Middletown transcript., 1922-12-09
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!. OsorBe Sm0lbgy, OF Dover. spent
sunday with friends here.
Ernest Weldon and wife spent Sum-
osy with relatives near Smyrna.
Lester Schefsld spent Thanksgiving
Day with ". G. Money and family.
Miss ella Walmsley, of North East.
Mo- visited friends here on Sunday.
Mrs. Albert Massey, of Wilmington.
mas been visiting Mrs. L. L. Maloney.
Mrs. Alice Pollitt and daughter Miss
GLADYS speut Monday in Philadelphia.
William Motif spent Thanksgiving
LAY with >. Corbit Reynolds and Wife
Frank Jester. of FELTON,, spent few
Gays this week with w. A. Scott and
Mrs.. James Wilson, of Smyrna, WIS.,
ited relatives in town one day the pas
Rodney Price and wife, of Whining
ton, spent the weekend with W. Ii
Reynolds and wife.
Mrs. David /. Allen. of Middletown
visited her brother W. P. Wilson ano.
family on Tuesday.
Mrs. Henry Skeggs, of Camden, N.
=, is visiting at the home of her son.
Thomas Skeggs and wife.
Harvey Daniels, wife and son Dor
man, OF Wilmington, have been visit
ing walter Morgan and wife.
Robert Beardsley is spending this
week at the home of his sister Mrs.
Joseph Jones at Newark, N. j.
Miss Georgia Wiggin, of the Women's
College, Newark, spent the holidays
with her parents, George Wiggin ana
wife.
Mrs. Joseph Mannering and son Paul,
visited her son Burton Mannering and
family in Chester, from Wednesday
until Sunday.
Mrs. Eva Lattomus and Mrs. Sallie
Raisin were visited by their niece, Miss
Hilda Stevens, of Harrington, during
the past week.
Thomas Townsend and Edward Dan
iels are serving as jurymen at the
County court which open the Decem-
Der term on Monday.
John Poore, wife and children were
recent visitors at the home of w. A.
Joiner and wife. Mrs. Joiner who has
been quite i'll, is now much improved.
J. A; Unruh. wife and daughter re-
turned nome on Sunday, after spending
the Thanksgiving holidays with rela-
tives and friends in fredericksburg anu
Seaford.
The ladies' of Delaney's M. E.
Church held poultry and oyster supper
at the Oak Hill school, on FRIDAY even
ing, Dec. 8th. A goodly sum was
realized, the proceeds being for the
benefit of Delaney's Church.
N. w. VanHorn and wife had as
guests on sunday Miss Elma Lurty, OF
kirkwood; John Blackiston and wife,
of Wilmington; Calvin Stats, of st.
Georges; Harry Lurty and wife, of Mt.
Pleasant, and Martin Lurty. of Ches-
ter, Pa.
Mrs. John Townsend has returned
home from Philadelphia where she
spent several days with Mrs. Mollie
Carter. who has recovered from an ILL.,
ness of several weeks. She returned
with Mrs. Townsend and will be the
guest of her brother, John Townsend
and-wife.
Eugene Hart and wife, of Whining
ton, who were enroute on an auto triI,
to Seaford, were brief guests of Mrs.
r. R. Reynolds on Tuesday, who ac-
companied them. on the trip. The,
were also accompanied by Allen Truitt
of Seaford, who was on his return hom,
after visit in Wilmington.
The town commissioners have Just
had erected sign boards at proper place
which warn autoists passing through
the town, that their speed must not
exceed Is miles per hour.in the tow
limits. 1t is said other regulations TO!
the movement of automobiles in tht
town limits are being considered.
Stockton Woodward Townsend young
est son of Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Town.
send, was Commercial graduate in tn,
class of 1922 of Goldey College, at the
commencement exercises held in Viii.
mington on Dec. 9th. Owing to tn,
recent death of his brother S. Russell
Townsend, invitations were sent to tn,
Immediately family only.
Muskrat hunters have not been doin,
very heavy business thus far this sea
son. The rats" are not plentiful, ano
besides, the water in most of tn,
streams is so low that the little animal
are backward. Hide operators ar.
sending in heavy orders to their oil.
trappers, who say that the season look,
like poor one. High prices will surel,
prevail if predictions come true, sa,
the trappers.
While out hunting in the woods near
Noxontown Mills ON Monday Harold
Outten, of Townsend, discovered two
shotguns that had been stolen from tn,
home of Harry Sinex on the night O,
November 1lth. by farm hand known
as Texas Red" Most of the other
articles including some clothing and !:
quantity of jewelry were recovered by
Mr.. Sinex soon after the robbery. TIN
guns had been hidden under
pile Of leaves with only slight portion
Of the firearms showing. and when OF
served by Mr.. Outten who was passin,
through the woods, he made an nvestj-
CATION revealing the loot. The finder
recalled the robbery at the -Sinex hone
and that the pair of guns were still
missing. Both guns were in excellent
condition and it is supposed the thief.
finding himself with more loot than b..
could successfully get away with, hid
the firearms at this spot, until he coult
return there later on. The guns wer..
described by Mr.. Sinex and found to r.
the ones that had been taken from tn
9inex rebidence. Mr.. Outten returnea
the articles to Mr.: Sinex who has re-
gained nearly all the stolen articles.
Mr.. Outten would accept no reward for
returning the guns.
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