Milford chronicle., 1926-07-23
Georgetown

w. Elwood Wright, former clerk Oh
the neace and at present clerk IN the
Sussex county Board of Assessment
office. was taken to the Beebe Hos
pital in Lewes Saturday night SUI
fering from appendicitis and under-
went an operation Monday.
The farmers in this section nave
about finished harvesting their wheat
crop. The yield is fairly good. Ihe
acreage as a whole was not as large
as if was some years back, but TAX
ing it in a general way, We nave a
fairly large acreage of fine wheat.
Nr and Mrs. Alfred Workman are
being congratulated on the arrival Oh
a pair of fire baby boys at thelr
home on the corner of Cedar street
and Alburyf avenue, last Tuesday.
Owing to the late and heavy rams
the past week much fear is 1elI IN
regards TO the late potato crop Just
planted; that it will rot IN tne
ground before it comes UP.
The stork visited the home OF Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Rust, OF this town.
last week and left them line baoy
boy. ou a
Young son are spending month at
Rehoboth Beach.
John Bailey of Whitesville, virgin
ia. has moved his family to this town
and they are occupying a dwelling IN
Townsend's addition in the north
west section of town. He Is empIOyeu
at the McIlvain brick yards.
Former State Senator William +.
blackstone who has been quite III at
his home on. the corner OF Plne
street and Railroad avenue, is rapid
lv improving, much to the gratihc;'-
ton of his many friends.
County Agent NJ. C. Vaughn Will on
August 10th to 14th, with group
of Sussex county farmers, take a
sight seeing trip to Washington y.
C.. and also the U. S. Experiment
Station of Agriculture at that place.
William ]. Conway and Earl Rust
of this town, attended the convention
of the Delaware State F1remen IN
New q tie last Wednesday.
The Georgetown Fire Company
cleared about eight hundred dollars
at the carnival recently held here.
Mrs. Maggie Pettyjohn who recent
ly broke her arm is recovering as
rapidly as can be expected ana eX-
meets to soon be out again.
Register of Wills Isaac E. Jones
has issued the following letters the
past week:
On the estate of Anthony P. In
gram of Lewes and Rehoboth hun
dred to Mollie P. Ingram.
On the estate of Susan Caroline
Kirby of Cedar Greek hundred 10
Benjamin F. Kirby.
On the estate of Roderick Foster
of New York, to Minerva S. Dan
forth.
There are nine prisoners stopping
with Sheriff Johnson at the county
iail here at the present time.
There has been no marriage IL
censes sold by the Clerk OF the
Peace for the past week.
lFhe Georgetown Water Company
is improving the property on the
corner of Laurel and King streets
bv giving the power house coat
of stucco. adding much to its ap-
pearance ,.u,.,.
Thomas Ed. Hudson, highly re-
spected retired farmer is quite Ill at
the home of his daughter, Mrs. Ed
ward Short, suffering from typhoid
fever.
At the festival held by the Ladies
Aid Society of the Georgetown M. +.
church, held on the church lawn last
Thursday and Friday evenings they
cleared about twenty-eight dollars,
desnite the rain on Thursday eve
ming. ,
Asa Sharp, an aged and highly re-
spected farmer, is seriously Ill from
dropsy at his home near this town.
in the Sharp's Hill district.
There were two hundred and TOUR
teen voters registered in this, the
Ninth District, Saturday, the lrst
registering day.
Caleb Wright is spending some
time at Lake George, N. Y, as the
g71est of Rev. S. y. Van Loan. OF
this town, who is spending the sum-
mer there.
Many of our citizens are enjoying
lima beans and green corn from
their gardens. The gardens in this
section never looked better than they
do this season.
Jonathan Long Of Frankford was
in town Saturday.