Milford chronicle., 1942-05-08
GEORGETOWN

Miss Margaret McCabe, county
health nurse, was the instructor
of the advanced first aid class held
here on Friday night of last week.
An advanced course will be offer
ed in the Lewes school auditorium
on Saturday afternoon, May. 8, from
l to. 4:30 p. M, Saturday, May 3,
from to 4:30 p. M, Saturday, May
9, from $3.50 to 10 p. m, and Sunday
afternoon, May 10, from to 5 o.
clock. The instructor. will be Will
liam Crew, field director from the
Aberdeen Proving Grounds. All
persons holding standard Red
Cross first aid certificate is eligible
to take the course. Those wishing
to take the instructors course later
on are required 10 have. both the
standard and advanced first aid.
Women planning to become mem
bers of the motor corps are also re-
quired to take the Advanced first
aid course" in addition to the
standard course" Registration may
be made by attending the first les
SOL on SATURDAY.
The last meeting until fall was
held by the st. Paul's Parish Guild
on Monday night, May 4.
Mrs. Joseph Godfrey, North Bed
ford street, entertained the George
town Benevolent Society on Mon
day night Of this week.
The Rev. William P. Kesmodel,
pastor of Grace Methodist Church,
corner East Market and South King
streets, has been unanimously in
vited to return for another confer
ence year at an increased salary.
Joseph G. Green has been chosen
as delegate and Andrew Murray as
alternate delegate to the annual
Peninsula Conference which is to
be held in McCabe Memorial Church
in Wilmington from May 13 through
May Is.
Certificates for purchasing new
tires and tubes have been issued by
Rationing Board No. 3-11 here for
the week ending April 25, as fol-
lows: Rev. Richard X. White, two
passenger tires and two passenger
tubes; Lee Headley, coal dealer.
three truck tires and one truck
tube; State Highway Department,
Georgetown, one truck tire and one
truck tube; Joseph B. NAPLES, two
passenger tires; Wilson Baker, feed
dealer, Georgetown. R.. D., one truck
tire and tube; Granville James.
truck driver, one truck tire and
tube; Delaware Sand Company,
sand and gravel dealers, three truck
tires and tubes; ]. Paul Hastings.
Georgetown, r. d.. farmer, one
truck tire and tube. Certificates al
so were issued to the State High
way Department for recapping four
truck tires and to the Delaware
Sand Company for retreading four
truck tires.
Houston Wilson, prominent young
Georgetown attorney, heads the
Sussex County Camp Council.
which is composed of a representa-
tive from each of the seventeen
county Red Cross branches. Mrs.
]. Reese White, of Millshoro, is
treasurer, while Mrs. Margaret H.
McYangh, branch director, acts as
secretary. The purpose of the coun-
Gil is,to sponsor and furnish recre-
ational activities or equipment or
needed supplies in the military
posts in Sussex and Kent counties
including such things as the army
cannot supply or will not be able
TO supply for some time. Funds are
supplied by the Red Cross branches
of Sussex county, the Delaware
Chapter and National headquarters
as well as local donations from
groups and individuals. The cOun-
Gil, at this time is asking for do
nations of hard and soft balls, base
ball gloves, ping-pong balls. tennis
nets and equipment, gravel and ce-
ment for foundations for tennis
courts, ash trays and stands, VIC
trola records, boxing gloves and
horseshoes.
1t has been announced that in
the draft registration on Monday
of last. week for men between 45
and 65, that 1898 men registered
with Sussex Draft Board No. 1. OF
the number, AIS were registered at
the Georgetown High School.
The senior class of the John M.
Clayton Consolidated School, serv-