Middletown transcript., 1922-08-05
TOWNSEND

Thomas Scott, of Lewes, spent Mon
day with w. A. Scott and wife.
George Medford, o. Wilmington,
visited friends here on Saturday.
Misses Gladys Money and Marian
Hart, spent the weekend at Bowers
Beach.
Mrs. R. R Reynolds visited her
cousin Mrs. Harry Stidham at Odessa,
on Friday.
Miss Anna VAnDyke is visiting her
brother, Howard VanDyke, at Atlantic
City, N. J.
Harry Hart, wife and son Henry, of
Philadelphia, have been visiting j. A.
Hart and wife.
Joseph Mannering and wife visited
Millington on Thursday the guests of
William Gooden.
Miss Mildred Wheeler, of Baltimore,
Md, is the guest of Mrs. Clinton Nor
mant for several days.
Mrs. ]. A. Hart has returned home,
after three days visit with her son,
Irving b. Hart and wife
Mrs. Jennie Stats, of Philadelphia,
is spending sometime with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Joseph Pritchard.
Mrs. Harry Hoch is spending some
time at Rehoboth with her parents,
Winfield Lattomus and wife.
Miss Naomi Barton has returned to
Centrevi!le, Md, after a week s visit
with Raymond Jones and wife.
Mrs. Daisy johnson and mother, Mrs
Edna Wiggn, and G.. H. Wiggin, wife
and family were Wilmington visitors on
Friday.
George H. Wiggin and son George,
Mrs. Edna Wiggin and Messrs. Charles
and George Malcolm motored to Kenton
on Sunday.
The Ladies' Aid Society will meet at
the home of Mrs. Ohio Marvel on next
Tuesday evening, August 8th. A good
attendance is desired
Mrs. r. r. Reynolds and G. M. Out
ten attended the funeral of Elmer Out,
ten, on Saturday afternoon at Dover.
The deceased was nephew of Mr.. Out
ten of our town.
Mrs. Olin Foraker. suffering from
intestinal troubles, was removed to the
Delaware Hospital on Monday, and her
condition is reported as being still
serious, owing mainly to her weakness
which resulted from the rapid progress
of her ailment.
Spending three days among friends
here H. P. Cassidy, well-known bust
ness man, of Wilmington, found much
pleasure in fishing and made daily trips
to NoXontown pond to enjoy few
hours of this sport. He is quite sue
ceSsfu with rod and reel
Mrs. Walter Morgan, Mrs. Daisy
johnson and Mrs. l.. B. Shockley, who
are members of the Daughters of
America, called on Mrs. Earl Coleman,
near Middletown, on Sunday, who is re-
covering from typhoid fever, and her
many friends are glad to know that she
is steadily improving. Mrs. Coleman is
member of the Daughters of America.
There was considerable alarm here on
Monday morning when there We're
rumors ahoat that an attempt to rob
the bank of the Townsend Trust CO. ),
had been made at late hour on Sun
day night. An investigation showed
that no attempt of this kind had been
made, but it was learned that three
strange men, all wearing masks and
carrying revolvers were seen standing
under store porch by a young man
who was returning to his home in the
country. Fearing that they were
waitlng~for an official of the bank who
was there looking over some papers,
hurried out to his home and notified the
man At the bank by telephone of what
he had seen of the strangers lettering
near that institution as he believed a
robbery was to be attempted, at least
This gave rise to the reports of an at
tempted bank robbery, but it is believed
| that the three men were members OF
the klu KluX Khan in town to give out
their papers. and carry on their propa
ganda as the next morning many OF
these papers We're found on the door
| stems about town,