Milford chronicle., 1930-02-07
Georgetown

Georgetown
Hiss Nellie Moore was called to
chester, N. Y, last week by the
I'M of her cousin, Warren Rodney.
fessrs. Howard Phillips and Fred
no both employed in Harold w. II.
rnell's Hardware Store are con-
od TO their respective homes by
ness but are improving.
Mrs Noah King, of this town, was
# week delighted in receiving a
TOR from her brother, William
bnson, whom she had not heard
an in seven years, and feared was
od Mr.. Johnson is in Honolulu
NIr and Mrs. John r. Kitchens en-
rtained at a wild goose dinner
,esday evening at their home on
ast Market street. The following
lends were present: A. G. Living
on. Mr.. Sterling, Mr.. McWilliams,
Dover; A. J. Lynch, Andrew Mar
Il Edward Rose, Walter Conaway,
= and Mrs. Edward Morris, Mr.. and
RS William Kitchens, of George
bwn.
rise narty by her many friends on
or 1eE birthday, January 80, at her
ome on East Market street.
register of Wills G. Vannie Mes
,c[ has issued the following letters
he past week:
O5 the estate of Fred Conwell, of
ewes and RehobOth hundred, to
Samuel N. Tammany.
IN the estate of Joseph T. Kenney,
= Cedar Creek hundred, to Matte K.
Phillips. No., 7, Md
= little Creek hundred, to Sallie E.
Word Roger. R. Ward and The Sus-
sex Trust Company.
Tbare are tWenty-seven prisoners
IN care of Sheriff Coy at the county
iail here at the present time.
The season for shooting wild
srcls and geese closed Friday the
Sfet Our spOrtsmen have had their
share of the sport and have bagged
their share of the game.
One of the largest caskets used IN
,rTiaI in this county for many years
r,as used Wednesday for Lloyd }.
Toserson. aged 54 years, well known |
S0rroor living between Millsboro and |
IorraI who died late Sunday night |
s"oT, s1'-,, cancer. The funeral was held |
Trodnesdav afternoon from ST. |
Tbomas' Church in charge OF Rev.
1ioTord Green. Burial was in the |
lJioining church-yard. Mr.. Jeffer-
con was one of the largest men IN
ITnner Dagsboro district, Weighing
sbout $50 pounds. He was widely
i,Down throughout the central sec
tion of Sussex county.
lanes H. Baxter, of near Stock
1ov has announced his candidacy for
the Republican nomination for Levy
Court commissioner at the primary
oIoction to be held next September.
Resides carrying on extensive farm
mo onerations, he owns and operates
- cannerv at Stockley. Most of his
life has been devoted to the canning
business. Mr.. Baxter came to Sus-
sex county from Baltimore about 80
years ago.
Everett Conaway Joseph Slack,
Walter P Townsend, and Thomas
Purnell were on a cunning trip on
Rehoboth Bay the first of the week.
All but Tom had fair luck ducklng,
while he enjoyed h1msen geeslng.
Former Sheriff and Mrs. W. G.
BRYAN. son Dale and daughter Helen,
we're guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
BRYAN at a wild goose dinner, in Sal
isbury Nd, on Sunday last. Other
guests were Mr.. and Mrs. James
Lawson, of Princess Anne, Md.
Miss Lydia B. Collins, of this town, t
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Horatio P. ]
Collins, and William P. Hammond, 1
of Milford, son of Mr. and Mrs F. w. ]
Hammond, were married in Milford t
last Saturday night by the Rev.
Frank Herson, pastor of Avenue M. {
E. Church, Milford. They Will reside
in Milford.
Dr. William R. Messick, of Reho- /
both. formerly of this town, was in {
iured about the head and face Thurs {
dav night of last week when his car {
bit an abutment of the Pennsylvania
Railroad at Farmhurst. He was t
taken to the Delaware State Hos '
nital. where six stitches were taken i
to close his wounds. After being '
treated DR.. Messick returned to MS t
home in his own machine, which was
damaged to the extent of about $40. q
Samuel M. White, an aged ana G
well-known citizen, is critically Ill c
at his home in Collinsville, suburb l
of this town. on i
Mrs. Mary E. Jefferson, aged 80 '
years, died Saturday at the home OF i
her son. Edgar w. Jefferson, Just V
north of this town. Funeral services I
were held at the Jefferson home
, tuesday afternoon, Rev. T. F. Beau t
champ officiating, and interment t
made in Union cemetery. }. l. "a \
rey funeral director. e
Rufus Davis, OF near fNeuuen' W. j
last week was shot in the neck Dy a V
revolver in the hands of nelghDoT' Z
is recoving at the Beebe Hospital e
Lewes. ,,.uo,.- an e
tertained last Sunday at their non9 U
near this town. They are Mr.. anu il
Mrs. Thomas Rogers and daug1Ger' a
Hattie. of Wilmington; Mr.. and MRS; f
Hoyt Rogers and children Hoyt 1y anu 2
Betty Louise, and Mr.. and Mrs Hor- b
ace Rogers and daughters, Mabel ana
Margaret, of Georgetown. Others O
present were Mr.. and Mrs. Harry o. t
Joseph and son Frank, Mr. and Mrs;
Robert Wilson and son James, and t
Mr.. and Mrs. Peyton Hawkins and c
sons Leon and Pierce.
DR.. John H Hammond, OF this h
town, was painfully injured in Will a
mington last Tuesday night when a
struck and knocked down by an au-
tomobile at Eleventh and Tatnall
streets. He suffered injuries to his
legs, but fortunately no bones were s.
,vxoa 4oIroT n the Della ~