Milford chronicle., 1922-01-13
BRTDGEVILLE

While attending the family chores last
week Millard Macklin fell from the porch
spraining his ankle. His R. F. d. route
was attended to by Alfred Culven.
The Jr. o. u. A. M. order here have
organized a degree team and in short
time expect to put the work across 1OO
per cent efficient.
A Young white man, posing as a rail-
road brakeman, and State Road labor
has swindled number OF our business
men by asking for credit with promise
To return it in the evening or the next
dav to pay for it. The same thing was
done at Seaford, but at Laurel we un-
derstand he was picked up and lodged IN
Jail -.
Unknown parties entered the home Oh
xvr, E1elIar on Walnut street on Satur-
dav evening last, and after searching ov-
or the house laid in wait for Mr.. kel-
lar to return home from the theatre Up
on entering the house Mr.. Kellar was
struck erross the head with a piece OF
nine. The door receiving a part of the
blow is responsible for Mr.. Kella: not
baine knocked unconscious, a,SaouSn
stunned, he shot i've tunes at the would
he robbers xho has escaped without
leaving the slightes- clue.
A shadow social will be held this FRI
dav evening, January 18th, at Forest
Park School The public is earnestly IN
vited to be present.
|, re number of our town people at
tended the movies at the new theatre IN
Seaford last week, entitled The Four
Horsemen."
Jobn Harris of Wilmington has pOr-
chased the fixtures of OsGac BiGd'9 ana
will open the Blacksmith shop in the near
future.
The stockholders of the Layton q ow-
ems Mfg. Co, are preparing to place lhe
plant here under new management oee
adv. for manager and foreman i'll For
Sale and Want column Of this issue.
The Western Union Telegraph Co. have
closed their ofive here and Etrl Hastings
who was manager has been giveh tur-
Tough.
Howard Hurd of Little Creek who has
been spending the past two weeks with
relatives returned home the first Of the
week.
RaIph Adams of Laurel spent the week
end at the home of his parents on Lr"ad
street.
Miss Nina Hastings leaves this week
for philadelphia where she will seek EN-
ployment.
Ehe income tax collector will sit at tie
Columbia Hotel to assist taxables in me X
ing returns and collect taxes between the
hours of 10 a. m. and 4 p. III. on Mon
day, January %.
The Georgetown road is reported 10 be
opened this week. While the road is not
completed over the bride at GREEN'S Pond
if will be passable, leaving only S-lO
miles of dirt road to the county seat
from Coverdale's X Roads to Cokesbury
Church.
The Bridgeville shirt factory under the
management of Jacob Burtnan is pro-
crossing rapidly having now-a a weekly
nav rool of around four hundred dollars
and ARRANGEMENTS are now under way to
or1arpe the plant and install more ma
chimes at this time. This will give en-
ployment to several more OF tour town
people.
general fire alarm was sounded on
Sunday evening around seven O'CLOCK
when a chimney on fire set fire to some
,,,hbish near by. The fire company equip
mont was soon on the scene but the oiaze
was under control without the use OF IT,
A. this time it is the wish of the nre
conopany to call attention to the reckless
nav in ,sy;;....s,isi the equipment is carried
+o and from fires, by firemen and non
8ramen. Having. had both Of the nose
o.r+s broken with the cart equipment
thrown out along the route, it is now
tipb time that this thing came to
close We. however, wish to answer the
olarro in the quickest possible time safe
" hut not to tie the hose carts to au-
tos. and run at unsafe speed damae-
ing the property and probably not get
there at all. Now let us all see that thls
practice is abandoned.
Harry James of near Dover spent the
weekend with friends in and around
town. =
Edward McIlvain of Philadelphia is
spending a few days with friends IN
town.
visitor this week at the home OF Mrs
Chas. Brown.
Mr., and Mrs. C. E. Brown attended
the recent reception and luncheon OF l.
Coleman du Pont at Wilmington.
Mrs ]. E. ElIsvanger Of Baltimore Is
snending the week with her sister, Mrs
c. E. Brown. 81: ~>l,& LIZ.
Mr.. and Mrs Roland G. Adams are
the happy parents of bouncing baby
girl last week.
Miss Mary Christopher, age nine years.
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Len Christie
pher. near town, returned the first OF
the week from the Salisbury Hospital
where she has been for several weeks for
treatment for an effected bone. in her
ankle, caused from a bruise several
months ago.
Nelson salmoens Of near POrters is
spending a few days with friends in and
around town.
Fred Jones of Wilmington is spending
a few days with relatives in and near.
town. .3a- ,.b -.
Henry Wallace spent Sunday; with
friends in Georgetown.
Mrs. Oran J. Wiley is spending the
week with realtives out around Adams
vile. ...
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