Milford chronicle., 1948-12-03
GEORGETOWN

Cudu8eS ana aQ0lLlOnS TO commit
tee assignments. as follows. VIII
liam Lambden to chairman Of the
program committee; Samuel Mes
sick to chairman of vocational gui-
dance committee; James Owen to
chairman Of boy scout committee:
Rev. W. o. Hackett to church SER
vice and George Hilty to the under
privileged children committee.
George Hilty was named as key
man Of the local Kiwanians in the
forthcoming cancer drive. Fred
GOggin and Andrew Burks were
named to represent the local club
on a coordination committee Of SER
vice club members in the current
drive for funds for Sussex Central
Hospital, Inc.
The club has received a letter Of
thanks from DR.. oliver James of
the Milford Memorial Hospital for
payment of a bill for operation on
a local child.
On next Tuesday the Georgetown
club will dispense with its regu-
lar meeting to attend the training
school for KiWanians to be held in
the Milford Community Building at
$50 p. m.
On December IA, Earl Rust will
preside at the annual organization
meeting of the club. The Rev. w.
o. Hackett will have charge of the
program for the meeting of De-
cember 21, at which time members
will take gifts to the regular club
meeting, to be later presented to
inmates of the Delaware COLONY.
December % will mark the close
of the term of Harry S. Smith as
president. He will be succeeded by
Earl Rust, the first of the year.
The club instructed the secre-
tary to write a letter to the local
Chamber of Commerce commend
ing them for prOmptness with re-
spect to preparations for Christ
mas lighting and other activities.
3. L. Kellogg was inducted as
a new member by Past President
Dallas A. Dennis. Mr. Kellogg was
also winner of the door prize for
the evening. Rev. w. o. Hackett
was winner in a tie contest, Edwin
L. Smith, the loser.
Special music was furnished by
Edward Serman and Miss Betty
/ Frances Petit and the Invocation
was bv Rev Hackett.
Karl Seeger, poultry DathOlOgist,
+ was guest speaker at the George
j town -MillsbOrO Rotary Club this
week. Mr.. Seeger. spoke on the re-
suits Of treatments for coccidiO-
sis in chicks. results of expert
ments in nutrition and explained
the operation of a central heating
plant now under testing at the sub
station near town. He was intro
duced by Jehu F. Hudson, program
chairman.
Herschell Quillen, Selbyville RO-
tartan and the Rev. Robert Loss,
Jr., of MillsbOrO, were other
guests.
The local committee of Sussex
Central. Hospital, Inc, met last
Monday night at the home of Mrs.
Nell r. Barr, cOOrdinator for the
I Georgetown area. Howard S. Alb
bOtt, local chairman, led the dis
cussiOn of plans for the drive in
this community which began this
week and will run through the
first of January next year. Local
solicitors who have signifed their
willingness to serve include Mrs
I James M. Tunnell, Jr., Mrs. G. Lin
den McIlVaine, Mrs. Evaleah Barr
Mrs. Norman Abbott, Mrs. George
Givens White, Mrs. Granville
Lambden, Mrs. George Barr, Mrs
J. Ralph Carey, Mrs. Edgar Mus
tard, Mrs. Jane Hudson, Miss Bea-
trice POllitt, Miss Vietta SammOns
Miss Laura Williams, Mrs. Ruth
Moore.
The names of additional solicit
tors will be announced next week.
The Rev. and Mrs. William F.
KesmOdel will be hosts to the Ever
Faithful Sunday School Glass OF
Grace Church for the last meeting
of this year. The meeting will be
held in the parsonage on Monday
/ evening, December 6, at 8 o'clock
The class, which recently celebrat-
ed the 22nd anniversary Of it's or
ganizatiOn, has Mrs. Minnie Green
as teacher.
Word has been received here by
Mrs. Irwin Taylor of the arrival
of the body of her brother, Pfc. Or
vile G. Birmingham, USMC Re
serve. Pfc. Brittingham enlisted in
| 1943, served for the duration OF
World War II in the Pacific Thea
tre, taking part in most of the ma
( jOr battles in that area. He was
killed January 5, 1916, while work
ing with a demolition squad in
Nagasaki, when a Jap parachute
flare exploded. His body, which
was returned on the Transport
Dalton Victory, is being held in
Philadelphia awaiting the arrival
of Private LynwOOd Brittingham
| U. S. Army. stationed in Japan, who
will act as honor guard. A military
funeral will be held in PocOmOke
City, Md, when arrangements have
been completed.
Pfc. Birmingham is survived by
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Clifton
NJ. Brittingham of POcomOke, Md.
his sister. Mrs. Taylor, in George
town. Clifton Brittingham, Jr.
| Georgetown; Kendall Birmingham
San. Antonio, Texas; Charles Brit
tingham. New Church, Va; Private
LynwOOd Birmingham, y. S. Army;
Dalton Brittingham, Granville Brit.
tingham, Miss Nadine Brittinghan
and Miss GOldyelee Brittingham, al
of POcOmOke, Md