Milford chronicle., 1951-01-12

Our Greatest Asset Frank Will
ment, Chr. March s Annaal Farm
ers Night Glenn Grain, chr.
March 13 official visit Of 1t. Gov
and Inter Club meeting George
Hilty, Jr., chr; March 20 st. Pat
rick (Fun Nightl Phil Taylor chr.
March "a Holy Week Rev. William
o. Hackett, chr; April 8 Armed
Forces John w. Pepper, chr. (:
April 10. The Place Of the Church
in our community Arthur Kapp
chr; April Ia ArboF Week James
Marvel, chr; April "a Canada
Week Avery Ellis, chr.
Rev. William o. Hackett, pastor
Of Wesley Methodist Church was
guest speaker at the Georgetown
MillsbOrO Rotary Club, IN Masonic
Temple, last week Nh. Hackett dis
cussed the proposed bill to form q
Family Court, of Delaware, which
will be presented at this session Of
the Legislature. He told Of the re-
cent meeting held in the local
school, where decision was made
to form a chapter Of the Family
Court Association, in Sussex Coun-
ty. Mr.. Hackett Is temporary chair
man Of the Chapter, which has pre-
pared digest Of the bill for pre-
sentation to various civic and other
organizations. Following his talk,
there was a period Of discussion
on the proposed bill.
Judge James B. Carey, was pro
gram chairman and introduced the
speaker. Other guests were Edward
McGinnes, of MillsbOro and Robert
A. Short Of Georgetown.
Mr.. and Mrs, Henry G. Graves, OF
East Market Street, in George
town have announced the engage
ment Of their daughter Virginia
Lee Graves to Harold B. Short, son
OF Mrs. Anna Short, Of Georgetown
and the late Mr.. Harold B. Short.
Miss Graves is a graduate of Ge-
orgetoWn High School and will
graduate from the school of Home
Economics at the University OF
Delaware, this coming June.
Mr.. Short also graduated from
the local school and is engaged IN
lSrming. He is the representative
Of She Eastern States Framers Ex-
change in the Georgetown area.
Mr. and Mrs. Lands e. Wilson
of Georgetown have announced the
engagement of their daughter Sus-
an Rebecca Wilson to Richard G.
Goeckeritz, son of Mr.. and Mrs
Carl Goeckeritz, also of GEORGE
town. Miss Wilson is aSdraduate OF
Smyrna High School and the sch
ool of Nursing of Memorial Hospit-
al, in Easton, Md. She is on the
nursing staff of Milford Memorial
Hospital at the present time. Mr.
GOeckeritz is a graduate of George
town High School and Goldey Col
lege in Wilmington and is at pre-
sent associated with the Vanity
Hosiery Co. in GEORGETOWN. The
wedding will take place this COM
ing spring.
announcement is made Of the
marriage Of Mrs. e. H. Wilson OF
near Georgetown and Mr.. Eugene
Lankford. Of near Seaford. The
wedding took place, Monday. jan
Jary 1st, at noon in the Georgetown
Methodist Circuit parsonage. Rev
ira Crum, pastor Of the George
town Circuit performed the cere-
mony. They were attended by the
brides son and daughter-in-Iaw,
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Wilson. Fol
lowing a wedding trip in Florida
the couple will reside near Re
lance, where the groom is engag-
ed in farming.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Megginson
will move next to their recently
constructed home in QuakertOwn
near LeWes. Their apartment on N
Bedford Street will be occupied bv
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Peterson and
family who will move here from
Dover. Mr.. Peterson is an engine
er with the Sussex Soil Conserva.
tion District.
Mrs. George E. Swain entertain
ed st a family dinner last week
Her guests were Mr.. and Mrs. Ro-
land G.. Messick and daughter
Sarah and Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Brereton and sons, of Milford: Mr.
and Mrs. George f. Swain. Jr.. OF
Wilmington; Miss Emma Swain OF
Milford; Mr.. and Mrs. Warren
Wheatley and daughter, Of Geor-
getown. Mr.. and Mrs. Swain. Jr.,
and Mrs. Warren Hahn, of Wilm-
lngton were weekend guests of
Mrs. Swain, Sr.
M. A. jones' Receiver of Taxes for
Sussex County and Mrs. Jones en-
tertained at dinner recently at
their home in Delmar. Guests in
cluded members of the office staff /.
Miss Beatrice Pollit and Mrs Mar
ian Hudson, of Georgetown: Mrs.
Emma Burn, Milford; Mrs. RoseI-
len Ralph and Mr.. and Mrs. John
GOrdy of Laurel, Mr.. and Mrs. viii
liam Marvel Srd, OF Delmar were
also guests.
Mr.. and Mrs. George A. LAYTON.
OF Valley Run Ranch, near George
town, entertained Mr.. and Mrs n
X. Wilson, of Marietta, Georgia.
over last weekend. Mr.. and Mrs
wilson are better known as "Sri-