Milford chronicle., 1942-06-05

highway, completely destroying II
and a quantity of hay and burning
two horses to death. BY the time
the fire was discovered, the barn
was a mass of flames. The burning
hay made it impossible for George
town firemen to enter and save the
horses. The loss is not known but
estimated at more than $1,000.
Local and Personal
The Georgetown Community
Daily Vacation Bible School will be
held in Wesley Methodist Church
and community hall for two weeks
this year, starting ON Monday,
June s. Daily sessions will start at
$3.50 O'Clock and close at 1880
O'Clock. Children are eligible to
attend from to IL years of age. 1t
is interdenominational. Workers
in the school come from all the
churches. A certificate of attend
ance is given to all who attended
every day except two. Those who
attend every session will get a
gold star on the certificate for per-
feet attendance.
Certificates for the week ending
May 20 were issued by the George
town Rationing Board No. 3-11 for
retreading or recapping of tires to
the following: G. M. Hall, George
town, two truck tires; Georgetown
Milling Company, four truck tires;
William Globes, Georgetown, one
truck tire.
Sussex County Unit of the A. w.
v. S. hopes within a short time to
have various types of merchandise
for sale. They will be placed in a
certain shop and each town will
have sales chairman. Among the
are playing cards, cigarette
cases, pins, compacts, small purses
and other items all bearing the in
sigma of the A. w. v. S.
An extra amplifier has been in
stalled in the Ayers Theatre here
for the benefit of patrons who are
deaf or partly deaf. The system is
so constructed that one or ten per-
sons can listen at the same time
and each can control the volume to
suit his needs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nehemiah Marvel,
West Market street. have received
word from Fort Lewis, Washing
ton, that their son, Private John
is rapidly recovering from
an operation performed few days
ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vaughn Outten, who
have been occupying the Faucet
have moved to Stock
ley.
Mrs. Elmo Pettyjohn has moved
here for the summer and is occupy
ing her home on East Pine street.
A new Navy Recruiting cruiser.
the latest truck-trailer combina-
Lion utilized by the naval service
as a mobile recruiting unit, was
here all day yesterday. 1t is
complete recruiting office on
wheels and is equipped to examine
and accept men for enlistment. It
Is fully equipped with sound mo-
tion pictures, public address sys-
tenn and all electrical recordings
for same. Applicants who present
birth certificates and obtain the
necessary consent, if under 81, may
be- able to complete their enlist
ment while the cruiser is here.
Students in high schools or college,
between the ages of II and 90
years, may enlist in Glass vi,
Naval Reserve and at their own re-
quest be placed on inactive duty
until completion of current schol-
astic year unless the military stu
alton necessitates the Navy Depart
ment calling them to active duty
The baccalaureate sermon to the
class of the George
own High School was delivered in
the main auditorium last Sunday
night by the Rev. Walden Pell, ii.
leadmaster of st. Andrews School,
near Middletown.
Children's Day services will bel
held at Zoar Church, eight miles
from here, on Sunday, June IA.
The Rev. Walter B. Barlow, who
some years ago was pastor Of the
Georgetown Methodist Circuit, and
who during the past conference
year was stationed at Wye Mills,
Md, has purchased a farm on the