Milford chronicle., 1943-12-17
GEORGETOWN


night, December 10. Rev. Joseph c
Settle, rector of st. Paul's Protest
ant Episcopal Church; Rev. Harr.
w. Ewig, pastor of First Presby
terian Church; Rev. Omar +. Jones
pastor of Wesley Methodist Church
and the Rev. w. p. Kesmodel. pas
tor of Grace Methodist Church, arr
cooperating with committee t
make plans which will feature thu
pageant from Delaware COLONY
under the direction of Mr.. Lands
Christmas carols and the higf
school chorus will also be featured
ON tn eprogram. On Monday af-
ternoon, December 20, Christmas
program will be held for the
younger children at the high
school,
Resume OF Sports OF School
Miss Ada Mae Warrington. ath-
letic director of girls sports in the
Georgetown High School. gave a
resume of the hockey season at an
assembly held recently. She re-
ported that the girls won one game,
tied one and lost two Most of the
girls. she reported, were ineXper-
fenced. having never played the
game.
Coach George Keen summed up
the football games of the season.
The boys won four games. tied two
and lost two. They also were ham
dicapped by having many inexper-
fenced players. There are but six
first-stringers for next season.
They include Paul Hearn. Howard
Watson. with one years exper-
ience: Nutter d. Marvel Earl God
win and Billy Dolby. two years;
Crawford B. tDickeyD Holson. three
years. Billy Dolby has been Sc
lected as the 1914 captain. Coach
Keen believes that he will be able
to put an eleven on the gridiron
next season which will be able to
give an account of itself.
MaSOnS Elect Officers
Officers of Hope Chapter, No. Z.
Royal Arch Masons. have been
elected for the current term. as
follows: High Priest, J. Ralph
Carey: king. William c. CasOn;
scribe. Andrew ]. Murray; treas
urer, Prof. Calvin +. Affierbach;
secretary, Charles S. Calhoun. all
of Georgetown. The chapter is the
only one in Sussex county and its
membership is composed of MasOns
from all sections of lower Della
ware
Leverage Thomas
Miss Mildred Frances Leverage
and Norman II. Thomas. both of
Milton, were married on Tuesday
night. at 10 o'clock. At Milford, by
the Rev. NJ. Eugene Hungerford,
pastor of Calvary Methodist Church,
Milford.
Faulkner Johnson
Miss Virginia Faulkner. of Can
non, and Harry w. Johnson, of Sea-
ford. were married last Saturday
night at Cannon by the Rev. +. c.
Graham.
Williams Reed
Miss Ida ID. Williams and Garri-
son W. Reed. both of Milton. were
married at Milton last Sunday
night. at 10 O'Clock. by the Rev.
a. Howard Williams, pastor of the
Milton Pilgrim Holiness Church.
PhOebus James
Friends and relatives Of Miss
Ruth Z. PhOeEus. daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Granville Phoebus, of
Delmar. have been apprised of her
marriage on November 25, at Del
mar. to Marshall +. James, son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Harley James. of
near Seaford. The wedding cere-
mony was performed by the Rev.
John L. Johnson.
Boy Scouts Hold Court OF Honor
The Georgetown Boy Scouts held
il Court of Honor in the courtroom
here on Friday night of last week.
The meeting was presided over by
Albert Farley, of this town. chair
man of the Sussex County Boy
Scout committee. Prof. Joseph d.
Thomas. superintendent of Ii g
local public school, and James E.
Goslee, Jr.. two members of the
Board of Court Honor, were pres
ent and made the awards.
Harry A. Yarger. of Milford. Field
Scout secretary. delivered an ad-
lress and payed high praise to Pvt.
:. T.. Brown. scout master of Troop
No. 105. Pvt. Brown, attached to the
18th Infantry, has taken an active
part i'll scouting since he was sent
here by the Army some months ago.
Mr.. Yarger stated that over half
million copies of the Scout Hand
Book were printed and distributed
asst year, making it second TO the
Bible in number OF copies sold
Two reels of motion pictures were
shown depicting scout camp-life.
The flying eagle patrol and the
stag patrol put on stunts. Second
lass scouts consist of Robert
Booth. Walter Hamilton, Robert
oase and Richard Steigelman.
scouts are Clarence
Jr.. and William Payne.
Ir. Merit badges were awarded to
he following: Nolan Pase, for agri-
.ulture, farm records and book
leeping, poultry keeping, wood
WOO dturning; Virgil Pase
or wood turning. handcraft, cleo
ricity; Nolan and Virgil Pase, for
ttaining the rank of star scouts.
local Troop No. 105. under the
of Pvt. Brown. is one of
he most active in lower Delaware
nd much has been accomplished
" them during the year. They
ave assisted in all of the salvage
rives since they were started.
BOY Arrives From Shanghai
Edward H. Dunning, Jr.. aged 10,
on of the late Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
sard H. Dunning, of Shanghai.
,hina, has arrived here and is now
I the home of his cousin, Mrs. J.
'homas Robinson. on North Bed
ord street. He now is attending