Milford chronicle., 1957-03-01
Georgetown Church
Will Hold Annual
Antique Show

St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal
Parish, of Georgetown, Delaware,
will hold its Antiques Show of 1857,
on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thurs
day, March 18th, 18th and 14th,
next. at its Parish House on Pine
Street. The hours are from 1890
a. m to 500 D. IN. of Tuesday and
Wednesday, and from 1900 a. m.
to 400 p. m. of Thursday. Lunch
con will be served daily by the
ladies of the Parish, between 1900
noon and 200 p. m.
This is the fourth Annual An
tiques Show sponsored by st. Pauls
Parish. Lovers of fine old furni-
ture, furnishings and artcraft
throughout the Delmarva Peninsula
will recall with great pleasure ST.
Paul's Antiques Shows of the last
three years, as well as the warm
hospitality with which all visitors
to these outstanding shows have
been made welcome.
Adjacent to the Parish House is
st. Paul's Church. 1t is one of the
rarest and purest examples of re-
ligious architecture upon the Del
marva Peninsula Having been de-
signed by Stanford White, the
Architect, St. PauPs Church an
nually attracts many visitors and
lovers of fine Church architecture.
In this lovely setting at old st.
Paul's will be displayed antiques
of rare antiquity, beauty, charm
and dignity, as well as special ex-
hibits of fine old lamps, handmade
shades, braided rugs, ancient glass
ware and chinaware. There will
also be lovely displays of art-craft,
as well as exhibits by well-known
local artists.
Many of these fine pieces, dis
plays and exhibits to be presented
at this three-day show, are of his
torical significance to Delaware,
Maryland and southern Pennsyl-
vania, a section of our land which
has always been a rich and fertile
field for collectors and art lovers.
To date, IA exhibitors have re-
served space for their exhibits at
this Antiques Show of 1867. They
include, Stacy Stokes Almond, of
Rehoboth Beach, Delaware; C. L.
Belote Antiques, of Onancock, Vir-
ginia; Maude Brewington, of 500
Isabella Street, Salisbury, Mary
land Alexanderia Daughty, OF
Laurel, Delaware; Farm Bell An
tiques, of 1911 West Chester Pike,
West Chester, Pennsylvania; Ye
Lamplighters, of Seaford, Della
ware; Oneta LeCompte, hof Cam
bridge, Maryland; Joseph Mateyka,
of Seaford, Delaware; Margaret
Pillsbury, of 1908 Camden Avenue,
Salisbury, Maryland; Homer Rus
sum, of Chestertown, Maryland; !;
Mr.. and Mrs Earl SchOmmer, of
673O Ridge Avenue. Roxborough
Pennsylvania; Augu st a Heyer
Smith, of 12S North Franklin
Street, Wilkes-B Barre, Pennsylvan-
ia; and Bertha Welch, of Cannon,
Delaware.
1t will also be of great interest
to art lovers that the following
artists of Sussex County will dis
/ play IHelT WOThS at tillS AHLlQu ues
Show: Miss Laura Cole, Mrs. Ma
thaniel Evans, Miss Margaret E.
Kirkpatrick, Mr.. Jack Lewis, Mr.
E. Gould MacIntire, Mr.. Howard
Schroeder, Mrs. Townsend Tubbs
and Mr. Fred Vogel.
The General Chairmen in charge
of bringing this outstanding An
tiques Show to the friends of st.
Pauls Church and lovers of fine
/ furniture, furnishings, art and art
craft, are Mrs. Theodore Burton,
III, Mrs. James B. Carey, Mrs. John
w. t. Purnell, and Mrs. Glenwood
NJ. VanValkenburgh. Mrs. Herman
Lockwood is the SecretarS-Trea-
surer. Luncheon viii be in charge
of Mrs. Wilson Boyer. Mrs. George
Keen has charge of tickets and Mrs.
Lindale G. Fisher and Mrs. Thayer
Royal are in charge of Admissions.
Messrs. Edward Marzoa, Kenneth
Holson and Houston Wilson are
co-chairmen of Publicity and the
Programs are being prepared un-
der the auspices of the Rector,
Wardens and Vestry.