Middletown transcript., 1922-11-11
TOWNSEND

end in Philadelphia. |
Mrs. Clara Knots spent Sunday with
relatives at Cheswold.
Mrs. Raymond Jones has been spend
ing week in Chester.
Richard Hodgson and wife were Will
mington visitors on Saturday.
Stewart Outten and Robert Walker,
of Dover, were visitors In town on Sun |
day.
James Lynch, of Dover, spent Sun
day at the home of l.. l.. Maloney and
wife.
! Frank Reynolds, of Wilmington,
visited his father w. P. Reynolds on
Sunday
G. NJ. Outten and wife were visited
by their son, Calvin, of Philadelphia,
on Sunday.
Mrs. D. l. Allen. of Middletown,
spent Wednesday at the home of her
brother, w. P. Wilson and family.
James Reed. of Dover, spent the
weekend with his daughter Frances,
and her grandparents, G. NJ. Watts and
wife.
, Mrs. Sallie Rasin accompanied Rev.
. and Mrs. Nichols. of Smyrna, to Still
Pond, Md, on Saturday and returned
on Tuesday.
: Mrs. l.. L.. Maoney and Mrs. K. R.
a Reynolds were guests at the home of
= Mrs. Harry Stidham, of Odessa, on
| Thursday at one O. clock luncheon.
n After two months visit Miss Mae
: Newnom, of New York, who has been
d visiting at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
: George Naylor, has returned home.
Leon Buckson has returned home
after having been at the Anderson
hospital, Philadelphia, for an operation
and was patient there for two weeks.
- Mrs. Margaret Fennimore has re-
- turned to her home in Wilmington
D a ter spending several days with bel
re sisters Mrs. J. Clarence Hutchison anC
Mrs. Susan West.
On account of the heavy production
of potatoes on farms in this section thu
IN local market is flooded and producer
" are shipping their surplus stock t
lie various parts of tine east.
n Local hunters are preparing for tn
opening of the game season and pre-
dict that rabbits which are gu te plehti
full, will be more extensively hunte
the coming season than for many sea
sons in the past. Quail is also peht
full, according to local gunners.
ed Miss Ethelwyn j. Maloney is chail
main of the Red Cross drive for Appc
quinimink hundred. Her commltte
ny comprises, Mrs. K. r. Reynolds, Mrs
A. +. Reynolds, Mrs. Richald Hodgsor
on Mrs. John Townsend, Jr. and Mr.
Daisy johnson. Membership fee ma
be paid to any of the above.
In an effort to induce new plants
ne locate hereabouts, the business men {
the town are advocating a plan th'
will mean the erection of signs leadln
de- into the town from all country roat
IDS announcing free sites to all manuta
turers" and other steps to be taken
interest manufacturing corporations
IT. locate here.
ng- Mrs Julia Todd who conducts Il larl
farm near Townsend, and who max
IL. farming pay in every detail, has 1u
succeeded in harvesting one OF Il
IN finest potato crops, that rs, consideril
the amount of ground used Tor tn
,;o crop, and so far the record made by b
has never been equalled. On of
op' little more than one-fourth acre, 81
secured 200 baskets of prize potatoe
wv in fact they ara much larger than t
- variety usually seen in the various ma
sls kets.
Finding his two hunting dogs missi
ire, when returning home late on Saturd
he, night, and suspecting the occupant
a car that had been seen standing
front of his home for brief time, Ju
n.y. before his arrival at home, Clarence
II Butler, of Colt, Md, lost no time in sc
ting his auto out of the garage q
starting after the speeding car in B
lel- pursuit. The man who was taking I
avs dogs to Wilmington was William Lege
of Centreville, Md, and just when gs
ting near the Leger car, the Butler G
on, ran out of gas and caused delay 10
.ors enough to compel Mr.. Butler to seek
~ nearby telephone booth when he
I'll structed the city police to watch
the car as it would come in over Marx
ila- street bridge, and two hours later. I
=, owner of the CANNES received VIC
sn that the man and dogs were in the c'
o1 tody of the police. Mr.. Butler went
ests Wilmington on Sunday morning to
the dogs. He promptly recovered ths
but declined to prosecute Leger v
was warned against repetition of
,eir dastardly act by Mr.. Butler