Milford chronicle., 1918-09-13
BRIDGEVILLE.

Miss Georgia E. Isaacs, daughte
of Mr.. and Mrs. G. W. Isaacs, o
near Georgetown, Delaware, and Cor
pOral Walter L. Russell, son of Mr.
and Mrs. John T. Russell, of Phila
delphia, were married at the bride'i
home on Monday, September 9th, al
high noon by the Rev. W. C. Benson
of Georgetown. The bride was at
tended by her sister, Delema Isaacs
as Maid of Honor, and Elmer Russell
of Philadelphia, a brother of the
groom, acted as Best Man. Miss
Thelma Isaacs, a sister of the bride,
played the wedding march. Mrs.
Russell is a graduate Of Wilmington
Conference Academy and Mr.. Rus
sell is a graduate of Bissel College of
Efiingham, H. The bride was attired
in beautiful gown of white georgette
and satin, and carried a large bOquet
of white roses. The Maid of Honor
wrOe a dress of flesh cOlored geOr-
gette. After the ceremony a we'd
ding dinner was served, after which
the briday couple departed on a trip
for points north
Bridgeville was well represented at
the State Fair at Wilmington this
week.
Eugene Hall, who is working at Re-
hObOth, spent a few days with his par
ents the first of the week.
School opened here this week with
a record enrolment.
j. F. Graderman, employed by the
American Cap Company, narrowly es-
capped death here on Monday when
his machine was struck by a train al
Gray's Crossing, just south of town
His view was Obstructed by a car
that was standing on the track near
the crossing. and though the fiagman
showed the warning signal the man
failed to take heed. The car was
thrown several hundred feet down the
track and almost completely demOl-
ished. The man was taken to the
office of Dr.. r. F. Palmer, who ex-
amined him and found that while no
bones were broken, Mr.. Graderman T
was in a critical condition, due to the .
shock. He is married and lives in
Baltimore, and was taken to a hOspi-
tai in that city
Elmer Russell of Philadelphia is Wis
iting ReynOld Russell.
Katherine Wiley and Myra Layton
have entered GOldey's Business Col i
lege at Wilmington.
Many of our young people attended
a dance at fredericksburg last week.
Otis Warrington of Philadelphia
spent the first of the week with his
family here. !.
j n Russell wished his son Harry /
at Camp Dix last week Harry has
been in the hospital for about five
months suffering from an injured
knee.
Messrs. Harry Brown. Bradford l
Jones, and Holland Cannon motored
to Atlantic City last week. II
Prof. Kendall Wiley of Washington {
d. c., is visiting his brother, o. E. t
Wiley {
Russell Wiley is temporarily filling /
the vacancy caused by the resignation a
of Raymond Baker as r. F. D. car '
rier. {
William Hill. son of George HILL G
near town, received drst and second q
and also sweep-stake prizes on the :
pig contest at the Delaware State Fair c
last week. a
Miss Marque, the race horse owned T
by Myer and Swain, was sold after a
the race at the fair last week to a par {
ty in Philadelphia, for $500. This I
horse has made a splendid showing at u
all the fairs this year and taken sec Y
Ond money in all her races. c
L T. Calhoon spent the first of the /
week with his father at Georgetown. +
Messrs. Fred Truitt and Joseph (
Rash, and Misses Helen and Mary S
Newton mOtOred to Wilmington and
spent the week end " Nith Mr. and Mrs, y
David Mason.
T. c. Curry is able to be out again f
after being confined to his home a Il
week with stomach trouble.
Charles Welch has returned to his
duties as r. F. D. carrier after
Is day vacation.
T. s. Smith and Son have pur-
chased Case Tractor this week. L
Millard Reed is spending some time t,
It the home Of his father, R. B. Il
Reed. 7
Miss Delema Radcliffe is substitute R
ng for Miss Edna Young at the de- it
'artment store Of King & Layton. b
Charles s. Calhoon has secured a c.
position with the Adams Express Co. Il
md is ruaning from Ocean Cityo to AZ
Salisbury during the busy fish sea-
on. Il
Harry L. Cannon and family, who pl
ave spent the summer az Rehoboth. b,
moved home the first Of the week. "a
Joe Unruh, who is employed by the in
;. W. & B. r. r. Co. moved his Il
amily to Delmar the first Of the bS
eek. te
o. T Warrington, who is employed til
Chester, is spending the week with th
IS family here. be