Milford chronicle., 1953-04-03
GEORGETOWN

the Sussex County Business and
professional WOmen's. Club. in Z
business meeting held at the home
Of Miss Mae GOrdy, planned foy 3
covered dish supper and named
delegates and alternates to attend
the State Convention which will be
heid in Laurel, May %, zS and "a
The covered dish supper, an an
nual affair, will be held at the
home of Mrs. Edith Riley. ON West
Pine Street, Georgetown, on the
evening Of April Sth. The commit
tee in charge of ARRANGEMENTS.
named by Mrs. Myrtle Emory,
president, comprises Mrs. Ilottie
Warrington, Miss Mae Gordy and
Mrs. Pauline Mustard. The program
will be in charge of Mrs. Della
Mas, Public Affairs chairman.
Delegates chosen to represent
the club in the annual convention
are Mrs. Emory, Miss Clara Sam
mons, Miss Grace Sharp and Mrs.
Madeline Trammell. The alternates
are Mrs. Warrington, Miss Gordy.
Mrs. Mustard and Mrs. Aleine
Short.
Mrs. Helen J. Renfrow, secre-
tary to the Republican County
chairman, was voted in as a new
member Of the Sussex BPWC.
An invitation to attend the
Charter Night Banquet of the new
~ organized BridgeviIle BPWC on
March 81 at 6:3O, was read. There
will be a number of members from
the Sussex BPWC to attend the
affair which will be held in st.
Mary's Parish House, in Bridgeville.
Young men of Sussex County
leaving the Georgetown ArmOry for
induction into the Armed Forces
are sent on their way with a cheer
ful "GOd-speed". For more than
two years, the GideOns Of Selby-
vile, led by G. Wesley COdding-
ton, have been on hand at the early
morning hour, presenting Bibles to
the boys before their leave-taking.
Two years ago, when DR.. Thomas
G. Mulligan came to Grace Metho-
dist Church, in Georgetown. he inn
mediately carried out the plan of
seeing the boys off,, which he had
initiated in Cambridge, Md, during
World War II. The w. S. G. s. of
Grace Church, here, supplies funds
for coffee and dOughnuts to be serv-
ed to the boys and the Mems Bible
Class Of the Church has supplied
religious books which have been
presented to the boys entering the
Army or Navy. During the two
years, Mrs. Emma Short and Mrs.
Margaret Short have been on hand
to serve the refreshments and DR..
Mulligan to present the books.
Doughnuts have been made by Mrs.
Clara HOlsOn and also Prettyman's
Bakery, and donated for use.
Last week Wesley Methodist
Church Joined in the plan and Mrs.
J. Ralph Carey and Mrs. Wilbur
Mumford Of the Wesley Church
w. S. G. S. served refreshments
to the boys and Rev. William o. |
Hackett was on hand to see that |
the literature was given to each |
one. Other churches have signifed 1
their desire to aid in carrying out
the plan and after a consultation
with Major William Stevenson and
others, DR.. Mulligan has agreed to
act as chairman to arrange the
schedule for churches which de-
sire to participate.
The clerks IL the local Selective
Service Board, Mrs. Pauline d.
Reed and Mrs. Beatrice Spangler
have praised the fidelity with which .
thes plan has been carried out dur
ing the past two years or more and /
told of expressions of appreciation |
from the boys" and their parents.
Since the ipductees are from all
sections of the county church
groups and organizations from
other towns are welcomed to par
ticipate in the program and may
arrange dates through DR.. Multi |
gan.
Justice James M. TunnelI, Jr.,
Sussex District Chairman for the
Boy Scouts Of America has an
nOuneed the date for the annual
dinner meeting Of the Sussex Dis
trict. 1t will be held in Jones
Memorial Hall, Tuesday evening.
April 7th, beginning at 6:45 o.
clock.
Rev. William o. Hackett. pastor
of Wesley Methodist Church, in
Georgetown, who has been appoint |
ed as District Dinner chairman. |
states the dinner is the annual
get-tO-gether of ScOutmasters, Cub
Masters. their assistants, parents
and others interested in Scouting.
During the evening officers for the |
Sussex District will be elected for
the coming term.
A feature of the program will be !
the awarding of the Scoutmaster's
Key to outstanding leaders. The |
presentation of the Key will be
made by A. Wayne Burton, District
Leadership chairman. The awarding
of the Order of Merit to Scouts |
who have shown outstanding lead |
ership in the field of Scouting, will !
be made by Joseph Lingo, District !
Activities and Campaign chairman.
The speaker for the evening will /
be Ernest V. Keith, of Dover, an
attorney and former Judge of the
Juvenile Court of Kent and Sussex
Counties.
Service organizations in the
county are being urged to join with |
the Scouts for the affair, since
many Of the Scout Troops are spon- |