Milford chronicle., 1930-05-16
GEORGETOWN

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Register of Wills G. Vannie Mes
sick has the past week issued let
ters on the estate of Nehemiah Will
ley of Northwest Fork Hundred to
the Baltimore Trust Company.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Locates are
improving their home by new
screened porch.
The residence of Harry Joseph is
being neatly painted.
Fresh fish are getting plentiful
and reasonable in price.
Harvey 2. Hastings, contractor
and builder of this town, was Sc
verely hurt last week when he slip
ped and fell on scaffOld while at
work on a cottage at Rehoboth
Beach. He received broken ribs and
internal injuries. He was taken to
the Beebe Hospital, Lewes, for
treatment, where he is improving.
Although the campmeeting sea-
son is still several weeks off, the
first announcements are beginning
to come. James Camp, between this
town and Laurel, has established
the date of August 2 for the opening
and it will continue through two
Sundays. Rev. Sutton, M. E. pastor
stationed at Blades, will be the prea-
cher in charge. The privileges will
be sold on the first Saturday in July
at the camp grounds at o'clock IN
the afternoon.
Announcement has been made of
the marriage in Philadelphia, on
February %, 1880, of Mrs. Blanche
West Jones, formerly of this town.
and Alfred Tatro, both of that city.
Noah King, a well known hard
ware dealer of this town, underwent
a surgical operation at the Beebe
Hospital in Lewes. Mr.. King is i'm
proving much to the delight of his
many friends.
Isaac Kitchens, of near town, who
has been in the employ of the Penn
sylvania Railroad as fireman and
hostler for nearly 4S years, was on
Saturday retired and his name plac-
ed on the company's honor roll.
The Georgetown Fire Company
has been called out of town to as
sist in extinguishing fires one or
more times every day for more than
two weeks.
The Spring Festival held here un-
der the auspices of the Georgetown
Fire Company was largely attend
ed.
Rev. T. F. Beauchamp, ex-pastor
of Wesley NJ. E. Church here, is
very seriously i'll with pneumonia at
Snow Hill, Md, to which place he
was recently transferred. His many
Georgetown friends hope for his
speedy recovery.
Horace L. Downes, a retired mem-
Der of the Philadelphia police force,
and Mrs. Downes moved here Thurs
day of last week and are occupying
the property on North Race street
which they recently purchased from
the heirs of the late Hannah p.
Short, and vacated a few weeks ago
by Ebe Rust and family. Mr.. Downes
is a son of William S. DOwnes, and
his wife was formerly Miss Laura
Wilson, daughter of Josiah S. Will
son, both of this town.
Former ProthOnOtary Alvin +.
Wilgus, an old marine engineer, en-
loved a trip on the Delaware Bay on
the trial trip of the new oil tanker
Vedoil No. 2, Thursday. Al says he
enjoyed himself and it was like old
times.
Seventy acres of timber owned by
Theodore Hopkins and the Benjam-
in Burton heirs, located about half
a mile from Coolspring was damag-
ed by fire Thursday afternoon. Fire
companies from Georgetown, Milton,
Ellendale, Lewes and RehOboth were
called to combat with the blaze
which soon was under control. The
Georgetown firemen were also call
ed to fight a fire in the tracts of
timber owned by Able Ableman and
DIR. J. K. Frame of MiIisbOrO, locat-
ed at Shortley, five miles from here.
This fire was gotten under control.
The loss was several hundreds of
dollars. The local firemen received
the two calls within an hour. While
the Milton firemen were fighting the
forest fire near Coolspring fire
broke out near their town, damaging
a tract of timber. Thirty acres of
woodland owned by Hugo KOpple of
near HarbesOn and the Blizzard bro
Tiers of Georgetown, were damaged
between $500 and $1,000 Thursday.
The Georgetown fremen for the past
ten days have done but little work,
being called to one or more fires
each day.
Some of the fires were caused, it |
is believed, by autoists carelessly |
tossing lighted cigarettes "ud cigar |
butts along the highways. THE glass !
and underground is so dry on ac-
count of the drought it is easily ig-
nited.
Despite the dry weather early po-
tatoes in this section are beginning |
to look fine. The acreage is as large !
or larger than the past few years.
Thomas H. FOoks, merchant OF
this town, has a contract to furnish |
pickleing factory with sweet pep
pers and has contracted with the
farmers in this section for over 80
acres and they already have the
plants set.
The Sussex County Levy Court
has put next winters supply Of coal
in the court house.
Road Supervisor Abe RicardS OF
Greenwood was among friends here
Friday.
Charles Rogers. of Zoav District,
was among friends here Thursday
evening.
Miss Mildred Mock spent last Sat