Milford chronicle., 1947-09-26
GEORGETOWN

and evening inspected Lne traln-
ling and training facilities of the
SO5th CA Battery (6" CUM of the
Georgetown Reserve Unit, COM
manded by Captain Sinclair G.
Campbell of Milton. The S05th is
the first Coast Artillery Reserve
Unit in the entire First Army Area
to be inspected for advancement to
Glass "B" status. Colonel Walter
was accompanied by Lieutenant
Colonel Preston Steele, Senior
State Instructor for the ORC in
Delaware.
The SO5th CA Battery was acti-
Il waited last December as a Class
&C" Unit, the first officer being as
signed in January, with no en-
listed reservists. Since that time
the unit has progressed to its
strength of eight officers and sew
enteen enlisted reservists, making
it 1000 over strength in officers
and 500 over strength in enlisted
reservists.
II On the program were talks by
i Captain Alphonso ]. FOurnier of
Fort Miles, who told of personal
q experiences while on duty with the
British Army; Captain Wilbur p.
Schmader, Unit Instructor for the
: 805th, who traced the history of the
o Unit from its inception to the pres
3 ent date, outlining the past war
y record of the Unit and describing
some of its activities and func-
tions during this period. The third
:, speaker was Lieutenant Paul F.
Z Bernstein, Georgetown, who dis
{ cussed Universal Military Train
!, ing" stressing the necessity for
: this training, what the program i'm
Z wolves, its effect on our economy
I and what the program would mean
to reservists.
During the program Captain
Fournier relinquished his COM
y mand of the S05th to Captain Sin
! clair Campbell. Captain Fournier
e relinquished his command due to
g other duties. Captain Campbell in
If dicated he hoped to continue the
Z same high standards that were es-
l. tablished by Captain Fournier. The
next meeting of the S05th will be
l. held Thursday, October 20.
If With vacations over large
p number of the younger generation
= are leaving for entrance in higher
o institutions of learning and others
,r for continuance of courses. Among
d those who left last week are the
of Misses Virginia Lee Graves, Doris
y Hilty, Nancy Mustard and Jack
e, Scheer and Kenneth Holson, all of
e. whom entered the University of
e. Delaware. George A. Bramhall,
s. son of Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Bran
hall, has begun studies at the Val
= ley Forge Military Academy at
= = Wayne, Pa, and Miss Mary Ellen
y Hudson, granddaughter of Mr.. and
y u Mrs. Anthony l.. Hudson left last
: week to enter Linden Hall at Lititz,
90 Pa.
81 Others returning to school i'm
- cluded: Lewis Burton, st. James
- School, Hagerstown, Md; Matthew
> McDermott, David Jenkins, Thomas
&. Robinson and Jimmy Short, st.
a. Andrews School. Middletown; Bet
of ty Gordy, June Anderson, Charles
N Joseph, Jack Kitchens and Paige
n Croll, University of Delaware; Ed
ward Dunning, Jr., st. Bernard's s
od School, Gladstone, N. j.; Miss Mar
be garet Reed, Washington College
to Chestertown, Md; Miss Barbara
Faucet, the University of Della
a. ware.
q Ensign William A. Faucet, u
S. Navy, son of Mr.. and Mrs. w
Raymond Faucet, recently re,
rs ported to the Naval Air Training
Base, at Corpus Christi, Texas, fol
Navy Flight Training in the pri.
80 mary and basic staged. Upon com.
:. 81 pletion of his training there, he
- will be sent to Pensacola, Florida
= = for advanced flight training.
- 10 Ensign Faucet graduated from
- Georgetown High School in 1941
Su Appointed to the United States Mil
~ itary Academy by former u.
Senator James H Hughes, he grad
on on uated from that institution in 1916
- ~ He was assigned to the u. S..
20 20 Dayton on duty in the Pacific an,
-. was in Japan for the signing o
| the armistice with that nation. HI
~. was released from active dut
,ao am aboard the U. S. Dayton in July o
% - this year and transferred to nava
- aviation.
~. Announcement has been mad
,,oI here of the marriage of Miss Mari
anne E. Glockner, daughter of MI
g. and Mrs. Martin Glockner, of Am
Ia -. bier, Pa, to Charles r. Cannon
- , Jr., son of DR.. and Mrs. Charles F
- Cannon of Georgetown.
ino The wedding took place last Sal
tho urday afternoon, September 6, i
the Zion Lutheran Church, Whit
-, Marsh, Pa and was followed b
frs a reception in the Springfield He
= ,,e tel.
nm. Mrs. Cannon graduated from til
Irs Springfield High School. Mr.. Car
bai non, graduate of Georgetow
Irs High School, attended the Univel
at sity of Delaware prior to enterin
FRS the U. S. Army, serving oversees
orr in the ETO. He is now a student |
III Temple Dental School, Temp
" University, Philadelphia. After
wedding trip in the Poconos, I'll
couple will reside in Germantow
Pa.
The Georgetown High Scho
vas football team, playing the fir
po- game of the season last Frids
vas night, defeated Lewes by scol
ant of 80 to 6. An interesting sideligl
on the game was, that Coach'
lch, Georgieano and Hanley of Lew,
SER and Coach Dively of Georgetow
245 were former team mates in hie
school in Pennsylvania.
ins, The Lewes High School Bar
, is played between the halves. Futu
and games played in Georgetown WI