Milford chronicle., 1919-01-10
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many months of the infrmities OF olt
age. She was the grandmother o.
Chester W. Walls and widow of The
late Joseph Johnson. Funeral ser.
vices were held at the house Tuesday
afternoon, DR.. S. ~ Pilchard officiat-
ing, and interment was made in Union
cemetery.
George Penuel and family have NOV
ed TO the farm of Rev. W. S. H. Will
liams at the edge of town.
Hiram Z. Short sold his personal
property at auction Saturday and will
make his home in Wilmington, where
ne is employed.
Miss Sallie Cooper, who was operat-
ed on for appendicitis at a hospital in
Philadelphia last week, is improving
rapidly and will soon return home.
Lacey Derrickson has moved his
family from the old Eagle Hotel prop
erty TO the property OF the late DR.. J.
W. Messiek on Railroad Avenue, late
ly vacated by Joseph Godfrey.
Lee Layton, son of Mr.. and Mrs. L.
L. Layton of this town, who has been
in active service overseas, spent the
first Of the week with his parents. 1t
was reported that he had lost an arm
during the war, but his many friends
here are glad to know that the report
was false. He was wounded but not
seriously.
James Duffel, manager of the Sussex
Printing and Publishing Company, has
moved his family from the Pollock
property on Laurel street to the build
in gon Water street vacated by Chas. |
f. Daisey. who has moved to a suite |
of rooms in the old Eagle Hotel, re- |
Gently vacated by Lacey Derrickson
A banquet was given by the George |
town nest of Owls Monday night after !,
installing of the recently elected Off
GERS.
An eagle, measuring seven feet from
Ii pto tip of the wings, was shot by
Emory Short, near town, last week.
Former Prothonotary William H.
Welch of Milton and George H. Short,
an employee of the Farmers Bank
here, have been appointed by Judge
Conrad as a committee to audit the
accounts of Comptroller John C. Lank.
The audit will be made some time this
month and a report of the financial
of the county made by the ,
At their home on Market Street Mr.. ,
md Mrs. William A. Faucet on Sun !
lay, December 29th, celebrated their !
18th wedding anniversary.
The Benevolent Society of this town \
net at the home of Mrs. Josephine {
'aucett Monday evening.
Clerk of the Peace W. z. Wright
las issued the following marriage IL
enses the past week: Walter Robin
on and Cora NJ. Pettyjohn, both of
James E. Mosely and Eva
'urton, both of Nassau. /
Register of Wills Oliver d. Robinson
as issued the following letters this
Teek: On the estate of John H. Nc =,
ormick of Baltimore hundred to John !.
=. Mccormick on the estate of Mar Il
aret J. Messick of Georgetown hun
red to William r. Messick; on the >,
state Of John W. Messick of George ~
)wn hundred to William r. Messick: IL
the estate of Nancy l. Floyd of =,
hundred to Annie E. Will "
ans; on the estate of Mary A. Hud-
IN of Dagsboro hundred to Nina "
core; on the estate of Frank Allen
Seaford hundred to Margaret C. A. 81
lien. ", VI
There is not prisoner in the county
II at the present time Joseph NJ. !.
)naway, the retiring sheriff, whose NC
rm expired Monday evening, goes out W
the sherin's office with the record a..
not losing prisoner. He has had ."
lew to escape but was always for -
nate enough to capture them and
We them on hand for court.
Many Sussex Countians arose Mon
y morning and found to their sur
ise that "Old Christmas Day" had
en- ushered in by a snow about an
IN and half deep, the first of the
nter to cover the ground, and the
'ond that has fallen. There are
ny people in lower Delaware who
ng to the idea that Monday, Janu-
z 9th, was the real Christmas Day
tead of December rs. There is an
tradition that at midnight on "Old
ristmas Eve" the cows fall down
low, whether they be in the fields
III the managers, and that the cocks
w as they do at no other time of
year. Those who believe in "OId
'istmas Day" as the real day of
birth OF the Christ point to the =
tnat the superhuman power is
in vivid way more than 4
other time of the year, since elder.
IS and daffdils will peep through
ground regardless of whether the
und is frozen or not. &
liss Nellie Rogers, daughter of Will E
n and Lizzie Rogers and neice of
ward wilkins, of Wilmington, died *
Ter home on King street early Sun
morning, January 5, at the age
- years, after an illness of more
n six months with consumption. A -
e more than two months ago she Y
cred from the influenza which ag-
vated the disease from which she .
already been suffering. Funeral &
vices were held in First NJ. p. a
rch wednesday afternoon al iii
ock by the Rev J. T. Bailey, after 4
ch interment was made in Union =
etery. Deceased was a grand "
ghter of Mrs. Pricilla Wilkins and o.
late Burton wilkins. Dl
iss Neva West of Wilmington has al
visiting her father, Jacob West. ic
iss Isabelle Moore has been spend- =,
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