Milford chronicle., 1925-08-21
Georgetown


station.
The residence of James Carey, on
the corner of Cedar and King
streets, has been painted the past
week.
Caleb Wright has accepted a posi-
ton with the State Highway Depart
ment. He is located here.
Nehemiah Marvel is repairing his
tenant house on KENNY street by
the addition of another story and
also painting it.
There were forty men and women
who took the state teachers exami-
nation held in the Georgetown High
School building here on Friday and
Saturday Of last week.
Mrs. Annie E. Layton, aged about
rs years, wife of former Congress
man Caleb r. Layton, died at her
home at the corner of Pine and
Bedford streets, this town, Wednes-
day afternoon, of acute dilatiOn of
the heart, after a short illness. Flu
neral services were held in st. Pauls
P. 3. Church, this town, Saturday
afternoon at o'clock. InteTment in
adjoining cemetery. She is survived
by her husband, two sons and one
daughter, Daniel ]. Layton, Esq, of
this town and Caleb S. Layton, Esq, !
of Wilmington and Mrs. Reese Lay
ton, of BridgeVille. Mrs. Layton was
a kind hearted lady and was al
ways ready for any good work. A
kind neighbOr and friend, and was
loved for her many acts of kindness.
She was a life long member Of st.
Pauls P. E. Church. Before her mar
riage she was Miss Annie Sipple,
daughter of Thomas B. and Mary
Sipple, who died many years ago.
Quite large number of our citt-
zens attended Big Thursday at Oak
Orchard last Thursday and also Big
Thursday at Slaughter Beach this
week.
Davis Banks who resides near
Gravel Hill, on the Lewes road, will
soon be 1O2 years old, and is still
hale and hearty. He moved here
from New York State a few years
ago and purchased small farm
which he still looks after.
N. r. Palmer, of Sweet Hall, Va, {
will sell at the court house door, on
Saturday, August 29th, the old Gull I
len homestead on South Bedford
street and the three large lots a
known as the Truitt lots at the edge
of town. c
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. J. McDermott are t
being congratulated on the arrival of S
a fine baby girl at their home in
Montrose, Pa, on August 10th. Mrs. Il
McDermott was Miss Marguerite Da- L
Wis of this town before her mar
riage. N
Miss Edith May West, daughter of N
Robert R. West, residing near town, s.
and Larry Holston, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. William Holston, of Millsboro, II
were married at the First NJ. P. par IL
sonage of this town, Saturday night
of last week by Rev. J. T. Bailey.
Norman Jones, of this town, who
has been receiving treatment at the
Beebe Hospital for injuries sustain
ed in an automobile accident some OF
time ago, is out again, much to the b;
qualification Of his many friends ly
here. bC
Miss Sarah Messick has accepted tn
a position as bookkeeper with the L. fir
D. Caulk Dental Company of Mil er
ford. oV
Register of Wills Isaac E. Jones ba
has issued the following letters the So
past week: be
On the estate Of Willard S. Rogers er
Of Dagsboro hundred, to Florence M. ad
Rogers. ta
On the estate of William A. Dut- lei
ON of Broadl1iln hundred, to the alb
sussex Trust Company. so
On the estate of Maggie J. Will ar
Jams, of Cedar Greek hundred, to tn
Joshua w. Smith and Fred I. Smith. a
Clerk of the Peace William J. Quill an
in, has issued the following mar
iage licenses the past week: wa
To Wilbert T. Chandler, of RoX- ba
ma, and Pearl L. Wells of Frank the
ord. IaI
To Stephen F. Davis of Millsboro we
nd Laura q. Jones of BridgetOn, N. the
wa
There are eleven prisoners cOnfin- tor
d in the county Jail here at the spC
resent time. chi
Ollie Farrow, Of this town, an en- ma
Joyce of the Diamond State Tele- 1ut
hone Company, while at work at I
cean View, Saturday, while up elf
ole, slipped, and in the act of fall MO
lg his hand came in contact with edli
le end of tie wire and cut it open wei
taking seven stitches to close the ton
ound. DR.. Hooker rendered medical Lar
Id and he is doing fine at this time. mai
Mr.. and Mrs. Preston Rogers are Jon
congratulations on the ar PM
val of a fine baby boy at their Ney
1me on South Bedford street last I'M
riday. MRS
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Parker, of and
have been spending a mel
W days with his sister, Mrs. Will L.
am c. Dodd, here. ed
Wilbur Welch and two children of Geo
spent last week with sec
r. and Mrs. Alonzo McIlvaine here. oeII
William c. Dodd, steward on the tle :
S. dredge Mantua, spent Sunday ".
til his family here. CIty
Mrs. Annie Prettyman and child was
n Of Glendale, spent Sunday with P Phll
latives here. fTal
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Shellenberger PIE
Lewistown, Pa, spent last week Jlss'
tn the latter's parents, Mr.. and est
IS. Alonzo McIlvaine, here. Is 81
Mrs. Noah King and two sons, VINO
ward and Johnson, are spending a Joye
elk with her sisters in Philadel- VI
ia and Lansdowne, Pa. V Yaca
The J. Rodney King base ball club sons
this town went to Mardella prea
rings Saturday afternoon and text
Lyed the Mardella Club. The score Rom
S to in favor of the Mardella gosP
h. Oh u
lanes M TunneI1 ESD and FAM that
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