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Milford chronicle., 1949-10-07
Someone Will Get
Diamond In Milford

Tomorrow evening, Saturday Oc-
tOber Sth, some lucky person, who
may or may not be a resident Of
Milford, will get a handsome dia-
mond ring according to N. NJ.
Stokes, Milford jeweler and Optici-
an.
According to Mr.. Stokes that is
the deadline for ending a contest
now underway, in which the first
prize is a $1OO diamond ring. All
you have to do is guess the weight
in carats of a huge glass "dia-
mOnd" displayed in the store win
dow on North Walnut Street, COM
pairing the huge stone with a small
one carat diamond also on display
The huge ring, large enough tC
fit around the neck, has attracted
considerable attention in Milford
and interest is running high in tn,
contest, Mr.. Stokes reported.
Milford chronicle., 1949-10-07
Well known Acts Head
Milford Vaudeville

Since the vaudeville policy was
inaugurated at the New Milford
Theatre last January many excel
lent shows have been presented,
but the management predicts thea
tre-goers who see this Friday and
Saturday five-act variety bill will
call it "the best yet" The cast in
cludes the Dale Sisters two
beautiful singers who have been
featured on Phil Spitalny's famous
Hour of Charm radio show; the
Three Extremes terrific
comedy knock-abOut act that re-
Gently scored a big hit at the Roxy
Theatre in New York; Wally Ward
and Mitzi -. a hilarious music and
comedy skit; the Marco Family
a very unusual acrobatic act,
and last, but not least, Irving and
Mann billed as ''The Two Mad
caps"
On Sunday, October 2Srd, the big.
gest show to ever play in Milford
will be presented when Horac'
Heidi will send in person the D1cE
Contino Show starring Dick Cont
no and a cast of thirty Horace
Heidi Philip Morris parade of stars
Milford chronicle., 1949-10-07
Milford New Century
Club Begins 81 Year
On Monday

The Milford New Century Club
will hold its first meeting Of the
fall on Monday, Oct. 10, in the club
rooms and will begin its fifty-frst
year Of continued programs. Mrs.
JonOthan S. Willis, the president,
presided at a meeting Of the Board
Of Directors on Tuesday at the
home of Mrs. Albert Baxter and at
that time Mrs. Robert Rudolph was
elected to be recording secretary,
taking the place Of Mrs. A. F. Faix,
who resigned. Mrs. HarwoOd Jami-
son will act as assistant recording
secretary for this year. Mrs. 1. Dol
phus Short was elected as a. direc-
tor Of the Board, succeeding Mrs.
John w. Fry, who resigned. Plans
were formulated for the work OF
the club during the year and the
program was presented by Mrs
David B. Greene, as prepared by
{ her committee.
/ On Monday, Mr.. Ramon c. CObbs
/ superintendent of scohOls and Mr.
M. Alexander Glasmire, principal
will be the speakers, the former
presenting the proposed building
program and the latter talking
about the curricular revision il
view of the expanded work tina
has been proposed. A social hOu.
will follow when the club hostesses
Mrs. Harold L. Short, Mrs. Fran
els Leithiser and Mrs. G. Car
March will be in charge. The pro
gram in full will appear in the is
sue of next week.
Milford chronicle., 1949-10-07
Rev. J. B. DickersOn
Will Preach Here

The pastor and the Official
Board of The Calvary Methodist
Church, Milford, Delaware, have
arranged a program that will bring
to the community once a month.
The years program has been ar
ranged and you will not want TO
miss a one of these services. Pre-
ceeding the guest preacher will be
an Old Fashion Song Service and
special music by The Male Chorus
of the Church.
The first of the guest preachers
will be The Rev Joseph B. Dick
erson, District Superintendent OF
the Salisbury District of The Meth
odist Church. Rev. DickersOn
known in this section as Joe, was
raised in the vicinity of Milford
! His mother resides with her daugh'
ter, Mrs. Donald Donovan and at
tends this church.
Rev. Dickerson has served faith
fully the churches that have beel
given to his care. Because OF hi
achievements the Bishop honOre'
him by appointing him one Of tn
District superintendent. He ha
the honor of being one OF tn
Youngest Superintendents in tn
history of The Peninsula Confer
ence.
The public is invited to atten
this service. We trust that man
of his friends will be present an
that Rev. DickersOn will receive
warm welcome. The hour of tn
service is 1880 p. m.
Milford chronicle., 1949-10-07
Milford Man In Japan
With Eighth Army

