Milford chronicle., 1926-01-15
Georgetown

years.
Officers of the Georgetown Chap
ter, Order of the Eastern Star, have
been elected for the year, as fol
lows: Worthy Matron, Mrs. Freder
ick Warrington, of Harrington;
Worthy Patron, Mrs. Thomas B
Pepper; Conductoress, Mrs. George
T. Lynch; Assistant Conductoress
MRS. Bessie N. Hudson; Treasurer
Mrs. John F. Kaiser. The retiring
Worthy Matron is Mrs. George
Swain and the retiring Worthy Pa
tron is Thomas B. Pepper. The Off
GERS will be installed this Friday
night, January 18th.
Revival services are being con-
Quoted in Wesley M. E. Church of
this town and interest in the meet
ings is increasing nightly and pray
er services are being held at differ
ent homes.
Miss Clara Duffel who has been
confined to her home on account of
sprained ankle, has recovered so
as to be back at her work as Dep-
uty Register of Wills.
Oliver Walls, son of Mr.. and Mrs
George B. Walls and Miss Margaret
Short, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
John M. Short, all of this town, were
married last Tuesday at Elkton, Md.
They will reside in this town.
John c. Abbott, who was recently
injured by being hit by an automo-
bile is recovering and his many
friends hope soon to see him out
again attending to his business.
Marriages in this county are TAX
ing sudden drop, as the Clerk of
the Peace and the Justice of the
Peace in this town have not issue
any marriage licenses for the past
week.
Mrs. Grace A. Edmonds, wife of
Richard Edmonds, aged 81 years. 4
months and z days, died at their
temporary home in this town on
Saturday, December 31st, of cere-
BRAN apOpleXy. Her body was taken
to their late home in Chesterland.
Ohio, for burial. Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
monds had recently purchased a
farm near town in the Sand Hills
section and were living in town
until they could get pos
session of their farm.
Register of Wills Isaac E. Jones
has issued the following letters the |
past week:
On the estate of John V. Dorman
1f Indian River hundred to James
VI. Tunnel.
On the estate of Joseph B. Mar
rel, Sr., of Dagsboro hundred to
Joseph B. Marvel, Jr.
On the estate of Oliver o. Dukes
# Little Greek hundred to the Peo-
lies National Bank of Laurel.
On the estate of Ezekiel T. Hitch
ms of Broad Greek hundred to
larry E. Kitchens.
The Georgetown Firemen have
urchased from the Delaware Trust
ompany the old First National
ank Building on the Public
quare and will enlarge and remod-
the building and make an up to
ate fire house out of it and when
)mpleted they will have building {
lat Will compare with any in the !
ate. !
There are now thirteen prisoners '
)arding with Sheriff Johnson at y
-e county Jail The Sheriff has a A
putation for running a boarding il
)use. s
Hope Chapter, No. Z, R. A. NJ, in
allied the following officers at \
cir regular meeting Tuesday, Jan n
ry 5th, H. p, Calvin E. Affler- L
ch; X. w., NJ. P. Stemples, S. W.,
'njamin Hammond. b
J. Lynch, Esq, of this d
wn who recently underwent an IL
GRAFTON at the Jefferson Hospital
Philadelphia His many friends II
e glad to hear that he is improv- 81
and hope that he will soon be -,
lie to return to his home here. u
Marian, small daughter of Mr.. and ~ ~
S. Andrew Murray, of this town, ~
It week sustained a broken arm -,
the result of stumbling and fall bl bl
over a coal bucket at the home az
her parents on Railroad avenue.
e is improving at this time. or
die Daisey, of this town, who has or
IN in the Beebe Hospital, in Fl
wes, with a broken jaw, has i'm
wed so as to return to his home W;
is well on the road to recovery. pa
lrs. John Barr and son George
mt the weekend with their son tn
brother, Fred Barr and family MI
Delmar. MI
,ewis Dodd of Harbeson was in ST.
n Saturday.
V. S. Lacey has returned from a Nc
t to his children in Wilmington. ca
!. Payne is spending some time ne
h relatives in Bethlehem, Pa. III
ev. Frederick Perkins has re- pu
ned from visit to friends in Ter
N. Y. o'c
arshall Short, engineer on the !
Leviathan was a recent au'
tor to his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. po'
and T. Short, here. T
primer County Commissioner
liam H. Bookhammer, of Lewes, 7
circling among friends here on of
lnesday. tha
ohn Ponder of Milton was in apr
4 Friday. con
)rmer Comptroller Charles w. vre
sick of Broad Creek was among fra
Ids here Wednesday. gar
rs. M. w. Clark is on an extend hel
isit to relatives in Preston, Md. die,
r. and Mrs. E. Frank Littleton is !
have been spending of
? time with relatives here. NIT
larles B. Marsh who has been OF !
he sick list is recovering. D
IS. Katie Williams is spending trol
winter with her daughter Mrs Ian
r B. Woodbridge at Norfolk, Va. VINE