Milford chronicle., 1944-03-24
DELMAR

Miss Eleanor Hastings of Whining
ton spent the week -eifd here with her
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Marion II. Hast
in"S.
Lieutenant and Mrs. Francis Nun
var are spending IA furlough in their
home here.
STAR Doris Galloway. stationed at
Philadelphia. spent the week END here
with ther parents. Mr. and Mrs. Homer
Bailey.
Mrs. Kyle Dyer. member of the Del
mar (DcLl school faculty, spent last
week -cnd in New York city.
DIR. and Mrs. Samuel Q; Black Of
Spartanshurg. y. G.. and Mrs. j. Dal
las Marvel of Chicago. have been che
guests Of Mr. and Mrs. c. Burns Mar
vel
School friends of Donald Acker will
I've glad to know that it is now Private
Donald .\ckcr of Fort BelvOir. Va.
J. rank ThOringtOn. who has been
in the Peninsula General Hospital at
Salisbury for a minor operation. has
returned home greatly improved.
Mrs. Frank Iiunsall of Bethesda, Md.
spent last weekend here with her
mother. Mrs. y. \. Elliott. Sr.
The Ladies' Auxiliary of the Delmar
Fire Department is planning an rve-
ming of games on March q. Mrs j.
T.. Mechanic. .lr.. is chairman OF the
committee on arrangements. with
Mrs. f. Thomas Parker. Mrs. Everett
Galloway and Mrs. Oscar Porter. as
siStng.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roland Mills spent last
week in Chicago with their son. lio-
land Lee Mills. who was graduated
from the Navy Pier to take up study
for aviation machinist mate. Mills has
gone to Memphis. Tenn, TO complete
hS course.
Employees of the William Freihofer
Baking Company were hosts at "A fare
well party last week for james j.
Leahey. who is leaving to become
manager of the Altoona. Pa. plant.
and his successor at the same time
played host to Elmer II. -Althouse.
Reading. Pa, former district manager
of the Reading plant. who was vel
coined to Delmar. Seventy-flve guests
were present at the plant. located Oh
Route 13 and enjoyed speeches by
Joseph V. tritsche. general sales man
ager and L. y. Robinson. traffic man
ager of the company. Much praise Il
due the committee on arrangements
Announcement has been made of
the marriage of Miss Tessie Gall
Phares. daughter of Mr. and Mrs II.
$. Phares. of 3lkins. w. Va. 10 Ser
geant Eugene q. Northrup, son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Clarence j. Northrup Of
this town. The wedding took place ut
Fort Dix. n. j., where the bridegroom
is stationed. The bride is II graduate
of the West Farmount Senior High
School in West Virginia and attended
Davis Elkins College. She was a mem
her of the Phi Chi Sorority and Beta
Alpha Beta Honorary Commercial
Fraternity. Sergeant NOrthrup is Il
graduate of the Delmar (MdD High
School. class of 1887. and was grad
uated from the II. Fletcher Brown
Vocational High Scheol, Wilmington
lie has been in the service two years
His parents attended the ceremony.
Miss Alice May Curdy of Philadel-
phia and Delmar. has been selected
as junior hostess every Tuesday
evening from $50 to ~ p. m. at the
stage door canteen for, service mel
Miss Curdy is employed by the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company at Broad
Street Station, Philadelphia.
When George A. Templeton of this
town left England when he was II
years old to come to the United States
visit would last life time. He has
had Al years service with the Pennsyl-,
Vania Railroad Company. He married
Somerset County girl and their three
sons all are railroad conductors on the
Maryland Division of the Pennsylvania
Railroad. They are: Walter W.,
Clayton. and Miles Templeton.
Their father. born near Manchester
England, is now yard foreman at Del
mar and is leader in railroad or
ganizations. He has visited England
since he first came to this country but
always returned to Delmar. which he
calls "a garden spot"
Lieutenant John Gordy Baker. pilot
in the u. S. Air Corps, arrived here
Monday night to spend To-day tur-
Tough with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs
H. G. Allen, Sr. On Sunday. March IL. /
he received his wings and commission
at Moody Field, Ga. Lieutenant Baker
has been under extensive training for
IS months He celebrated his 2Pth
birthday last September.