Milford chronicle., 1943-12-03
GEORGETOWN
Grace Methodist Church Dedicated


Sunday dedicated the edifice, burr
e ed the mortgage and observe
/ homecoming" There was a
1 all-day service. At the mornin
e session, the Rev. M. Eugene Hun
= gerford. a former pastor, gave
f talk. Building This Church,
! which was followed by the mort
; gage burning ceremony. TIL
morning sermon was delivered b.
; DR.. W. A. Hearn. superintendent o
the Dover District. The dedication
service took place at the morning
session. The theme of the after
noon session was homecoming
The sermon was delivered by tn,
Rev. r. w. Sapp, former pastor
The evening sermon was delivered
by DR.. J. Earl Cummings. superin
tendent of the Easton District. Th'
first church to be built was a fran,
structure. costing about S2,500. anC
was located at the northwest cor
ner of East Market and Kinl
streets. This was burned on Sun
day, Nov. 81. 1909. while the con-
gregatiOn was at prayer. The sec
ond church. located on the present
site. southeast corner East Market
and South King streets. was finish
ed in the late spring of 1910 at a
cost of $6,5OO. The second church
was burned early Sunday morning,
February 20. 1927. The present
church. 1.-THE third was completed
on June Q. 1928. The cost of the
building and fixtures was $30.932.
Amount of the mortgage was s10.-
000 which steadily was reduced
induced until this conference
year when the remaining $4,000
was raised about four weeks ago.
Local and Personal
Warren Fl. Briggs. son of Lewis
W. Briggs. living near here. has
been promoted to technical serge
ant. The young man. now on duty
with railway diesel engine re-
pair. unit and serving in Egypt with
the armed forces in the Middle
East. entered the service in May.
1899.
Pvt. Albert p. Croll. Jr.. son of
Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Croll. here. has
been sent to the University of Ken
tucky for special training in the
Army Specialized Training School.
Corp. Charles w. Elliott. Jr.. son
of Mr. and Mrs. c. W. Elliott. near
here. has written his parents of
some of his experiences. He is
veteran of desert warfare and went
through the Tunisian campaign. for
which he received medals for over
seas duty and for good conduct. He
now is serving with the First Divi-
sion in Italy. During the Tunisian
campaign he was taken prisoner by
the Germans and then rescued by
American troops.
Harry j. Johnson. JT.. son of Mr.
and Mrs. Harry ]. Johnson. this
town. formerly of Fort Fisher. y.
c., but now stationed at Camp
Pickett. near Blackstone. Va. is
spending ten days with his par
ents
Tech. Sergt. and Mrs. Paul a.
Richardson are spending ~ days
with the latter's aunt. Mrs. James
Roach. and his grandfather. Peter
King. on East Cedar street. The
young man is stationed at Bradley
Field. Windsor Locks. Conn.
Edwin Hess. stationed at the
Great Lakes Naval Training Sta
tion. is spending a few days with
his wife, Mrs. Gladys Hess, in this
town.
The Rat Control campaign thru
out the State and Sussex county
will be under way on December
and at that time all persons are
to kill many hundreds of
the rodents by use of poison
which will be distributed in all
at 80 cents per can.
Two juvenile delinquents. whose
names are being withheld at this
time by the officers. have caused
much damage at the amusement
place at RehOboth known as Toy
land On Saturday it is stated
il was discovered tina the place
had been entered and many ball
machines containing sums of mon
~ had been damaged.
Providence and Bethesda Metho-
list churches. located about five
niles from here. will join in two
weeks revival service. starting
Tuesday night The first weeks
meetings will he held in Bethesda
'hurch. Meetings are to be held ,
aCh week night. except Saturdays. 3,
'oung Peoples Night will he held
t Bethesda on Thursday night.
December ,. when the speaker will
q the Rev David w Baker. pas
Dr of the Rchoboth Methodist .
hurch. .
approximately $500 was realized =
ON the minstrel show given by !
le MiillsbOro Lions Club on Fri :
ay night of last week. The pro-
seds will be used for the service
Ien in this country and the needs 9
! MillsborO and vicinity at Christ -
as time. {
Miss Norma Lee Roach, daugh- /
II of Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Roach. y
rs completed her course at Bea-
,m's College. and accepted a posi-
on with the Georgetown Ration 2
g board. h
Miss Jessie Phillips. member of y
e Georgetown High School fac r
ty. who has been receiving treat a
ent in the Beebe Hospital. has
turned to her home.
Cpl. Raymond S. Rust. son of .,
rs. Ella May Rust. who is sta Y
1ned at Fort Bliss. Teeaxs. and n
,out two weeks ago underwent r,
/ operation. will return home on N
sick leave as soon as he has re-
vered sufficiently to make the
ip. Y,
Mrs. Flora Jester. near here. is v
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