Milford chronicle., 1942-05-01
GEORGETOWN

session of the Delaware Legisfa
i ture, has been chosen By tn,
Georgetown Defense Council a:
chairman Of the committee to su.
pervise the collection Of salvage
materials in this area which will
be converted to defense work. At.
torney Whitney and his committee
will soon work out the local sal.
wage campaign. Included in the
program, possibly, will be the col
lection Of waste paper which some
weeks ago was started by the Boy
Scouts. as well as metal and glass,
both Of which, according to a SUR
vey, are being wasted junk deal
eFs are expected to pay for scrap
materials essential to the war ef-
fort on the basis fixed by the gov-
ernment. Primarily, the drive now
under way is to resurrect scrap
which for years has been lying in
forests and along many Of the road
| sides and make it available for war
production needs. They point out
that there is considerable glass
that can be salvaged, especially
from places where liquor is sold as
well as many homes Included in
the campaign may be tin cans from
beer places. as we'll as tin cans that
may have been hauled out and
dumped in the woods. Church or
ganizations and many other groups
are cooperating in the salvaging
effort to win the war.
Local And Personal
Members of Union Lodge, No. 3,
Independent Order Odd Fellows,
attended divine service at Wesley
Methodist Church on Sunday morn
ing, in commemoration of the 123rd
anniversary of the founding Of the
order in Baltimore by Wiley. DR..
Omar E. Jones, the pastor, deliver
ed special sermon on the cardinal
principles of the fraternity-friend-
ship, love, and truth-and pointed
out how Odd Fellowship through
out the world can and will play an
important part in this war and the
reconstruction period.
The annual spring concert of the
Georgetown High School band was
held in the school auditorium on
Friday night week, under direction
of Prof. Chester R. Stroup, who |
within the past two years has de- /
veloped from a nuclei a band which |
has produced two members in the
all-state high school band concert |
for the past two seasons. The |
band played up many old tunes,
which are favorites of music lovers.
Humorous numbers also were on
the program. The high school
chorus composed of bows and girls
from the ninth to the twelfth
grades, gave an interlude by rem
dering delightful songs. The pro-
ceeds will be applied to meeting the
expenses of the band.
The movie benefit for the Navy
Relief fund was held at the Ayers
Theater here on Friday night.
Mrs. Nellie Faucet has been
visiting relatives in Philadelphia
and Wilmington.
Mrs. Florence Warrington has
been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Austin
Wilgus at Roxana.
Ralph Morgan, who for many
months has been making his home
with his brother-in-law and sister,
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac d. Short, End,
has entered the U. S. Navy. He is
expected to train in one of the New
England posts.
Robert j. Vanaman, Jr., son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert ]. Vanaman;
East Pine street, has gone to st.
Petersburg, Fla, where he will at
tend the U. S. Maritime School,
Young Vanaman was a popular
athlete at the local high school
within the past three years. He
is relinquishing substantial job
to train himself for the fighting
forces of the country.
Announcement of the marriage
of Miss Mary Ann Rust, of George
town, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Luther Rust, of near Bridgeville,
and Carl E. Parker, Jr.. son of Mr..
and Mrs. Carl E. Parker, Sr., of
near Georgetown, has been an
nounced. The wedding took place
at Milford on April 20, at 1880 P.
NJ, the Rev. Marion E. Hungarford,
pastor of Calvary Methodist
Church, that town, performing the
ceremony.
Miss Matte Ellen Daisey, daugh-
ter of Mrs. Margaret Daisey and
the late Isaac o. Daisey, of Ocean
View, and Richard c. Shirley, Jr., .
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Richard G..
Shirley, Sr., of Anderson, S. c.,
were married on the night of April
Is at Frankford by the Rev. l..
Rodney Boaz, pastor of the Frank
ford Presbyterian Church.
The Georgetown Fire Company
on Saturday was called out to fight
two stubborn grass fires between
here and Redden. There was no
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Conaway, liv-
ing near here, announce the en-
gagement- of their daughter, Miss
Mildred Kathryn, to George Henry
Hoffecker, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Hoffecker, of Smyrna. No
date has been fixed for the we'd
ding.
CraythOrn-S Shepard
Miss Laura Marie Craythorn,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Craythorn, Riverside, N. j., and
Walter Osgood Shepard, son of Mr..
and Mrs. James Shepard, of Wells,
Maine, were married on Saturday
night at o'clock at Wesley Meth
odist parsonage here by the Rev.
Omar e. Jones. The groom is in
the armed forces and is stationed
here.
SeymOur.ShOckley
Miss Marcelyn NJ. Seymour, :
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lee M.
Snurnnrir Of Ln ntnr, MD n.nd ctI..h.