Milford chronicle., 1957-09-06
GEORGETOWN
Mrs. Constance Brown
Phone: Georgetown 1880


st. Michael the ArchangePs Cath.
Ollie Church has purchased the home
of John E. Wordell, Jr., on Edward
St, near the church, to be useC
as rectory.
Papers were signed YESTERDAY
"wednesday noon in the office OF
Attorney Arthur Dean Belts.
The Rev. Leo F. Montgomery, re.
Gently appointed pastor of the
church, will take up residence in
the brick, six-room house con.
structed three years ago, within
the next few weeks.
Father Montgomery, who is also
pastor at Bethany Beach, has beer
llVlng since his appointment at the
rectory of st. Edmond's Catholic
Church, RehOboth Beach.
He was assigned to Georgetown
when a separate parish was estab-
llshed here. The parish has now
been incorporated with it's OWL
trustees, including Capt. George P
i1dwell, commander of Georgetown
Troop 4, Delaware State Police and
Patrick Ryan as lay trustees.
Previously, the local church was
under the Jurisdiction of st. Ed
mond's in Rehoboth Beach, with
the Rev. Francis ]. Desmond. pas
tor, and the Rev. Paul B. ]. Fink
assistant pastor.
st. Michaels Church was dedi-
Gated December 2, 1856, and repre-
sented the elimination of 20 years
effort on the part of Catholics in
the immediate area to establish
their own church here.
Two of GeOrgetown's service
clubs closed their relaxed summer
schedules with picnics Tuesday
evening and will get down again to
serious business at the September
meetings.
The Lions Club and their wives
enjoyed steaks, hot dogs and the
like at Coin Road, south of Reho-
both and the Kiwanis Club had
dinner at the Ocean House, Lewes,
followed by boat ride and such
activities as horseshoe pitching.
The Kiwanis Club will meet once
more at Grace Church Hall, next
Tuesday evening, and the Lions
Club will hold it's regular meeting
Sept. 10 at Midland Grange Hall.
Both clubs have held no formal
meetings during August.
The Georgetown -Millsboro Ro-
tary Club will end it's summer sea
son with an outing at the cottage of
Jesse Jones on Sept 10 and will
move back to winter quarters at
Masonic Temple, Sept. II. They
have been meeting during the
summer at the Indian River Yacht
Club.
Edward w. Parsons, North Bed
ford ST., brought in a four-foot,
24A pound dolphin south of the
Indian River Inlet last Tuesday.
He used a II pound test monofila-
ment on spinning gear with Japan
ese feather with No. hook. This is
believed to be a record dolphin for
the line used
Parsons fished from the yacht
Florence of which Capt. Ted S.
Russell, Harrisburg, Pa, is skipper,
on his day off from the dupont
plant at Seaford.
He hooked in about 10:30 a. M,
and the dolphin was brought a.
board at '2:40, making. two hours
and ten minutes fighting time.
Four others in the party hooked
dolphin that day but none Of the
others were landed Parsons
brought the fish in entirely by
himself except for the gaff.
Ralph L. Swain, Sussex County
comptroller, explained the county
tax structure to members of the
Georgetown-Millsboro Rotary Club
at their dinner meeting at the In
dian River Yacht Club recently.
He told of the tax rate, the new
reaSSeSSmeEt of county property
and how the money was spent.
Francis Richardson was chair
man of the program for the evening
and introduced Mr. Swain.
Visitors were Frank Oliphant,
Laurel, and George S. Williams,
MillsbOro.
Gerhard GlOckZin, exchange tea
cher from Germany, who will be on
the staff of the Georgetown High
School for year, said that when
he left Germany earlier this month,
crops in that land were suffering
from too much rain and that it was
unseasOnably chilly and wet.
1T made quite a contrast, he
remarked, coming to Georgetown
in the heart of the county most dam
lged by lack of rain
Mr. Glockzin said that so far as
he could find out there is no other
exchange teacher in all Delaware
and apparently no group of Ger
mans to bid him welcome.
He is living on S. Bedford ST.,
extended, at the home of Joseph
Stoeckel and is next door neighbor
to Phillip Taylor. instrumental mu-
sic teacher at the school.
Mr.. GlOckzin had to come without
his wife and two children, who are