Milford chronicle., 1929-01-25
Frederica


ed very delightfully."- at dinner fol-
lowed by bridge in honor of Mr.. and
Mrs. Harrington Heisler of Warsaw,
Poland. The other guests were Mrs
G. c. Heisler, Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel
Hirsch, Mr.. and Mrs. 1. D. Short, DR..
and Mrs. S. M. D. Marshall of Mil
ford, Mr.. and Mrs. John c. Darby of
Frederick.
The many friends of Mrs. Julia F.
Cam were shocked and grieved to
hear of her sudden passing away of
pneumonia last week in Il hospital
in New York City.
She had been ill with la grippe
several weeks ago and on becoming
worse was taken to the hospital the
first of the week.
Her home was in Frederick but as
she suffered with bronchitis in this
climate had taken comfortable
apartments in New York City for the
winter. Mrs. Cam was very esti-
mable woman of a gracious, sunny,
nature that endeared her to the COM
munity. Funeral services were held
on Tuesday at the home of her sis
ter-in-law, Mrs. A. A. Green of Mid
dletown. Interment was made in st.
Georges cemetery. A num0er of
Frederick friends attended the fu-
neral services.
Mrs. Annie Harrington, widow of
the late Major Harrington, passed
away in Wilmington last Thursday.
Funeral services were held in Bar
rats Chapel on Sunday afternoon,
conducted by Rev. N. G. Benson. A
large concourse of friends were
present. Mrs. Harrington was good
Christian woman and was greatly
beloved. She is survived by her
nieces, Mrs. Howard Hudson of Mil
ford and Mrs. B. F. Burton of Fred
erica.
Our usually quiet village was in
a state of considerable excitement on
Friday evening at 9:15 o'clock when
the news spread that William w.
Wilson, a prominent hardware mer-
chant, was "held up" in front Of his
own residence. Mr.. wilson had clos
ed his store and It's going home
when he noticed several men COM
ing across the vacant lot adjoining
his property. Suddenly they came
up behind him and one grabbed him
and held his arms close. to his body.
AS he made an outcry the other
tried to stifle his cries by holding his
hand over his mouth. Fortunately,
Mrs. Wilson, who was home at the
time heard the cry of distress, ~ush-
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7 the electric light, on the front porch.
The assailants then released Mr..
Wilson and fled across the lot past
Hendricks Mill to boulevard, where
a car awaited them. Mr.. Wilson cid
not know the mems names but
thought he had seen them in his
store the previous night. On Sunday
morning when Mrs. Howard WlX
went to her garage to get her car,
she found two young men tast
asleep in the car.
AS Mrs. Wix lives half mile from
town and has no telephone she sent
her son William, in to town, to not1-
fy Mr.. Wilson as the young men
answered to the description given
out by him.
The State Police were called and
took the men to Dover where they
are lodged IN Jail awaiting hearing
Mr.. Wilson had only a small amount
of money and checks with him at the
time of the hold-up as he deposits
p his receipts daily at the bank.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. A. Gray and fam
lily were Milton visitors on Sunday.
James Hall, a pupil of the Fred
erica school, who has been very i'll
in the Kent General Hospital, was
able to return to his home on Sun
day.
Charles H. Gross has purchased
the meat and grocery business of W.
p. Hall on South Market street.
Orville Hoey of Hahnemann Hos
pital was the guest of his mother, |
Mrs. w. F. Hoey over the weekend !
Mrs. Alice G. Melvin is still con-
fined to her home with bronchitis.
Watson Belts of the Hahnemann
Medical College spent the weekend |
with Senator and Mrs. I. w. Belts.
John Jester has returned home
from the Wilmington Hospital. I
Thomas Spurry is on the sick list I
with asthma. !
Mrs. w. F. Hoey is recovering
from an attack of la grippe.
On last Saturday afternoon Mr..
and Mrs. ]. Reynolds Rogers gave a
dinner in honor of Mr.. and Mrs. Asa
Rogers on the occasion of their 10th
wedding anniversary.
In the evening group of friends
surprised them with a card party.
Mrs. Rogers was presented with a
bouquet of white roses and sweet
peas and a pair of quaint brass can
dlesticks. The guests were Mr.. and
Mrs. Sharp L. Wilson, Mr.. and Mrs.
]. R. Rogers, Mrs. Edith Melvin, Miss
Elizabeth Lank, Mrs. Willard Slaugh-
ter, Mrs. Annie B. Harrington, Lol-
lis Queen and Oscar P. Harrington.
Bridge was played. Mrs. Edith Mel
vim and Lollis Queen were the prize
winners. !.
Mrs. Edna Spayd has been quite
i'll the past week and has been sent
to the Milford Emergency Hospital.
Mrs. Harold Harringt IN is con-
valesciug from a severe case of la
grippe.