Milford chronicle., 1960-02-12

he was ulSc04TS00 from the u.
S. Navy in 1850 and for the past
10 years has been associated with
Braun's Mems Store in George
! town.
Mr.. Snowden is a member of
| Franklin Lodge, No. IL, A. F. & A.
NJ, the vestry of st. Paul's Epis-
copal Church, American Legion
Post No. and VFW Post 1884. He
! is vice president of the Georgetown
Kiwanis Club.
Harry T. Swain, local postmaster,
has just completed As years of SER
vice with the post office, more than
20 of which have been as post
master.
He began as assistant postmaster
on Feb. 8, 1915, when the staff con-
sisted of only of the postmaster and
his assistant and a girl clerk. He
became postmaster on August 4,
1889.
When Mr.. Swain went to work at
the post office, it was still a third
class office and was situated in
what is now Markers Store on
Market st.
There was no town delivery in
those days though rural delivery
was already well established. The
mail was delivered and collected by
train. Residents of the town knew
just when the trains came into
Georgetown and were at the post
office shortly afterwards awaiting
the sorting. Train service here has
long since been abandoned and
mail is brought in and out of town
by Star Route.
The post office here in the old
days was like all the small post
offices throughout the country. It
provided an informal meeting place
for business acquaintances and
friends, usually by chance but often
by appointment.
The staff of the post office has
now grown to 18, and it is housed
in a large modern brick building on
The Circle. In spite of town de-
livery, the post office is still cen
ter since most of the business
houses and all of the county offices
still maintain boxes. The hour of
greeting has shifted, however, from
the noon period to early morning
when the big mail of the day now
arrives.
Some of the newer post offices,
including Milton, have been placed
outside the busy center of business
and have already produced COM
plants that the patrons no longer
remain in town for shopping.
The Ninth District Republican
Club of Georgetown, at it's annual
meeting elected new officers for the
ensuing year.
They were: David Pepper, presi-
dent; Elwood r. Rust, vice presi-
dent; Leroy Tyndall, secretary;
James Boyer, assistant secretary
and Alden Townsend, treasurer.
Harvey B. Spicer, state senator
and mayor of Georgetown, spoke on
the New Day for Delaware" pro-
gram and participated in question
and answer period that followed.
Refreshments were served.
Cub Pack No. 95 has set Thurs
day, Feb. 25 as the date of its Blue
and Gold Banquet at Jones Memoir
ial Hall at 6 p. m.
Dr. Edward Tauris has become
cub master, replacing Calvin VIII
cox, who resigned to go into Boy
Scout activities.
Mrs. Ruth Baxter and Mrs. Edna
Esham' have been announced as new
den mothers.
Awards have been presented as
| follows:
Bobcat: James Purcell, Ralph
Richardson, Roger Alexander.
Wolf: Ralph Short, James Owen,
George Funds.
Bear: Gary Melvin, Gary Hill,
Everett Moore, Ronnie Swartz, Rod
ney Hudson, Stephen White, George
Layton Johnson.
Webelos: Robert Lingo.
Gold Arrow Points: George
Funds, Everett Moore, Ronnie
| SWartZ, William Bowles.
Silver Arrow Points, Everett
Moore (2), Ronnie Swartz, William
Bowles.