The Eighth Army Signal School,
at Hiyoshi, Japan, will enroll six
enlisted men from units Of the 25th
Infantry Division on Sept. %, to
attend the Lineman Telephone and
Telegraph course for eight weeks.
The six men are: Pvt. James Jones,
III Leroy t., Cincinnati, Ohio, from
the 35th Infantry Regiment; Pfc.
Walter J. Wadas, Butternut, Wis
cosin; Pfc. Yoyd c. Storey, Muir
freesborO, Arkansas; Pvt. John E.
Nailor, Milford, Delaware; Pvt
George F. McAndrews, SciO, New
York; and Pvt. Warrent w. Wheel
er, Muskogee, Oklahoma, from the
25th Signal Company.
The course will teach the men t'
install, repair and maintain per
manent and semi-permanent mill
tary telephone and telegraph wir'
systems.
The men will learn to lOcat'
sites for telephone and telegraph
poles and wires. They will learn t.
erect poles; climb poles, usinj
climbing tools and aids; strini
wire. wire-splice and tie; prOvid
static protection and set up guy
and braces; correct cause of shor
circuits and splice broken lines
The men will be taught to locate
? erect and maintain field telephon
and switchboards, and also to OF
. crate heavy line constructlo
equipment such an earthboripg ma
2 chimes, pole jacks, derricks an
Do. winches.
The equipment the men will lear
= to use includes pole climbing iron
;, and safety belt; wire reel; test Sc
{: consisting of hand phone, han
= cranked magnetic and dry cells, an
d also electricians hand tools.
= Upon returning to theiA organ
d cation the men must be familii
Il with the standard operating rul'
e and regulations governing VII
= communication systems.
Milford chronicle., 1949-10-07
Happenings In State

The Round Table Club of WyO-
ming will begin its new year today.
The newly elected president, Mrs.
Marie Holt, will preside.
Mrs. Freda Cooper, chairman of
music, has arranged for the enter
tainment feature. She will present
students from Wesley Junior Col
lege who will entertain with mus
ical selections.
The speaker will be Miss Mary
Davenport, state nutritionist, who
will give a talk on foods. A social
hour will follow.
Milford chronicle., 1949-10-07
COOlspring Church
Homecoming Sunday

This coming Sunday will be a red
letter day in the life Of the historic
Cool Spring Presbyterian Church.
The annual Homecoming Service,
at two o'clock in the afternoon,
will celebrate the 223rd anniversary
of the founding Of the cOngrega-
ton. The Honorable Elbert N. Car
vel, Governor Of Delaware, will de-
liver the principal address. The
special musical program will be
provided by the Georgetown Pres
byterian Choir, under the direction
of Mrs. Grace Anton; by Mrs. Rob-
ert F. Klipple, Soprano; and by
Robert F. Klippel, Violinist. The
pastor, Rev. George A. Leukel, will
preside.
Cool Spring is one of the Oldest
churches of Sussex County
Scharf, in his History Of Della
ware" contends that lit is not i'm
probable that the congregation ms 8
have been formed as early as 100
as a number of Presbyterian fam
lilies lived in that locality at thai
time. On October IL, 1928, the Rev
VIM. Beckett reported to the Churcl
of England that there were Pres
byterian Churches at Lewes and al
Cool Spring. The present building
is the congregatiOn's third hous'
of worship. 1t was dedicated Janu
airy IA, 1856. At that time ther'
were eighty white and two colOret
members and the Rev. Corneliu
Mustard was the pastor. In recen
years the church has usually beel
Joined with the Georgetown Pres
byterian Church under a joint pas
torate. The church owns a well
equipped social hall, erected i
1929 through the generosity of Dl
David M. Hitch of Philadelphia, o
a site donated by Lolitie M. Smit
and John F. Perry.
+; Among those inferred in the beau
1 tiful cemetery are a number VIII
= played a notable part in the his
tory of the county and of the stat,
A number of tOmbstOnes date bac
to the middle of the 18th centur.
Q The earliest legible date is on th
l. stone which marks the grave
Elizabeth Martin, who died on Sci
tember 16, 1741.
> The present elders of the churc
are Clarence Johnson, Harold Wi
son and Edwin Johnson. The tru
tees are Charles Pepper, Fred
Chapel, Clarence Hudson, Fred !
- Chapel and William Lindale.
Milford chronicle., 1949-10-07

