Milford chronicle., 1931-05-01
HOLLYVILLE


spending the winter in Camden, N
j.. and was seized with a serious i'll
ness while visiting his daughter
Mrs. Gertrude Zittimer, has returned
to his home here.
Mir. and Mrs. Walter Warrington
were guests of his sister Mrs. Clara
Cain of Milford on Sunday last.
1 Rev. Joseph Dickerson was a
Sunday visitor at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Herbert Prcttyman.
VIM. T. Hurdle is building a large
and up to date milk house for the
storing and cooling of his daily milk
output. Mr.. Hurdle is the owner of
one of the largest dairy herds in
this section.
Fire destroyed the large new sta
bile and nearly all the Outbuildings
belonging 10 Elmer Street on
Thursday last. 1t is presumed the
fire started from small children
playing with matches. The Lewes
Fire Company responded but too
late to save any of the burning
buildings, but kept the fire away
from the dwelling. The large tract
of woodland adjoining the farm was
on fire several times but was eX-
tinguished each time.
Irwin Hall of this place had the
misfortune to lose two horses of
late from an unknown disease. Hard
luck seems to be on Twins track.
His wife has been receiving medical
treatment for the past three years at
one of the State Institutions.
The members of the P. T. A. of
Hollymount School will give a ban
quet some evening in the near fu-
ture. The guests of honor will be
the cast in the play Two Days To
Marry" that was presented on the
evening of April II. We have not
been informed who the master of
ceremonies is to be.
Among those from HOllymOunt
School who will graduate from the
Lewes High School in the class of
1881 are Ethel Stevenson, Elsie
Gray, Grace Johnson and Iva Pret-
lyman.
William Baylis, former resident
of this place, died in Philadelphia on
Thursday of last week after
weeks illness of heart trouble. Mr..
Baylis was born in this district and
made his home here until a few
years ago when he removed to Phil
adelphia to engage in the contract
ing business. He was a brother of
Levy Court Commissioner Edgar
Baylis of near Lewes.
IT was with sorrow and regret !
that we learned of the tragic and |
Untimely death of Dr. G. Alvin Bur- |
ton, dentist of Dover. DR.. Burton |
was born in Denver, Colorado, but
removed here at an early age with |
his parents. After going through the |
courses of the rural school at this |
place he entered the University of |
Maryland at Baltimore where he |
graduated and engaged in his pro-
fession at Dover. Dr. Burton and the |
writer attended the same rural |
school and classes for several school |
terms. / am afraid that we were |
partly the cause of several gray |
hairs some of those patient school |
teachers have today, when they were |
u = ms W HOunu NOllt lEdA NAuLoT
ton into our heads. But after all he |
was jolly good fellow and from
one of the lines in Tennyson's poem
- May there be no moaning at the
bar when his ship put out to sea-"
Harry J. Anderson of this place
has obtained enough of the old stone
in the Henlopen Lighthouse, that
fell into the sea a few years ago to
construct a colonial fire place in
his home. The most of this stone is
buried in the sand six or more feet
In depth and can only be obtained
at low water and then hauled sever
al miles with mules across the
beach sand. The stone in this old
lighthouse was brought from Eng
and as ballast in ships when George
he Third held sway over Delaware
as one Of the thirteen colonies. This
particular kind of stone has beau
iful texture and in the glow of light
1t night sparkles with all the bril-
fancy of jewels.
According to information sup
1lied by the U. S. Government, one
If the grandest spectacles that the
world ever saw, will be from May Il
o 90, when nearly thousand air
planes will Join in the air maneuv-
rs over the eastern part of this
They will consist of com
Jat, pursuit. bomber5 and large
transport planes and will fly in bat
le formation in Calvacade twenty
niles long flanked by fight COM
nanders. II is very probable that
Turing their maneuvers they will be
-isiblc to most of De'aw2ve some