Milford chronicle., 1927-04-01
Milton Letter

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The Ladies' Aid of Reynolds M. p.
Church will meet at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson Donovan on
Thursday evening, April z. All in
Vited.
Miss Elsie Warren, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Alex. Warren, of Ell
lendale, and Lawrence Wiley, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Wiley, of
Milton, were married on March 26,
at the Milton M. P. parsonage, by
the Rev. A. H. Green. They will re-
side in Milton.
Luther H. PettyjOhn, son OF Mrs.
Sarah J. Pettyjohn, of Milton, died
on March 81, at his home in Phila-
delphia, aged 46 years. The body
was brought to Milton on March "a
and inferred in Odd Fellows Gene
terry by S. J. Wilson & Son. Mr.. Pet
tyiohn had been i'll for more than
a year of tuberculosis.
Delmar White, merchant or
North Union street, was assaulted
and robbed in his home on Saturday
night by two or more robbers, as he
was retiring. Mr.. White had locked
the door of his store and had enter
ed the kitchen of his home, through
a door at the rear of the store,
when the robbers seized and threw
him to the floor. After tying, gag
ging and blindfolding him the rob-
bers went into the store and looted
it; robbed the cash drawer Of about
thirty dollars. Before they left
they united Mr.. Whites feet but left
him PROSTATE on the floor. He
managed to get to his feet and
found his way to a side door and
called for help. Clifford Johnson,
who resides nearby, heard his calls
and went to his assistance. Mr..
White was 1ascerated about the
head when he stumbled against q
piece of furniture while cropping his
way to the door. State Detective
Otto DonoWay was called and is
investigating the case, although Mr..
White is unable to give very good
description of his assailants. Mr..
White resides alone, and it is
thought the men, who knew his hab-
its, gained entrance to the house by
a rear door and waited in the kitch-
en- until Mr.. White had closed his
store and was entering the residence
part of the building to retire. There
is much indignation among the resi-
dents of Milton over the affair and
every effort is being made to ap-
prehend the robbers. 1t is thought
they are Milton men as they knew
Mr.. White entered his residence
through the rear door rather than
through the front door.
Mrs. Virginia T. Atkins, one OF
MiltOn's most prominent women,
died at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Alena Richardson, in Dover,
last Saturday night from a stroke
of paralysis, suffered on Tuesday
evening. Mrs. Atkins, as was her
custom, had been spending the win
ter with her daughter and had an
nounced her intention of returning
to her Milton home in a few days.
She was the widow of the late Chas.
H. Atkins, one time treasurer of the
State of Delaware, and the daughter
of the late william TOmlinson,
prominent in Democratic political
affairs of his day. She is survived
by her daughter, Mrs. William Rich
ardson, of Dover. Mrs. Atkins was
a member of the Republican County
Committee of Sussex county from
Broadkill hundred, and was active
in the affairs of that body. She was
Ona of NTi1ton'S WealthieSt women,
and the owner of several farms and
town properties. Mrs. Atkins, who
was II years Of age, was as active
as a woman many years her junior
and was in apparent perfect health
when stricken. Funeral services
were held at her late home in Mil
ton on Tuesday afternoon at two
o'clock, and interment made in the
NJ. z. Cemetery.