Milford chronicle., 1943-11-26
GEORGETOWN
Kiwanians Produce Play


nights of last week THE George
town Kiwanis Frolics of 1913
The cast included the following
William Kitchens. George Bar
Cecil Culver, Linwood Penue
Charles Barr. James Carey. jaime
Roach, John Turner. Wende
Travis, William Anderson, AlbeI
Farley, Warwick Thomas, Cheste
Stroup, John Elliott, James Lama
CHA, Charles Green. Clarenc
Christensen, George Swain, E. A
Maginnis. Lawrence King, Raymond
Rust, Alexander Braunfeld, L. R
Rogers, Wilbur Mumford. Kennetl
Mumford. j. F. Hudson. Hugo Kop
pie, Irwin Murray. Ted Taubert
Leon Hawkins, Leroy Dennis, Nor
val Pepper, Preston Maybaum. Ash.
ley Jenkins, Charles S. Calhoun
Jerry Spirer. Charles Lane, James
Owen. Milton Graham. Carl Seeger
Dick Braunfeld. Joseph d. Thomas
II. F. Williamson. l. d. Short
James GOslee. Harold d. Hatfield
George S. Kauffffmann. Horace
Short. Earl Adams. E. P. X. Mere
dith, Dallas Dennis. Fred Tyndall,
Kenneth HOlson, Robert Pratt. Rob-
ert Hastings. Harvey Roberts, Wal
ly Townsend, Dickey HolsOn. Scene
ten. the finale. consisted of the en-
tire cast and soldiers from the
Second Battalion of the 18th Regi-
ment, under command of Col.
Duane. The show was for raising
funds to carry out some projects
the club has started. One of the
projects is the finishing of cleaning
of the old Methodist cemetery
which has been an eye-sOre for
years. During the summer the XII
wanians started work and removed
most of the underground. Other
work on the cemetery is TO be
done, and the idea is to keep it
cleaned
Local and Personal
Members of the Georgetown New
Century Club are in the drive TO
raise their quota for paying for
fighter pursuit plane to be named
Delaware Federation of Women's
Clubs. The drive will continue
until the last day of the year The
goal is set at $4,000 for the state.
The Women's Society for Chris
tian Service of Hebron Methodist
Church, near town. held a meeting
at the home of Mrs. Ida Savage on
Thursday night. A playlet by two
members entitled THE Cheerful
Caller" was given.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Rust. living
near here. are receiving congratu
lations on the birth of a son in the
Milford Memorial Hospital. He has
been named Leroy Norman.
Second Lieutenant Ethel NJ. Le-
Blanc OF the WAC, assistant re-
cruiting officer of the Southern
New Jersey and Delaware recruit
ing and induction district. was here
Friday and Saturday and was in
the recruiting booth in the post
office to give information about
service in the WAC. She was ac-
companied by Corporal Virginia
Cetola.
Pfc. and Mrs. Robert D. Mustard.
who are living at Rantoul.' ILL.,.
while he is stationed at Chanute
Field. are spending few days
dith relatives here. Mr.. Mustard
before INDUCTION into the armed
forces operated a service citation
On the GeOrgetOwn-Lewes highway
with G. Raymond King. Mrs. Mus
ard, daughter of the Rev. John T.
Bailey. is clerk to the Sussex
county Board of Trustees. She is
,n an indefinite leave to be with
Ter husband During her absence
Ter position is being filled by Mrs.
iladys Hess. whose husband. Ed
vim Hess. also is in the service.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph l.. Marvel
re receiving congratulations on
he birth of a baby boy born at the
3eebe Hospital. at Lewes. on Sun
ay.
Mrs. Harvey Warrington. living
ear here. is undergoing treatment
I the Beebe Hospital
A union Thanksgiving Day SER
ice will be held in Wesley MethO-
ist Church next Thursday morn
ng. Combined choirs of the sew
raj churches will furnish the
lusic.
Carlton James Higginbotham.
,egro.. %. who halls from the
Outh. and recently was arrested
y police on a charge of a series
f robberies. has confessed to three
lOre. The latest is that of the
delaware Beverage Company, here.
here on three occasions more
nan $500 worth of liquors were
tOlen. Within the past few weeks
Obberies have been committed in
ewes. Milford. MillsborO and here
S well as several in Kent county.
ichmond and Norfolk. Va. He ad- ;
lifted six in Lewes, nine in George
'wn, one in Milford. one in Mills
Oro. and six in Kent county. He
believed to have committed a
umber of robberies in New Castle ,
)unty. Higginbotham has been J
sing Georgetown as the place of =
)eratiOns as well as a Negro res
ence in Belltown. near Lewes, 4
here quantity of articles were
.cently found.
Extensive repairs are being made
the Warrington property on
asst Pine street.
Miss Pearl Boyce of the Mills
,ro schools. recently was chosen
st prize winner in the fire-pre-
,ntion contest put on by the Sus-
x County Volunteer Firemen's
ssOciation.
Staff Sergeant Charles N. Elliott, Z
N of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles H. FL
Dit, near here, has returned to
imp Gordon, Ga, after spending
teen days with his parents and