Milford chronicle., 1915-04-30
GEORGETOWN.

NJ LAYTON. r., has motored to At
T. civ Mr.. Lavton has just recov
lan5'I anu froni a serious illness of pneumonia
Ms MariorieGateson,a "a former George
IN oirl. is now playing the leading role
- ~" one of the Philadelphia stage produc-
tons. Co.,, III t,o o-cro,,;,ad
e. Thomas Methodist Church, near
Stocklev, Sunday morning.
Na+hsniel Mumford, OF Sycamore, was
.-;o,,slv injured Wednesday when he was
strown from his carriage by runaway
hOr9e' ia New Hat" was the title of one
oct comedy given by the Century Club
aIs,ers Tuesday evening at social held
r., fhe Georgetown w. {. 7. U.
After several delays, the congregation
d Wesley NJ. E. Church gave reception
70 their pastor, Rev. J w. Colona, on
Friday evening.
For the first time in the history of Sus-
GOV County, eleven men acted as jury
in the case of a large seed company
aI,airst L. L Layton Co., of Georgetown,
%. tba courthouse Thursday. The legal
-, If the proceedings will probably be
tee+ed bv the losing side, although prom
;rsrt LAWYERS claim that such procedure
;s correct in such a circum mstance as arose
II was at the very beginning of the trial
tbat William B. Nailor, of Milton, who
,ras one of the twelve jurrymen on the
case. received a telegram informing him
~ the serious condition of his brother.
After some consideration and agreement
,rith council, the judges allowed Nailor
70 leave and the case proceeded with the
eIe en- hearing it. The case was decided
in favor of Layton.
prof. O w. Sypherd, of Delaware Col
lepe. lectured here last Thursday night
under the auspices of the New Century
Club on Reading For High School
Pupils"
Georgetown Odd Fellows have installed
BENJAMIN Ableman as noble grand; DR..
Page P. A. Chesser as vice-grand, and
Cvrus Hatfield as secretary for the coming
year.
Vollev NJ. Murray, the newly appointed
Receiver of Taxes for Sussex County,
and his newly appointed deputy, Norman
BUELL., of Greenwood, have taken charge
of their office at Georgetown.
The Deutches Verein of the Junior
Class of the Georgetown High School,
met on Thursday evening at the home of
Tohn Wagamon The Deutches Verein is
in charge of Miss Margaret Gilliland, one
of the High School teachers.
Union Lodge of Odd Fellows attended |
the Presbyterian Church on Sunday when /
the Rev. Thomas Kerr, of Berlin, Md, |
preached a special sermon to them.
Last Thursday evening the president of
the Senior Class of the Georgetown High .
School received a letter from T. Coleman
dupont enclosing a check for Sl00, to be
used in paying the expenses of the class
on their trip to Washington. The Wash
ington trip is the first ever planned from
the Georgetown school, and the students
set out to earn their own money. They
had managed to earn about half of the
money needed and it was then that they
appealed to Mr.. dupont
At the funeral of George Wilson, a
prominent Georgetown merchant, Union
Lodge of Odd Fellows turned out in full
regalia on Sunday.
Uncle Pete" Sockum, an aged colOred
man, was found dead in his garden Sat
urdav afternoon. At the coroner's in
quest it was brought out in regard to his
age that during the Civil War he was then
too old to serve in the army. He had
been a slave and was regarded by the
NOlDANN BOpuldtlOn III NANO4 SCAOWAA WIZ ID,
fear and reverence, as many believed him
to be ''Voodoo" man with an evil eye. ;;
He was greatly respected by the white
people of the town and for many years
had been the town slop man. He was I
noticeable from the long brass rings he l
wore in his ears.
Additional steel furniture has been 4
placed in the courthouse and several new l
offices opened.
Midland Grange, of Georgetown, has :
lecided to continue its meetings during
he summer instead of stopping them as :
n the past, but will hold them in the ! !
evening of the first and third Saturday i'll l
zach month. +
The Rev. H. L. Schlincke, of George J
own, preached his annual sermon to the
doors, of Indian River, at Johnson s
-hapel on Sunday.
The Ladies of the Georgetown Protest
mt Church will hold chicken and waffle
upper at the home of Mrs. Lavinia John
on on May 9th.
Charles Benson, while working on a o
lmber tract near Georgetown, had his V
eg badly crushed when he fell beneath Il
oaded wagon and the rear wheel went n
ver it. fs
MISS GRACE KOnrDaCki an Organizer u v
lone Missions for the Methodist Church, d
las organized a Queen Esther Circle tC
mong the young people of the Wesley g
lethodist Church in Georgetown. Il
The Georgetown New Century Club C
lected Mrs. G. T. Lynch and Miss Julia Il
urton delegates to the State Federation Sc
Women's Clubs to be held next month Il
! Newark. III
The Ladies' Aid of Sand Hill Church Sc
let at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer &C
ordy on Saturday evening. II
L. L. Layton has had forty-hve acres W
peach and apple trees set out on his Fl
rms near Georgetown. A force of twen- II
live men has been at work putting out tc
lie trees fer the past three days. d'
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