Milford chronicle., 1959-12-18
GEORGETOWN
Mrs. Constance Brown
Phone: Georgetown $3.50

Georgetown organizations are
knee-deep in Christmas activities.
The Lions Club has opened its
sale of Christmas trees on the va
cant lot next to the Diamond State
Telephone Co, office on Market St.,
and at two service stations.
NewaI s. Isaacs, general chair
man for the sale, has announced
that the success of the sale in other
wears encouraged the club to pro-
vide 1000 trees this year, many
more than has ever been sold here.
James w. Mifflin, president Of
the club, and most of the active
members are at work on the pro-
ject.
Proceeds will be divided equally
between the Little League and the
high school band uniform fund.
Members of the Lions Club will
also meet at the Armory on Dec
ember 21 to fill Christmas baskets
for the needy.
The Young Adults Glass Of Grace
Methodist Church is among the
groups who are repairing old toys
for distribution. The Boy Scouts OF
Troop 105 are collecting the toys.
Most of the organizations of the
town are sponsoring a resident at
The Hospital for the Mentally Re-
tarded at Stockley and gifts for this
project are being brought to
meetings for later distribution.
At the Sussex Correctional In
stitution. where there is always a
large tree and outdoor lighting,
residents are now at work on ex-
ceptionally effective wreaths. They
collect the material-holly, run
ming cedar and crows foot" them
selves and make the wreaths for
every window in the prison.
A few are particularly clever at
the wreath-making and Warden
Thurman Rogers has given them
permission to sell extra ones that
they make, the money to go to their
own personal accounts.
The Sussex County Democratic
Women's Club, catching the spirit
of Christmas, held a party in con-
junction with its regular business
meeting last Friday evening at the
home of Mrs. John Elliott in
Georgetown.
Mrs. Mabel Lambden, club presi-
dent, presided. Those present stuff
fed themselves with the delicious
refreshments served. They also
planned for the 1860 political cam
paign.
Glenn Grain. Georgetown, played
the role of Santa Claus and distri-
buted gifts to the members present.
The January meeting will be held
in the First Representative Dis
trict, at the home of Mrs. Louise
Love, Milford, the date to be an
nounced later
Judge James B. Carey has grant
ed the following DEGREES nisi in
Sussex County divorce cases:
Lettie Blanche Bauer ". Albert
Frederick Bauer; Fredonia M.
Whited v. Roy L. Whited; Harriet
It. Clausen v. Harry w. Clausen; /;
Wallace William Reumann v. Tom
ike Yazama Reumann; Patricia
Diane Dean V. Nathaniel John
Dean; Marion B. Vitale v. Tony A.
Vitale; Winifred H. Webb v. Will
lam Isaac Webb; James Henry
Boyer v. Bernice Josephine Martin
Boyer; Jean r. Stevens v. William
A. Stephens; Spencer t. j. Foreman
v. Emma Mae Foreman; Donald G.
Rust v. Dorothy L. Rust.
The Milton Lions Club held its
annual district governors night
and Christmas party Monday night
at Goshen Hall. Fred Sposato, Club
president, presided.
In attendance were District Gov
ernor Constant Briggs; Deputy
District Governor William Sauls-
bury, and Cabinet Secretary-Trea-
surer Nicholas Midance.
District Gov. Briggs gave a talk
on Lionism and the unselfish pur-
poses it serves. At the same time,
he commended other service clubs,
explaining that all service organ
izations are doing a good job.
Christmas carols were sung and
gifts exchanged. Charles and Helen
Barker injected humor into the
Christmas giving with few prac-
teal Jokes.
James Bounds, program chair
man for the evening, showed a
film entitled "The Big Reach, and
Air Force film telling the story of
Air Force efforts to reach outer
space, i'm color and scientifically
explained.
District Gov. Briggs awarded 10
year monarch chevrons to Harmon
Davidson and William Porter, and
20-year chevrons to Clyde Belts, /.
G. King, James t. Johnson, William
B. Wagamon, Jr., and Sam Shap-
iro.