Smyrna times., 1929-06-05
KENT COUNTY INSTITUTIONS
LEFT REQUESTS IN WILL FILED
ESTATE OF THOMAS IRONS
VALUED AT ABOUT $4,000
Wesley Church and Kent General
Hospital, Dover, Emergency Hos
pital. Milford. Get Requests


George NJ. Fisher, Jr., a Dover
attorney and Charles dupont Ridge
ly, justice of the peace at Cam
den, as executors of the late Thom-
as Irons of Camden, aged 80, who
was found dead in his apartment at
Camden only last week from as
phyxiation, on Saturday filed the
will with the Kent county regis
trar of wills. 1t shows several be-
quests to relatives as well as char
liable institutions, charities and
charitable causes, the estate being
estimated to be worth about $4,000
Several bequests to relatives of
S100 in gold are among the first
provisions of the will. One item
bequeaths $1,000 to Wesley Col
legiate Institute, Dover, to be in
vested by he Board of Trustees, and
the annual income to be used by
the trustees to help needy students
in the institution from the territory
which forfed he 5oyhood school dis
trict of Mr.. Irons in West Dover
hundred. In case there be no needy
students from that territory in any
year, provision is made that the in
come shall aid needy students from
any part of Kent county. The gift
is to be known as the Thomas Irons
Memorial.
Kent Hospital, Dover, to Get $4,000
The Kent General Hospital, at
Dover, is left $4,000 for the purpose
of creating a trust fund to be
known as the Thomas Irons Mem
orial, the income from which shall
be used for the maintenance of the
hospital Should the Kent Gener-
al Hospital cease to exist, the
amount is to be turned over to the
Methodist Episcopal Home for the
Aged, Philadelphia. The Milford
Emergency Hospital is left $4,000
for the purpose of creating a trust
fund to be known as the Elizabeth
Caulk Irons Memorial, and if this
hospital should cease to exist, the
bequest goes to the Delaware Hos
pital, Wilmington. The residue of
the estate goes to the Ever Ready
Circle, Kings Daughters, Dover, for
the care and maintenance of the
aged at the Old Folks Home, Do
yer.
Other Bequests Left in Delaware
The sum of $500 to the Board of
Directors of the Odd Fellows Gem
etery, Camden, for the perpetual
upkeep of the burial lot in which
Mr.. Irons and his relatives are
buried, is another bequest. The
Board of Stewards of the Whining
ton NJ. E. Conference is willed ST.
900 to be held in trust and the in
come expended each year toward
maintenance and support of the re-
tired supply preachers, their wild
ows and orphans of the conference.
The Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows of
Delaware is left the income of $500.
The Methodist Hospital in PhiladeI-
phia is left $4,000 for the purpose
of endowing a free bed in perpet-
uity to be known as the Thomas
and Mary c. Irons Memorial. 4
of other bequests are made
to institutions and frateral orders
in Missouri, where he spent many
years of his life.
Thos. Irons Made Fortune in West
Mr.. Irons was born in West Do
yer, but went to Missouri as 4
youth, where he lived for many
years. 1t was in that State that he
began the foundation of his fortune
which, his attorney said, was de-
geloped through wise investments.
He returned to Delaware several
years ago and occupied modest
nome at Camden until his death. /.
He is the author of the "Blue Hens
Chickens" box of poems.
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