Milford chronicle., 1921-03-11
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of this town.
Ebenezer Workman of near town o.
| the Sand Hill road is suffering from
sore hand that he got in contact witt
a saw while helping to saw wood las
week.
The material has begun to arriv,
for the new bank building to b,
erected by the Delaware Trust Com
pany on the corner of Market stree
and Public Square, and work will
start as soon as the weather permits.
The stork visited the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Len Kitchens, near town
last Wednesday and left them a fine
baby girl.
Tot Bennum has purchased a Ford
car.
The shadow social given by the
members of First NJ. P. Church of this
town last Wednesday night netted
about fifty dollars, the proceeds will
be used to purchase material for a
poultry yard which will be built at
the parsonage so that Rev. ]. T. Bail
ey may engage in the poultry busi-
ness.
DR.. James H. Stranghn of BaIti-
more, president of the Maryland an
nual conference filled the pulpit in
the first M. P. Church here Sunday
night.
The high schools of this county
will hold the Oratorical contest in
this town Friday night, April Sth.
Misses Gladys Hudson, Helen Will
kins, Katharine Davis, Nettie Downes.
Louise Hudson, Almena johnson and
Bessie Warren, the latter of Ellen
dale, of Class 21 Georgetown high
school, with their teacher, Miss An
ma Beebe, spent the weekend as the
guests of Delaware College.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas R. Purnell
last week took their son, Robert, aged
nine years to Philadelphia to be Oper-
ated on for fracture of the skull.
The last report was that he was do
ing fine.
The Georgetown fire department
will give a supper and bazaar on Fri
day and Saturday, March 18th and
18th.
w. F. Blackstone has purchased
the store room formerly occupied by
Willard Torbert, .~ on Market street
that was damaged by the late fire. He
will remodel the building and use If
as drug store.
Herring are retailing in our local
market for five cents each.
Judge Henry c. Conrad has been
chosen delegate and Albert Worth.
Esq, alternate, from Wesley M. 70,
Church of this town to attend the M.
D. Conference which begins in Girls |
1eld, Md, on March 30th.
Ihe contractors who are building |
he cement road from Georgetown to /
1arbesOn on the Lewes road will be- |
sin work again about March 18th and
expect to have the road all complete
~ May the 1st.
Inc Home Economics Department
u Georgetown has secured the SER
'lces OF Miss Bessie Spafford, for
nerly head of the textiles and cloth
ng work in Massachusetts State Nor
nal School at Pennington.
Z. w. Belts has moved his family to
ne Rodney property on West Laurel
treet, recently vacated by Everett
[. Barr.
There are ten prisoners confined in
ne county Jail here at the present
me.
Clerk of the Peace Frank w. Law
On has issued the following mar
age licenses the past week: To Will
er c. Joseph and Minnie X. Burton Z
9TH of Lewes; to Ollie Hudson. of
llIsboro and Amelia Lowe of pitts ?
lie, Md. .
Mr' and Mrs. Elwood Hurley gave '
elr son, James E., a birthday partv q
ST thursday, it being his fifth birth
y. Twenty-three of his young friends h
ere present andF they all enioved
emselves. Games were played and
freshments were Served.
The stOrk visited the home of Mr.
I'd Mrs. Levin Parker, at the adoe
fine baby boy.
MRS. Elisha Cannon, daughter Of
:. ana Mrs. William Faucet has
ne to the st. Joseph's hospital at
llladelphia for treatment. IL
Register of Wills William ]. aMus- lb
rd mas not issued any letters for the II
st Week. ~ 'Ho
At the annual town election held Is
turday afternoon there were 1O2 IL
tes cast. William A. Warrington is
mayor, received So and Elisha w X
an, received 48 votes for navor is
e balance of the ticket consisting
Dr. John H. Hammond, Walter b. lk
yard Walter Roach, Andrew Mar is
T. esq, and James M. Tunnel. ESQ.
ng the old board to which there was
opposition, were elected. Former
yor Howard c. Stewart refused to r
We. ~ IL
We are enjoying spring like wealth ;
at this time. II
lr. and Mrs. Elwood Hurley snen+ Is
1rsday in Philadelphia.
ohm Veasey of Coolspring was
ong friends in town Monday.
ohn Kitchens was in Milford Mon =
night. e
he official of the Sussex County
m bureau held a banquet at the
OK Hotel here Tuesday.
I0ert f. Polk, Esq, of Wilmington.
clrcling among old friends in
n Saturday.
-owdrd Baer was in Wilmington
week.
he many friends here of Mrs. Le-
Faucet are please to hear of
rapid recovery from a severe at
of the grip at the home of her
L. P. Faucet, Philadelphia.
r. and Mrs. William H. Short.
e been spending some time with
r. children at Newark, N. j. .,
r. and Mrs. E. G. Ryon spent a
of last week in Wilmington.
r. and Mrs. James West of Will
gton spent the weekend with Mr.. .'
Mrs. Elwood Hurley here.
RS. George Collins is seriously ill
er home on South Front street.
ed Short and farnilu c1nnrn+ Gun