Milford chronicle., 1944-04-28
SELBYVILLE

There were 176 present at the
Sunday school session at the local
church last Sunday morning i'll
spite of the fact that number of
our people were Out-Of-tOwn for
the day. The Offering for the Sun
day school amounted to $4,000, it
being the regular Missionary Day.
For the morning worship period,
the pastor. the Rev. W. James En-
mis-. b. d.. read portion of the
18th chapter of St. Luke's gospel
and used the 21st verse as the text
"The Kingdom of God is Within
You"
The subject of the discourse was
THE Power of God In Man" II
was repetition of the first mess
age that Rev. Ennis ever digniticd
under the title of Sermon"
The Sussex County Youth Eel
lowship Association was enter
tained at Salem Methodist Church
on Monday evening by our own
Youth Fellowship Group. under
the leadership of Mrs. Thelma
Blades and Mrs. a. Edward Stev-
ems. The five circles of the W. s
c. S.. of which Mrs. James f.. Will
gus is president served refresh
ments of home made ice cream and
home made cake in the fircmen S
hall at the close of the services at
the church The number in attend
ance is not definitely known, but
preparations were made for the
average attendance on previous Oc-
casiOns.
Sergeant l.. Wirrie Long. Jr. and
his bride of just Il few weeks. ar
rived here from California last
Friday to visit his parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. l.. Wirrie Long. ST.. for
very brief furlough. His sister,
Hannah. a teacher of College Park,
Md, came home for the weekend
and on Sunday all went to RehO-
both to see his younger sister and
family. Lncrctia and Kendall Hook
er and little son Jimmy Sergeant
Long was overseas with the 19Sth
Regiment for about two years, but
has been stationed in California
since his return to the States some
time last summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer West, Mr..
and Mrs. Pashur w. Watson. Jr..,
Mrs. Kathryn Brown, Mr. and Mrs.
Dalton Blades. Mrs. Norman Davis.
Mrs. Paul Timmons and several
others attended the evangelistic
services by the Rev. Ralph +. John
son at BraCk-EX Methodist Church
near Wilmington last Sunday NOR
ming. and a number of others have
attended the evening services dur
ing the week The pastor of the
church is the Rev. John Edward
Jones. formerly of ROXana. The
Rev. Johnson and his wife have
in Selbyville. Mrs. John
son who suffered a stroke the first
of the year is still in Florida and
unable to continue the work with .
her husband.
Mrs. Maude Steele Hammond of
paid call to Mrs. .
Mary c. Law and sister on Friday
enfOute nome IIOm VlSlI 10 MIS-.
Edith Gum Mason. who is serious
ly i'll at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Calvin Gum at Showell, Md.
The body of Mrs. Mildred Nc
Cabe Lynch who died in the Beebe
Hospital at Lewes on Friday was
brought to the Whaley Flu
neral Home where it remained un-
til the funeral services at Salem
Church on Tuesday at
p. m. The 1928 class of the Sell
Dyville High School presented
Ovely flowers. She is survived by
ler husband, Thomas A. Lynch,
who is in government services, two
small children. Gloria and Thomas,
Tr., and her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Alvin T. McCabe of Selbyville, and
me sister, Mrs. Laura Layton who
vas in Florida with her husband,
George Layton, Jr., of Frankford,
Who is at one Of the U. S. Camps
here.