Milford chronicle., 1930-11-21
BRIDGEYALE

/ Mrs. Horace Sudler left the latter
part of last week for Port Washington,
N. Y. where she is spending several
weeks with her daughter. Mrs Shelton
Virden.
Miss Pauline Ryan has accepted a
position at the OrioIe Tea rooms.
Mrs. Thomas Vandenburg and young
daughter Diana have returned home
from the Kent General Hospital at Do
YER.
I Mrs. Dawson Todd who has been
confined to the Beebe Hospital, Lewes,
suffering from a severe attack OF
quinsey returned home last Wednesday
much improved.
| Miss Bessie Brown of Porters spent
last weekend here with her brother,
! Mr.. and Mrs. c. Fl. Brown.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Calhoon and
children of Ocean City. Md. Mr.. and
Mrs. c. S. Calhoon and mother of
! Georgetown spent Sunday last with
their brother here.
Mr. and Mrs. K. NJ. Wiley spent the
Weekend with their daughter in. New
York
The Guild of st. Marys Episcopal
Church held bake last Saturday in
the agricultural building which proved
to be a success.
The Bridgeville school closed We'd
nesday afternoon and reopened on.
Monday morning. The teachers were
attending the State Teachers Conven-
! tiOn in Newark.
William H. Willin, aged So years was
fatally injured about 1880 O'Clock Sun
day morning and was caused by the
fog that prevailed at that time. Mr..
Willin had gone to Wilmington. to get
his son. The son was driving as they
approached the Pennsylvania railroad
crossing about mile below Harring-
ton. He failed to note that freight
train was passing and crashed into the
moving train Mr. Willin suffered a
fracture of the skull. and died Several
hours later after being admitted to the
Marshall Hospital at Milford. Mr.. Will
lin was well known in lower Delaware.
He is survived by his wife sand three
children. The funeral was held on We'd
nesday with interment at Bridgeville.
Virgil Wiley of Dover spent the week
end here
Mrs. o. A. Newton is spending some
time with her daughter, Mrs. J. p.
Porteous at Smyrna.
Mrs. o. ]. Wiley spent a few days
with her son in Greenwood last week.
Miss Hattie Kline of Wilmington
spent the Weekend here with her par
ents. Mr. and Mrs. Sol Kline.
Mrs. Ida Ferguson, Mrs William
Ferguson and Miss Bessie Kline have
charge of the Club Library while Mrs.
Leon Cannon is away.
o. A. Newton & Son have sent this
week a pen of single comb white leg
horn pullets to the Oklahoma Egg Lay
ing Contest.
November 25 is open night for the
Tuesday Night Club. The program in
part is recognition services of the Girl
Reserves, School Orchestra, and an up
State speaker. This will be of interest
to all. Everybody is invited.
Mrs. Elmer Wiley who has been quite
i'll at her home here is slowly imprOv-
ing.
Mr. and Mrs Sol Kline and daugh-
ters spent Sunday last at Coatesville. /.
with friends
Two teachers of the Bridgeville pub
lie school are in the Delaware Hospi-
tai, Wilmington, suffering from injuries
received Saturday night when the ma
chine in which they were riding col
lided with another car on the da Pont |
Boulevard, near Boyd's Corner. They
were returning from the meeting of
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. Miss Anna Short, of Cannons. driver
of the automobile in which the teachers |
were riding escaped injury.
Miss Mary Ledenham who received |
decorations of the face and scalp and a |
fractured ankle and Mrs. Raymond |
King received decorations of the face |
and scalp. 1t was first reported that |
Mrs. King had received a fractured |
skull but examination proved that this |
was not the case. The extent of dam
age to the car of Miss Shorts was es |
timated at 5000.
Miss Mary Kinder entertained at 7
bridge at her home on Wednesday eve
ming. The guests were: Miss Virginia |
Swain, Miss Margaret Dickerson, Miss
Bessie Kline, Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy Tru-
lit, Jefferson Gray. Martin Doordan, !
Harold Grossnickle, William McWii- !
liams and Miss Margaret Cooper of1
Harrington, and Fred Boston of Mil |
ford.
Mrs Jacob Burton is ill at her home
at this writing.
Mr.. and Mrs Wellington Papten and |
sister, Mrs. Flora Papten Pote of Caly-
pso, N. c.. visited Mr.. and Mrs. C. e.
Brown this week.
The third monthly meeting of the c.
A. McCue Chapter of the F. f. A., for
the school year 193O-31, was held in the
agriculture building at Bridgeville on
Wednesday evening, November 12.
At this meeting the members pres
ent changed the date for each meeting
to the second Wednesday of each
month. The date previously decided |
upon was the second Monday. but a
conflict arose, as M. L. Doordan, the