Milford chronicle., 1944-06-02
GEORGETOWN
Missing In Action

Missing In Action
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles w. Baker,
living ON the Georgetown Bridgeville
Highway a short distance from
Bridgeville. have received word from
the War Department that their son,
Charles W. Baker, Jr.. hOmbardier
was missing i'm action while flying Ov-
'er Germany on May 13. No details
have been given as to where the
bomber was shot down or the targets
sought because of military secrets.
High School Commencement
Twenty-eight girls and seventeen
boys constituted the graduation class
of the Georgetown High School, COM
mencement exercises for whom were
held in the school auditorium on We'd
nesday night sOf last week. The pro-
gram follows: Grand
Review March," by Russell. High
School Band; invocation. Rev. VII
Methodist Church; address, "Compen-
sations of Graduation" by Earl +.
Rust. salutatOrian, who on Thursday
of last week got l.. S. Army spe-
cial assignment upon reporting IN
Camden. N. j.: address. Vocational
Values" by Miss Mildred Virginia
Davidson; address, "Advaningcs oI
School Activities" by Miss June An
derson; musical intcrlude by vocal
ensemble. MY Hero" by Scotson-
Straus. and April showers" by Sill
vers: address. The Benefits OF a
address, "The People We Meet. 10y
Miss Grace Il. Givcns, valcdictorlan:
musical interludc. Lexington March
by King. and The Traveller Over
ture" by Buchtel. High School liand:
presentation of class. superintendent
Joseph d. Thomas; awarding of dl-
plomas. by DIR. Aubrey G. Smoot.
president of the board of cducatiOn:
valedictory song. Class of 1871: bcnc-
diction, Rev kcsmodcl: rcCcssional.
Land of Hope and Glory" by ElGar.
Class of 1914 and High School Band;
Alma Mater. Class of 1874.
The graduates are: Misses June An
derson, Ellen LcnOrc Carey, Mary Will
lis Carey. Mildred Virginia Davidson,
Florence Isabel Donovan. Myrtle JOS
ephine Ennis. Myrtle Marie Fleetwood.
Evelyn NJ Givens. Grace T.. GiNcns.
Edna Mae GocckcritZ. Thclma NJ.
Henry, Elizabeth Ann Kitchens. Gcor-
gette Ann Kiamc. Mary Alta Knox.
Evelyn VI. Marvel. Margaret Eliza
beth Mcssick. Evelyn VI. Nrihcrt. Mar
garet Reed. Betty Jane Roach. Mary
Elizabeth Rogers. Betty Ann Rogers
Dorothy Virginia Rogers. Ruth Mad
elyn Sammons. Ida Mae Sharp, Mary
Ann Short. Mildred Smith, Martha v
Torbert. Millie Louise wilkins; MrsSrS
Clarence A. Christensen. Edwin Jos
eph Clcndanrl. John Albert Elliott.
Robert Dunning Hatfield. Leon PAT
mer Hawkins. Granville Robert John
son. Walter Layton liland Johnson
Lambden. Robert V. Pratt, Harvey r.
Roberts. Earl f. Rust. Raymond NJ
bert Rust. George Edward Swain. Jr..
Eben Alden Townsend, III, Nallac"
p. Townsend. William George Walls
Three members of the class VIII re-
ceive their diplomas in ahS"ntia he
cause they are in the armed forces.
They are Private William G"orgr
Walls. now serving in thc North .\Iri,
can war zone. and son If Mr ana
Mrs George Il. Walls of New Castle.
formerly of Georgetown; Private Wal
ter Layton Bland Johnson. son ol MI.
and Mrs. Floyd Johnson, now station
ed at Fort Knox. Kentucky. and Phi
waite Robert Dunuing Hatfield. son oi
MIR. and Mrs. Harold H. Hatfield. sta
toned at a camp in Florida.
John II. Walls Dead
John II. Walls, North Front street
died "Wednesday afternoon "f last
week in the Milford Memorial lloSpi-
tai. where he was taken Friday oi
last week. from paralysis. Mr.. Walls
would have been - years old on VII
gust 20. He spent most Of hiS I" as
a paitner and decorator. Funeral ser
vices were held ON Saturday Ittrr-
noon at 3 O'Clock at the carey Flu
neral Home, corner Laurel and l'd-
ford streets lntcrmcnt WAS uad" IA
Union cemetery here. Hcsidrs his wife
he is survived 10y one dauSht"t MI
Elizabeth Wright. near Laurel "nd
one son. Harry Walls. ll3 West 25rd
street. Wilmington.
Harvey West Passes
Funeral services for Harvey West;
ii years old. son of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas Alfred West. who died
near Stocklcy on Tuesday morning,
we're held on Thursday AFTERNOON ;t
} o'clock i'm st. Johns Church. FIVE
miles from here. lntcrmcnt was made