Middletown transcript., 1903-07-18
SASSAFRAS

Mrs. Louis Dreka visited Middletown
on Tuesday.
Mrs. Rachel Stradley is visiting hel
brother. Robert Johnston.
Miss Grace Sylvester left Tuesday fol
her home near Kennedyville.
We are pleased to state that Mr.. Rob.
ert Johnston's little son is somewhat inn
proved.
We are very glad to learn Mrs. T
Stradley near town is very much i'm.
proved.
Mr.. Jesse Hartley, of Wilmington, was
the guest of Alexander T. Laws on Tues,
day evening.
Farmers were busy here last week
threshing wheat. The yield was far be-
low their expectations.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Thornley, and
son were the guests of her parents at
Galena on Wednesday.
Mrs. John F. Ernest and sons, John
F., Jr., and Douglas, left on Thursday
morning for Atlantic City.
Mrs. Dill and daughter, Miss Edith, OF
Philadelphia, are the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Rosin near town.
Little Miss Marian Litsinger, of War
wick, was the guest of little Miss Annie
Sylvester on Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. Louis Atwell and son, Irving,
were the guests of her brother, Robert
Johnston, on Tuesday afternoon.
Father William l. Scott former pastor
of Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Ches-
tertown, was visitor here last week.
Miss Fannie johnson, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Anthony johnson, is entertain
ing her cousin, Miss NJ. johnson, of near
Millington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Scott Rosin's little babe
who has been lying critically i'll for some
days. We are pleased to state is very
much better.
Miss Meta IIowarth and Miss Mabel
Kennedy, Of Chester, Pa, are being enter
tanned at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert S. Griffith.
Messrs. Custus Price, Clarance Coch-
ran and Walter Aiken, of near Middle
town, and j. Ford Canlk, of Sassafras,
left Tuesday for Betterton.
We heard last week of farmer near
Chestertown who sowed 140 bushels of
wheat, bought Is tons of fertilizer, and
harvested 142 bushels of wheat.
The annual camp of the Y NJ. C. A.,
of Wilmington, Del, will be held at Bet
terton from August lst to 8th. There
will be cabin and three tents, and al
ready 20 campers are assured.
One of the most severe storms ever
witnessed here took place on Sunday and
Monday. the lightning kept up contin-
uous bombardment for hours, and the
downpour of rain was frightful.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Shepherd and
daughters, Misses Miriam and Helen; her
sister, Miss Alice, and Messrs. Abram
and W. 7. Alice left on Wednesday for
Tuckhoe Neck, Caroline County, to visit
her father, Mr.. R. Alice.
Miss Ethel Lofand entertained house
party at her home in McDonough for the
past week. Those present were: Miss
Alice Dreka, of Sassafras; Miss Meta
Howarth and Miss Mabel Kennedy, Of
Chester, Pa, and Miss Mary Brown, of
Churchill.
We all feel sad indeed to learn Of the
ueatu vi bliSS Que LyHCn, Vi w llHllHgIOn.
She had been suffering with the infam-
matory rheumatism for the past four
weeks, and died on Monday evening at
o'clock, at the home of her mother. Miss
Lynch was sister of Mrs. James Hart
ley, formerly Of Sassafras, but now OF
Wilmington, and daughter of the late
Thomas Lynch, who resided near Sassa-
fras and owned beautiful farm where he |
raised large family. She was buried
in the NJ. E. Cemetery at Sassafras be-
side her father Oh Thursday morning