Milford chronicle., 1925-05-22
Georgetown
Delaware POstmasters VIII Meet At
RehObOth

KenODOLu
The Delaware Branch OF the Ma
tional League of POstmasters held
its annual session in the Court
House last Wednesday, May 18TH.
Fourteen of the thirty-twO members
were present and elected officers for
the ensuing year as follows; Presl-
dent, s. S. Stephens of Delaware
City; vice president, E. F. Whitney
of Fllendale; secretary and treasur-
er. J. D. Robbins of Milton. J. d.
Robbins was chosen as a delegate to
the National League Convention,
which meets in Cleveland, Ohio, in
August. S. S. Stephens was chosen
as alternate delegate. Secretaries
were elected as follows: For New
Castle county, S. S. Stephens; for
Kent county, Howard Rash of Ches-
void. and for Sussex county, ]. F.
Phillips of Rehoboth. The next meet
ing of this branch will be held at
Rehoboth in August.
Soy Bean Fertilization
Demonstrations
Soy bean growers in Sussex coun-
ty will be interested in the demon
strations of methods of fertilization
and growth of this crop, which is
arranged by NJ. C. Vaughn, the
County Agent of Sussex county, at
tbe farm of VIM. c. Allen, near
laurel. and the farm of ]. B. Truitt,
near Coolspring.
Mr.. Vaughn states, that the mem
hers of the Nassau Milk Producers
Association recently purchased from
G. w. Koser, of Gettysburg, Pa, six
teen head of thoroughbred Guernsey
heifers.
The Nassau Milk Producing Asso-
citation has during the past three
months. shipped daily from one hun
dred to one hundred and ten, HOLD.
cans of milk to the city markets.
That is a large production for
new enterprise Of less than three
years growth.
Georgetown Schools Close May 18th
The school work for the year will
close on Friday, May 29th and the
commencement will be held on June
2nd in Ryon's Theatre. The Bacca-
laureate sermon will be at st. Paul's
p e. Church. The graduates will
take their trip to Washington on
June 3rd to 9Th, with Miss Rosalie
Martin as chaperone. The class to
take the trip is composed of Fran
ces L. Evans, Emma e. Holson'
Mary E. Jones, Hilda M. Lee, Bea-
trice Parker, Millie H. Roach, Mar
guerite E. Rogers, F. Mildred Rust,
Burdella E. Scarborough, Florence
B. Scott. Esther NJ. Tyndall, L. Grace
Wilson, Cornelius M. Hamblin, Ell
wood Holson, Charles J. Jones, j.
Rodney King and J. Edward Nell
vaine.
Mary A. Jones won the $15 class
prize. Charles R. Jones the $40 and
Marguerite e. Rogers the $5 prizes
for writing the best essays on the
Constitution.
Mrs. Carmean Buried Here
The remains of Mrs. Bessie Car
mean, aged "A years, wife of George
W. Carmean, whose death from
pneumonia occurred last Monday at
Norwich, Conn, were brought here
on Friday at noon and carried to
the undertaking parlors of John I.
Gray, where funeral services were
held. Burial took place in Union
cemetery.
Mrs. Carmean was a sister of JOS
eph Brown, residing near Spring
field Cross Roads. Mr.. Carmean is
the son of the late Henry Carmean.
They formerly resided near this city.
The residence of Nehemiah Mar
vel on KENNY street has been neat
Iy painted this week, also the fronts
of the Thoroughbred block on Mar
ket street, occupied by Ben Able
man.
The Rehoboth High School base
ball team came here Friday after.
noon and played the Georgetown
High School team. The score was 8
to 1 in favor of the Georgetown
boys.
Todd Beauchamp, son Of Rev. I.
A. Beauchamp of this town, was in
jured Saturday night of last week
when his car collided with another
near Westcoat's Corner when he was
returning from RehOboth. He was
injured about the arm and chest but
fortunately no bones were broken.
He was taken to the Beebe Hospital
in Lewes for treatment. He is doing
fine at this time.
The members of Wesley M. E.
Church of this town have decided to
begin at once the erection of COM
munity house on their lot in the
rear of the church, facing on Laurel
street.
The property of E. W. Ryon on
Pine street, occupied by Rodney
Pride has been newly painted, also
the front of the Blackstone block on
Market street, this week.
William w. Rawlins, cashier of
the Farmers Bank, who has been i'll
for some time has improved so as to
be out again, much to the gratifica-
ton of his many friends here who
hope he will continue to improve.
Harold Hatfield is suffering from
a bruised nose that he received
while watching a game of base ball
Friday afternoon here. In some way
his nose was struck by ball.
Carroll Parsons and family last
week moved into the property of
Elisha Ryon on Railroad avenue.
There were eighty-three coops of
chickens shipped from this town
last Monday by express, not men
tioning what was carried by truck
or freight, which shows that this
section is not behind in the poultry
business.
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