Milford chronicle., 1923-01-12

Mrs. Gideon C. Torbert Of Philadel
phia has been visiting her sister, MIS-
Mary e. Brereton, of Rehoboth.
Fire supposed to have caught IRON
a defective flue completely destroy
ed the home of George T. Bryan O
near .Overbrook. The fire was hrs'
discovered by William e RusC'
neighbor, about quarter OF a mile
away wno Immediately made it known
tn Bryans, who wev3 in the house al
the aime. The fire alarm was SOUNDED
here and the company responded
nromptlv and with tie help of The
neighbors they were able to save heaI-
" all the furniture, it was party cO'-
cred by insurance. -.
At the town election beld here on
Saturday, DR.. James T. thompson
was reelected Mayor for announcer
wear: Harry G. Maull was re-elecleu
commissioner for two years and cap
tain Thomas ]. Virden was electeu
commissioner for two years, succeed
ing David W. Burbage; william >;
Carson was reelected treasurer anu
Charles C. Hickman was elected as
SCISSOR.
At the annual election of the Della
ware Bay and River Pilots Associa-
tion at its office in Philadelphia, Cap
tain Albert G. Bennett, of Cape May,
N. J., was reelected vice president oY-
er John P. Virden, of this town, by
vote of Al to 21.
Carl Harrison has moved from the
William Harrison property on Je1er-
son avenue to the Richard BeeDe
property on South street, which was
RECENTLY vacated by John T. Abbott.
Two carloads of coal arrived here
to the local coal dealers, Anthony T.
Ingram and Marshall Cough & Com
pany. last week, which helped Won
derfully to relieve the shortage.
MRS. George P. Tunnel is confined
tn her home with an attack Of grippe.
i The local fox hunters denned fox
last week and caught him and DrouSnC
him to town with the idea of having
a big chase with him and had ar
rangements made for a chase last
Saturday. When they went to get him
out early that morning, he had made
his escape by gnawing out Of the box
and cutting the wire cage, but he had
been gone only a short time before the
hunters arrived and they were able to
scent him about a half mile out OF
town and gave him another chase and
finally denned him but were unable TO
get him this time.
Funeral services of Mrs. Laura
Mustard, wife of Edgar B. Mustard
were held Saturday afternoon, Janu-
ary 9Th, at her home in Angola and
interment made in the Conley's Chap
el M. r. cemetery. She is survived by
a husband, one son and one daugn-
ter, father and mother and several
brothers and sisters. ~
Harvey E. Baker has moved his
family from the new bungalow which
he recently built and moved into, on
Dewey avenue, to his property, on
South street, having sold his bung-
allow to Henry T. Wilson, a farmer
near Conley's Chapel. Harry ]. Sch
mierer has moved his family from
GEORGETOWN to the Baker bungalow.
Miss Alma F. Walls, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. George R. Walls of near
Coolspring and Hylan G. Smith of VIII
mington, son of Mr.. and Mrs. William
P. Smith, of near Harbeson, were mar
ried last Saturday at Rehoboth Beach
by the Rev. w. S. Grant, pastor of the
EpWorth M. E. Church there.
John D. Hazard, son of Cornelius
B. Hazard, is nursing broken arm !
which was sustained in an automobile |
wreck a few days ago, near Five |
Points, when the machine in which he
was riding began to skid and finally
landed up against a telephone pole. |