Milford chronicle., 1917-03-30
GEORGETOWN.

Mrs. Julia Jester. aged about seventy
FIVE years. died at the home Of he
daughter. Mrs. Wingate Conaway
Thursday. March 22nd. after a lingerin
illness. Funeral services were held Of
Sunday afternoon in the N. p Churcl
and interment made in the Union Gem
etery. She is survived by four childrel
and one brother. Constable Charles F
Jester. Mrs. Wingate Conaway, Mrs
amuel Legates, Mrs. Bessie Batzel, ant
former Coroner Nathaniel H. Conaway
Fire. caused by smoking meat, las
Thursday destroyed the smoke house
barn and crib Of Eli Pepper. near town
together with all the meat from foul
large hogs fifty berry crates. one ton
Of phosphate, and lot OF farm imple-
ments stored in the building. causing a
loss OF about five hundred dollars. For
tunately by hard work the dwelling and
other outbuildings were saved.
The employees OF John F. Wagamon' s
basket and crate factory near the sta
ton went out on strike Monday, de-
mandlng ten cents per day more pay.
Their demands were granted and all re-
turned to work after a few hours.
Ollie Mcgee has accepted position
as engineer at the plant Of the George
town Ice Mfg. Co, here.
Harry n. Hart has had his residence
neatly painted.
Miss Helen West has accepted a po-
stion in the office Of the Sussex Jour
nal.
Prof. F. L. Andrus left last week for
Bloomsbury. Pa. where he has accept
ed a principalship in the school
James Carey. the contractor. is busy
with his large force Of carpenters build
ing a large canning factory for James
Baxter at Stockley's Station.
There are several cases Of Ia grippe in
town.
Georgetown people are still leaving
for Marcus Hook, Chester. Eddystone
and Wilmington to work, being attract
ed there by the high wages but many |
are returning home. saying they prefer |
Georgetown in which to live.
Hudson Bros, whose bakery was de-
stroyed by fire a short time ago, will
begin at once TO build a large up-to- date
brick bakery on the site Of the old one.
Register of Wills Oliver D. Robinson
has issued the following letters the past
week: ON the estate of John +. Davis
Of Northwest Fork hundred, to Edgar L.
Kinder; on the estate of Charles F. Will
son. Of Cedar Creek hundred. to the Mil
lord Trust Company; on the estate Of
Joseph $. b. Hudson. Of Baltimore
hundred, 10 Martha H. Hudson; on the
estate Of George A. Culver Of Northwest
Fork hundred, to Robert A. Culver and
Walter +. Culver
Clark of TN. Daaaa " TTIvr-oad VE~rfut%
las issued the following marriage Ii
enses the past week; To Gardner +.
short Of Georgetown and Flossie c. Car
mean Of Millsboro; to Andrew J. Dick
rson Of Redden and Anna Abbott of
sobbns; to Samuel R. Donovan. of Red {
en-, and Ollie L. Abbott of Georgetown. !
A box social will be held at Marvers
chool house near town Friday night, {
larch 30th. c
Herring are plentiful in town now and !
elling cheaper.
There are seven prisoners in the coun- a
, Jail boarding with Sheriff Donovan at 7
resent.
Eighty-eight tickets were sold here on
unday for the excursion TO Philadel-
hia. Il
George Warren Jones has accepted
osition with the H. X. milford Com II
any Of Philadelphia. II
Joseph Downs, who was reported dan II
erously i'll with pneumonia is slightly III
nproved at this time III
Miss Sallie Cooper entertained a a tea III
a Saturday for Miss Mildred Evans, III
no will become the bride of the Oldest II
IN of Governor Townsend early in Ap- II
J. r. Buell. deputy prothonotary, was II
Baltimore on Thursday. II
Edward Collins has returned home III
ON Marcus Hook, II
Mrs. j 7. Chapman was in Philadel- III
Tia last week. II
James Mccain spent Sunday in Phila- III
phia. II
Asbury Short has been visiting rela- III
yes and friends in Wilmington. II
Mayor Howard c. Stewart and Ottie II
'naway were on a business trip to III
liladelphia last week
DR.. W F. Blackstone has been visit II
2 Philadelphia and New York the past III
eek II
Mrs. Sidney Clark has been visiting II
Wilmington. II
Harry Swain was in Wilmington Sat II
day and Sunday I'll
Timothy West has accepted position II
Chester. II
Norman Jones was in Philadelphia on l.
siness Thursday.
Jacob NJ Lynch has been visiting -
ends in Gumboro.
'lrs. Margaret Derrickson has return
from Wilmington, where she has been
ending the winter with her daughter.
lrs Hannah Hart has returned from
ntreville, Md, where she has been
iting her niece at the Arlington hotel.
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