Milford chronicle., 1943-01-01
FRANKFoRD
New Year to all!

Mr.. and Mrs. Franklin +. Smacl
and child from Cape May, N. j.
were Yuletide guests OF Mrs
Smack's mother, Mrs. Gertrude II
Campbell on Clayton avenue.
Mrs. George b. Hickman had thC
misfortune to fall and break one
of her ankles at her home on Main
street last Thursday and is now q
patient in the Beebe Hospital al
Lewes
One day last week, Mr.. and Mrs
G. g. Crocker were surprised to
receive a short visit from their eld-
est son and his bride of three
months, Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin G..
Crocker, who had motored east
from Rochester. Mimi, in order for
him to report for for military train
ing at Fort Dix, N. j., on Satur-
day.
Sergeant Atwood F. Lynch, Jr.,
spent part of the Yuletide at
home with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Atwood F. Lynch ON Clayton ave-
nue..
Miss Ruth Messick has returned
to her studies at the Women's Col
lege, University OF Delaware, after
enjoying the holidays at home with
her mother, Mrs. S. ]. Messick on
Clayton avenue.
George Howard Bunting arrived
home on Friday evening from San
Juan, Puerto Rico, where he has
been in the u. S. Coast Guard SER
vice for the past two years. Among
those to whom this young mans ar
rival made this Christmas really
memorable are his mother, Mrs.
Olive Bunting; his maternal grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G. Harvey
Evans; his brothers. David, Alvah.
William, Richard and Horace.
After so years in double har-
ness, during most of which they
have dwelt and worked diligently
and quietly at their little home on
the southeast corner of Knox and
Reed streets, Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
F. Parsons, whose combined ages
equal nearly century and half,
boarded a northbound bus on Tues
day morning, December %, and for
the first time in their experience,
rode to Wilmington, where they
spent the Yuletide at the home of
a son-in-law and daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Fleetwood and fam
lily The trip was arranged for
them by a grandson, Rowland e.
Parsons, who insisted that his
grandfather spend his birthday and
wedding anniversary, Christmas
Eve, in the city We are sure that
this venerable couple was delighted
with the opportunity to visit the
city at this holiday season, even
though wartime conditions pre-
vente dthe usual brilliance and
beauty of decorative and CONNER
cial display.
1t should be reported here that
others were partly responsible for
this holiday jaunt of Mr. and Mrs.
Parsons, for their daughter, Mrs.
Willis Stevens and family very
thOughtfully came up from their
home in Ocean View and took care
of the elderly couples affairs dur
ing their absence. AT this time of
year, fires need steady attention to /
keep a house habitable for its oc-
cupants' return. We are pleased /
that the good neighbors We're able
to have this nice visit and wish
them many more happy returns of
their anniversary, and happy,
healthful 1913.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mordecai H. Hud-
son and little daughter, Shirley
I ruvnn1y-an1 nf
relatives in Millsboro.
The / a. m. candlelight service (
at the Presbyterian Church was
largely attended. The local mem
bers were delighted to have the
privilege of greeting DR.. and Mrs.
Carleton e. Fooks and daughter,
Miss Barbara, of Milford, and Mr..
and Mrs. Perry Graves and children
of Georgetown, all formerly active
workers in this church.
At p. m. on December 23, an
excellent Christmas entertainment
climaxed by a visit of Santa Claus,
was presented in the Presbyterian
Church. During this hour all agree
that the little Misses Mary Helen
Ellis and Judith Marilyn Boaz stole
the show.
Miss Carolyn Tooker left the
home of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
John j. .Tooker ON Sunday to cross
the country to Parksville, Missouri,
to return to her studies as a fresh
man in Park College.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eddie Magee en-
tertained to Sunday dinner on De-
cember 20, Mr.. and Mrs. William II.
Truitt and granddaughter, Miss
Dolores Pepper and Mr. and Mrs.
James Baker.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hudson en-
to Sunday dinner on De-
cember a., large number of their
near relatives from this section
and lower ST. Martins, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Ellwanger
and son Bobby, former residents,
who have been spending the past
lew months in Chester, Pa, have
to their former home in X.
he Layton residence, and to their :
with the Eagle Poul- ;
ny Company. :
Mrs. Delaphine Harmon of Mill !
lille, and Mrs. Mahlon Lenhart of !
dillsboro. are attending Miss \
frances White, who is i'll at her 7
lome on Thatcher street. \
Miss Hope Bennett is GONZALES \
ng from recent operation. She re- +
urned here to spend Christmas at
lome with her father, Asa Bennett. Z
Tha fwo entertained to Christmas N