Milford chronicle., 1922-09-08
GEORGETOWN

Joseph B. West was in Milford on
Saturday afternoon.
James B. Short is suffering from an
attack of rheumatism.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Hilyard are on
a trip to Niagara Falls.
The next registration day will be on
Saturday, September 10th.
Miss Sadie Cooper spent the week
end with friends at Stockley.
Mrs. William Pusey is quite ill at
her home on Railroad avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Pettyjohn spent
Friday with friends at Milford.
Miss Mary Roach spent the week
end with friends in Greenwood.
Mrs. Howard J. Cooke spent a part
of last week with friends in Seaford.
Mrs. Mary Carmean is Spending two
weeks in Philadelphia and Atlantic
City.
There are nine prisoners confined
in the county Jail here at the present
time.
John Nelson was on a business trip
to Philadelphia the latter part of last
week.
The residence of Willard Dyre on
North Bedford street is being neatly
painted.
Miss Helen McWorther is the guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew J. Lynch of
this town.
Quite large number of our citizens
attended the State Fair at Wilmington
this week.
Frank Vaughn, of Philadelphia,
spent last week with friends and rel
atives here.
81 The residence of Frank J. HOlsOn
on the public square has been neatly
painted the past week.
Prothonotary John Barr who has
been on the sick list the past week is
improving at this time.
Mrs. Ida Blizzard of near Lewes
spent Saturday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Harvey w. Calhoun here.
Rev. w. S. H Williams spent last
week with his daughter, Mrs. Oscar
B. Woodbridge at Norfolk, Va.
Miss Jessie Warrington, of Marcus
Hook, Pa, has been the guest of Miss
Clara E. SammOns in this place.
MIS-. j. y. CuCh6I d1u uctNs5LlC4s {
Elizabeth, of Philadelphia, are the .
guests of her father, w. W. Rawlins
of this town.
There were thirty-fve tickets sold
at this station for the Atlantic City
excursion by the Pennsylvania Rail-
road Company.
w. D. Brasure has taken in charge
the daily and Sunday newspapers
route which he purchased from Mrs.
Fred w. Blizzard.
Miss Gladys Hudson underwent
successful operation at the Beebe
Hospital at Lewes for the removal of
her tonsils last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. John H. Hudson and
little daughter of Alden, Pa, are the
guests of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
John c. Hudson in this town.
The farmers in this section are busy
now in their fodder fields which on
an average is turning out fair, altho ]
some fields are considerably damaged
by the wet season.
The season for shooting squirrels
opened Friday, September 1st, and
our sportmen are taking advantage of
the same and report game plentiful. Z
Many of them are meeting with sue Z
cess. !,
Being unable to obtain coal, Harry
Long has temporary closed his laund- q
nv in the old Eagle Hotel building, =
much to the regret of his many pa
irons, who hope it won't be for a '
very long time. a
The Georgetown firemen tested out
their new fire engine Saturday after {
noon in front of the court house and S
they forced a stream of water over the
court house steeple which proves sat 1
isfactory to all concerned.
The new fire truck has arrived that :
cost our laddies $10,500, of which the
people should be proud of. They will !
hold another carnival on Thursday, -
Friday and Saturday evenings, Sep Z
tember IA, Is and 16, which should be
we'll patronized by all. II
Register of Wills William J. Mus v
tard has issued the following letters
the past week: On the estate of Mag tt
gle P. Pettyjohn of Georgetown hun W
lred to John H Pettyjohn; on the es-
tate of John B. Scott, of North West f;
Fork hundred to Ida Scott. n
The Sussex County Poland China a
Association who had their 81
stock on exhibition at the Salisbury
Fair took first prizes in all, which is N
very good showing for the associa- IN
ion, as some of the finest stock on ,,
he Delmarvia Peninsula was on eX- u u
libition there. The association is in =
hriving condition. l,
Clerk of the Peace Frank W. Law W
o nhas issued the following mar nj
iage licenses to Clarence E. Short
nd Cora A. Morgan, both of Days te
oro; to Alfred P. Quillen and DOro- Ct
by E. Kunsman, both of Rehoboth. 81
Our local market is well supplied
t this time with fresh fish and re- ft
ailing at fair prices. WI
Edward Hunt, who resides on the to
blackstone farm, near town, on the
and Hill road, has sent to the State 4
air, at Wilmington, four large on ~
ms, each weighing one pound. They k.
re of the Burpee's Prize Taker va M
iety, and were grown from seed
lanted last April. Mr.. Hunt has about
D bushels of this variety and all run
ing nearly as large as the ones he
ent to the Fair. LIE
Harry Lekites who has been con- IN