Milford chronicle., 1954-04-30
GEORGETOWN

The Area No. 8 Red Cross Cam
.paign for funds ended last week.
Total contributions for the area
were $3,02270. The areas quota was
S3,OOO.00.
IN the Georgetown area. with
Mayor Harvey b. Spicer, as Fund
chairman contributions totaled
Sz,O3I15; Milton-Samuel Shapiro.
chairman-S500.00 Stockley-solic-
tied by the Piney Grove Home Dem
onstration Club and Richard
Landes-$265.95; HarbesOn-Mrs.
Melvin Prettymau, chairman
$l64.10 and COOlspring, Mrs. Motley
Vaughan, chaiFman-S61 so.
Howard S. Abbott, chairman of
Area No. 8 +; Harvey B. Spicer, Fund
Raising chairman for the campaign
and Mrs. Nell r. Barr, Field Repre-
sentative have extended congrat-
ulatiOns and thanks to all who
aided in putting over the drive so
successfully, including workers and
contributors; Sussex Post No. 81
American Legion for the use of
the Log Cabin as headquarters for
the Radio Talent Show staged by
Station WJWL; the participants in
the show who contributed their
time: Truitt's Store, Rust's Market.
Markers Store, II. w. T. Purnell.
PFettyman's Bakery and soft drink
dealers all of whom contributed re-
freshments which were served to
performers on the radio talent show.
George i. Moore, of near George
town was painfully injured in an
accident on his farm, recently. He
is in the Beebe Hospital in Lewes,
suffering from a fractured rib and
punctured lung Mr.. Moore was
driving a tractor pulling a piece Of !
farm machinery when the tractor /
hit depression in the earth and /
a handle on the piece of machinery |
struck him in the back. /
A freak twister, early last Satur- |
day morning, struck a small sec
tion just east of Georgetown, and |
wrecked a television aerial at the I
home of Mr.. and Mrs Johnson King.
caused plaster on one wall to crack
and then sweeping across an ad-
jacent field picked up a chicken
house owned by Lloyd StOeckel and I
blew it apart. The roof of the build
ing, which had a capacity of about /
1000 chickens, was hurled intact,
out in the field and the remaining
boards scattered over the field. The
only thing left was the foundation
and two stoves.
Nh Ofhavs dor,,o orr, moe vr,v,ruF~E -, ]
this area, with the exception of
limbs torn from trees across from
the King residence. The violent
gust preceded the heavy rain on
Saturday morning. in this section.
The selection Of a girl to repre-
sent Georgetown in the Delmarva
Queen Contest of the Delmarva
Chicken Festival, will be held in
the local high school on May IA.
Selection of Miss Georgetown will
he made in conjunction with an
amatuer Talent Show sponsored by
the Georgetown Kiwanis Club,
which will also sponsor Miss
Georgetown.
The club is arranging for an
list of prizes for the
Beauty Contest and cash awards
will be made to winners in the
talent show. Edward Mar
sOa is chairman for the event and is
being assisted by the Public Affairs
committee of the Kiwanis Club. ]
Application blanks to enter the
Queen contest are available at the
limbo Restaurant. County Seat {
Luncheonnette and the Delmarva {
Chicken Festival headquarters in
he Delaware Power & Light Office
lr from Mr.. Marzoa at Station
NJWL.
Lester Coleman will act as emcee
or the Talent Show, which is ex-
lected to have godly number of {
oca1 entrants.
Harry S. Smith. of Georgetown !
las been elevated to the position [
If Sales Manager for Theodore
Burton & Co, and Burton Buick, !
n Georgetown, succeeding Andrew
3urk, who has been made general {
manager of the same company in {
Aillsboro. ]
Mr.. Smith has been with the :
company since 1949 in a selling and :
capacity. Prior to
the service of the Burton
Company he had been engaged in
insurance business for a. number
# years. He is a veteran of World
Var II serving from 1943 to 1916
md is past Commander of Sussex |
Post No. 8 American Legion. He
S active in affairs of Wesley MethO- :