at the Air Corps Officer
Candidate School at Miami Beach,
Fla, Corp. John F. Dee, son of John
F. Dee, living near here, has been
commissioned a second lieutenant.
He will assist in directing adminis-
trative and supply operations Of
the corps ground forces to relieve
trained pilots for fuli-time flying
duty. Lieut.. Dee is widely known
throughout the central section of
Delaware.
Miss Elizabeth w. Houston,
teacher in Finch Junior College,
New York City, accompanied by
her cousin, Miss Peggy Dunning,
of Shanghai, China, now a student
of Havergai College, Toronto, Can
ada, are spending the summer with
Miss Houston's father, former
Congressman Robert 6. Houston.
Mr.. and Mrs. George H. Short and
children have moved to Rehoboth
for the summer.
William H. Russell, Jr., who for
the past three years has been bus
mess manager of The Sussex Coun-
tian, has been commissioned lieu
tenant in the U. S. Navy. He will
,,,,do~.--xl iorso 4,.osn;nn af nnOpoof
R. 1. Mr.. Russell is son-in-law of
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank M. Jones, Pine
and Front streets.
Swimming classes will be con-
Quoted at Oak Orchard this year
under auspices of the Red Cross.
The swimming program this year
has been reduced on account of the
war situation. There will be
two weeks period from June % to
July 8, from A. M. to noon. Ar
thur M. Potter will be the in
structor.
Sergeant George T.. Lynch, who
for some months has been sta
toned at Camp Davis. N. c., has
been transferred to Fort Miles,
near Lewes. The young man is son
of former-City Councilman and
Mrs. George T. Lynch, South Race
street.
Ralph Morgan.
Announcement OF the marriage
of Miss Doris Evelyn Ralph, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Archie Ralph,
Of Laurel, and Roland ]. Morgan,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Roland Nor
gan, of Seaford, has been made.
The wedding took place at Lewes
on the night of June IS, the Rev.
H. v. Branford performing the
ceremony. Both are very popular
in the western section Of Sussex
county.
DR.. Cann0n's Mother Dies
Mrs. Missouri (Taylor) Cannon,
aged IA, widow of Caleb r. Cannon
Of Blades, and mother of DR.. Chas.
R. Cannon, this place, died late
night at the home of her
Mrs. Hattie E. Newton,
IN Princess Anne, Md, following
an illness of several weeks. Her
husband, for many years a mer-
chant of Blades and one of the out
standing Democratic politicians of
Broad Greek hundred, died about
hree years ago. Funeral services
or Mrs. Cannon were held on
Tuesday afternoon, at o'clock, in
5regg Methodist Church, Blades,
where she had been a member for
many years, in charge of the Rev.
;. P. Butler. Inter1nent was made
n Odd Fellows Cemetery, Seaford. |
Besides Mrs. Newton and DIR. Can
ION she is survived by another son,
Tohn E. Cannon, of Blades.
Potato Shipments
Eight hundred and ninety carlots
# potatoes have been shipped
rom the Eastern Shore of Virginia
10, far this season-546 from the
Norfolk section and four from the
Eastern Shore of Maryland. The
leaviest day on the Eastern Shore
4 Virginia was last Thursday when
.79 carlots were sent out. The
Norfolk section on the same day
hipped 119 carIots. Last season
1863 carlots were consigned to
lorthern and western markets
rom the Eastern Shore of Virginia,
which includes Accomac and North
lmptOn counties, whinle the Nor
ok area shipped 1867 carlots.
Rain Helps Crops
Sussex county was visited by a
steady rain last Friday night and
,arly Saturday, which broke COM
dry spell. The rain be-
gan falling around six o'clock Fri
lay night. The fall is termed a
'root-soaker" such as the farmers
nave needed for some time. The
rain may mean thousands of dol
ars to the crops. 1t will be help
lul to the lima bean crop as well as
he late paintings of potatoes.
Those who planted their potatoes
early will not be benefited because
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