Milford chronicle., 1942-02-27
GEORGETOWN

Georgetown High School basket
ball teams took three games fror
Lewes High on the local court las
Friday night. In the preliminary
the County Seat Jay-vees won by
score of 2S to 16, while the fast
clicking girls team of Georgetown
High won easily by the score of 2
to 8.
The varsity team bested thl
Breakwater boys in a fast and ex
citing game, during which some o
the players almost came to blows
because of the rivalry between thu
two teams for several years, by
the score of "a to 21. On January
16, at Lewes, the County-Seaters
defeated the varsity team 40 to 81
thus capturing the series, while the
Georgetown girls won SO to 10.
Georgetown High took twin
bill from Millsboro High, on the
local court, Tuesday night. The
County Seat boys defeated the In
dian River boys by the score of 45
to 32. During the last quarter,
Coach Keen replaced his regulars
with the second team and the Jay
Wees. Jimmy Walls, fiashy center,
who for the past two seasons has
shown brilliant performance on the
gridiron and on the baseball field,
was high scorer, with eight field
goals, closely followed by Wallace
Townsend with 13 points. Smoky
Rogers. one of the outstanding
guards in the state, collected nine
points.
In the preliminary game, the
County Seat girls took over the
Millsboro lassies by the score of IL
to 5. Mitchell with six fields and
four fouls was high scorer for
Millsboro, followed by Filings
worth with 13 points.
The County Seat boys will close
their home games on Friday night
of this week with Middletown
High, whom they defeated on Janu-
airy 8, at Middletown, by the score
of 20 to IS, while the County Seat
lassies won from Middletown by
the score 20 to 12. The season
will close on Friday night, March
6, with Dover on the State Capital
boys court. Dover, in January 30.
lost to the local quintet by the
score of 80 to 80.
Mr.. and Mrs. John w. Lowe, liv-
ing near here, announce the en-
gagement of their daughter, Miss
Helen NAPLES Lowe, to Dallas
Fleetwood, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Fleetwood of near Con-
cord, three miles from Seaford.
The wedding will take place in the
near future. Miss Lowe is a grad
uate of the Georgetown High
School, class of 40, and of Beacon
College, Wilmington, class Al. Mr..
Fleetwood graduated from the Sea-
ford High School. class 40. Both
are employed in the dupont Nylon
plant at Seaford. Following their
marriage and a short wedding trip,
they will make their home at Sea-
ford. Both Miss Lowe and Mr..
Fleetwood were active in athletics
in their respective schools.
That the Negro population of the
lower Delaware towns are alert and
conscious of the dangers which
may beset them because a declara-
ton of war has been declared by
the Axis powers. is evidenced by
their recent contribution to the
Red Cross drive conducted here.
Through the efforts of Mrs. Laura
Coverdale, one of the outstanding
Negro women of Georgetown, $31
was contributed to the Red Cross.
Among the contributors were:
Amos Roberts, Mrs. Laura H. Cow
erdale, Nancy E. Purnell, Mrs.
Emma Stevenson, Laura Burton,
Marie Ward, Addie Ayers, Hurley
]. Whaley, Marie Chase. Rev. w.
w. A. Tingle, Hilda Purnell, Geo.
Cordrey, Charles Williams, John o.
Tingle, Ella L. F. Purnell, James
Quailes, Crystal Laws, Elias Can
non, Thompson Stevenson, Mary
Mona Scott. Lizzie Town
send, Annie Steward, Eva Ingram,
Henry Franklin. Emma Massey,
Lulu Wiley, Dorothy Tingle, Geo.
Oney, Annie M. Short.
The dedicatorial recital of the
electric organ and Dea-
gan Cathedral Chimes, recently in
stalled in First Presbyterian
here, was given recently.
Karl Bonawitz, organist of the
John Wanamaker store, Philadel-
phia, was the guest artist. The
program was: Bach Corals: Jesus
Joy of Mans Desiring" by Bach;
"Come Sweet DEATH" by Bach;
Largo, from the New World Symph-
ony, by Dvorak; Spinning Wheel, ~
by Mendelshon; "In a Monastery
by Ketelby; "Nocturne in
E Flat-op. g." by Chopin; "Claire
de Lune," by DeBussy; Free I'M
provision on Hymn dead Kindly
Meditation" by That's;
Londonerry Air, ar
ranged by the recitalist; Fantasy
to the Battle Hymn of The Re-
public. Mrs. E. H. Strawbridge
presided at the console and render |
ed a number of selections, accom-
panied by Mrs. Lawrence Elliott
with the violin, as prelude to the
recital.
Cooperating with the movement
for World Day of Prayer, prayer
service will be held in Grace Meth ,
odist Church here tonight, begin
ming at 700 O'Clock, under direc-
ton of the Rev. w. P. Kecmodel.
In response to a call for $4,000
for civilian defense, Georgetown /
and the surrounding community
has gone over the top and raised |
$2,131.34. The drive officially end
ed on Tuesday and the contribu-
tions were from residents here and I
the outlying areas served by the
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