Milford chronicle., 1923-07-20

A number of our citizens are enjoy
ing home grown lima beans from their
gardens.
A new floor has been put in the bar
Der shop of the Calhoun Brothers, on
the corner of Market street and news
paper row, the past week.
The residence of John Hudson, on
Cedar street, has been improved by a
new roof and painted the past week.
Asher Lynch who has been emplCy-
ed as District Representative o. the
local branch of the Eastern SbSre Gas
and Electric Company, has resigned
his position and accepteS a position
with Layton and LaytGn. He is sue
ceeded by Cecil BlsAe, of Salisbury,
Md. Mr.. Blake With his family viii
occupy the dwelling of Willie Pepper,
On South Race street, after August 1st
The GEORGETOWN Council has tiled
part of King street, at the intersection
of Market street; something that has
been badly needed for some time.
The front of the Layton garage on
Market street has been neatly painted
and awnings placed over the windows
the past week, making quite a neat
appearance.
Our farmers are busy engaged at the
present time planting their late potato
crop. The acreage this year will be the
largest it has been for several years
past, as the dry weather in some
places cut the early crop.
The Albee Brothers of Philadelphia
who have purchased the stock Of |
goods of the general store from the |
heirs of the late Horace NJ Swain, |
had the misfortune to lose all of their
household goods last Wednesday,
while moving them from their Phila-s
delphia home, to their home here. The
moving van while enroute, near Do
yer, caught on fire and the van and
contents were entirely destroyed. They
will occupy the dwelling of the late
DR.. Richards.
Midland Grange Of this town will
not hold any meetings in its hall here
for the summer, but monthly meet
ings will be held at the home of it's
members. On July 18th a meeting was
held at Byron Pepper; on August %
the meeting will be held at the home
of Harvey M. Short.
The land known as the Tam farm at
the edge of town, near the boulevard,
has been laid out in streets and build ]
ing lots and named Evergreen Lawns I
and will be sold at public auction by
The Dixie Realty Company on July "a, I
beginning at 10 a. m. {
George Walls, one of the mainte- a
nance crew of the Pennsylvania Rail-
'Oad, who has been suffering from a C
crushed foot is improving so as to be
Dut again. "
Never before for a long time past
las the corn crop in this section look [
ID so wella nd if present indications v
ccount for anything a bumper crop
1ill be harvested this fall. Il
The many friends in this town are
lad to hear that Mrs. Willard p. R
hillips, of Wilmington, is rapidly re- 81
OVering from an operation for chron-
, appendicitis in the Delaware Hospi- cl
Il of that city. Mrs. Phillips is the
aughter of Mrs. Julia Speakman, of M
lis town, aid formerly resided here. to
John C. Abbott and Edward Gre en- pl
presented the Georgetown fiji lemen at
e State Firemen's Convention held tb
MiddletoWn last Wednesday. y RI
Clerk of the Peace William j. Quill
n has issued the following marriage gu
lenses the past week: To Charles D. Pr
ing of Georgetown and Ethel M.
essick of BridgeVille; to Roland gu
per of Milton and Lizzie Brown of w
ilfOrd; to Joseph E. Vickers of
and Carrie Mae Dukes of Ea
lgsboro. we