Milford chronicle., 1945-02-23
y. -. MILFORD VICTORY
LAUNCHED O\ MONDAY
tCou:.r4ed from FL: PAGE

y .a.-. Ge',-at5ou ~ AUlto.G cit-
il.n. L.4G.d hy Aayol and Ms
Edward & rNaa> attended tut. ,tt-
rHony sad The u.v,,d.H4 NucLvon
-.tvA III homo. II Mss Grl-G ~ the
Southern IIor,l. Tn, da.,-4,Iou Na,
@!ee,ed II ru" hotel ~ l.anasd
N~~oA. SECRETARY 10 J. N Willis.
and escorted 10 tu~ muiu uu:u-
Gou:H Where a delicious dlul,. Wu~
Sawed Mayor Tu,.Jos. Kou~.t,lt
N, No.dlu. ii Baltimore. ,.> pres
,..t for rHt lUu,leu4 AND -.t- Il
t!.tE address. III WH.su il. con-
4r:.'H.atyG IL, ~poL~u.. Miss Gli..
L.. A@N.u- h,en selected TO cu..~f.u
III. N,->,l Those ~j--.u- ~ THE
>poA~o. , tuh., w,.v Ms H..tv l..
C.irl Mothcg ut III. >puu-og. Nr,
John Fly. president o. III. Milford
Nv Ceur0.y CIuh. Mayo. aaJ Mrs
f.dNa.d G. Evans. Stat, Senator
I,uu,fr II. le.hr>. NI,ou 1911. The
~puN~'a.~ escort. Raymond Mas
t,u president al the Milford cham
bc. ot Conmcgry. Ng ana Nh
N!Aol Bennett. Mi Bennett is pres
jd,u' @. fhc k.WaMis Club. aad Ed
MA l. Fl.>het president ol she Ro-
talN Cmh IL the party. h3a seated
1T o'hte tables We're i l.. Hum.s
president a. the local school board
Jumrs Iiuur~ Rev. Ma.IuN +, Hun
-cllord. pi.9ro. ot Calvary Mr-Eo-
dis, Cuurch Edward Il.c-. Rev
Joseph iInih~. pastor or CMiS'
Episcopal Church: Miss Ann,
Townsend. Milford business Girls
lub Miss Phyllis B-4ner. Ms
Norman Hall. Red cross Motto.
Corps. Donald Jv~tvl. Na~1.. %
Milford GluH4e. ". q. l.uuktord
Treasurer Of Aamheg OF Com
metcp: William Burhg. city coGu
ell: Mrs Bernard SholtaIl MiHor,
New Century CIUh. poHajd bono
van. noble arand OF Crystal Tou.
l.ud4c. O. q. f: Waiter ituty
| q. 9. + HH~tr. l.aHh. Toy S,ulj
Troop loo. liill EoWulan. E.y S,ou
Troop lo2 Nonald Oiili>pIc. Ho
Scout Troop ioo. Illum,~ Gtirl
brother OF The sponsor aud dJu-A Il
tcIs Miss Eleanor and Miss Cuiu
lyn: Mrs. H. Louder Gliyl. sister
u-luW ut the SPONSOR aud duu4irr
Sara Joyct. George ShcalI,g. Sro}i
Master ot Troop loo. Sergeant Al
fred Nuttrl of Milford Police, Wi
liam Edward Evans. %on ot Mayo
and Mrs Evans. 1Hd Na1snu Sh, "
, Milford Grau2r. Mr. Mason sctt
ed as }oaStnasjoI.
The SPONSORS panty Was t"kr
To The yards in Maritime Comm.
. sion ears while The others lolluWc
in he bus which Was chartered ia
The occasion.
Prcccdin4 the lamchiu2 phot,
{ Mere taken ut the eroup hy Yal
/ ana ueW9rupcI. nhoto4raphor5 Sc'
h rral OF these pholo2raphS Viii /
reproduced in the Chronicle nr'
week
! When the bic momeuJ came. Ni>
GricI ON the count ut tulcc. sUu,
the bow OF the vessel. breaking II
!. bottle OF pre- War chHmpa2Mc. IN
: the : : Milford Victory slid ~;
irSticaiiy down lh" Wvll-2rcas,
ways and less than len minutes i
q ferWurdS the Keel OF another 4rv
+ ship was settled inro pu~ijluu
Miss Gri,t MS pl,~entrd Ni,h
E" handsome ,n-rar,d @oId N'ctu
p5p ~yt with diumurd~ md c.:-.u
suitably engraved contam.r.
' Nh Willis. the vice president
:, the company. She also WAS IN
q scented with 2or2cous bouquet
u American Beauty roses. and h
;, mother. Mrs. Grier. was given t
beautiful floral centerpiece fro
- the sponsors table AZ the Iunchco
Miss Grirr will also receive
handsome album OF the pjcnu'
and the broken champa2nr bot
=. which will he caScd and labelled.
Miss tilier expressed the SON
.r ment of all OF those fortuna
enough to be present Wlftn sh" 81
- it Was the proudt>t and happi'
day of her Life.