Miss Marie FAIRIES Of Smyrna was
the weekend guest Of Miss Ann
Hugg.
Robert March of Philadelphia
spent the past weekend at his
home near town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel M. d. Mar
shall were weekend guests of DR..
and Mrs. S. M. D. Marshall.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. Haswell Pierce
will leave on Sunday for Atlantlc
City where they will spend a part
of next week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Smith and
Miss Florence Collins of Whining
ton were guests of Mrs. William G.
Smith on Sunday.
%
Mrs. A. Victor Hughes of Wilm-
ington was the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. Myron Warren over the past
weekend at their new home on
Clarke Avenue.
Mrs. William A. Purks had as her
guests last week Mr.. and Mrs. Al
fred T. Purks of Doylestown, Pa.
and Mr.. and Mrs. Fred S. Wetzell
of New York City.
DR.. and Mrs. S. M. D. Marshall
returned to their Causey Avenue
home over the weekend aftel
spending the summer at their cot
tage at RehOboth.
/ -
Mrs. VintOn D. Shufelt of Hur
lock, was the overnight guest o
Q Mr.. and Mrs. G. Marshall Town
send Tuesday and spoke in Calvar,
Church that evening.
Mr.. Fred S. Kramlich and siste
Mrs. Edwin Johnson. have just re
turned from a motor trip to For
: Plain, New York where they visit
!. ed their uncle and aunt, Mr.. an
. Mrs. Fred T. ShOckley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willard Schreck c
# Houston, Miss Betty Hall of Fel
= ton and Miss Gladys Sharp of Mi
|. ford, spent the past weekend /
s Baltimore as the guests of Mr.. an
I. Mrs. William Martin, Jr., an
l. daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs. George H. DrapC
l. are in Cleveland, Ohio, and will a
n tend the wedding Of Miss ROmaiI
is Marie Schloss of that city al
ID Golden Beach, Florida, to Mr.. JOI
lie Lawrence Stacker of st. Louis t
rs morrow. James Richard Draper,
le freshman at Cornell Universit
le will fly out today to meet his pa
r ents and to attend the wedding.
Milford chronicle., 1949-10-07
Items Of a Purely
Personal Nature


Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Webb moved
into their home on Seabury Avenue,
October 1st
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Rudolph and
John H. Clair will spend this week
end in Amber, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Craig Robertson of
Kew Gardens, L. l., were weekend
guests of Mrs. William H. Warren.
Mrs. Cora B. Hurlock, who is at
/ the Governor Bacon Health Center
for special treatment, is slowly i'm
/ proving.
Mrs. Phyllis and Virginia Kelley
spent the past weekend in Linfield,
Pa, as the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
]. Earl Hudson.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Vinyard and
son of Ligonier, Pa, are spending
their vacation here with Mrs. Har-
ry Vinyard and Harry E. Vinyard
Jr.
Miss Claire Humes is the victim
of a fall from playground equip.
ment in which she sustained an in.
complete fracture of her elbow. Hel
arm is in cast.
Mrs. Harry H. Brakeley will re
, turn home today after spending
this week in RivertOn, N. j., as tn,
guest of her son, Harry H. Brake
ley and Mrs. Brakeley.
%
Ruth L. Kimmel, daughter of MI
= and Mrs. w. Dean Kimmel, 493 s
Walnut Street, has complete
!, Freshman Orientation Week activi
ties at Duke University and has en-
rolled in the Freshman class.
-
Pfc. Jimmy Coverade returned t
: Keesler Air Force Base at Biloxi
I Mississippi, after spending his 'fuI
: Tough with his parents. He was az
q companied by his mother, Mr.
Clifford COverdale, also his siste
Dorothy L. Jester and their daugl
II ter, Lois Ann, as far as Washing
/ ton, D. c.
n 1t. Col. w. E. Lank, who We
d elected a Delegate to the Nations
i'd Encampment of the United SPANS
War Veterans, from the Depar
ment of Maryland, accompanied
er Frank M. Chatham, of Salisbur
t. and John Eckerts, Of Fenwick
ne Island, will leave from Wilmingto
nd Del, this afternoon, for lamp
IN Florida. The Encampment star
o. on Sunday Oct 9th to 18th. TIL,
a will meet delegations from Ne
", York, New Jersey, Pennsylvani
II and Maryland and Washington on
special train.
Milford chronicle., 1949-10-07
Bridgeville PTA
Holds Meeting

