Milford chronicle., 1945-12-14
GEORGETOWN

Pcehe Hospital IcWos. Mr.. RuSsciI
who will celebrate his 10Th hirtn-
Gay. next February has becn IN
business AT the same blaco to,.
thirty years. the last Twelve OF
which l.aS been undor the firm
name of the Georgetown Marble
and Granite Works. Last SatIIrda,
morning. he was ENGAGED i'm nlat-
ing a monument ON crave al Nc
ColleY'S Chapel ChurchXard, when
III an unexplained manner. lie
stone turned over pinuiug mm be
meath it. breaking lis right lee lust
above the knee
Midland Grange. at their regular
meeting, reelected &. Arlinytou
Pepper as Master for 1916 Othcl
officers elected We're: OIcr.ecr.
Jacob Minor: Lecturer. f.. Thad-
deus Warrington; Secretary. Mr..
Grover Sammons; Steward. John
Holloway; Asst Stew ard. Jacob
Rogers; lady assistant steward.
Mrs. Jacob Rogers, 2atckecper. Ar
thur kapu; Ceres, Mrs. Leila Hollo-
way; Pomona, Mrs. G. A. Pepper:
Flora. Mrs. Harvey Belts. Trustee
Norval Pepper.
The Grange will hold it's annual
christmas party on December Eth,
with a turkey dinner and a visit
lIom Santa Claus. as features. Mrs.
. a. Pepper. MIS-. Jacob +. Minor
and Mrs. Harvey Belts are the com
lnlttee in charge OF arranging tor
{ dinner which will be served to
the Veterans of Foreign Wars, in
GRANGE Hall, on December 10Th
Sussex Post No. s. American I.e-
sion. AT the regular December
meeting. elected the following Of
ticers for the ensuing year: Com
hander. John II. Ennis. StockleY;
Vice Commander James I.eGateS.
GEORGETOWN; Adjutant. William -.
BraSure. Georgetown; Asst. Adiu-
tant Si9urd t. ChriStianscE.
Georgetown; Chaplain, Reverend
Omar T.. Jones. Georgetown: His
turian, William Powell, Frankford;
Service officer. j. Ralph Carey.
Georgetown; Finance Officer,
Stanley Baker, Stockley: Sergeant
at arms. E. f. tlendanicl. George
town; Custodian. James ElwOod
short, Georgetown. OF the officers
elected. Ennis, LcGates. christian
sen. Baker and Short are all re
Gently DISCHARGED veterans of
World War IL. Mr. Howard I. En-
mis- was named to contact all Le-
SiOn Posts in Sussex County with
the view of obtaining cooperation
in obtaining and sending holly for
christmas. to the Veterans at Per
ry Point. Maryland BY unanimous
vote of the Post. the Post Ambu-
lance will he returned to George
town. in the near future. The am
hulance has been located ut Milton
during the term of John Fisltr. a5
Commander Of Sussex Post No. ;.
MI Fisher is now Il member OF tn"
Legion Post at Milton. Hal~tcad L.
Layton and James Elwood Short
were elected as drivers of the ann
hulance
John l. Short. William ID. Bra-
sure and James Elwo0d Short
were named as Il committee TO ar
range for entertainment and re-
treshments. for the installation OF
officers which will take place. ON
Monday evening. january 1th.
Lieutenant Colonel Ralph :.
Baker of \. Bedford Street. here
has re-entered the Army, just d
few days short of the expiration OF
his terminal leave which began the
first of September He is at pre-
sent assigned to charlottesville
Virginia. where he expects to re
main for several weeks. lieutenan
Baker. graduate OF Geor2etoW
High School. nd the University o
Delaware. received his law degree
at George Washington nlNcrSlty
and prior to entering the service
was a practicing attorney. locate
in Georgetown. During his attend
ance at the University OF DelaWah
he was a member Of the RescrN
Officers Training Corps. He wa
the organizer of and first com
mandant of Battery B.. the loca
National Guard Unit and was actiV
iii obtaining the LEGISLATION eStaf
lislin2 the ArmOry in Gcor&ctOWl
Under his tutcla"e Battery H Wo
high hOnOrS for narkSmanSfl
when the unit was At Fort Han
cock. At the time Fort Miles WA
under construction at LeWeS. II
was for awhile. the COmmandant Z
that base. In the late summer
1912 he was transferred from Goa:
Artillery to Anti-Aircraft aud sci
to Camp Davis. North CarOlin;
later being sent to- England an
Nd
where he served under Gener;
Patton Lieutenant Colonel Bake
was in command of the l63th Ant
Aircraft Battalion. He wears II
Bronze Star Ribbon with an Oi
Leaf Cluster. the Pre- Pearl HarbC
Ribbon, and the L. f. Q. Rihbt
with four battle stars. Colonel b
Eer's family. Mrs. Mae Baker al
three children. Lorna. Marshall al
Ralph Jr.. are living at their hon
on n. Bedford st.
First Lieutenant Robert W. Iu
hell son of L. s Senator and Nj
James NJ. Tunnel. has received h
honorable diSchar2e from the Arl
ed services and has returned to tn
city. where he will resume Ia
practice with his father and brot
er in the law firm OF Tunnel a
Tunnel
Plans for Community War NJ
mortal in Georgetown are SLOW
assuming concrete shape. At
meeting of the general Temporal
committee. this week. the report
the organization committee W
discussed and accepted and I
committee further authorized
proceed with the last steps in
formation of the Association. Whl