Milford chronicle., 1920-06-04
GEORGETOWN

plans for the election of the SUISSE
- county Board of Education which vii
De held on Saturday afternoon, Jun
oth. The three men chosen by tn
nominating committee We're: DR.. Rob
ID ert II. B. Hopkins, of Milton; Eben
!" townsend, of near DagsborO, and
Al Elmer Tyndal OF Nanticoke Hunderd
D. whether or not the present member
n ol the County Board of Education pro
pose TO run for reelection remain
.e 10 De seen as the date for filing name
. with the clerk of the peace will no
close until Friday, June 4th.
u A few soft crabs have made theii
: appearance in our local markets anC
g retailed for two dollars and fifty cent:
l. FER box of two dozen each. The price
o VIII drop as they begin to come il
: faster.
J, The Sussex County Commissioners
e have appropriated S1S6,SS1.35 for the
/ running expense for the fiscal year as
follows: general county purposes $74,-
e 732.54; maintenance of dirt roads and
bridges, S31,67694; special road main
2 tenance, S2I94970; bonded indebted
> ness, S42,S56.21; poor fund, S5,599 "a +;
witness and jury fund, S3,725.63.
game of base ball played here last
Tuesday afternoon between Bridge
= vile and Georgetown was won by the
, latter Score being nine to three.
, The Layton Lumber Company is
busy at this time manufacturing berry
crates.
Ollie Morris. who murdered his IA
ther near Millsboro several weeks ago
was taken last week to the hospital
at the New Castle work house. Nor
ris had never fully recovered from the
burns he received when the bed on
which he was laying caught fire in his
cell in the county jail here.
The assessment board Of Sussex
county has completed its work and
paid a totoal assessment of property
/ of S2S,666,362, the tax rate has been
set at 90 cents on the hundred dol
/ lars.
While cranking a car last week
Miss Alberta Kitchens of near town
fractured her wrist.
A traffic officer has been placed on
the du Pont road near town to stop
violatOrs of the speed laws.
The local fire company was called
out Thursday noon to subdue a blaze
which started in the building OF the
Holson garage, a part of which is Oc-
cupied by Frank X. HOlsOn, as a dwell
ling. The fire was caused by an oil
stove used By Mr.. HOlson in the
dwelling part and had gained consid-
cradle headway before the arrival OF
the iremen and Gcmsged the build
ing and furniture to the extent Of sew
eral hundred dollars before it was
gotten under control.
George Asa Gray is substituting as
clerk in the post office for Lloyd Ray
nor who is on his vacation.
Nathaniel Wilson, over 81 years of .
age, was thrown from his wagon when .
his horse became frightened and sus-
tanned a broken shoulder blade along
with other injuries.
AT the lawn fete held at the NJ. P. .
parsonage Saturday night by the Sun
day school class OF Miss Hettie Kelley
thirty-one dollars was cleared.
Children's Day services will be held
by the NJ. E. Church and the NJ. P.
Church OF this town Sunday night,
June 9th. The Presbyterian Church
will hold its Children's services on
night, June 18th. Good pro-
grams have been arranged for all the
churches.
Peppers NJ. E. Church near this
town which has been closed Tor some
time past has been reopened and reg
ular services, will again be held there.
Monday was observed as Memorial
Day here by the closing Of the banks
and most of the other business places. :
Mr.. and Mrs. William B. Wilkins !
gave party at their home on the cor
1er of King and Cedar streets last
Friday evening in honor OF their niece,
Miss Clara B. Rogers, it being her
fifteenth birthday. There was quite a
number of her young friends present.
Games were played and refreshments
we're served and all had a good time
Mrs. Lizzie Wilson and son, William
lester, left Saturday evening for Fort
Riley, Kansas, where they were call
ID by their son and brother who was
injured by being kicked by
/ horse while in the U. S. service
here.
Register of Wills William J. Mus
ard, has issued the following letters
he past week: On the estate of John
:. Locates of Little Creek Hundred
o Anna B. Locates; on the estate of
)rrie Hudson of Baltimore Hundred
o John H. Long, of II.
Clerk of the Peace Frank W. Law
on has not issued a marriage license
Or the past three weeks.
There are four prisoners in the
ounty Jail at the present time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Wilkins of Will
lington are visiting his parents, Mr..
nd Mrs. Wesley wilkins.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Wilkins OF
spent Sunday with
riends and relatives. III
Lawrence Carey is home from
chool for the summer holidays.
L. w. Murray of Selbyville was
mong friends in town last week.
George NJ. Messick has returned to
is home here from an extended Wis
with his daughter, Mrs. E. W. God
in at Rocky Point, n. c.
Mrs. Charles Calhoon is on the sick
ST.
John NJ. Richardson, Charles W. Gull
n and Robert G. Houston, Esq, have
cen on a business trip to Macon, y.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas West have
zen visiting their daughter, Mrs.
Gorge Warren Jones, in Philadelphia.
Mrs. Roy Baker of Philadelphia is
sitting Mr.. and Mrs. J. j. Morath. y
Mrs. Millie Hardesty and children =
Seaford have been visiting her ia
er, Charles R. Jones.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Lee Of VIII
ington spent the weekend with her
lrents, the Rev. and Mrs. ]. 7. Bail
at the NJ. P. Parsonage.
Miss Agnes Short has been visiting
lends in Philadelphia and Whining