Milford chronicle., 1954-02-26
FRANKFORT
By @. g. Croker
Phone Rodney 4s1s

Mr.. and Mrs. Preston L. Williams
motOred to Wilmington last Thurs
day morning and attended the Col
dey- Beacon College exercises at
which their son, Preston L. Will
liams, Jr., was graduated with hon
ors from the School of Business
Administration. Good work, pep"
Mrs. Margaret Heath was hostess
to the Ladies' Auxiliary Society of
the Presbyterian Church on Tues
day afternoon at her home on Main
street. The president, Mrs. Francis
NJ. Gum, 3rd, conducted the meet
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mark Rogers and
children, Patsy and Joni, have re-
turned home from Marietta, GeOr-
gia, where they visited Mr.. Rogers
mother, who was hOspitalized.
Miss Bette Lou Tingle spent the
weekend at home with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Elias H. Tingle.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Townsend
had with them over the past week
end their son-in-law and daughter,
Mr.. and Mrs. John w. Evans Of
Philadelphia.
Last rites were held on Sunday
for Bruce Edward and Dennis Al
bert Dukes, infant sons Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Alfred Howard Dukes of
FrankfOrd. The babes we're two of
the triplets born prematurely in the
Beebe Hospital at Lewes about mid
night Tuesday, February 16. Wayne
Alfred, smallest of the trio, is hold
ing his own as an incubator baby.
The young parents and their par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry r. Dukes
of FrankfOrd and Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
ward Dunn of Selbyville, appreci-
ate the sympathy and understand
ing shown them by the Rev. Frank
o. Baynard and the Watson-Gray
funeral director, who took over the
sad duties
Mrs. Edward Dennis Of Willards,
Md, is spending the week at the
home Of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Hopper and family on Thatcher
street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ward w. Dasey,
Jr., are rejoicing over the birth of
a son, Ward w. Dasey, 3rd, who ar
rived recently at their home in
Haddon Heights, N. ]. The little
fellow has two big sisters, Janet
and Nancy. Their paternal grand
parents are Captain and Mrs. Ward
w. Dasey. of Frankford, currently
winteriRg in Saint Petersburg,
Florida.
One day last week, Mr.. and Mrs.
William S. Long, Jr., and children,
Sandy and Bill, went to Haddon
Heights, N. j., to inspect the new
Dasey cousin. .TwO-year-Old Bill
says: Hes not very big-but I
'spect he'll grow"
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles TOomey
celebrated somebody's birthday on
Sunday. Yep. Believe it or not, !
Chaps" 3Oi
Mrs. George E. Marvel and |
daughters, Judy and Connie, were /
weekend guests of Mrs. MarvePs |
mother, Mrs. Fannie Bennett at |
Md.
On Sunday, Mr.. and Mrs. Richard
Taylor and son Michael of Sails
bury visited Fire Chief and Mrs.
George E. Marvel at their home on
Knox street. ~- -e .... II
On Monday, Postmaster c. A.
BOOthe attended a meeting in Will
mington of the Delaware Postmas-
ter's Association. He is a past /
president of that body.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifton I. Long an !
nOunce the marriage of their |
daughter, Miss Ruth Ann Long and |
Franklin Robbins. The wedding |
took place at the parsonage in Ber- |
lin, Md, on Thursday, February IS. |
Rev. E. L. Bennett officiated. After |
a brief wedding trip south, the |
newly-weds returned to Frankford. |
Two Of our local young bride !
grOOms, Lee DOrey and Franklin |
Robbins reported on Tuesday, Feb |
ruary %, for training in the U. S. !
Army.
The Rev. and Mrs. Frank o. Bay |
nard and sons visited Mrs. Bay |
nard's mother, Mrs. Nellie Rutter |
in Wilmington one day last week.
Overnight guests of the Rev. and
Mrs. Frank o. Baynard at the par
sonage last Friday were Mr.. and /
Mrs. George Yost and children from |
Wilmington.
The Rev. Clarence Hoffman of !
Elsmere conducted the Sunday
worship services in the |
Ocean View and FrankfOrd Presby- |
terian Churches.
Weekend guests of the Rev. and |
Mrs. Frank 0. Baynard and family |
at the Methodist parsonage at Clay !
ton avenue were the Rev. and Mrs. |
James FOrman and their respective /
mothers, Mrs. James FOrman, Sr., |
and Mrs. Thomas Gilmore, all from |
Pomona, Md The Rev. Mr.. Forman
was the guest speaker in the local |
Methodist Church on Sunday even
ing.
The regular monthly meeting of |
the Frankford Chamber of Com |
merce was held at 1880 p. m. on
Monday in the local fire house.
Austin J. McCabe was a dinner
guest last Tuesday, February Is, at
the home of his brother, Mr.. and /
Mrs. Edward L. McCabe, in Selby-
vile. On Friday, he was a visitor |