Milford chronicle., 1955-06-17
Rebekahs Gather
At Georgetown

Nearly 200 Odd Fellows and Re-
bekahs from all over Delaware
gathered III Grace. Church Hall, at
Georgetown, Tuesday evening for
a banquet in honor of the 25th an
niversary of Mary Rebekah Lodge
of Georgetown.
Present were Mrs. Florence Stew
ems of Rehoboth, president of the
Rebekah Assembly of Delaware
and James Warren of Smyrna,
Grand Master of Odd Fellows of
the State of Delaware; Mrs. Ida
COlburn of Wilmington, who was
state president when Mary Rebekah
Lodge was founded and is known
as the mother" of the local lodge
and Henry Ennis of Smyrna,
known as the father" of the lodge.
Charter members were honored
and a service was conducted in
memory of the deceased members.
Mrs. Helen NJ Wilkins, Noble
Grand, presided 1T the banquet and
introduced Thomas R. Purnell, who
was POSTMASTER. He is past Grand
Master of the State of Delaware.
Invocation was by Mrs. Hazel
Tingle, Mary Rebekah chaplain, and
the benediction was by the Rev.
lillian o. Hackett, pastor of Wes-
ley Methodist Church, Georgetown,
who is state chaplain.
Dinner music was by Eddie Drew
of Bridgeville and Mrs. Evelyn
West was in charge of entertain
ment.
Flowers were the gift of William
e. Pusey in memory of his wife,
Florence, a former Noble Grand.
General committee for the ami
versary banquet was Mrs. Olive
Adams, Mrs. Violet West and Mrs.
Sallie Scott.
Ticket committee was Mrs. Elisa
beth Swain. Mrs. Ida Kapp and
Miss Marjorie Sammons; decora-
tion committee was Mrs. Hazel
Miss Sammons; entertainment COM
mittee consisted of Mrs. Mary Cath
crime Hudson, Mrs. Dorothy Shedak-
er and Mrs. Maryann Pepper.
Hostesses were Mrs. Elisabeth
Swain, Mrs. Rattle Jester, Mrs. AL
mira Lewis, Miss Clara Ss.mmons,
Mrs. Olive Adams, Mrs. Hazel Tin
gle and Mrs. Mary Catherine Hud-
son.
Mary Liz Travis sang "The
Lords Prayer" when it came time
to honor the deceased members. !
She was accompanied by Mrs Ralph |
S. Baker.
Mr.. Purnell read the list as fol-
No. L
Pusey, Mary Dolby, Matte Rogers.
Bessie Hudson Hobbs, Cyrus Hat
field, Evelyn Conaway, Everett Con-
away, Florence Rust, Lloyd Short, |
Crawford Bailey, Katherine P.4
Hanks.
The program in charge of Mrs |
West included a fast tap routine |
by Miss Sandy Pepper: "This Ole |
House" by Cheryl and Bob wilkins; |
Miss Elaine Dickerson in her ver-
sion of Mobile" which won her the |
talent contest; Floyd |
Mcgee; Eddie Drew with an organ |
solo: Miss Gayl West and Turk |
Lewis in Her Baby Bumble-Bee"; |
Grant Lewis in his version of
Melody of Love-; Mrs. Evelyn !
West at the piano in her arrange |
ment of "a Shanty in Ole Shanty |
Town: tap routine by Turk Lewis.
A corsage was presented to Mrs. /
Colburn, mother of the lodge,
and buttoniere to Mr.. Ennis. 't2- !
ther Of the lodge"
The color scheme of decorations
was pink and green, colors of the
lodge.
Charter members were: Mrs.
Edith Swain, Mrs. Anna Merz, Mrs.
Louise Hudson Owens, Mrs. Helen
Pittard McIlvaine, Mrs. Margaret
Short, Mrs. Mildred Rust Macklin,
Mrs. Rebecca Townsend, Mrs. Grace
wilkins, Mrs. Betty Kitchens, Mrs.
Olive B. Holson, Mrs. Sarah E.
Faucet, Mrs. Dolly Stoeckel, Mrs.
Mary Bailey, Miss Clara Sammons,
Mrs. Margaret Ayres, Mrs. Nellie
5. Faucet, w. r. Faucet, w. Vir-
den Macklin, ]. Cordrey McGee.
Charles Short. Mrs. Mary J. Short,
Mrs. Sallie Wilson, Mrs. Elsie Short,
Mrs. Minnie Kitchens. Mrs. Oleta
Smith. Mrs. Bertha Ableman. Miss
Helen Macklin, Mrs. Olive ]. Town
send, Mrs. Louise H. Baer, Mrs.
Harvev r Wilson RalDb T. Swain |