Milford chronicle., 1942-12-04
GEORGETOWN
Kiwanis Club Holds Card Part,

neld at 8 o'clock on Tuesday
night, December 1, in st. Paul's
Parish. House. The proceeds will
be for community welfare, moi
only through the Christmas holi-
days but periods thereafter. The
Georgetown Kiwanis Club and the
Georgetown-Millsboro Rotary Club
are, and have been, rendering great
help to the needy of this COM
munity. At the card party next
Tuesday night, given by the Kiwan-
ians and their wives and friends,
there will be many prizes and
plenty of refreshments. Tickets
will be So cents.
Following the usual custom for
the past few years, the social or
ganizations of this town-mainly
the Rotary and Kiwanis clubs-are
expected on Christmas Eve to have
open house" in the Public Square,
at which time they will treat the
kiddies to apples, oranges and
candy. This year it is not expected
to be as elaborate as ON former oc-
casions because of war conditions.
The lighting effects will not be
there to add to the colorful aspects.
However, the children. are expected
to have a big time in the Public
Square, under dim lights, as they
have in former years, nOtwithstand-
ing that the lights will be dimmed.
A Santa, no doubt, will be. there to
greet them, as in former years, and
pass out to them their gifts. The
Santa this year may not be charac-
teristic of yesteryear; he may have
the beard and yet be dressed in ar
NOR, representative of the world
conflict
A surprise birthday party was
given Mrs. Lola Elliott Stoeckel, |
living at. Stockley, on Tuesday
night of last week, the occasion
being her 4Sth birthday anniver-
sary. Those present were: Mr.. and |
Mrs. Chester ]. Rementer, Mrs.
Lora White and daughter, Miss
Edna, Mrs. John r. Kitchens, Mrs.
Harry Lynch and Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Roach. The party was held
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Ches-
ter Rementer, on East Pine street.
Mr.. Rementer is one of the menu
bers of the Georgetown police
force.
Prof. Joseph Thomas of the
Georgetown Public Schools, has
been visiting relatives at Flushing,
Long Island, N. Y.
Members of Headquarters Com
pany, Second Battalion, 18th In
20 fstpv e+at;ar,ad Iora a.a tpxino IN |
arrange a home and home series
basketball games with teams thru
out the state. If transportation is
impossible, arrangements may be
made to play games on the home
floor of teams wishing to arrange
games. The army boys want to be
considered on the schedules being
made up throughout the state.
Since regulations forbid, there will
be no games Nfor teams visiting the
local court which will be played :
at the Georgetown High School. No
admission charge will be made for
the Georgetown games. There are !
many open dates during January
and February. The army boys are
rapidly whipping into shape a fast !,
team and they challenge quintets :
throughout the state.
Evans Short
Miss Ruth Ann Evans, daughter
of Mrs. Anna l.. Evans and the late
George F. Evans. of Milford, and c
Norman Lee Short, son of Mr.. and :
Mrs. Alexander G. Short, living
near Georgetown. were married =
last Saturday night at the George =
town Methodist Circuit parsonage, I,
by the Rev. E. N. Wright. II
Smith Allen :,
Announcement of the marriage of = =
Miss. Anna Lee Smith. daughter of =
Mr.. and Mrs. Uric L. Smith, of = =
Bethel, and Earle L. Allen, son of D
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman F. Allen, Sr., =
If Laurel, has been made. The :, .
took place at the home of a
he bride at Bethel on Saturday n
lfternoon, November 81, the Rev. "
Charles w. Spry, paster of the g
Bethel Methodist Church. perform .
ng the ceremony. Their attend
lnts were the brides sister, Miss o ?.
:. Frances Smith, deputy comp !"
roller of Sussex county, and the "A
rooms brother, Norman F. Allen, =. ~
II. The wedding march was play II,
d by Miss Helen Knowles of Lau- A.
ell. Both are graduates of the AZ. AZ
.aurel High school. The bride is Ill
ssociated with the Diamond State o..
Company at Seaford. ~.
he groom is connected with the VI
I. F. Allen Body Works at Laurel. n,
Lower Delaware farmers, who n, n,
reduced a crop of sOybeans in -
heir lowlands this year, finally M t
ave succeeded in getting them N1
hreshed. This is the latest in the 4"
ear for many years that growers III,
ave had to wait to harvest the w
rop. Usually they are through in III
october. The yield, generally, is ~ -,
bove normal and the prices are IL
lir. on
ReyivaIs Have Started sp
With the Thanksgiving holidays NJ, n,
nded, lower Delaware rural W. -I,
hurches have commenced their I1i' ~.
I'll and winter revival meetings, w
cries of meetings much like those 49,
uring the days of John and NJ nj,
harles Wesley a century ago. The W. w,
myth of their run will be deter 10
lined by the fervor shown from u'
me to time. Fifty years ago, re- 40
walls in all of the rural churches 20, 90
.tracted large crowds nightly and a., a.
uch interest was shown. Services 70, 20
ave been known to start at 1880 T, pI,
clock in the evening and continue 90, -
ltil morning. dot
i{ Local And Personal Ts' Er
Mr.. and Mrs. James Nichols are ~ 10
sing congratulated on the birth OF "1
daughter who has been named ~
aral Helene. For the time being ~,
r. and Mrs. Nichols are living NJ NJ
ith the latter's parents. Mr.. and ~, ~