Milford chronicle., 1931-09-04

of Georgetown, to Harry G. Steen.
On the estate of Norman w.
Buell., of North West Fork Hundred
to Ethel G. Buell..
On the estate of Jacob West, of
Georgetown Hundred, to Jacob E.
West.
On the estate of William w. Law
son; of Indian River Hundred, to La
vinia E. Lawson.
On the estate of Charles H. Walls,
of Broad Creek Hundred, to Nora
Walls.
Clerk of the Peace Frank W. Law
son has the past week issued the fol-
lowing marriage license: Garland
Ray Taylor and Kathleen P. Parker,
both of Wilmington.
Our schools will open for the fall
and winter season on Tuesday, Sep
tember 9Th.
Open Game Season
The season for shooting squirrels
opened in this county on Tuesday,
September 1st, and will continue un-
til October 18th. The sportsmen re-
port them jlentiful in this section.
There are 20 prisoners boarding
with Sheriff BTittingham at the
county Jail here now. Sheriff must
be feeding good, as he keeps large
number of boarders at all times.
Watermelons, cantaloupes, peach
es and apples are plentiful in our
markets and are retailing for very
low prices.
Work on the new county jail at
the county farm near town is pro-
crossing rapidly at this time.
Coal Bins Ready For Winter
Most of our citizens have their
coal bins filled already for winter.
Birthday Party
A party was given Wednesday
evening at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Oliver r. Walls, celebrating the
fourth birthday anniversary of their
son, Roland. The guests were Mary
Elizabeth and Marjorie June Scheer,
Fay King, Lillian Joseph, Pauline
Collins, Mrs. Lola Warrington, Mrs.
Albert Scheer, Mrs. Norman Cord
rey, Jack Cordrey, George Pittard,
Desmond and Warrington Craig, Mr..
and Mrs. Roland Marsh, Donald
Marsh, Herbert Walls, Stanley
.I1uA0Cs All aUuIuanCC Vi AEAA N6A-
ments were served, and many beau
tiful gifts were received.
sI Mr. and Mrs. o. L. Gray, who have
been at RehOboth for some time, the
former managing the Blue Hen The
atre, have moved to Georgetown and
are temporarily occupying apart
= mlents in the Wagamon Building, on
the Public Square. Mr.. and Mrs.
Gray came here recently from Ohio.
He will be the manager Of the Sus-
sex Theatre.
s$Crops in Sussex county and the
adjoining counties of the Peninsula
were badly damaged by very heavy
rains and wind of last week. The
c0rn in many fields was levelled to
the gorund.
Mrs. Eliza Robinson, aged rs
years, died at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Lola Bradley, on Sat
uFday, August %, 1881. Brief fu-
neral services were held here Mon
day afternoon and interment was in
Union Cemtery, Smyrna. Rev. DAN
iels, of Lewes, officiated. Five chill
dfen survive her.
Mrs. George E. Swain and chill
dren, Misses Flo and Aleine, and
Master. George, took an auto trip to
Philadelphia on Wednesday. Miss
Emma Swain, student nurse in the
Methodist Hopsital, returned with
them for her vacation and has as
her guest Miss Margaret Marsh, of
Philadelphia.
Mrs. Manford Penuel has recov-
cred from her recent operation for
appendicitis in Beebe Hospital and
returned to her home In Frankford,
Delaware.
/: Miss Cora Littleton, of this town,
was on Saturday operated upon for
fallen kidney in the Delaware Hos
pital, Wilmington. Her condition is
reported favorable for an early re-
covery.
Broke Arm While At Work
Alonzo McIlvaine, of Chestnut |
street, is suffering from two frac-
lures of the right arm sustained |
while at work in his brickyard, near |
town. He is under treatment in the |
Beebe Hospital in Lewes.
Funeral services for Minos Rus
sell, aged "a, son of Mr.. and Mrs. |
5ames Russell of near Bridgeville, |
were held at Cokesbury church on |
Tuesday afternoon and interment |
made in adjoining cemetery. The |
young man was injured last week
when his automobile cOllided with |
a trolley car in New Jersey. He |
was nephew of Edward Russell, of |
this town.
Mrs. Emma Peterson, 55 years old,
and Edward L. Rogers, of Laurel,
so, were married at the M. P. par ,
gonage in this town, Saturday night,
BY the Rev. l. S. Owens.
q News was received here Sunday
that Howard A. Joseph, aged 29
Years, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
X. Joseph, of this town, had been
drowned at Houston, Texas. His
mother left ON the afternoon train
to bring the body home, If
recovered. No details Of the drown
ing have yet been received. i
The young man was a graduate OF
the Georgetown high school and of
the Goldey College, Wilmington. He
was in the employ of the Standard
Oil Co., as an accountant and his
duties have taken him to Germany
and South America. Since returning
from, the latter country about five
months ago, he has been located in
Texas.
He is survived by his parents, a
little son, Charles Howard, who