Milford chronicle., 1942-03-13
DELMAR

2 20, IN tne Delmar Theatre. Th
J play will be a three-act comedy
: "On the Thirteenth Floor"
The proceeds are donated eac
year for athletic equipment and Ii
brary books. Lester A. Hall, prin
cipal, is directing the play. Mem
bers of the cast are: Mary Louis
Downing, Jeanette Brittingham
Doris Roswell, Jean Dorsey, Leol
Burman, Richard Blades, jane
Hearn, Robert Vincent and Howart
Wingate.
Funeral services for w. Rob
Horsey, IS years old, were hell
from the Riggin funeral home
Laurel, Tuesday afternoon. Th'
services were conducted by Rev
Lee Elliott, of Laurel Circuit, anC
Rev. Daniel Pritchard, of Mt
Pleasant Circuit. Mr.. Horsey wa.
native of this section and owned
and conducted a large farm unit
stricken by total blindness sew.
eral years ago. He was taken ser
iously i'll several weeks ago and his
trouble was diagnosed as cancer
of the liver, which resulted in his
death Sunday, March s. He is sur
vived by seven children, Miss
Christel Horsey, who lives at home
Mrs. Earl Cooper, Delmar, Andrew
Horsey, Philadelphia; Mrs. Paul
Twilley. Hebron; Walter Horsey
Mardela; Mrs. Johnson Payne, Po-
comoke, and Martin Horsey, Phila-
delphia; one sister, Mrs. Ella Ying-
ling. of LAUREL. and brother. Ernest
HOrsey, of Laurel.
Mrs. Grafton of Baltimore, is
spending some time with Miss Mary
Lou Slemeons on Grove street.
Mrs. Carrie Kitchens of Whining
ton spent part of last week with
relatives and friends here.
Mrs. Richard Guile mis- confined
to her home with la grippe.
Miss Betty Lynch and Miss Pris-
ella Thomas of Dover, spent the
weekend with Mrs. Mamie Lynch.
George Kirk of Fort Eustas, Va,
spent the weekend here with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Kirk.
Mrs. Lelah Freeny, while recu-
perating from a recent illness, is
spending some time with her
daughter, Mrs. Donald Adams and
family at Washington, ID. c.
Private Louis Hartman has re-
turned to Fort Hancock, N. j., af-
ter spending a 7-day furlough here
with his uncle George j. Hartman.
Mrs. Hattie White, who has spent
the winter with her children in Bal
timOre has returned TO Delmar and
will spend some time with another
daughter, Mrs. Harold Elliott of
near town.
Miss Gloria Colcord is i'll at her
home on the State Highway
Rev. Williams of New Jersey is
visiting his mother, Mrs. Sara Da-
shells.
Mrs. Pauline Meilham Davis of
Langhorne, Pa, spent the week
end here with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. p. C. Meilham.
First Glass Private Charles, II.
Brittingham of Fort Benning, Ca,
is spending a ten-day furlough here
with his wife and with his parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. H. Birmingham.
Mrs. Percy Phillips is quite ill
at her home on Spruce street.
Oscar Smith, 60 years old, yard
conductor of Delmar, passed away |
last Thursday morning at his home
on Grove street, after an illness of
two weeks of heart trouble. Mr.
Smith entered the service of the
railroad company in 1918. He was
a member of the Delmar Lodge of |
the Brotherhood of Railroad Train |
men and the First Methodist
Church. Funeral services were held
afternoon at o'clock at
the home with the Rev. Sidney B. !
Bradley of Seaford, a former pas
tor of the First Methodist Church
here. officiating. The Rev. John l..
Johnson and the Rev. Donaho as
sisted.
The deceased is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Ida Smith and one son,
Louis Smith, one daughter, Mrs.
Laura Ballas of fredericksburg; two
sisters, Mrs. Rosie Dungar, of Mt.
Airy, Pa, and Mrs. Mollie Murphy
of Wilmington; three grandchil-
1ren and one great-grandchild. In
was made in Hollywood
cemetery, Harrington.
Mrs. +. N. Faulkner entertained
Bible Glass No. II at
her home on Thursday evening,
March 12.
Mrs. Elijah Lank entertained the
w. C. r. U. at her home on We'd
nesday afternoon, March IL.
Howard T. Calhoun, a fiagman on
The Crisfield branch of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad, is reported recov-
ering nicely from injuries received
-wo weeks ago while on duty. His
rain was putting off cars at Prin-
cess Anne and as he stepped from
1ne of the cars. to throw a switch,
ne stumbled and fell, injuring his
head and suffered a badly bruised
nip.
Albert Waller, veteran Pennsyl-
1ania Railroad conductor, who suf-
'ered a severe heart attack 10 days
lgo while on duty at Cape Charles,
md who has been in the Peninsula
General Hospital since then, is but
little improved.
Glass No. 16 of Mt. Olive Metho-
list Church, will hold a Country
Store and Cobweb Social in the
church hall on Friday evening,
March 13. There will be a variety
,f things on sale including most
you could get in a coun-
.ry store--a good place to do your
Weekend shopping. II
Bishop McKinstry was at All
Saints Church, Delmar, Sunday
evening, when he held a confirma- |
ion service.
Miss Frances Hall, daughter of