An attendance contest brought
out a large gathering of the parents
of the Bridgeville Parent Teacher
Association, Wednesday night, Sept
28th, Mr.. Miles Hoffman. new pres
i6ent, announced.
The largest percentage OF par
ents were those Of Mrs. Mary S.
Wiley's sixth grade pupils, with
Miss Joan Steele's sOphmores and
Mrs. Carrie Klienheim's seventh
grade pupils capturing second and
third place.
Thegorganization voted to purch-
sse a new piano, with funds to be
raised by holding a county fair.
Date to released soon.
Virgil Wiley, school supt., intro
duced each Of the % members Of
the faculty. Harold GTOssniclkle
faculty member and we'll known
Delmarva sports official, with q
group Of students, illustrated mum.
erous football plays and explained
some Of the rules Of the game,
Milford chronicle., 1949-10-07
JACKSON-WARREN

Miss Meredith Jackson, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. William Jackson
of MillsbOrO, and Clarence R. War
rem, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Percy
Warren of Milton, were married at
the Bethel A. M. E. Parsonage by
Rev. E. E. Henley Saturday, Oct. l.
The bridesmaid was Miss Frances
Harmon of MillsborO and best man
was William Davis of MillsbOro
Warren is associated with his ia
ther in block building. He is a grad
uate of A. T. and T. College. Mrs
Warren is a graduate of MillsborC
High School,
Milford chronicle., 1949-10-07
CAMPBELL

Mrs. Ethel Marie Campbell pass
ed away in Delaware Hospital,
Wilmington, Sept. 28th, 1949, after
a long illness. Funeral services
were held at Carey's Funeral Home,
Georgetown, Sunday. Oct. 2, at 2
o'clock. Rev. John P. George, re-
tired, former pastor of Harbeson
Church, officiated. Interment Odd
fellows Cemetery, Milton. She is
survived by her husband, Asher
Campbell, one daughter, Mrs. Rus
sell Bennett, of Milford, one son
David Richard, at home, one sister
Mrs. James Martin of COolspring.
Milford chronicle., 1949-10-07
Hospital Auxiliary

Please make a note on your cal
endar to attend the first fall meet
ing of the Ladies Auxiliary of the
Milford Memorial Hospital on Tues
day, October II, at 3 p. m, at the
Student Nurses Home.
A cordial welcome is extended to
all new members. Remember this
is your auxiliary and we do hope
you will come out and participate
in this worthy organization.
Milford chronicle., 1949-10-07

Mrs. William Hugg gave Mrs.
Fred Reed of Milton a surprise
Saturday evening when the
nurses and former associates of
Mrs. Reed gathered at the home
of Mrs. Hugg and presented her
with a stork shower. About a
dozen friends were present for
the shower and the evening.
Milford chronicle., 1949-10-07
POcahOntas Notes

The month of September is over
and with it another successful one
for Ionic Council No. 13.
A very efficient committee served
us with delicious refreshments all
month; also gave a stOrk shower
for our POcahOntas Pauline Lord,
who is expecting a little papOOse.
She received many beautiful and
useful gifts for the little new one
to be.
On this Mondays sleep our tepee
was the scene of another beautiful
raising. Our Deputy POcahOntas
Nora Donovan assisted by Senior
Past Chief Edith Hall raised our
chiefs in a very pleasing manner.
There were twenty guests from
Magnolia and Georgetown as well
as 80 of our own members. OF this
number there were IA past deputies
who gave short talks.
The following chiefs were rails
ed for the next six months:
Prophess Pauline Lord; POcahOn.
tas, Pearl Webb; WenOna, Agnes
West; POwhattan, Marion Marion
Coverdale; keeper of records, Edit
R. Hall; c. of w, olivia Abbott; 4
of W., Emma Bennett; first scout
Ruth Mariner; second scout, Nor;
Jefferson; first warrior. Elizabetl
Short; second warrior, Jennie Clea
yer; third warrior. Serena Hayes
fourth warrior, Kathryn Wilker
son; first runner, Sara Walls; sec
Ond runner. Nina Webb, first cOun
, cilOr, Helen Wright; second cOun
eilOr, Elizabeth Ward; guard c
t tepee, Annie Prettyman; guard c
forest, Edith Niblett; pianist, Dol
othy Wilson.
I'm sure our new POcahOntas wi
/. have a very successful winter wit
2 all the members standing by he
{ 1OOgo.
On October 10, Sister DOnova
with her staff will travel to MAJ
nolia to raise the clrifs of SaguaC
= Council; on October II to Selbyvil
E to Agita Council: October IS
L Georgetown to AnOna Council; o
tober 20 to RehOboth to DelawanI
= Council. All members please T
= port to lodge hall Monday nigl
g October 10, at Z o'clock.
= Will be seeing you.
Milford chronicle., 1949-10-07
Hospital HOstesses

