Milford chronicle., 1957-04-05
St. Ellendale. Delaware.

St, Glendale, Delaware.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Jester of
Milton were guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Clarence Abbott, Jr. and family
Saturday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Rogers, Jr.,
of Wilmingto Delaware and son,
David, were guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
c. E. Abbott, Sr., last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward B. Cralle
of fredericksburg, Maryland, and Mr..
and Mrs. Harvey Wilson of Ellen
dale were Saturday evening guests
of Mrs. j. NJ. Dickerson of Bridge
vile. Delaware.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. Cooper of Sails
bury, Maryland, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Chas. Kolhenburg and family of
Maryland, were recent guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Donovan.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. John Lindall
were guests of their daughter and
son -in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. julius
Gorlich, Jr. and family of George
town, Delaware, on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Metschl
visited friends Sunday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Spicer had
delightful motor trip to New Jer-
sey during the weekend where they
visited relatives and friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Everett Deputy of
Milford delightfully."- entertained to
2 o'clock family dinner party
Sunday afternoon. The enjoyable
occasion was in observance of the
birthday anniversary of their
daughter, Margaret Deputy Me-
Cellen, of FOLSOM, Pa. Guests who
comprised the party were, Mr.. and
Mrs. Harvey Wilson, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles R. Wilson, Jr. and family
of Glendale, Mrs. ]. M Dickerson
of Bridgeville, Mr.. and Mrs. Alden
Wilson and son and Mr.. and Mrs
Eugene Parker and daughter, Joyce
of Lincoln. A lovely collection of
miscellaneous gifts was received
by Mrs. McCellen.
The next Shooting Match spon-
sored by the Appel-Tucker VFW
No. 9244 will be held April 9Th, 1857
at one o'clock at Rt. 113 north of
| Glendale, Delaware. Prizes will
include turkeys, hams, geese, ducks.
and chickens There will be both
| trap and spec shooting. Every effort
will be made to group men together
in their respective classification,
thus affording each shooter an
equal opportunity to win a prize.
Current 1857 season as follows:
II, John Davis, Selbyville, Del, 80
per cent; 2. Case Coud, Price, Md,
| rs per cent; 8. Dick Hollis, Milford,
Del, rs per cent; 4. Leon Pleasan-
ton, Rising Sun, Del, rs per cent;
5. Franklin Belts, Milton, Del, IA
per cent; 6. Reese Swain, George
town, Del, 72 per cent; 7. Roscoe
Mitchell, Milford, Del, 72 per cent;
s. James A. Ward, Milford, Del,
68 per cent? 8. Richard Morris,
Rehoboth, Del, 65 per cent; 10.
Woodrow Morgan, Lincoln, Del, 65
per cent; II. Paul Smith, Lincoln,
Del, 65 per cent. These scores were
made on an exceedingly fast trap
throwing sharp angles and prob
ably undertakes the above shooters
few percentage points.
The Ellendale Demonstration
Club met at the home of Mrs. Harry
IC. Donovan at Chestnut Knoll
Acres, Milford, Delaware, with
Mrs. James Hyler co-hostess, on
Tuesday evening March 26, 1857.
Mrs. Harvey NJ. Wilson, presi-
| club singing America the Beau
tiful", followed by the Club prayer,
Homemakers Greed and pledge of
Allegiance. Miss May Thayer chap
IL lin, read the 46th Psalm. Sixteen
members answered roll call. The
minutes were read and stood ap-
proved Reports were given by regu-
lar and special committees. Plans
were made for a display in Humes
Hardware Store, Milford, Delaware,
for National Home Demonstration
Week. Anyone having some article
to display see Mrs. Harvey Wilson.
Let us have a good display this
year. Plans were also started for
a covered dish luncheon for the
May meeting. That completed the
regular business. The meeting was
| turned over to the leaders, Mrs
George Metschl and Mrs. Dias
Spicer for the demonstration, on
Perennial Flowers. Their demon
stration was very interesting. They
stressed the fact that one should
not try too large a garden as a
smaller garden well planned was
much better. Use tall flowers as
background and give care in Sc
lection of flowers in foreground,
and flowers planted in curved lines
for best effect
Mrs. Donovan and Mrs. Hyler
served delicious brick ice cream,
cakes, candies and nuts.
The guests were then shown the
new home of Mrs. Donovan.