Milford chronicle., 1959-05-29
GEORGETOWN
Mrs. Constance Brown
Phone: Georgetown 1880


The Bible School will begin at
ZOar Church, of the Georgetown
Methodist Circuit, on June and
continue for two weeks. The hours
each day will be from a. m. to
11:30 a. m.
Louise David DOrey and Gather
inc Carlisle will be deans of the
school and the refreshment COM
mittee will consist of Mildred
Pettyjohn and Ethel Davis.
The teachers and classes will be
as follows: 10 Ann Carmean and
Mary Catherine Carlisle, nursery;
Virginia Carmean and Marian Bur-
ton, beginners; Madelyn Dorey,
Darline Dorey and Joan Davis,
primary; Catherine Luzier and
Betty Hudson.
The congregation of Wesley
Methodist Church gave surprise
reception for their pastor and his
wife, the Rev. and Mrs. Elmer
Shield, following the morning wor-
ship service Sunday. Mr.. Shield,
was returned for another year at
the annual Methodist conference.
Harry s. Smith, chairman of the
pastoral relations committee, gave
the invocation. Mrs. Mildred Min
ner, chairman for local church ac-
tivities, was chairman, assisted by
Mrs. Wilbur M. Mumford, president
of WSCS, Wallace P. Townsend,
president of the Mems Fellowship
and others. Mrs. Mumford and Mrs.
Alden Townsend poured.
Delegates at large from Sussex
Unit, No. 8, American Legion Aux
iliary, to the state convention in
Seaford June 13 and IA will be Mrs.
Charles Hill, Mrs. William Lamb
den, Mrs. Elwood Short and Mrs.
William ]. Hickman, Jr.
Mrs. Ralph II. Lyons is the cleo
ted delegate with Mrs. Granville
Tingle as alternate.
Poppies will be sold during the
week by both the Senior and jun
ior members under the chairman
ship of Mrs. William j. Hickman,
Jr.
At the last meeting of the season
Tuesday evening, Mrs. Granville
Tingle, new president, presided.
Mrs. Elwood Short, Mrs. Charles
Hill, Mrs. William Hickman and
Mrs. Ralph Lyons reported on a
bingo party at which they will be
hostesses at Brack Ex Hospital in
July.
It was reported also that the
Legion and auxiliary attended
Wesley Methodist Church in a
body Sunday morning in obser-
vance of Memorial Day.
A formal ceremony of mortgage
burning was held at the IL a. m.
service of Grace Methodist Church
on Sunday, and the pastor, the
Rev. DR.. Thomas G.. Mulligan,
preached his fortieth anniversary
sermon.
The mortgage burned was for the
modern education building and So
cial hall. Much of the work when
the building was constructed six
yeras ago was done by the men of
the church. While the building is
valued at more than 100000 the
AALOA I6d5O w do OlI1y LII POO,OOO.
DR.. Mulligan put the match to
the mortgage, Mrs. Loretta Thomas
Warrington, newest member of the
church who was taken into MEM
bership earlier in the service, es-
corted Earl K Eshelman, treasur-
er of the church, to the altar.
There Mr.. Eshelman handed over
the paid in full" paper to Henry
G. Graves, chairman of the board
of trutees of the church, who in
turn handed it to DIR. Mulligan Mr..
Graves was escorted to the altar by
Mrs. Clara Holson. Oldest active
member of the church.
John G. Lynn, legislative direc-
tor of the American Farm Bureau,
in Washington, d. c., will be
speaker at the annual reunion ban
.quet of the Georgetown High
School Alumni Association to be
held in the school cafeteria Fri
day at 6 p. m.
James H. Baxter, Jr., president,
will preside. Newal S. Isaacs, of
the class of 1927, will present the
address of welcome to the class Of
1859.
H. James Conoway, class of 1910,
will be POSTMASTER and Freeman
Hudson, class of 1941, will call the
roll of classes.
Dancing will follow the banquet.