The Shawnee Home Demonstra-
tion Club is to have charge of max
ing I'D the Hostess Lists for the
month of October. Mrs. Viva Webb
is Chairman, and will be very glad
to have anyone who can serve as
hostess, call her at Milford 40S2.
Hostesses for this week era:
Saturday, Oct. 8-Mrs. Clarence
Calhoun; Sunday, Oct 9-Mrs. Tru-
lit Webb; Monday, Oct. 1O-Mrs.
Albert Peterman; Tuesday, Oct. II
Mrs. Stanley Hunter; Wednesday
Oct. 12-Mrs. Charles Grove
Thursday, Oct. 13-Mrs. Wilbur
Simpson; Friday, Oct. 14-Mrs
Frank Vibbert.
Milford chronicle., 1949-10-07
KOSCI-RUST

Miss Dorothy Jane KOsci announ-
ces the marriage of her mother,
Mrs. Stella KOsci, of this city, to
Mr.. Frank w. Rust, of Georgetown,
on Saturday, Oct. 1st, at 500 p. m.
The ceremony was perfOmed by
Rev. David w. Baker, pastor of Cal
vary Methodist Church. Their only
attendants were Mr.. and Mrs. Ho-
ban of Cedar Beach, sister and
brother-in-law of the bride.
Milford chronicle., 1949-10-07
HIGMAN

Helen M. Higman, age 73 years,
passed away in the Smyrna Home,
on Tuesday, October 5. She is sur
vived by one sister, Mrs. Allie
Gondie of Chicago, Ill. Funeral SER
vices were held on Thursday morn
ing, Oct. 9Th, in the st. Johns
Catholic Church, Milford, at nine
O'cloc in the morning. Interment
was made in Odd Fellows Gene
terry. Father Andrew ]. White
Officiated.
Milford chronicle., 1949-10-07
BOONE

Mrs. Bernice L. Boone of Freder-
lea passed away suddenly Friday,
September %, at the Milford Mem
Orial Hospital. She leaves to mourn
their loss her husband, Lawrence
]. Boone; a tiny baby girl, Bernice
Beverly; her mother, Mrs. Bessie
Martin; two brothers and one sis
ter, Joseph Martin, Milford; Ken
meth Martin, Viola, and Mrs. Helen
Minner of Harrington; two nieces
and one nephew, Leon and Mae Min
ner and Mary Ann Martin, several
relatives and a host of friends.
Milford chronicle., 1949-10-07
Joins Marines

William S. Morris, IS, of Bowers
Beach, was enlisted in the U. S.
Marine Corps for three years by
Sgt. Frank H. Garcia, recruiter,
Post Office Building, Wilmington
on Monday, Sept, 19. Morris will
go to Paris Island, S. c., for 10
weeks training.
Milford chronicle., 1949-10-07

7HE activities of the
h local club members
got under way on
Monday when the
Milford New Century
Club continues with it's fifty
first year. There are many
clubs in the state that meet
once a month, or bi-mOnthly,
but the local club has continued
to meet each week for all the
years and always on Monday
afternoons. The comment has
been made that the day is such
a busy one that the attendance
should be poor, but that COM
ment was made without reck-
oning with the loyalty Of the
members here. It is a good
time for diversion and even for
relaxation, not forgetting a
time to see and meet friends
for a social time. Those things
plus the knowledge that comes
from interesting speakers on
we'll planned programs gives a
we'll rounded afternoon enjoy
ed by the women. Monday will
be a good time to begin attend
ing.
Milford chronicle., 1949-10-07
BykOta Class

The Bykota Class of Calvary
Church will have their monthly
meeting at the home of Mrs. Jean
Kenton with Mrs. Kitty Morgan as
co-hOstess on Monday evening, Oc-
tOber 10, at 8 p. m.
There will be election Of officers
and also a food sale.
Milford chronicle., 1949-10-07
Mispah Circle

