Milford chronicle., 1923-03-30
FRANKFORT

Early Monday evening in the height
Of the blizzard one Of the electric light
wires was causing the streets to be
in darkness for the remainder of the
night.
Capt. and Mrs. Ebe T. Chandler and
Mrs. H. B. Shepherd who have been
spending the winter in Plant City,
Florida, have returned home.
Asa Bennett and daughter who have
been in the Beebe Hospital for treat
ment, have returned home much i'm
proved. =,
The Pennsylvania Railroad will
run an excursion from Philadelphia
on Sunday, April %. The special is
scheduled to leave Philadelphia at
$3.50 a. m. and is due here at 1O:O9,
returning it will leave at 7:15 p. m. No
doubt this will be very popular with
our city friends. They will find a hos
pital welcome and plenty Of good
things to eat: AS hogs jowl, and tur-
nip greens, fried chicken and fish are
plentiful.
Mrs. Charles Hill and her daugh-
ter, Miss Helen, and Grant Wilbur, of
Philadelphia, recently spent a few
days here with Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Ell
lis.
Luther C. Roberts is seriously ill
at his home in Ocean View. He is very
well known, as for many years he
drove the stage line from here to
Bethany Beach. In recent years the
horse drawn stage has given way to
an automobile bus.
w The new causeWay at Longs Pond,
which was partly washed away by
the recent storms, was put in service
Saturday. For week it was neces-
sary to make a long detour. 1t has
seriously inconvenienced farmers as
they are now busy hauling lime and
phosphate.
At present the prospects for all
kinds of fruits is very good. In some
places, especially along Indian River
most of the fruit has dormant ap-
pearance, although some of the shell
tered orchards are beginning to show
signs of life.
Mrs. Topp M. Heath represented
the Frankford Century Club at di-
rectors' meeting of the State Fedora
ton of Clubs, held in Dover, last
Thursday.
The infant daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
George Long, near Johnson's Store,
died Saturday night after an illness of
a few days.
Joseph M. McCabe, aged 20 years,
and one day, died at his home in Bal
timore hundred, near Fenwick Island,
Friday. He was a well known farmer
and was born and raised where he
Il 70,
widow and three sons, John, Robert
and Edward and one daughter, Mrs.
Martha Bowden, of Chincoteague Is
land, Va, also five great grandchil-
dren. Funeral was held Sunday after
noon in the Sound M. E. Church. He
was buried in the cemetery on his
farm.
Several from here attended the 35th
anniversary of the installation of Rox-
ana Castle, No. 16, K. G. E. True to all
traditions it not only rained but it
stormed. There was an elaborate sup
per served to the members, their
wives, sweethearts and visiting Eagles.
Roxana Castle has a large member
ship and is in very healthy condi-
ton. The officers are: Noble chief,
Vance McCabe; vice chief, Lewis Will
gus; sir herald, William Lewis; past
grand, Rolla Wigus; high priest,
Lewis Farmer; secretary, Orlando
Wilgus; treasurer, Wallace Lynch;
keeper, John Wharton.
: Clinton H. Watson, Harvey M. Ru-
ark, Harry Goodwin, AlOnzo Evans and
Lee Stevens went to Elizabeth City, N.
J., where they got from the factory
Star automobiles and drove them
home.
Hazel, aged IA years, a daughter of |
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilmer Elmers, who has |
been quite i'll with pneumonia, is bet
ter and hopes are entertained for her
complete recovery.
WALL PAPER: Bargains cts.
and up double roll at LILLE HUD-
SONS, Frankford, Del. m23-4tp