Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1929-04-05
Georgetown

up with their spring planting.
Register of Wills G. Vannie Mes
sick has issued the following letters
the past week-On the estate o.
Frank E. Little, of Cedar Creel
hundred, to Lizzie Lark and the
Milford Trust Co.; on estate of Will
liam w. Wilson, of Philadelphia, tt
John T. Fleetwood; on estate o.
F. C. Ellis, of Little Creek hundred
to Preston o. Ellis and Roland H
Nabb.
There are 10 prisoners boarding
with Sheriff Coy, at the county jai
here, at present.
The term of William H. Wilson
as Justice of the Peace and Notary
Public for this district expired last
Wednesday. Mr.. Wilson will retire
from active business for the present
At this time no one has been ap-
pointed to the office, as Georgetown
has one justice of the peace-Wil-
liam ]. Mustard.
Governor Buck last Friday re-
appointed Ottie Donoway of this
town to the office of state detective
for another four-year term, this
being Mr.. Donoway's third term. Mr.
Donoway has made an efficient Off
Ger and the public is well satisfied
with the appointment.
John c. Abbott is quite i'll at his
home on Albury avenue. His many
friends hope for his speedy recoy-
cry.
The Easter services in our
churches Sunday were largely at
tended.
Good Friday was observed in this
town by the closing of the banks
and other business places.
William Morris, of this town, was
operated on in the Beebe Hospital
ill Lewes last Tuesday for appendi-
citis. At this time his condition is
good. His many friends hope for
his speedy recovery.
Mrs. Mary e. Ford, wife of Isaac
Ford, died at her home in Philadel-
phia last Monday. Interment made
in West Laurel Cemetery, that city,,
Thursday. She was well known in
this town, being a sister-in-law OF
the late Hannah Hart
The Georgetown Fire Company
has placed an order with the AM
erican LaFrance Company for an
other engine which will have a
pumping capacity of more than 500
gallons of water a minute. This is
the second machine of this type to
be added to the fighting equipment.
The machine it is understood will
cost $4,000. The other machine of
larger design cost $10,500. Owing
to the large number of calls re-
ceived by the firemen, from the ru-
raj sections, it is found necessary
to purchase additional equipment so
as to have ample protection when a
portion was taken to other sec
tions. In the future there will be
enough firemen left at the home sta
ton to man fully the engines, hose
carts and hook and ladder truck.
Elisha Donaway has returned
from Beebe Hospital, Lewes, where
he received treatment for an in
jured foot. He is improving. "
Albert Scheer, who for many
years has been employed in the Of
fees of the Pennsylvania Railroad
here and at Harrington has re-
signed his position and will repre-
sent in this section George NJ. Plum
Jr. and Co., of Newark, n. j., who
are dealers in pine and oak piling
The many friends here of Mr.. ScheeI
and family will be delighted to know
they will continue to reside in this
town.
Members of the Sussex County Re-
publican Committee and theii
friends attended a testimonial din
ner given here in the basement OF
the M. P. Church Wednesday night
in honor of William J. Swain, OF
Bridgeville, chairman of the Repub-
lican Committee, upon the occasion
of his birthday Prominent Repub-
licans of the county and members
of the Legislature and friends from
Kent county and New Castle attend
ed the dinner which was enjoyed by
all. Many speeches were made
praising Mr.. Swain for service &C
tivities as chairman of the County
Committee. Mr.. Swain in addition
to being chairman of the Republic
can Committee of Sussex County, is
also a member of the Delaware As
sociation Board, and formerly State
Treasurer and Federal Prohibition
Director for Delaware.
Rev. and Mrs. Thomas Parker Nc
Kee, of this town, have announced
the approaching marriage of their
daughter, Elizabeth Jane, to Will
liam Robertson Pogue, of Buffalo, y.
| Y, son of Mr.. and Mrs. William M.
/ ID
mOny will be performed by the
brides father in Georgetown Pres
| byterian Church, of which he is
pastor, at five o'clock Saturday af-
ternoon, April 9Th, followed by a
reception at the Manse on South
Bedford street.
A cement pavement has been laid
on the south side of School Lane eX-
tending from Pine street to st.
Paul's Parish House. The work was
done by A. P. Croll.
Mrs. Hattie Marvel, wife of Chas.
S. Marvel, was taken suddenly ill
Monday afternoon at her home near
Stockley, and on Tuesday her condi-
/ ton being unimproved she was TAX
en- in the Sussex Post ambulance to
the Beebe Hospital at Lewes fof
treatment
The first of the week, John R.
Kitchens, resident state highway
engineer, received from the Har-
rison Nurseries at Berlin, Md, 5000
young trees of the American Elm
and Oriental Plane species. They
will be planted along the State high
way in Sussex county.
Norman wilkins, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles H. Wilkins, was badly
injured about the shoulder and arm
last Monday at the railroad "Y"
here. The young man was struck
by a broken cable while assisting
in the loading of piling upon cars.