Milford chronicle., 1926-04-30

Caroline w. Short, of Georgetown
hundred, to Elijah w. Short; on the
estate of Elizabeth L. Steele, of
Georgetown hundred, to Allevin
Maud Steele Hammond; on the es-
tate of Luby w. Carmine, of Little
Creek hundred, to Victor J. Car
mine; on the estate of James L.
DerricksOn, of GumbOro hundred,
to Lovenia B. Derrickson and Viii
liam H. Derrickson.
The first base ball game of the
season between Georgetown High
School and Rehoboth High School,
played on the latter's diamond, last
Friday afternoon, was lost by the
locals by the score of to Z. The
game was played under the schedule
and rules of the Delaware Inter
scholastic Athletic Association.
James Hurley, young son of Mr.
and Mrs. ElwOod Hurley of this
town, is suffering from a severe
wound in the palm of his hand,
caused by shooting with a blank
cartridge from a toy pistol Satur-
day morning. He is doing fine at
this writing.
Congressman Robert G.. Houston
was home from Washington for the
weekend.
Mrs. Rose Conner, of North
Wales, Pa, spent last week with
friends and relatives here.
Miss Olive Hurley, of Washing
ton, D. c., spent the weekend with
he rparents, Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel
Hurley. here.
DIR. and Mrs. R. G Paynter are
spending some time in Atlantic
City, N. J.
]. ROLAND Buell., of Selbyville,
was among friends here Thursday.
Mrs. Leslie Chase, of Philadel-
phia, is here with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Charles B. Marsh. Mr..
Marsh is quite ill.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter w. Pepper
are spending week with their
daughter, Mrs. Theodore Pettyjohn,
in Philadelphia.
Mrs. Bruce Sherman, of Philadel-
phia, is with her aunt, Miss S. En-
mis-, who is quite i'll at her home on
Railroad avenue.
Joseph King, who is suffering with
cut foot, is improving nicely at
his home on Kenney street.
George E. Swain was on busi-
ness trip to Wilmington last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Pepper, of
New Jersey, have been visiting his
father, Alfred l.. Pepper, who is
quite i'll at his home at the edge of
town.
Rev. Frederick Perkins, pastor of
First Presbyterian Church, attend
ed the 417th Stated Meeting of the
Presbyter yOf New Castle, in Will
mington, last week.
Mrs. Mary c. West, wife of For
mer Sheriff Joseph B. West, died at
her home on South Bedford street,
Saturday night at $50 o'clock, from
intestinal grip. Funeral services
were held at the home Tuesday af-
ternOon at 2 o'clock. Interment
was made in West Woods family
cemetery, in Gumboro hundred, Rev.
T. F. Beauchamp officiating. J. T.
Carey had charge of the funeral.
The many friends of Thomas R.
Purnell, who is in the Milford hos
pital for treatment, are glad to
learn that he is recovering.
Misses Mary Flood and Louise
Rogers, of Selbyville, proved to be
the best spoilers in Sussex county
| in the elimination contest held in
the Sussex County Court House on
Friday night, among the high
schools and rural schools, UP to
the eighth grade. They represent
ad fbe Southeastern section of SuS-
sex, which embraces the supervisory
district of Prof. Albert Farley. Dur
ing the entire speeding bee," which
was listened to with great interest
by residents from all sections of
lower Delaware, Misses Flood and
Rogers never missed a word.
Carl Russell of the Greenwood
school, and Miss Emily Cannon of
the Bridgeville school, both in the
/ supervisory district of Prof. E. Paul
Burkholder, ranked second, each
missing one word. Sussex county
will have four participants in the
( State elimination contest-Misses
Flood, Rogers and Cannon, and Carl
Russell. Miss Helen Edginton, of
Milton, who was the fifth to hold
out in the contest, will go as an
alternate. She is a seventh grade
pupil of the Milton school.
Those taking part in the contest
follow: Lewes-Harold Hickman,
Miss Mary Ingram.
Georgetown-Miss Katherine Cor
dy and Charles Stevenson.