Milford chronicle., 1942-06-05
GEORGETOWN

WnAC1 WCl . hCA0 w CAACo0Ay his Sh'
in the main auditorium the seniors
presented an interesting program
The program was in the form oi
a play in which the characters were
all members Of this years gradual
ing class. The setting was a ship
yard where the newly constructed
ship, "U. s. s. Success" lies ready
to be launched.
The annual Alumni banquet and
dance will. take place tonight (Fri-
day. with Houston Wilson, local at
torney and graduate of the local
high school, class '27, as toastmas-
ter, and U. S. Senator James M
Tunnell, Sr., as the main speaker,
Andre Malcott's Orchestra will
furnish music. Harold Gordy,
member of the high school faculty,
is general chairman of the AFFAIR.
Members of the general committee
are Mrs. Nelson Mcgee, George
Barr, Harold Hatfield, Miss Lila
Carey and Miss Bessie Warren.
Miss Elizabeth Jones is chairman
of tables and Mrs. ]. Thomas Rob
inson has been in charge of pub
licity. Ernest Wilhelm is chair
man of the ticket committee.
Commencement exercises were
held for 4S Georgetown High
School graduates Thursday night.
There were 25 girls and % boys in
the class, one of the largest ever to
be graduated in the history of the
school. The graduates are Misses
Marguerite Knox, Elizabeth Mar
ker, Dorothy Mitchell, Kathleen
Phillips, Violet Prettyman, Eleanor
Short, Judith Thomas, Violet
Thompson, Dorothy Townsend, Iva
Tyndall, Jeanette Adams, Doris
Baker, Grace Baker, Lila Jane
Carey, Ruth Fleetwood, Jacqueline
Elliott, Betty Givens, Lilly Har-
rington, Pearl Jester, Bessie john
son, Louise Kemper, Angela King,
Mildred King. Kathleen King, Dor
othy Baker; Messrs. Roger Miriner,
Paul Pusey, Harry Ripley, Jack
Roach, Clifton Rogers, Emory
Short, Eugene Short, Elmer Walls,
James Walls, Elwood Warrington,
Harold West, Layton Ayers, Jack
Blakely, Edward Booth, George w.
Carmean, Robert Davidson, Tru-
deau Farley, Harlev Fink. Paul
GLADDEN., Elmer Hartzell, Samuel
Hastings, Joseph Johnson, Preston
King.
The valedictorian was Trudeau
Farley whose subject was "Heri-
tage of Our Country" Harold West
was the salutatorian, and his sub
ject was Heritage of Our Town" :"
Judith Thomas delivered an essay
on Heritage From Our County"
and Samuel Hastings, an essay on
Heritage From Our State" The
diplomas were presented by former
Congressman Robert G. Houston,
president of the Board of Educa-
ton. The class motto was Launch
ed But Not Anchored Glass col
ors, blue and silver; class flower,
red rose, and the school colors,
gold and black.
Glass officers are: President,
Harold West; vice-president, Har-
ley Fink; secretary, Grace Baker;
treasurer, Pearl Jester.
Prominent Woman Dies Ia
Mrs. Jennie M. Phillips, widow Of
william A. Phillips and daughter
of the late Josiah P. and Harriet
Ann (Pepper) Marvel, died last
Sunday afternoon at her home,
''The ! Judges" on West Market
street, after being i'll for several
months, aged 81 years. Her father
at one time was prothonotary of
this county. Mrs. Phillips is sur
vived by one sister, Mrs. Harriet
Wilson, widow of former State In
surance Commissioner Thomas R.
Wilson, living between Milford and
Milton. She had been an active
member of st. Pail's Protestant
Church for many years. She was
member of the Woman's Auxil-
iary, a Sunday School teacher, di-
rector of the Altar Guild, treasurer
of the Church School and secretary
of st. Paul's Guild since 1906. She
was sister of the late Judge David
T. Marvel and the late Josiah
Marvel, of Wilmington. She had
two sisters other than Mrs. Wilson,
the late Misses Annie and Ida Mar
vel, and three other brothers, the
late Andrew Marvel, postmaster
here at the time of his death, and
the late DR.. Charles H. and Frank
Marvel, of Richmond, Ind. She
was aunt of Mrs. A. Felix dupont,
of Rehoboth; former Secretary of
State Josiah Marvel, Jr., of Will
mington, and Houston Wilson,
young Georgetown attorney, and
one of the referees in bankruptcy
in this state. The funeral was held
ON Wednesday afternoon at two
O'Clock, with burial here.
Memorial Fay Celebration
u. S. Senator James M. Tunnel,
Sr., last Friday afternoon delivered
a patriotic address in the school
auditorium, the occasion being the
commemoration of Memorial Day.
Hundreds of people heard a stir
ring address ON patriotism and a
tribute to the heroic dead of former
wars. The exercises were spon-
sored by the members of Sussex
Post, No. 8, American Legion, the
local USO committee and civic or
ganizations. Following the ad-
dress, a line of parade was formed
at the school grounds, headed by
the high school band. The march
was down West Market street to
the Public Square, down East Mar
ket street to South Railroad ave-
nue., down South Railroad avenue
to East Pine street, thence East
Pine street to Race and then down
South Race to the Union Gene