Milford chronicle., 1943-04-16
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next Sunday, April 18th. By vot
Of the building committee and b,
unanimous vote of the congrega
tion, Rev. w. L. Beckwith will
preach the first sermon. TIL
speaker for the afternoon servic
will be and in the evening
Dr. BARLEY of the Junior College
delivers the message.
The entire congregation gave /;
rising vote of thanks to Prof. J. r
McIlvaine, W. p Jackson and thu
school board for the use of thu
school auditorium and their effort:
to make it comfortable for those
attending the services during the
building of the new church.
A service flag was raised al
Maloneys Garage on Saturday af-
ternoon, with Mrs. Bess Dill as
master of ceremonies. Jimmie Lor-
enZen played taps on his saXophOne
followed by prayer by Rev. Beck
with. With a few well chosen re-
marks Mrs. Dill presented the flag
to be raised by Louder Semans,
who has lost a boy in Africa
There's a Star-Spangled Banner
Waving Somewhere" was played as
the flag was unfurled. Then Rev.
Beckwith made a short talk, and a
song composed by Mrs. Dill. was
sung, followed by the benediction.
The song was as follows:
God Bless our Service Boys.
Wherever they he.
Stand beside them and guide
them.
On the land. in the air. on the
sea.
Give them courage and assurance
That their home folks will re-
main,
Back of their Service Boys
Til victory's gained.
A social. sponsored by the Red
Cross, was held in the Red Mems
Hall on Friday evening. A good
time was had by all, and $4,000 was
cleared for the war fund. The
chairman. Mrs. Emma McIlvaine,
wishes to thank all those who
helped to make the evening a sue
cess. This makes the amount rails
ed to date $270.S2. the quota being
'$5OO.O0. Any one wishing to help
in this worthy cause will be much
appreciated by collectors.
An Easter pageant entitled "A
Mothers Easter Faith" will be
presented on Easter evening under
the direction of Mrs. Hazel Roe.
Rehearsals were sterted this week.
The April meeting of the w. S.
c. S. was held at the home of Mrs.
r. c. Ingram on Monday evening,
with the president, Mrs. Mamie
Johnson. presiding. The meeting
was opened with the usual devo-
tions followed by the business
meeting A motion was adopted to
pay $4,000 to the church budget and
plans We're made to meet their OBJ
legation to the church building
fund.
A committee was appointed to
purchase an Honor Roll Plaque for
the boys of the community who
are in the service to be placed in
the foyer of the church. Those on
this committee are Mrs. Lula An
derson, chairman, Mrs. Estella Roe,
Mrs. Ann Orvis and Mrs. Margaret
Farrow. Forty-twO names have
been listed to be laced on the
plaque. They are as follows:
Marshall Andrews, Howard Ander-
son, Kenneth Collins, Maurice Co
hee, John Farrow, Walter Failing,
Keith Failing, Joseph Gourley,
Thomas Hollenger. James Kenton,
Jay Kellar, Charles Maloney, Floyd
Moore, William Moore, Carl Moore, .
William Myers. Joseph Myers, Eli !
jah Marvel, Andrew Martin, Carroll
Norris, Isaac Orvis. George Pollock,
Floyd Quillen. Herman Roe, Will
liam Roe, Harold RollisOn, Carl
Reed, Nicholas Semans. John Sc
mans, Oliver Semans. Clayton Sc
mans. James Smith. Leon Shahan,
Kenneth Shahan, Ernest Springer,
James Swami. Benjamin Twilley.
William Warren, Stanley Warren,
Wallace WoQten, Edward Wilcutts.
Robert Wilcutts.
Upper Rooms and Prayer Books
will be sent to the boys and the
committee hopes to have cards and
letters sent at different times.
A group of Loung People attend
el the Sub-District meeting held at
Wyoming on Monday evening. Mr..
Fred Brown accompanied them.
Robert Rhea, father of Mrs. Beck
with, is critically i'll at the parsOn-
age
Mrs. John Webb. of Milford. Wis
tied Mr.. and Mrs. C. w. Johnson on
Friday.
Misses Jane Roe and Betty Woot-
en- were overnight guests of Miss
Eleanor Norris on Saturday.
Mrs. Carroll Norris spent Friday
in Wilmington.
Mrs. Bessie Scott. of Milford.
visited Mr. and Mrs. Arlie jackson
on Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. c. McIlvaine and
Ann. spent the weekend
in Salisbury, Md. guests of her
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. f. V. Hearn.
Mrs. James Uhler, of Milford,
was a guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Leon
ard Maloney on Saturday.
Misses Blanche and Florence
Crippen and Harry Kelly. of Will
nington. spent Sunday with Mr..
md Mrs. John Schmick.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ragner Plomgren
put in three thousand chickens
asst week in their new brooder- :
house. =,