Milford chronicle., 1942-08-14
GEORGETOWN

of all articles of defense equip
ment to be allocated to the county
The appointment of such officer
was made at the request Of Cover
nor Walter w. Bacon. Mr.. Pretty
man is to act in cooperation with
Col. Edgar s, Slayer of Rehoboth
who is the State property officer
= Willis the offices does not carry a
salary with 1t, Mr.. Prettyman is to
be bonded for $1,000 because Of the
large amount of equiment which is
expected to be in his charge. Much
Of the equipment, it is understood,
will be distributed to the different
fire companies. and Mr.. Prettyman
will be responsible for it. He was
deemed the logical man for the Of
fee because be, heads the county
firemen.
Griffith Trultt N
Miss Eta Louise Griffith, daugh-
ter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Everett
Griffith of Seaford, and william
Marshall iTruitt, son of Mr. and
Mrs. William X. Truitt of Laurel,
were married Sunday at st. Johns
Episcopal Church. Little Hill, by
the Rev. R. Y. Barber.
Marker Hudson
announcement of thee marriage
Of Miss Myrtle Mary Marker,
daughter of Mrs. Lima Marker of
Ellendale, and William A. Hudson,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward T.
Hudson of RehobOth, has been
made. The wedding took place on
Tuesday afternoon of last week at
Wesley Methodist parsonage here,
the Rev. Omar E. Jones performing
the ceremony. ..e.
Coach Keen To Leave G.. H. s.
Coach George Keen, who for the
past seven years has been physical
director of the Georgetown High
School, has accepted a position
with the faculty of the East Orange
MD High School, and will take
up his duties at that school as di-
rector of physical education and
athletic, coach at the opening of
the fall term. Mr.. Keen is a
graduate of the State Teachers
College, Stroudsburg, Pa, and re-
ceived his master degree from the
University Of Michigan. During
his seven years here, the outstand-
ing achievement was the unde- |
feated football teams of 1910 and |
1871. A new record was set on
Thanksgiving Day, last year, when
the football team defeated Dover,
stretching their winning streak to
seventeen games, new record for
Georgetown High.
Sunday School Class Has Record
tDuring the month of July, MEM
bers of. Sunshine Glass of Grace
Methodist Sunday School have
maintained a booth or stand at the
Ayers Theatre for the sale of war
bonds and stamps. During that
time they sold $3.50 in bonds and
1885 in stamps. So far as can be
learned, this is the best record Of
ahy Sunday School class. in the
drive here.
Slate Highway Clerk Dies ''T
lEIwopd Holson, ST., aged 81,
living here, died Of a heart attack
last Thursday morning. Mr.. Holson
was son Of the late Frank ]. and
Mrs. Emma (Wilson) Holson. His
father for forty years was hard
ware merchant in this town.. and
liberated mill making baskets. He
was educated in the local public
school and took a business course
Id. Wilmington school. At the
time of his death he was clerk in
the Sussex county branch of the
State Highway Department, and
some weeks ago was appointed to
Al I'd ElrnnrQI
services were held at his late
home on Sunday afternoon, In
charge of the Rev. Omar e, Jones,
phstor of Wesley Methodist Church.
Ihterment made in Union Cemetery
here. He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Jennie Holson; three children, 4
Eiwood Holson, Jr., and Joseph 1
II Holson, Living here, and Mrs.
Gilbert Holt Of Baltimore. Two !
brothers and sister survive. The \
brothers are Frank X. Holson, head I;
riachinist' of the State Highway y
Department here, and Rowland 4
Holson of Philadelphia. The sister 4
is Mrs. Grace Hanley of Philadel-
phia. +. a
Wilson Clansmen Call OF s
annual Reunion Il
THE third annual reunion of the a
wilson family, descendants of the V
late George, w. and Margaret Ruthy d
Wilson, will not be held this year, E
dine to gasoline and tires. This is C
in. keeping with others who hold b
reunions and who have called them v
of for the duration of the war. This L
is one of the largest on, the (;
Delmarva Peninsula, with more Il
than 500 affiliates. 1t possibly will Il
within the next five years have o
1 900. P
N. b. Rogers Dies c
Norman B. Rogers, aged AZ, liv- al
ing near Springfield Cross Roads, te
SIX miles from here, died Thursday ta
of last week of a heart at p
tack. Funeral services were held d
al his late home on Sunday after M
noon, with burial at Beaver Dam M
cemetery, at Harbeson. He was m
4 son of the. late John Wilbur nj
Rogers, who sdied some months r
ago. Besides his wife, Dorothy By
Cooper Rogers, he is survived by M
.bree children, Dorothy Virginia, NJ
John Ulysses and Lois June Rog- &c
srs. Il. .,i...,.. th
Named Second Lieutenant ST
Leroy Cooke, son of Mrs. Sadie fr
5ooke Of Baltimore and Rehoboth, ha
ormerly living here, has been in
Graduated from the Marine Corps ee
School at Quantico, Va, as second wi
lieutenant. He now is in the re- an
erye officers class at Quantico. tn
NE young mans father, the late m,
1nNuard / Cnnka WAS a. former at