Milford chronicle., 1927-07-01
Georgetown

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tended the funeral OF Mr.: Day o pIo
ther. William E. Day, at ms noIne' lo1D5,
1877 West 29th street, IN Wilmington
Thursday afternoon. o4,,
MIR. and Mrs. Joshua L. ChaIht;ll u
of Salisbury, Md, announce tnt a5
birtb of a daughter, Mary lrls' aS
+be home of her parents, Mi. anu
Mrs p Wesley Donahue Oh TINS
+own on last Wednesday. Mrs. ChaC-
LOW tomn ,,Cas om formerly Miss Mildred Don
ahue of this town. ~. tho
Desnite the inclement weatneI ~
coorgetown firemen netted aDouI
four hundred and fifty oollaIs Ii0
their carnival held last week. -
Noah Hurley who is sulIeIlns @ g,
his home on Kemmey street from u, :"
fan he received sometime ago Is I'LL
pa g. Jones, proprietor OF the cel-
otro+ed Jones Poultry Farm at tne
oSoa of town has been elected d VI
actor of the Georgetown branch Vi
the delaware Trust Company.
Annanias D. Mears, aged 40 yeai ,,
bighIv respected farmer, dleu at
&c home near this town, Wednesday
night of general deblllty' ullel NI 'Ii
services were held in ProVluehce ~ ~,
p church at Piney Grove, near ne
Saturday afternoon. lntermenI ni''O0
in adjoining cemetery. - NJ
Harry G. Davis of Penns Grove, ~
will the first part of July open d
,rbolesale U meat jobbing estabIsn-
,,oant in the Union Oil Corporation
t1l,i1ding on Market street. Inc re-
frigerating part is now being lhs'"i-
led. 1o,,o besun
20 harvest their wheat crop WHICH
=! ~ ohove the average this season.
Mrs. Jane Hammond mas peen 9ea
confined to her home by Illness 'ne
p"Tt levin A. Pepper, aged rs years,
con of the late Levin A. ana Saille
n Penper. died early Wednesuay
,,oorning in the Beebe Hospital III
Iawee where he was taken followlnS
on accident in which he was STRUCK
bv an automobile. Mr.. Pepper was
returning from Salisbury, 10 IiiS
town with Douglas Lofand and hu,
ward Locates, when on the Laurel
Georgetown road they had tire trou-
HE. While they were fixing the It IiIe
MIR. Pepper tried to stop a motoll?I' 81,
paul Wilkins, of Milford, anu II
some way he got in the way OIL tns
car and before it could be stopped
was hit and suffered tractureu
skull and two broken legs ana d
1,-ol-an arm. He was rushed TO Ihe
Roche Hospital where he died. fu-
neral services were held at }. l.
Carev's funeral parlors SUNDAY az
ternoon. Interment made IN Ohloh
cemetery. IL hoe
boen critically i'll at his home on
Albury avenue for the past Hloi1'i -
slowly recovering,
Home grown blackberrles are III
our local market retailing Tor t"en-
ty cents per quart. od
Dr Charley H. Bennum, ageu
about 60 years, son of the late Geo
w and Sarah Bennum, died at the
home of his brother, George w. BEN
MN on Market street, this town, on
Monday morning of Brights disease
FrneraI services were held at tne
funeral parlors of ]. T. Carey, Wea-
nesdav afternoon. Interment made IN
Union cemetery. Rev. l. T. oe''u
champ officiating. os+
=. Fred King who for sometllhe pas
has conducted a hardware store on
North Bedford street, has solo nla
stock to Frederick Walls ana son
and accented a position with them as
salesman in their place OF business
at Thomas R. Purnells old stand Oh
North Bedford street.
Early home grown peaches are IN
our local market retailing Tor one
dollar and fifty cents per basket;
They are fine for early ones ana
have a fine flavor.
M. C. Vaughn, County Agent ana
Howard King, who is employed at
the Jones Poultry Farm, near town.
are taking a weeks short course IN
Judging poultry at Cornell Unlver-
sity, New York.
Register of Wills G. Vannie Mes
sick has the past week issued let
ters on the estate of Luther M. Cul-
yer of Seaford hundred to Amanda
E. Culver and Blanche, J. Culver.
Clerk of the Peace John S. Coo
per has issued the following mar
riage licenses the past week:
To William H. Sterling of Dover
and H. Marie Belts of Clarksv1lle.
To Huey w. West of Georgetown
and Hazel e. Messick of Bridgevllle.
To Joseph DeVaul and Margaret
Kitchens, both of Delmar.
Justice of the Peace William ].
Mustard has also issued one to =.
Norman Cordrey and Margaret Il.
Pase, both of Georgetown. "
Miss Mabel Tindall, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. William e. Tindan,
near town, in the Asbury district,
has accepted a position as stenog-
rapher in the Office of the Clerk OF
the Peace.
David A. Stewart, aged SO years, 2
months and days, died at his home
at Gravel Hill, near this town early
Saturday morning from general de-
bility Funeral services were held in
st. Johns NJ. E. Church at SPRING
field Cross Roads, Monday afternoon
at 2 o'clock. Interment made in the
adjoining cemetery. Rev. w. G. Bar
low officiating.
At their meeting Friday night the
officers of the Georgetown Rotary
Club for the ensuing year took their
places, as follows: President, Joseph
B. NAPLES; vice president, Frank M.
Jones; secretary, Bud Coy; treasur-
er. E. Paul Burkholder; sergeant-at-
arms, Raymond F. Montney; beard
of directors, Frank NJ. Jones, Joseph
B. NAPLES, James e. Goslee, Benia-
min Ableman, E. Paul Burkholder
and Bud Coy. Past President Jones
and President NAPLES addressed the