Milford chronicle., 1927-01-07
Lewed Be@b

ing. On Sundar an IL a. m. the first
quarterly ccunun-o on Will be cele-
brated.
Rev. William c. Little, aged so
years, pastor thd Midway Presby-
terian Church. diel very suddenly
last Tuesday aitwe I've o'clock at the
home of JohnD Elliott in Lewes.
DR.. Little was sIrid ken very sudden
ly on Monday afterlOon with Angina
PCcrOris in the restaurant of Mr..
Elliott and was so seriously i'll that
he could not be renipved to his home.
Funeral services " fre held last Fri
day afternoon in O Il way Presby-
terian Church am I.nu trment made
in the adioinine o bet ry. DR.. Little
had been pastor OF rhe Midway Pres
byterian Church for the past three
or four years and it was through his
untiring efforts thai the community
hail was built at Jlidway and that
the church was rebd II ana remodel
ed. He is survived Dy wife.
William H. Bookh Pmmer and Cap
tain Thomas e. Brot n left last week
for Baltimore to bri1 nome the fish
ing steamers, Martip ana Lancaster
which were tied thete on account of
a storm when they were on their
way home from Beaufort, n. c. The
boats were taken I'd Milford where
they will be tied up for the winter.
The annual town Gectlon was held
here last Saturday from one to three
O'Clock in the afternoon with the fol-
lowing results: Maypr tor one year,
Dr.. James T. THOMPSON, succeeding
Captain Willard H. collins who re-
fused to let his namP be put on the
ticket; commissioned tor district NO
5, George E. Vickefs was elected
without opposition, succeeding Ben
iamin r. Chamberlain, VINO refused
10 run again; William L. Burton was
elected for district Nd. lO with ma
iority of 80 votes over William }.
Thompson who has peld that posi-
ton for some years. NllIlam j. Car
son was elected treasurer without
anv opposition and Lpuis E. Murray
was elected assessor without opposl-
tiOn.
Harry NJ. Maull, cOlored, employed
on the farm of James IL. Pratt, near
Red Mill. was sentenced to 80 days
in Jail ard q fine of S23oFoO and costs
nv MAGISTRATES William II. Wilson of
Georgetown, charged with driving
an automobiIe after pis license had !
been revoked, also f@l operating
car while intoxicated ana TINS charge
being his second offense. lie colllded
with a machine of Fr(d Reynolds OF
Overbrook and completely wrecked
ReyOnld's car, damaging ms tOro 10
the extent of about SPOV'UO'
Jury Commissioners James Il. Gos.
lee Of StOckley and goseph COX Oh
Seaford have drawn the IolloWlng
grand jurors from the Ienth Dlstrlct
to serve for the year of 1871: CharIes
S. Horn of RehOboth Beach; James
T. Lank of Lewes and Jonn r VIII
son of Milton > and the IolloWlhS Pc
tit jurors from this diStrlct 10 serve
for this term of court Johh M
Thompson, Harry c. Dood' jacob
Prettyman, John W. HocKer' Sr" Al
den S. Hopkins, all Pt LeWes' ana
Earl Tyndall and John H. Marvel OF
Milton.
The officers and captains ana Heu-
tenants of tbe Red and Blue Contest
of Captain John S. LyIlchs SUNDAY
school class met last thursday eve.
nino a+ the home of t11e president of
the class, William L ION IN III
ottown, and set the dat OF the tur-
key supper to- Thurs I1Llss,4 vaL11s. :
january 29th~ IN IIIG Suhday sCnOOI
room. The contest ended the last
Sunday in December but there was
so much enthusiasm aroused that it
will take some time for it all to die
out and the attendance was very
good last Sunday, Captain Lynch is
arranging to have special music,
both vocal and instrumental every
Sunday s. as to make it as attrac-
tive to the members as possible and
if it is possible to hold all of them.
Charles w. Truitt of near Nassau
broke his right arm while attempting
to crank his automobile.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rowland Shearer and
daughter Of Philadelphia spent the
holidays with his mother here, Mrs
Margaret Shearer on South street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Hazzard OF AL
bany, N. Y, speHt New Years with
his mother here, Mrs. RoDert\ Haz-
Zard on klng street. n
Mr. and Mrs Frank Merkel and
daughter of LansdoWlne, Pa, spent
the holidays with Mrs. Merkels par
ents here, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry w.
Ennis.
Miss Olga Amundsen Of Philadel-
phia spent the holidays with her bro
ther here, A. /. Amundsen.
Mrs. ]. Horace Willard is spend
ing a few days in Wilmington and
Philadelphia, having returned with /
her son, Alvin, who spent the holi-
days with his parents.
w. Virden Burton and family ,
spent the weekend with friends and
relatives in Philadelphia.