Milford chronicle., 1920-05-28
GEORGETOWN
SERVICES

william Johnson has moved MS ram
+ iy from Chester, Pa. 70 a farm he has
leased near the sandhills. Mr. Johnson
will build a dwelling on the farm he re-
Gently purchased from Frank Ward, near
this town.
The first home grown strawberries OF
the season made their appearance last
Friday and they retailed for fifty cents
per quart. the highest price ever pald
for strawberries on this market. They
have now dropped down to twenty-five
cents per quart.
The cobweb and shadow social held at
the NJ. z. parsonage by Mrs. Herman
Roach's Sunday school class last Thurs
day night cleared about twenty-five dol
lars
Miss Carrie Baker has accepted a po-
sition as salesady in the store Of II. NJ
Swain and Son.
John Kitchens Of this town has been
appointed resident engineer in Sussex
county for the State Highway Commits
sion and has had twenty-nine miles Of
road construction placed under his in
spection.
The residences Of n. J. Forney. Harry
f. Hudson, Samuel J. Register, Col John
W. Johnson, Alonzo McIlvaine and Step
hen Richards have all been newly paint
ed
Ii rained here on last Friday makinh
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succession.
The early Sunday morning train north
from Rehoboth has been discontinued.
The only train going north from this
town on Sunday will be the afternoon
train which leaves here at 3:16 o'clock.
John wilkins, the 12-years-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wilkins, Of this
town, was taken to the Peninsula Gener-
al hospital last week and successfully op-
Grated on for appendicitis, and is fastly
improving at this time.
Miss AIalloy Joseph has accepted a po-
sition as operator in the local telephone
exchange Office.
The Commencement exercises Of the
GEORGETOWN high school will be held in
the court house Monday night, June 9TH,
instead Of Tuesday night, June Sth, as
was at first announced. The following
will be the graduates in the commercial
department: Misses Laura Jester. Myrtle
Lynch, Mary Watson, Mary Roach Gladys
Layton, Agnes Short. and Nellie Como
way.
Walter Pepper made the first shipment
Of Strawberries from this section We'd
nesday. Walter is the oldest commisI
stoned agent in the county, both in age
and service.
Members Of the Grand Army Of the Col.
c. r. Layton Post, No. is, and the Boy
Scouts of this town will attend divine
services on Sunday, May 3Oth, at the
NJ p Church After the services they
will take dinner at Mrs. Clara Holson'sI
On Monday. the S1st, they will decorate
the soldiers graves.
Col James H Joseph has moved back
to this town and is occupying the Daw-
son property on Pine street. Uncle Jim
will find a hearty welcome back to our
town by his old friends here Mr.. JOS
eph resided here up to a few years ago
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den.
There is only four prisoners confined in
the county Jail at the present time.
The clark of the peace has not issued
any marriage license for the past two
weeks.
The register of wills has not issued any
letters o nestates for the past week
The Sussex County Farm Bureau will
carry on demonstrations in the vicinity
Of Georgetown and other Sussex County
towns Of growing soy beans for seed and
silage this season.
The residence of Herman Roach at the
corner Of King and Rosa streets is be-
ing newly painted.
To establish a more complete unity Of
interest among the towns Of Sussex
County, Georgetown business men are
taking the lead in advancing a Sussex
County Fourth Of July celebration in
Guiding a reception to the American Leg
len members. It is the plan for all of
Sussex County to join in the celebratoh
which is to be held Monday, July 5. and
invite all the other towns to participate.
IL is also the plan that during the cele-
bration a decision will be reached to hold
the next celebration in one Of the Othep
towns and in this way make it an an
nual celebration being held in a differenk
town each year. The celebration az
planned this year includes athletic sports
a baseball game between the Milford
Caulk Club and some other good county
team, horse racing on Georget towns new
track, speeches by prominent men. air
plane flights, and a monster parade with
prizes in which each town will compete
with a float and individual prizes for
the best decorated automobiles and
teams. There will also be a band con-
test in which a prize win be offered for
the best band in the county. Four bands
have already entered and the day prom
ises to be a big one for the county. Sea-
ford has already fallen in line behind
the project and will send their firemen,
athletes, trotting horses and band and al
so serve notice that they will make an
endeavor TO have Seaford chosen as the
town al which the celebration shall be
held next year. Many organizations Of
the county will be in line including the
newly organize Tall Cedars Of Lebanon
from Milford who will accompany their
favorite baseball team to Georgetown.
One of the features Of the day will be the
speakers. arrangements being already in
effect to get two prominent National fig
ures to speak to the people. DR.. James
II. Chapman Of Georgetown has been
placed in charge with James NJ. Tunnel,
w. Frank Sharp, Ray Henney and II. c.
Stewart as his assistants and with a host
OF other committees named to take
charge Of the different parts Of the pro-
gram. With a closer cooperation be-
tween Sussex County towns in a coun-
~ effort It may mean the beginning Of a
steady growth Of the county and the
bringing OF many new industries to this
section.
W. L. Tucker, manager Of the State
Board Of Agricultural, has made big
changes in the flower gardens along the
du Pont Boulevard at Georgetown and
Selbyville by remodeling them and put
ting in several thousand OF differeno
kinds Of flowers and shrubbery amount
ing to over $1,000. and expects to put in
a nice flower yard at Milford this fail.
His early cabbage patch is looking fine.
He Is making arrangements for other /