Milford chronicle., 1945-07-27
HOUSTON

About 40 persons from our town
md community attended the funeral
services Tor Rev. \. &. Benson. which
We're held at Barratt's Chapel on
tuesday afternoon at > O'Clock. Rev.
Frank HersOn of Milford had CHARGE
OF the services and he Wa a..istCd
ny Dover District Superintendent Rev
Thomas Mulhgan, Wilmington Dis
trlct SUPERINTENDENT Rev. t0liVrr col
lnls, Rev. Roy Tawta OF SILVER Brook
Methodist Church, Wilmington. and
Rev. Wood OF Magnolia. Rev Btniam-
m Warren. a retired minister of Re
hohoth, could not he present hut he.
sent a Very hitting tribute. which was
Webb sang a very beautiful selection
accompanied hy Mrs. William John
son at the organ. Rev. Benson was
stationed at Houston for hVe years
and he delivered his last sermon on
Mothers Day. May l3. ana he left
that same afternoon for Philadelphia
where he WAS To make his future
hoise He WAS a patient in the Meth
OdiSt Hospital for several weeks and
he suffered greatly before he passed
away. Rev. ierSon delivered a won
dertul lesson in his sermon. y thought
ht left with us was: Rev. Benson was
not dead. he WAS alive. il was all those
he had left behind who are dYinP. He
gave very comforting words 10 the
widow and children
much to the Houston folks during the
five years he was with them and they
loved both him and Mrs. Henson very
much and "" are very lOath to give
him up. but too, there is the wonder
ful consolation knowing he Is at rest,
that he has gone the last mile of the
way and that he has gone home TO his
God.
Mrs Roy Sapp who has been quite
i'll is much better at This time.
"A
an acute gastric attack on Saturday
night but is much improved AT this
time.
Mrs. Ernest w Simpson returned
home on Friday after having spent
week at Rehohoth with her daughter.
Mrs. W. Charles Paradrc and fam
, Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Wilson attended
. the funeral services of Mrs Wilson, )
/ cousin at Newark. Md. on WedncS-
. day. afternoon.
ry returned home on Saturday after
having spent the past two weeks with
= MIR and Mrs. Jack Kennedy and
. daughters in Wilmington.
Miss Doris Harrington of near Har-
rington is spending sometime with
I her aunt. Mrs. Joseph Hayes and Mr..
n Hayes. ALSO her grandmother. Mrs,
= Lydia Morris.
+ Mrs. William Coulbourne has re-
- turned To hrf nome dltef NlSltiis
friends in Philadelphia for 4 week
i Mrs Josiah ParVis had as dinner
k guests on Sunday Mr.. and Mrs. Mar
n shall Hart and children. Nancy and
>, Wayne of Magnolia Mr.. and Mrs
j., VIM. Coulbourne and Zack Johnson
The Misses Gertrude. Mildred anC
Grace Purcell of Wilmington are Wis
~ iting their grandparents. Mr.. and Mrs
~ Charles T. Armour
= Mr. and Mrs. John Cook of Mill
~ vile. n j.. are visiting j. g. Whar
y ton, Mr. and Mrs. Shockley Daugher
ty and other relatives IN and nea
:, Houston.
III III Mrs Ralph Jump has been spending
g several days with her sister. Mis-
;, Stella Wright in Choptank. Md.
!" Mrs. Margaret Sapp spent the pas
OF week with her son. Roy and wife.
IN Alex Argo had the misfortune I
$ he kicked by a horse last Friday. III
H. is in the Kent General Hospital i
Ia Dover and is doing very nicely.
Several OF our little folks wer
"a very much disappointed when the
er did not get to go TO the Fair on Tues
IS day due To the extreme wet weather
on but we hope they viii get there be
cause they enjoy it so much.