Milford chronicle., 1921-07-22
GEORGETOWN

Rogers, on the corner of King an
+ Pine streets, was slightly damage
g by lightning. None of the family wer
l harmed.
EX-Sheriff Thomas Pritchett is sui
; fering from sprained ankle cause
! by falling from a large truck loadet
with lumber.
Joe Walls is organizing a base bal
team to be composed of fat men.
The Georgetown Fire Company viii
hold a carnival on the public square
some time in September. The dates
will be announced later.
Wesley M. E. Sunday school held
their annual picnic at Oak Orchard
last Thursday.
Harry COnaway who last week
broke his arm while cranking an au-
tomObile is improving as rapidly as
can be expected.
Julian E. Townsend who is suffer-
ing from an injured knee is improv-
ing slowly.
Deputy Sheriff Bud Coy has been
chosen manager of the Georgetown A.
C. and will train the boys to make
them the swiftest club in the county.
officers of Washington Camp No. %
Patriotic Order Sons of America have
been chosen for the ensuing term as
follows: President, John R. Kitchens;
vice president, Howard Wilkins; mas
ter of forms, Ernest M. Rogers; re-
cording secretary, Oscar S. Wilson;
financial secretary, John R. Whaley;
treasurer, Lemuel w. Swain; cOnduc-
tor, Miles M. Isaacs; inspector, Will
liam D. Wilkins; guard, Charles S. Le-
gates; chaplain, L. w. Swain; right !
sentinel, William J. Dutton; left SEN
tinel, John Baker. Delegates to repre-
sent the camp at the State SESSION
which will be held in this Town on
Tuesday, August 90th, are Samuel J.
Register and Charles S. Legates.
William D. Brasure has purchased
he interest of John Salmons in the
store and ice cream par
or which they have been conducting
m Market street in the Blackstone
,lock and will conduct the business at
he same stand.
At a game of ball played here
afternoon between the mar
led men and single men the score was
to 4 in favor of the married men.
his makes the married men best in
wo out of three games that has been
layed this season between the two
cams.
There is quite a large acreage of
tie potatoes being put in by our far
ers of this section. :
The stork visited the home of Mr.. :
I'D Mrs. Raymond Faucet at the edge =
town and left them a fine baby girl
st week.
Miss Blanche Register, daughter of 9
lmuel Register of this town and \
oWard Eley, of Philadelphia, were 9
arrled in that city last Thursday. p
during July and August the barber
ops Of this town will close at & n -
each night except Friday and Sat +,
oliver Walls, son of Mr.. and Mrs. ~
orge Walls of this town, had his -
)t badly smashed while working in 9,
garage at Lewes last week. -
Plans are being made to move the -
laying contest plant now located
tne eGge OF town to Milford the
- OF the coming years contest.
Lhe stork visited the home of Mr..
4 Mrs. George Thoroughbred on -
lIroad avenue Thursday morning '0
LETT them fine baby boy.
Vhlle bathing in Old Furnace Mill -
I'd Sunday afternoon Herman Wap- III
Johnson, son of the late James 49,,
nson, and Mrs. Jennie Johnson. of a. a.
town, aged 18 years, and Francis 'Ai
etWood, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Hor- -
fIeetWood, of Old Furnace. near ~ ~
3 aged about % years, were both 'o1
Wned. FIeetWoOd's body Was recOv- ~
sunday afternoon and Johnson's f1,i,
was not recovered until Monday - :,
nlng. Funeral services were held W.
FIeetWood, at Cokesbury M. E ~, ~
rch, near here, Tuesday afternoon WI 4
o'clock. Interment made in adj
ng' cemetery. Funeral services sun
held over johnson in Wesley MT -
nurch, thls town, Wednesday af- IT
Oon' at z p. m. Interment made in - -
II cemtery. Johnson was one of eo
most popular young men of this Ioi
+. He was the star pitcher of the 81 -
getoWn base ball team. Captain of m n
years football team and had been MIS-
led just few days over a month gOn'
ISIS Almena Johnson, of this town. i 5Vei
parents of both of the young men ret
the sympathy of their many \,
Is here. M
). Lena Hurley who has been Sale
ing from a sprained ankle has -
cred so as to be out again.
section after more than a week ~
overs is again enjoying clear Yo
er. ~
ace Swain is enjoying green aftacl
anu :. liLla Deans from his garden the Fl
ag in at Sunday dinner. and
lister of Wills William 7. Mus matte
las issued the following letters Sore
aSC week: On the estate of AL so ea
Z. Elliott, of Little Creek hun TO
o Elijah b. Wootten; on the es- that
Jesse M. Vickers, of Baltimore does
ed to George Vickers; on the depen,
OF Burton F. Donovan of Ced- an th
Eek hundred to Lizzie M. Dom get it
on thes estate of Anna F. Polk, ana b
invest Fork hundred to Luther AOur
on the estate of Reyler West of -
rest Fork hundred to Reuben J.
on the estate of Maurice L.
OF LeWes and Rehoboth hun q Z
the Sussex Trust COMPANY: SSSS5ST
estate of Robert r. Rust of ~
::; 9'$55: .$s5:; 6 Ss + s I:,5 5 + 9;s : :
Levin Pratt Cooper; on the es- VI
William Layton of Baltimore Eva
to Frederick Pepper.
of the Peace Frank W. Law
issued the past week a mar
cense to Willie D. Wilkins of N
own and Lydia M. Baker of asi.