Milford chronicle., 1915-03-19
GEORGETOWN.

Inc marriage licenses lSSueu inns
week are as follows: Helen Jones,
Bridgeville, Del, and Martha Joseph,
Laurel, Del; Ernest jenkins, Seaford,
Del, and Bertha Collins, Seaford, Del. /;
George w. Derrickson, Roxana, Del,
David A. Wilson, Georgetown, Del,
and Carrie E. Matthews, Georgetown,
Del.
Revival services at the Wesley NJ. E.
Church in Georgetown have made over
fifty conversions is reported.
The Rev. Percy DOnaghey of st. AIMS
Church, in Middletown, preached a
Lenton sermon at St. Psuls Episcopal
Church in Georgetown, Sunday night
{ Young men of Georgetown have formed
a musical club and have opened rooms
on Market Street.
Heat is being installed at the Brick
Hotel at Georgetown, this week.
Mrs. Walter Pepper of Georgetown
was badly cut about the hand trying to
open jar of preserves, when the glass
jar slipped and bursted.
Register of Wills, DR.. o. D. Robinson,
has moved his office from the old build
ing into the new courthouse at George
town. The other officers will msve this
week.
DIR. James H. Chapman of Georgetown
has been elected physician for the county
poor and the Jail prisoners.
Revival services began in the George
town Protestant Church Sunday night.
A commi ssion of three men have viewed
the ditch which drains the southern end
of Dagsboro and will recommend the
digging of it to a sufficient depth to
carry off all the drainage of the town.
While working in a Dagsboro lumber |
mill, Peter J. Parker was hit by flying |
piece of board and had his nose broken. |
Elmer Turner of Philadelphia has pur-
chased farm near Dagsboro and will |
start goose farm.
While playing at school, Helena Hud-
son, a twelve year old Clarkville girl
was pushed over by boy and had her
leg Proken.
At present the coRnty jail at George
town is without a prisoner. The lone
prisoner, Elwood Armstrong, who was
afraid to stay by himself, was probated
for two years to C. S. Richards of
Georgetown, after confessed to stealing
five dozen eggs.
The ladies of the Georgetown New
Century Club have made arrangements
to have a chicken and waffle supper for
the benefit of their new club house.
The roads from Selbyville over into
Maryland are the worst they have been
for years, and several big touring cars
were stuck last week.
John Blake, former New York wire
less operator. has constructed his own
plant on his fathers farm near George
town and is able to receive messages
from a distance of 600 miles.
L. knnapna
able, John E. Burton, of Millsboro, was
collar bone broken.
Mrs. Sadie Evans, of Clarkville,
mashed her foot severely when a big |
stick of wood fell on it as she was carry
ing wood to the kitchen.
Because of the success of the present
revival services in Wesley M. E. Church
at Georgetown, the meetings will be
continued another week.
There are fifty-seven cases dOcketed
for trial before the Superior Court at
next month.
After a heavy slack in timber busi-
ness, heavy demand for railroad ties
and mine props has opened up and the
timber men around Georgetown are
putting on extra men in order to meet
he demand.
Many of the canning factories around
Georgetown have announced that they
will not contract for tomatoes this year
md will not operate their factories.
The Tuesday night after Easter, which
makes the date April 9th, has been def
nitely decided upon by the New Century
Club for their annual musical affair, to
)e called this year "A Virginia House -
Party" The date was made at that
ime in order to secure the Lewee Or
,hestra, which will furnish the music for
he occasion. Rehearsals are now in
progress and the chorus is hard at work -
m the big medley of popular songs
which will be rendered. Charles Torbert
md "Bill' Dennis, who are ever popu- =,
ar, will appear as black face comedians, n
While in the big bill of singers will ap- rs
)ear several sOloists who have not sung
,efore Georgetown audiences before.
The chorus dancing has been placed en-
irely in charge of Cathral Smith, who c.
las a reputation in Milford of splen-
lid work in that line while Mrs. Pearl
formerly Miss Davis, q
will preside at the piano and supervise t,
he singing. The success of ''The Cab I.
lret Minstrel" last year is well known, II
md those who have heard some of the
for this years show say that T
"A Virginia House Party" is even better n
News that the schooner William ]. G
luillen, of Bethel, had been sunk off &
jape Hatteras in a collision was receiv- Ii
d in Georgetown last night. A num- b
,er of Georgetown people owned shares q
n the schooner. Il
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