Middletown transcript., 1922-07-29
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John R. Simmons. of Wilmington,
visited here on Wednesday.
Miss Emma Daniels, of Palmyra. Pa,
spent Sunday with friends here.
Elmer johnson and wife, of Whining
ton. spent Tuesday with friends here.
Raymond Jones and wife spent Sum
day with friends at Chesapeake Haven.
Otho Marvel and wife and Mrs. Clara
Knots spent Sunday at Augustine
Beach.
Miss Naomi Barton, of Centreville,
Nd. is the guest of Raymond Jones
and wife.
Miss Edna Reynolds spent last week
in Wilmington with Rev. and Mrs. j.
H. Beauchamp.
A. ]. Finley and wife, of Media, Pa,
spent the weekend with his mother,
Mrs. Emma Finley.
Miss Mary Records, of Middletown,
spent part of this week with Miss
Elizabeth Maloney.
l.. L. Maloney and wife left this week
for a yachting trip and expect to be
gone for two weeks.
Edward Garrett and wife visited his
brother Charles, in Philadelphia, Tues
day and Wednesday.
Joseph Penelton and wife, of Ches.
ter, Pa, spent Sunday with Joseph
Mannering and wife.
Miss Elizabeth Maloney spent last
week in Wilmington as the guest of
Miss Florence Martin.
Mrs. Sallie Raisin is visiting in Still
Pond, Md, at her old home, where she
will pay a two weeks visit.
Miss Mabel Harman, of Philadelphia,
Is spending several days with her
mother Mrs. William Deakyne.
Mrs. Hilyard and granddaughter of
Eddystone, Pa, are spending a week
with Joseph Mannering and wife.
Daniel E. Jones and wife, of Will
mington. have been spending a few
days with L. L. Maloney and WIFE
James Reed, of Dover, visited his
daughter, Miss Francis Reed, and
George Watts and wife on Sunday.
Mrs. Charles M. Watts had as her
guests on Thursday Miss Lucia Ober
and, sister, Miss Mary, of Richardson
Park.
George Mccall, a well-known bust
ness man of Chadd's Ford, Pa, spent
two. days here on fishing trip this
week.
Mrs. Nettie Lock efman and two chill
dren, of Delmar, are spending several
days with her mother, Mrs. Robert
Beardsley.
Rev. E. w. Caswell, of Middletown.
filled the pulpit on Sunday morning,
during the absence of our pastor, Rev.
G. P. Jones.
Joseph Mannering and wife motored
to Millington. Nd, on Sunday, accom-
panied by Joseph Penelton and wife, of
Chester. Pa.
Mrs. Eva Lattomus was Whining
ton visitor on Saturday and expects to
go to Rehoboth for a weeks sojourn at
an early date.
Samuel Spry, Missionary from
Faith Tabernacle, Philadelphia, is
spending several days with Mrs. Anna
Spry and family.
Mrs. Clyde Shockley and sister, Mrs.
W. P. Wilson, accompanied by David l..
Allen and wife, of Middletown, spent
Sunday at Rehoboth.
Wilson Lattomus spent part OF last
week at Rehoboth Beach with his par
ents, Winfield Lattomus and wife who
are sojourning there for the summer.
Willard Skeggs, member of the
U. s. Army, now stationed at Fort
Hancock, N. j., is spending five-day
furlouSh with his parents, Thorn las
Skeggs and wife.
During the week many of the city
visitors who came here on fishing trips
had excellent catches of game fish, at
NOxontown and many of them returned
with "big smiles and big fish.
Mrs. Edward Hart and son Edward
and guests Clinton Norman and wife,
also Mrs. Sallie Taylor motored to Elk
ton, on Friday where they spent the
day at the home of Ira Moore and wife.
Mrs. Wilhelmina Collins. of Whining
ton, is visiting this week at the home
of John Townsend and wife, who were
visited by their son, Samuel Townsend,
of Richardson Park, on Sunday and
Monday.
Rev. George P. Jones and wife were
called home suddenly from Mystic,
Conn.,, on Thursday, where they had
gone to spend their vacation, by the
illness of brother of Mrs. Jones, who
died on Saturday, few days later.
One local farmer took 80 baskets of
good cabbage to market in Philadel-
phia and received five cents a basket.
Several baskets of corn brought less
than rs cents basket and he now says
ne Will aliOW TIE SIulI 10 rot on MIS-
farm rather than hau! at such prices.
During the week several residents
went on an outing to Woodland Beach,
this resort having been opened for the
season on the 26th. This beach when
in full swing several years ago. was
the mecca of great throng of local
residents, while each Thursday drew
much larger crowds than any of the
other week days.
G.. M. Outten and wife had as visitors
on Sunday, Mrs. Harry Hill. Clinton
Hill, Norman Rawlins, wife and daugh-
ter, Virginia, of Seaford, and their
guest Miss Virginia Purvis and Jean
Purvis, of East Orange, N. j., the
party being on their return from New
ark where they visited Miss Ida Raw
Inns, who is attending Summer School.
During the past week several car
loads of potatoes have been shipped by
the farmers of this vicinity to the city
markets. The price early in the week
was 81 per hundred pounds but the
warm weather caused drop to 81. 80,
although the market stiffened again to
SLIGO when the temperature lowered.
There is considerable risk in loading
when the weather is very warm.
District Deputy Grand Chief, J. H.
w. Naylor, and his installing team
went to Clayton on Tuesday evening to
install the officers of Pilgrim Castle,
No. II, of that town. The team in
cluding Chief Naylor was composed as
s follows; Horace VanHorn, Lee Joiner.
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