Milford chronicle., 1923-06-22

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The new shirt factory began opera
tiOn Wednesday and will give employ
ment to large number Of women and
girls here, which will be boom. to the
town.
The interior of the building at the
power plant Of the GeoTgetOWn Water
Works has been neatly painted and
otherwise. improyed.
DIR. r. G. Paynter has purchased a
new Ford sedan.
There will be racing at Savage's
Driving Park at the edge Of town, on
the LeWes road, Saturday afternoon,
June GARD, at o'clock. There will be
four classes entered for the races, A.
B, G and d. Some Of the finest stock
in Sussex and Kent COUNTESS have been
entered. There will also be q bandzOf
music present.
Plans are said to be under way
among the ministers Of this. tOWnet9
hold community meetings in the pub
lie squire during the summer months
each Sunday night.
Theodore Jester, son Of Mrs. John
Wilson, of this town, was injured one
night last week while loading Ice az
the GeoFgetoWn Ice Plant. He slipped
and fell into the ice bunker OF a. re-
frigeFatOF car that he was helRing TO
load. He was cut and bruised Quite
badly, but is able to be out at thia'
time.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Elton Walls
are being congratulated on the arrival
of a fine baby boy at their home IN
this town, last Thursday.
Members OF the First NJ. P. Church
of this town, will hold a box social
and. festival on the church lawn next
Friday night, June 22nd. The proceeds
for the henefit Of the church.
The residence Of Hugh D. Smith on
Pine street has been neatly painted
the past week.
A large new awning has been. plae-
ed in the front Of the department store
of H. Holtz, on. Market st., near the
railroad, this week.
While at the plant OF the George
town. Ice Company last Saturday af-
teTnoon Charles, the small SON Of Mr..
and Mrs. William JeFEead, OF this
town, had the end of the index finger
of the right hand, so badly mangled'
when he was caught in a. piece of ma
chinery that amputation was neees-
sary. He was taken to the Beebe Hos
pital, at LeWes, where the injury was
dressed He is getting along fine at
this time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas w. MumfOrd
and son, Thomas, of Philadelphia, are
at their cottage at River Dale Park,
Oak Orchard, for the season.
The Georgetown annual home COM
ing and ChautauQua will be held this
year during the week Of September 6.
The residence OF Charles Harris on
KINNEY street, has been neatly paint
ed the past week.
The Georgetown Volunteer Fire
Company realized about 1926 from,
their bazaar held. Thursday, Friday
and Saturday nights of last week. The
proceeds will go to help to pay for
their fire truck, as they have one or
the very latest models. They would of |.
done much better but the storm Of
Friday night knocked them out of one :
nights proceeds. :
Henry Duffel, John Lynch, Caleb
Wright, Jack FeTron, Cyrus Hatfield
Jr., David Pepper, Elwood Holson' JT.' ;
Charles Jones, George Barr, George !
Littleton, John Macklin, Jake Able :
man, of this town, and Oscar Unglaub,
Of Philadelphia, are on a ten days a
trip at Rehoboth Beach. Rev.
8. d. Van Loon is with the boys there. y
At the first quarterly meeting of the y
First NJ. P. Church, of this town, last n
Monday night, Frank J. HolsOn, Virgil y
9. LittletOn and Cornelius w. osephs,
we're elected committees; Noah King. y
Plans. are being made for h
Of the church in the q
lear future.
Clerk Of the Peace William. J. Quill =,
en- has issued the following marriage 9,
licenses the past week: To Arthur V. "
Eoskey, of Laurel, and Evelyn M. fe
Moore, of Delmar; to q. Warren Hol- II
ION and Olive V. Bailey, both of n
to Roy L. Joseph, Of Re- &
loboth and Augusta Mae Webb, of 81
4eWes; to Albert L. Marshall of Phil n
.delDhia and Margaret CTist of Days
iOro. in
Register of Wills Isaac E. Jones has n
ssued the following letters the past r
week: On the estate of Gertrude Tim IN
mons of Baltimore hundred to Annie N
3unting; on the estate Of Clarence NJ
leebs of LeWes and RehObOthe hum u,
red to Charles ID. Beebe; on the es- ~.
ate Of ohm H. Shiles, Of Broad Creek re
nndred, to Sarah L. Shiles; on the of
state Of COFdy c. Mcgee, of DagsboTO ci
undred, to Ida X. Mcgee; on the es- 10
ate OF James Smith of NorthWestfOrk wi
undred, TO Charles T. Smith; on the mr.
state. Of William H. Phillips, of tir
hundred to Irwin Phil in,
ps. ri,
There are ten prisoners in the cOun- In,
: jail here at the present time. In
This section was visited by a heavy
hin and electric storm Friday even 60,
Ig, but no damage was reported, and he
le rain did the growing crops lots Of nj,
BOD, as the rain fan we had some Ex
me ago did not wet the earth deep Co
lough to do much good to the grow
e crops. to-
Soft shell crabs are getting more tn,
entiful in our market and retailing
ON $1.50 to $1.75 per box. Fresh fish mr
70 plentiful and retailing at fair aw
ices. bat
Home grown string beans are in the fol
aFket retailing for 40 cents per gal
n. on,
Master James Locates is on the sick dn'
IT. or,
Mrs. Harlan Hinnaman spent part
last week in Wilmington. ne,
p. 8, Wilgus of MillsborO was ciTc- vee