The Mispah Circle of the Pres5y-
terian Church will meet at the
home of Mrs. Mark UleTy, on We'd
nesday evening, Oct. IL. There will
be a White Elephant auction sale
after the meeting. Be sure to bring
a package.
Milford chronicle., 1949-10-07

The Captain JonOthan Cald-
we'll Chapter, D. A. R., will
have a field day tomorrow. The
members will gather at Canter-
bury at two and will be joined
by Mr.. and Mrs. James H.
Hughes of Dover who will con-
duct them to the farm of Cap
tain Caldwell and will relate
many of the interesting facts
about his life and the events of
his life, which they have
cleaned from records, hearsay
evidence and history. Most of
the members will attend.
Milford chronicle., 1949-10-07
Deaths Of the Week
CORDREY


John A. Cordrey, aged Sc years,
of Millsboro, died last Sunday in
the Pennsylvania Hospital, Phila-
delphia, where he had been a pa
tient slightly over one week. A
native Sussex COuntian, he was a
son of the late Job and Nancy Bak-
er COrdrey. Well known as one of
the largest brOiler raisers in Sus-
sex County, he had conducted
feed business at MillsbOrO for the
past q years. Mr. Cordrey was a
past president of the MillsboTo Lii
ons Club and the Millsboro Volun-
teer Fire Co., and was continually
active in civic affairs of Millsboro.
He was a member of the Jr. o. u
A. M. and a communicate of St.
Marks P. E. Church, MillsbOrO. He
was also a veteran of World War l.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Rachel
COrdrey; two sons, Jack and Rich
/ ard COrdrey, MillsbOrO; a brother
Clayton COrdrey and four sisters
Mrs. Jennie Moore, Mrs. Effie Law.
sons, Mrs. Nellie Thoroughbred an(
Mrs. Dollie Lawson, all of Mills
bOrO, and a half-brother, Edward
! COrdrey, also of MillsbOro. FuneTa
4 services were held at his late home
in MillsborO, on Wednesday after
noon, Oct. 5th, at 2 o'clock, will
the Rev. Glenn Walter, Rector o
st. Marks P. E. Church, MillsbOro
officiating. Interment Mechanic
Cemetery, MillsborO. Pail bearer
were DR.. w. Blaine Adkins, Will
liam Ayres, Jesse Jones, Paul God
. frey, Raymond Lingo, Harold Doh
son, Henry B. Mitchell and Waite
| Belts.
Milford chronicle., 1949-10-07

British Columbia, a boat trip
across Puget Sound and other
points of interest. The return
trip will be made also by the
northern route. The convention
will take place in Los Angeles.
The Mulhollands expect to re-
turn the first of November.
Milford chronicle., 1949-10-07
Engagement Announced

Mr.. and Mrs. William Raymond
Hill of Lewes, announce the en-
gagement of their daughter, Edna
Ellen, to Charles Lee Baker. son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Baker, Of Gum
bOro. No date has been set for the
wedding.
Milford chronicle., 1949-10-07

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles D. Alb
bott of Buffalo, N. Y, welcomed
a daughter in a hospital there
on Sunday, October 2. She has
been named Jane. This is the
fifth grand child of our Mr.. c.
D. Abbott.
Milford chronicle., 1949-10-07
WEDDINGS
McKNATT-PROPES

The marriage of Miss Frances
McKnatt, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Howard McKnatt, of Milford, and
Mr.. Ramon Propes, Jr., son OF MI.
and Mrs. Raymon PrOpes, Sr., OF
Smyrna, took place Saturday eve
ming at $3.50, September oath, at
Rev. Bakers home. Many of their
friends were there to wish them
happiness. The couple are now at
their home in Smyrna.
Milford chronicle., 1949-10-07

Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph ].
Pearce, Jr., are the proud par
ents of a daughter, born in the
Memorial Hospital on Satur-
day, October 1. She has been
named Kristen. Mrs. Pearce
was the former Miss Ellen
Kuhlmann of Oil City, Pa.
Milford chronicle., 1949-10-07

Mr. and Mrs. Harry MulhOl-
land will leave next Friday,
October IA, for California. They
will be included in an industry
special group of which Mr.. Null
holland is president, This group
attends conventions each year
and will be a part of the $4,000
who represent the dairy pro-
ducts industry. The special
train will be ten days going out
and the side trips will include