Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1954-01-29
By Mrs.
Ella N. CarmIne

Bruce Hendrickson, music in
structOr in the Delmar (Delaware)
School, spent the weekend in
Washington, D. C.
Sergeant George Hancock, who
has been serving with the u. S..
Army in Japan, is spending a fur
Tough with his wife here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Tappan are
spending the remainder of the win
ter in st. Cloud, Florida.
Mrs. E. A. Curdy, Mrs. Otis Brit
tingham, and Walter Figgs are pa
tients in the Peninsula General
Hospital in Salisbury.
Flight Engineer F. R. Whitley,
who is stationed at Donaldson Air
Base, S. c., has been promoted to
STAFF sergeant.
Mrs. Newell Johnson entertained
the following girls at a buffet sup
per and canasta on Thursday eve
ming of last week in honor of the
18th birthday of their daughter,
Nancy Johnson, Doris Figgs, Ra-
chael Pruitt, Eileen Wiltbank, Jo-
anne Birmingham and Arlene
Hitch.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vaughn Lockerman
and daughters were weekend
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Rider
in Wilmington.
Dorothy Culver has been elected
by her classmates at the Delmar
High School, along with the facul-
ty to represent the school in the
Good Citizenship contest sponsor
ed annually by the NS-DAR. She
will compete with other senior
class girls of Delaware for the state
award of a $500 government bond.
The Delmar Home Demonstration
Club met recently at the home of
Mrs. Frances ArbOgast with IS
members present. The following
new chairmen were appointed:
Mrs. Karl Stahre. citizenship; Mrs.
Sallie Baker, civil defense; Mrs.
Hannah White, recreation.
Mrs. Jack Sheldon gave a basic
demonstration of making slip coy
ers, a choice of materials aud trim
mings. She also showed how to cut
and fit suitable materials. Mrs.
Rose Baker will be hostess to the
club on February 16, at 1870 p. m. |
The Elite Laundry of Delmar
has added to it's business a com
plete and modern shoe repair SER
vice. They have purchased the
Laurel Shoe Repair Shop from
Raymond COverdale, who will still
the shop. The plant has
been moved to Central and Front !
streets, in Laurel.
A study group has been formed /
at All Saints Episcopal Church
here, which meets on Sunday at |
$3.50 p. m. in the parish home. It
has chosen for this period Of study
The Faith of the Church," Mrs. |
Harrison Jones, secretary of edu-
cation OF the WOman's Auxiliary is
supervising the study.
Richard E, Cullen has been ap-
pointed attorney to the commits
iiOneTs of Delmar. Md. Cullen
succeeds Robert Dallas who has
leen attorney for the town since
1885. A member of the commits
sion stated that Mr.. Cullen was
named to succeed Mr.. Dallis only
because he was a taxpayer, and in .
all fairness should be given the !
towns legal business. Mr.. Cullen
is married and has one son. They |
live on East street, Delmar.
The following new officers of |
the Delmar KiWanis Club were in |
stalled during a recent dinner /
by Robert LOckerman, a
past president: Cleveland Hilder-
brand, president; Luther Mitchell, |
vice president, and Bonnie WOOt- |
ten, treasurer. The board of direc-
tors are Herman Elzey, Ernest
Rev. Charles Branford, /
E. B. Daugherty, E. Grant Perry,
Will Truitt and Frank Bonsall.
The Ambulance Club, operated |
by the Delmar Fire Department, /
has launched the ambulance fund |
drive for new members.
The membership fee is $500 a
year for the entire family. This |
free ambulance service to