Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1922-12-15
ALIVE BUDGET OF NEWS AS
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mated from a defective fiue, broke out
on the roof of Mrs. Lemuel Palmer s
house. near the gas plant, at two o.
clock Monday morning of this Week.
and completely destroyed II. The tre
was discovered by young man VINO
coming from Rehoboth Beach, atteI
having spent the evening with his girl
there. After sometime he was able 10
arouse the occupants of the house
and then he gave in the alarm. Inc
house being so far from the nearest
water plug, gave the firemen very
little Dressure. The pumper was
brought out and put in action, but by
tba time it arrived the fire had made
ouch Roadway that all the tiremen
could do was to keep it from spread
ing elsewhere. Two of the firemen, W..
DIVA Prettyman and Carlton Tracy
Srare hurt when a cornace fell from
the house, hitting them both in the
face The former was knocked from
ladder to the ground and was taken
tn the Beebe Hospital where ms
wounds were dressed and later in the
dow he was allowed to leave with MS
Foce bandaged. Tracey's wounds were
dressed and he was able TO Keep OH
foot. m
U. was held Friday evening az liz
home of Mrs. Ruth Hazard. hepOlCs
fro1o the worlds and National Con-
cations were given by Mrs. Napoleon
d Raoister and Mrs. William F. Mar
eba1I The committee on the muslcaie
which was held at Mrs. Albert Lynch's
ronorted the amount of $500, was
addod IN +he budget fund. Plans were
"ooSe tn visit the schools in the sur
rounding districts in the interest ol
scientific temperance instruction..
have announced that their daughter'
Miss Mildred, will be married on Dc
cember 25th, to Clyde M. Philips, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Jerome u FnllllpS'
of this town. 90 tho
Tewes M. E. Church, who was recently
appointed chaplain OF the delaware
Regiment by Governor Denney' re-
ported at headquarters in Wilmington
on Thursday. ,a,-o+,,o11
team defeated the SelbyVllle t1lsI
School team here, in the new scLoOi
building. by a score of SO to 2, Whlle
the boys High School team OF SelDye
Vile defeated our boys by score oI
q to 20.
The Loyal Helpers Of the Lewes M.
e. Church met last week at the nome
of Mrs. Harry M. Maull on Ihlru
street. o.,u,,,,;,,,
Harry c. Joseph, Of near Coo!sprlng'
who has been employed IN PhllaueL-
phia for several months carpenterlh9'
has returned to his farm until ne gets
his corn out. FIJI,
Captain Ralph Futcher and fanny
of philadelphia who have been VlSlt-
ing his parents, Mr.. and MIS- Jallles
T. Futcher, have returned.
CAPTAIN William +. MarshalI VIII De
master of the pilot boat, Philadelphia
for the coming two weeks. ,,,
Harry w. Lynch and family OF VII
mington, have returned after Vls!i ms
his parents, near Midway, tor I Le"
days, Mr.. and Mrs. William +. Lynch.
Harry F. Jefferis, of near LEWIS
killed three hogs this week. whose
weight were AIS pounds, 4471a pounus
and sos pounds, respectively.
y Mrs. Virginia L. Mustard formerly t51.;
of this town, is on her way 10 VII
mington, from Antwerp beiSlu sun
where she has been visiting her daugn-
ter, Mrs. George S. Messersmltn.
A meeting of the Foreign Mlsslo on
ary Society was held last week at tne
home of Mrs. Jacob Morris, and large
number was in attendance.
The stockholders of the LeWes Fer-
tilizer Company held their annual
meeting on Tuesday and electeu tne
following directors for the ensulhe
wear: Harland M. Joseph, ROBERT
Penningto, James T. Lank, James M
Tunnel, and Charles D. Murphy MT
Joseph has been elected general man
ager of the company. The directors
declared a dividend on the preferred
stock, payable January first.
Herbert A. Shut who recently pur-
chased a new truck and went into the
hauling business, made trip 10 PM
adelphia during the week for Corner
JUS NJ Eriksen.
Miss Annie B. Nichols, clerk OF the
Board of Public Works, has arrived
in Antwerp, Belgium, after WE'VE
DAYS voyage, as the guest OF MIS-
George S. Messersmith, formerly MISS
Marion Mustard, of this town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry M. Nelson are
receiving congratulations upon the
arrival of a fine baby boy.
/Captain John Morris who is master
lbf a large ocean going sail vessel IS
spending a few days with his family
here.
i Mrs. Aida w. Lilly, of this town,
\ has arrived in Los Angeles, Cali
where she will make her future home.
\ Charles D. Beebe, proprietor OF the
Ocean House, of L4ewes, during the
summer months, has accepted posi-
ton as bookkeeper at the Beebe Hos
pital, succeeding Miss Beatrice King,
who expects to wed some time this
month.
The announcement has been made
of the wedding Of Miss Verda M. Rod
ney, of Midway, to Norman Dodd, son
of the late Absolam Dodd, also of Mid
way. The bride is a teacher Of the
school at Midway and the groom is a
young farmer. They will make their
future home at Midway.
Captain John w. Joseph who is
spending the winter months in Phil
adelphia, was town visitor last week
from the pilot boat, Philadelphia
for few hours.
Cornelius c. Marshall, local coal
dealer, received a carload Of nut coal
last week, which helped considerably
TRINITY