Milford chronicle., 1942-01-30
HOUSTON

MIR. and Mrs. Chester Benson ar
receiving congratulations on. the brit
OF son, born on Saturday night abou
z O'Clock in the St Luke's Hospital il
Bethlehem, Pa. The new little man /!
to be called John .Durand and h,
weighed 6 1-2 pounds. Mrs. Benson vii
be remembered as Miss Martha Coun.
selman. daughter Of Postmaster anc
Mrs. J. ID. Counselman. Mother anC
son are doing fine.
Mr.. and Mrs. John H. Johnson at
tended the funeral services for Mrs
from her late home near BridgeviiIe.
Mrs. Ida Manlove is not so well
at this writing.
Emmon ]. Smith has also been i'll
with very bad cold
MIR. and Mrs. Jesse Murray of New
York City spent the weekend with
J. G. Wharton and Mr.. and Mrs.
Shockley Daugherty.
Mr. and Mrs. c. Emory Webb and
daughter Eileen and MIR, and Mrs;
Merrill W. Thistlewood visited Mr.. and
Mrs. Jack Kennedy and daughters in
Wilmington on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Kershaw and
daughters, Mary and Roberta =. of
Ridgely, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Riddle
of Greensboro, were the dinner guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Greenlee and
son Larry on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Franklin Slaughter
spent the weekend in New York City
as the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Miss Betty Bennett and Lawrence
Sharp were the dinner guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Eugene Sharp. Jr., on We'd
nesday night. Lawrence will leave foi
the army on Thursday.
Lieut.. and Mrs. Randolph Cooper
spent the weekend with his grand
mother. Mrs Randolph Graham.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald CLARK. and
daughter Ivan. returned to their home
or Wednesday after having spent the
Houston New Century Club
The Houston New Century Club met
on Tuesday evening in their club room
liams presiding. with the usual rou-
tine and after very lengthy business
session, the meeting was turned over
to Mrs. Duffendach and her co-chair-
man, Mrs. George Kirkby. Their sub
Religion Teii "i in the home, and wise con-
sumner buying. Mrs. Duffendach had
the first part of the program and
religion in the home and her
talk was very good and instructive,
sang What a Friend We Have in
Jesus" Mrs. Bennett read the llth
Psalm. Mrs. Everett Manlove read
Our America. let's keep it free. Mrs.
Emory Webb sang Keep the Home
Fires Burning" Mrs; Obey Sapp read
Mrs. H. Thistlewood read the poem
Beginning the Day Mrs. Ralph Jump
favored with medley of home songs
on the piano. Mrs. James Harrington
read Devotions in the Home ny Or;
Hall and Mrs. Kirkby had very good
paper on Wise Consumer Buying and
gave us some very good pointers when
we go shopping. The meeting was
closed with the hymn "Blest BE the
Tie That Binds" The hostesses served
DELICIOUS refreshments during the So
In honor of the 2sth birthday of her
Mrs. Robert H.
! erkes, Mrs Jennie II. Hendricks en-
-ertained the following guests at a
turkey dinner last Sunday: Miss Anna |
of Wilmington, Mr.. and /
Mrs. Garrett Clifton of Wilmington
Manor, Mr.. and Mrs. William Carey 81
Townsend. Mr.. and Mrs, Howard X. .
Moore of near Milford, Mr. ana MS MIS-.
,dore Il. Yerkes and Robert II. ferkes;
Ir., of Houston. Mrs. Ycrkes received .
/ number of beautiful and useful gifts. !,
Houston Methodist Church
Norman c. Benson, Pastor
For Sunday, February l.
$50 A. M[Church School.
1890 A. M.-Junior Church.
1O:45 A. M.-Morning Worship.
Address; Human Nature.
1880 p. M Evening Worship.
Address: The Christian Use OF
Sunday-What shall we do with
his day?
How shall we live, and many
,ther questions are on our minds. 4
Let us see what the Bible has to
iay about this.
Prayer meeting each Wednesday
,vening at 1880.
MiIIwOOd Methodist Church
For Sunday afternoon, Feb. 1.
1870 P. M-Church School.
2:30 p. M.-Afternoon Worship.
Address. Human Nature.