Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1927-12-09

William F. Dodd, aged 81 years,
died at his home near Rehoboth Bay
November 20. Funeral services were
held on Thursday afternoon at his
home and interment made in the
Midway Presbyterian cemetery. Rev.
William Leishman, pastor of the
Lewes Presbyterian Church conduct
ed the services. Mr.. Dodd had been
ill 70 rseveral weeks, being confined
at the Beebe Hospital here for few
weeks and later removed to his
home. He was bachelor and a son
of Andrew Dodd, and had been a
resident of Lewes and Rehoboth
hundred all his life. He is survived
by three sisters, Miss Ann Dodd who
lived with him, Mrs. Willard Collins
and Mrs. Walter J. POynter, of
Lewes.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Scott of
Philadelphia were town visitors
here during the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. George S. Messer-
smith of Antwerp, Belgium, were
town visitors here during the week
at the home of Mrs. Roman Tam
many and Miss Annie Nichols. Mr..
Messersmith is American Consul to
Belgium where he has been located
for the past eight years. He was for
merly superintendent of the Lewes
Public School, also of the Dover
Public School.
Samuel C. Pierce, deputy of Sus-
sex County for the State Income Tax
Department is spending a few weeks
in the Wilmington Office returning
to his home here over the week.
end.
Charles Wolfe of Philadelphia,
formerly of this town, was town
visitor here during the past week.
Samuel M. Williams of Harr1ng-
ton spent the weekend with ms
mother here, Mrs. Louisa H. Will
liams on Market street.
Local produce buyers who nave
been buying white potatoes IN large
quantities at thirty-five cents a bas-
ket, have stopped buying for whlle
on account of so many potatoes COM
ing in the market from the west,
causing the price to sharply decline
probably in the near future the
price will be better.
Mrs. Elvira Pierce who has been
visiting in Wilmington for several
DAYS has returned to her home here.
The Henlopen Grange members
held an entertainment at the Com
munity Hall at Midway last Fri
day evening for the benefit OF the
members of the Coolspring and An
COLA Oranges. About 100 farmers
were present and enjoyed the pro-
gram and refreshments. The pro-
gram was as follows:
Address by the president Of the 10
cal Grange, Bailey Maull.
Opening song, America, the audi
ence.
Duet, The Love Song, Mr.. and Mrs.
John R. Lawton.
Recitation, Blue Moon, Mrs. Han
Piano solo, Endearing Ones, Miss
! Sara Donovan.
Recitation, Youth, Bailey Maull'
Jr.
Piano solo, Dreaming, Mrs. Victor
Rust.
Sketch, Fifteen Minutes in Ala
bama, Messrs. Cullen Donovan, Rob-
ert Thompson, Clinton Gluck, SAM
uel B. D. Marshall and Jack Law
ton.
Closing song, the audience.
Under the auspices of the EXten-
sion Department of the University
of Delaware, cooperating with the
banks and trust companies of lower
Delaware, a Sussex County Farm
and Home Product Show will be
held in Georgetown on Tuesday and
Wednesday of this week. Special
prizes of $4,000 in gold are offered
by the agriculture committee of the
| Sussex Trust Company, Lewes
branch, to exhibitors of Lewes and
Rehoboth and Indian River Hun
dreds. The agricultural committee of
the bank comprises William H. Vir-
| den of Rehoboth Beach, chairman,