Milford chronicle., 1928-02-03
Georgetown

On Tuesday night meeting Oh tne
citizens of this county was helu IL
+be court house at Georgetown, tC
make arrangements for meeting to
he held on Wednesday evening, rep
ruary 18th. under the auspices oil the
Delaware Citizens Association. Inc
meeting will be addressed py ht'
Rev. Philip Cook.
The sneaker at the Georgetown Ro-
+arv Club on Friday night was ProI'
Frederic H. Gaige, of the Pennsyl-
vania Teachers College. His subject
eUniversal Peace" Norman HoHech-
or nresident of the Laurel Club, was
the visitor.
Mrs. Julia D. Snyder has accepted
a nOsition in the Union RepuDlcall
Office in this town.
The -Four Leaf Glover Bridge Clup
has been re-Organized and was en-
tertained by Miss Edna Barr at heI
home on East Market street last
Wednesday night. Those present
we're Misses Pauline Godfrey, Louis
Hudson. Gladys Hudson, Sara VIII
son. Helen Macklin, Margaret Bull
lock and Mrs. Emma Devln. ne
freshments were served.
, /Touis Marvel of near town in the
(Stockley section, week before laSI so
cantured a raccoon that dressed ZO
nonnds. He sold its hide for elght
dollars. The coon had been trouD-
ling his bee hives in search LOT non,
av when Mr.. Marvel set a trap anu
succeeding in capturing IT,
Edward Russell who has been SUI
fering with the grippe at his nome
ON Delaware avenue is recovering
rapidly.
Since the first of the year the 0us-
sex County National Farm Loan As-
snaiation of which Howard j. Coohe'
Fs0 of this town, is secretary anp
+roasurer and attorney, is loanlhg u
FaTmers only. money at the rate Oh .
-ar cent interest, and allowing thenl
pe voars in which to pay OH the
,oTiTcinal. according to the amorUiza4
tion plan. By this plan payilenfs pyLl ~
0f sixty dollars a year on a !oan -
one thousand dollars pays poCn piIn
oinaI and interest; no other payillen.
bainp required, unless the larIleI
.5osiras to nav his loan sooner. me
,9ssocia+ion Maid a dividend OF b per
cont on the stock held by members
of tbe association last year.
At a meeting last wednesday eve
ming of the official board OF Wesley
N e Church of this town, Frank M
-L' Ionos Esq. was elected delegate
I'D OI Harry E. Hudson, alternate 10
tho n Law electoral conference, to pe
Ibid S March 9Oth, in Union Church'
1II;I,,,in HTrT ~ zion. at which four delegates
will be elected to General Ooliie4
ence at Kansas City, in May
while heavy damage was done IN
,ost narts of the county by the ter
rife rain and wind storm last l ues
dow night. this section was not dam
God % much: a few limbs being DloWn
from trees and few small DulluinS' lals
blown over, was about all the u''ln
aga this section suffered:
Henry C. Walls, aged ABOUT ~
7aars son of the late Gideon vans
of near this town, died Of paralysis
last Ea Saturday night in Philadelphla.
His His, remains were brought here lasC
Thursday on the noon train and TAX
an to st. Johns M. E. Church, near
town. to- at Springfield Cross R0aos'
1Uere SU"e' services were held by Rev.
walter G. Barlow, pastor OF tnaS
church. assisted by Rev. J. Edwara
Downs of philadelphia. lnterneh'
msde in adjoining cemetery:
]. Rodney King, clerk IN tne .',sso,. ceur
~ eneineer's Office, has been suneL-
ing N from the mumps. He is rapluly
Casper Jones, son of Mr.. ana
nS-s Jobn A. Jones of this town.
SaiIed ale last week for a voyage 70
Ita1v on the steamship Preslueh'
Roosevelt. -. oDd q
Dumber of the court house ana otnel
nsar by ONCE girls were witnesses
TT.s to the marriage Of Harry p.
Igotson olson aged % years and Margare1
NSess;cJF aged 10 years, both OF Laur-
oI The wedding took place IN the