Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1927-12-30
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On Saturday morning at nine o.
clock, at the Home Of the BRIDE In
Frankfort, Miss Mary Holton and
Aldon Adkins, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
George Adkins, of this town, were
united in marriage by Rev. Marion
Marine, of Selbyville. The wedding
march was played by Mrs. Miriam
Hickman, of Millsboro, and the best
man was w. Barnard Layton, of
Wilmington. The bride was attend
ed by Miss Elizabeth Adkins, sister
of the groom, who wore wine color
ed fiat crepe with velvet trimming.
The bride was attired in tan satin
back crepe and wore a travelling
dress of blue. After wedding
breakfast Mr.. and Mrs. Adkins left
in their automobile for Richmond,
Va. Before their return to Frank
ford, where they will make their
home, the young people will visit
many places of interest in Virginia,
Maryland and Delaware.
Rev. and Mrs. ]. Al. BucksOn have
gone to Ridley Park, Pa, to spend
the remainder of the holidays with
their daughter, Mrs. Layton Moore.
Wilbur Shockley, of Baltimore,
spent the first days of Christmas
here with his mother, Mrs. Matte
! Shockley.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. C. Ellis have been
spending a week in Philadelphia
with their daughter, Mrs. Gilbert
V. Anderson.
The Farmville Construction Co.
is getting material hauled onto the
school ground preparatory to the
building of the new school-hOuse.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joshua Bunting en-
tertained a large number of guests
at dinner on Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. B. Collins were
hosts to a number of guests on
Monday, and Mr.. and Mrs. Lester
Long entertained their friends on
Sunday.
Mrs. Lizzie Donaway has returned
from the Emergency Hospital, i'm
Milford, and is improving slowly at
her home here.
The Sunday School Christmas en-
tertainment at both churches were
very good and greatly enjoyed by
the large numbers who attended.
The body of Charles Dixon, who
died in a sanatorium in North Car
olina on Sunday, arrived here at
noon on Thursday, and funeral ser
vices were held from his late home
on Friday afternoon, conducted by
Rev. M. Paul S. Huntington. Inter
ment was made in st. Marks P. e.
Cemetery.
w. S. Messick, of BloxOm, Va,
was a visitor in town on Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. A. Burton are
greatly enjoying a handsome new
Buick sedan.
Mrs. Lizzie Lingo spent Sunday
at Harbeson with her children, Mr..
and Mrs. ]. Floyd Lingo.
The senior play, "The HoOdo,"
presented last Thursday night in
Dodd's Hall, was splendidly given
and very entertaining. The class
and their coach, Miss Bolin, deserve
a great deal of praise for their eff
forts. .Eof
Mrs. Emma Hobbs, who has been
occupying the property OF Layton
Houston, on the corner OF State
street and Morris avenue, has moved
to Wilmington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alton Knowles have
been spending several days in Lau-
rel.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Robinson
and children have moved from Phil
adelphia into their home on Union
street.
H. P. White, Miss Pauline White,
Mrs. Epleta Short, Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert White and baby daughter
spent the weekend in Baltimore.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Lingo are
the proud parents of baby daugh-
ter, born on Christmas eve.
Robert 1. Houston, Harry Mich
OILS, John WagamOn and Robert
Burton motored to NOxall, Pa, on
Sunday and returned Monday.
Mrs. Gazelle Dutton, of Philadel-
phia; Miss Lizzie Hart and Mrs.
Katie Williams, of Georgetown,
have spent a part of Christmas with
Mr.. and, Mrs. George S. Williams.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Kitchens
and family have moved into the
home of Mrs. Joseph w. Hudson.
Mrs. Hudson will shortly go to
Wilmington to spend the winter
with her son, Rev. Ralph G. Jones.
Miss Lillian MCGEE, of Savage,
Md. is spending the holidays with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John e.
MCGEE.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Jarman and
Walter, Jr., of Philadelphia, spent
the first of Christmas with Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Coffin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Burton en-
tertained large company at dinner
on Sunday.
The fire company was called out
on Monday evening to extinguish a
.. fire in the rear of the home Of John
Baker at Dagsboro.