Milford chronicle., 1926-11-19
Georgetown

.
Miss Annie Moore, county club
agent for this county, attended last
week in Washington, D. c., the
meeting of the Country Life Asso-
citation at the new Willard Hotel.
The subject under discussion was
Rural Youth"
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles M. Eissner,
of Newark, are being congratulated
on the arrival of a ten-pound baby
boy last week. Mrs. Eissner was
formerly Miss Melissa Green, Of
this town.
Norman R. Purnell, of this town,
who is a member of the State High
way Police Force, has been trans
ferred from this county to Kent
county, with headquarters at Dover.
Howard w. King, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Noah King, of this town, has
accepted a position as stenographer
and typist at the A. c. Jones Poul-
try Farm, near town.
Mr.. and Mrs. WoolfOrd Stewart
of Gravel Hill, have purchased
farm near that place and will oc-
cupy same next year.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peyton HeWkins, OF
Pulaski, Va, are the proud parents
of a fine baby boy, born to her at
the home of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry o. Joseph, in the old
Eagle Hotel building, last Thurs
day.
Although the weather was cold
and disagreeable there was large
crowd in town Thursday, for the
Armistice Celebration. There was
good parade with a number of
floats. The Tall Cedars Band, of
Milford, and the Boys Band OF
Laurel, furnished the music. The
speakers were Josiah Marvel, Esq,
of Wilmington, and Howard T. En-
mis-, superintendent of Delaware
Colony.
Union Thanksgiving Services Will
be held in the Presbyterian Church
Thanksgiving morning. The sermon
will be preached by Rev. M. 3. Hun
gerford, pastor of the M. P. Church.
News has been received here OF
the marriage of Alfred Carey, of
Philadelphia, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
John T. Carey, of this town, and
Miss Thelma Isaacs, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. George Isaacs, of near
this town, in Philadelphia on Sat
urday, October 30th, They will re-
side in Philadelphia.
w. Elwood Wright was in VIII
mington Saturday. -
Contractor A. P. Croll, Of this
town, has received the contract to
erect a large storage house for the
Rehoboth Ice Co., at that place, and
began work this week.
The rabbit and quail season open
ed Monday and our sportsmen were
out in full force. They report game
plentiful.
Greensbury C. Pepper, who has
been in the Beebe Hospital in Lew
es for some time, suffering with the
effects of being struck by a car
some time ago, has returned to his
home here, where he is slowly i'm
: proving.
John NJ. Lecato, teacher and biolo-
gist of Rehoboth Beach, was In
town Saturday morning, and made
application for a passport to visit
England, Liberia and India. He is
going in the interest of the Fire
stone Tire and Rubber Company Of
Ohio.
There are ten prisoners boarding
with Sheriff Johnson at the County
Jail here, at the present time. Two
of them are women.
Sheriff Harry w. johnson just
completed threshing his soy bean
crop on his farm at CannOns. He
threshed out six hundred and eighty
bushels from twenty-siX acres.
Plans are being made to hold a
county corn show at Georgetown
some time the first of December. A
committee of corn growers meeting
was held Monday night at Layton's
Hall, over the Garage on Market
street, where the show will be held.
Georgetown Rotary Club was rep
resented by it's president, Mr.. Frank
NJ. Jones, who will cooperate with
County Agent M. C. Vaughn to make
the show a success. The date for
holding it will be given next week.
The Georgetown Rotary Club met
at it's usual place of meeting Friday
night with good attendance. Re-
mort of various committees received
and preparations were made for
rather and Son Meeting which will
he held next Friday evening. The
program will be in charge Of Boys
Work Committee.
Adam Weinrich, aged II years,
die1 in his room back of his shoe
Sion on Bedford stret, in the Waga-
,.,on I Block, very suddenly Friday
a;oht from paralytic stroke. Funer-
~ ~ services were held at the home
I. T. Wagamon Sunday after
Jon. " Interment was in Union
HGometery Rev. Buckson, Of Mills
Soro, offciated:
OOE EIijah J. Collins, aged rs years,
N of Joseph Collins, near Green
sod. who was seriously burned
Vile Vile working in a garage In Mil