Milford chronicle., 1944-08-04
DELMAR

Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Herman of
Camden, n. j.. have been guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hearn this week.
DR.. S. II. Lynch and wife enjoyed
a vacation from home last week.
Miss Charlotte Phillips was the
guest of Miss Alma Lee Ellis dur
ing the past week.
Mrs. W. n. Willis is entertaining
her nephew, II. Walter Milhaday
of Baltimore.
Mrs. McQuay of Miami, Fla, is
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. c. G.
West.
Luther Palmer, one of our town
mail carriers. has been confined
to his home by illness for the past
several days.
Private Paul Hearn of Baltimore
spent last weekend here with his
aunt, Mrs. G. NJ. Nelson and MIR.
Nelson.
Mrs. Harold Mitchell and small
son are spending a few weeks with
her husband. who is employed in
Pittsburgh, Pa.
The Misses Blanche and Fannie
Lynch of LanghOrne, Pa. are
spending their vacation here with
their sister, Mrs. Susie Culver.
Mrs. Earl Keefer of Johns Hop
kins Hospital, Baltimore, is spend
ing her vacation here with her par
ents, MIR. and Mrs. Charles Hutch
insOn.
Wilmer Brittingham, corporal
of an anti-aircraft division at Camp
Gordon. Ga, who has been on a
l2-day furlOugh here with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Reese Britting
ham. has returned to his camp.
Sergeant Charles Powell of Mia
mi, Florida, is spending a fur
Tough here with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. John Powell.
Mrs. James Sander of Norfolk,
Va. is spending some time mere
with her mother, Mrs Elsie Chap
man. Mrs. Sanders husband, Ser
geant James Sander of New York
spent Sunday here on his way 10
ID. G.
Lieutenant Doris Birmingham.
daughter of Mrs. NJ. s. Birmingham
Of this town and a classmate, Lieu
tenant Emily Nickerson of Will
nington. have been in Normandy
since D-Day. The two were grad
lated together in 1871 from the
Wilmington General Hospital
School of Nursing, Wilmington,
md were commissioned in Febru-
Iry. 1912. They received their
raining at Fort SlOcomb. y. Y,
md went overseas together. They
we're among the first nurses to go
o England. After the invasion of
iOrth Africa they shared tent
ogether in field hospital. and
ater followed the troops TO Sal
rno. After duty in Italy they re-
urned to England for rest and
additional training before the in
'asion of France Both nurses are
mentioned in a book Helmets and
.ipstick." written by Lieutenant
ruth &. Haskell, an Army nurse.
Sergeant Vaughn +. Kitchens, of
iaryland avenue, this town, has
eturned to this country from the
Mediterranean theater. Sergeant
Kitchens who was injured when
Ie jumped from reconnaissance
ar during an air attack. saw ac-
ion at the Kasserine Pass and
in Tunisia and at Ma
lies and AnziO in Italy. He left his
init just south of Rome. He was
nducted in February. 1941. at Bal
imore. and received his training
t Fort Knox, Ky. Vaughn is spen-
ling his furlough here with his
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Hit
hens.
Corporal William H. f. Mock,
r., son of Mr.. and Mrs. William
,ock, Sr., of 205 Elizabeth street,
)elmar, graduated last week from
he AAF Training Command F1eX-
BILE Gunnery School at Bucking
am Field near Fort Myers, Fla.
hundreds of gunners are gradu-
ted each week from this huge z
unnery school where the shoot
1g ranges from skeet with a shot
un to firing from a power oper-
ted turret in a huge bomber over
he Gulf of Mexico. Mock has also
ompleted the Armament School at
owry Field, Colorado. I
The August meeting of the Col
mbia Home Demonstration Club
ill be a picnic at Trappe Pond on
ugust 8. J
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