Milford chronicle., 1931-04-10
GEORGETOWN

Register of Wills Frank l.. Joseph
has the past week issued the fol
lowing letters:
On the estate of Byron w. Stone
of Broadkiln Hundred to Phylia
Adelia Stone. ....
On the estate of jamie Galloway of
North West Fork Hundred to Solo
mon F. Russell.
On the estate of Eben S. Long of
i Baltimore hundred to Otis J, Baker.
On the estate of Margaret r. Will
| son of Lewes and RehObOth hundred
! to George W. Wilson.
There are seventeen prisoners
stopping with Sheriff Brittingham
at the county Jail here at the pres
ent time. g..
Bob" Rufus T. Green's highly
priced Airedale dog, died Saturday
from an attack of pneumonia.
Thieves recently visited the pOul-
try houses of Edgar w. Jefferson, of
near this town, and stole more than
twenty-five choice breeding fowls.
NJ L. Carey moved here Saturday
from Snow Hill, Md, and opened Il
shoe repairing shop and second
hand clothing and shoe store in the
rooms on Market street adjoining
The Union Republican office.
Want Damages For Forests Burned
Henry J. Lawson, of MillsbOrO,
headed a delegation9of Indian River
Hundred land owners who on Tues
day appeared before.the Senate and
House claim committees att Dover,
alleging they had suffered losses to-
falling $13,678.25 as result of the
widespread forest fire which started
last May at the Delaware Colony,
near StOckley, claiming the loss
should be paid by the State.
Mrs. Sarah E. Messick; aged so
years, widow of Charles Messick,
died March 20, 1881, at her home at
Phillips Hill, this county. She is sur
vived by one daughteB Mrs. Clara
Jerchide, with whom she resided,
also one brother, James Lank, of
Midway. Funeral services were held
at home on Sunday afternoon, Rev.
II. p. Adams officiating and inter-
ment took place attWhite's Chapel.
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Penuel, A.
wife of Harvey Penuei, Il resident Of
the Robbins section, five miles north
of here, died last Saturday night in.
the Beebe Hospital, LeWes, where
she had been undergoing treatment
for several weeks. .9
Mrs. Penuel was a daughter of the
late Asa and Priscilla Warren, of
Ellendale. Her mother died recently
while Mrs. Penuel was a patient in
the hospital.
Funeral services were held at the
Penuel residence Wednesday after
noon, in charge of the Rev. j. N.
Faulkner, pastor of the Ellendale
Circuit. ..~...E
Besides her husband, Mrs. Pehuel
is survived by four children, Lin
wood, a student of Wesley Collegi-
ate Institute, Dover; Catherine, Otis
and an infant two months old.
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen e. Richards
en- Wednesday observed their fifty
third wedding anniversary.
Miss Cora Littleton has moved to
the property on KINNEY street. for
merly occupied by Charles Harris
and family, who now reside in
Levin Y. Salisbury a is making
some improvements to his property
on East Market street, and his resi-
dence will be newly painted.
On Saturday, April 18, beginning
at II o'clock the local Women's |
Home Missionary Society will hold a
bake in the vacant store room on /
Market street adjoining BlackstOne's |
drug store, formerly occupied by-W. |
ID. Brasure.
William Hickman of near town, /
had his right foot severely gashed !
by an axe on Wednesday afternoon,
while cutting wood. Hickman with
a colored man, was cutting timber |
when the axe of the latter became |
in some limbs. In snatch /
ing to get it loose the limb sudden
ly gave way, causing the axe to fall i
with great force on Hickman's foot.
Elijah w. RyOn, aged 78 years,
for two terms justice of the peace +
and notary public here, died March
81 at his home on South Race street
after an illness of many months.
Mr.. Ryon for more than a quarter
of a century was freight conduc-
-or on the D. M. e V. Railroad, run
ming from Georgetown to Franklin
Jity, Va. He was retired a number
)f years ago as "a result of an acci-
lent in which he lost a leg. He is
by one son, Elisha G. Ry-
IN, owner and manager of Ryon's
Theatre.
Funeral services were held at the
lome Thursday afternoon. Rev. w.
J. Harris officiating and, interment
made in Union cemetery.
Clyde King, aged "a years, son of
he late Wingate King, who resided
bout four miles west of this town,
IN the road leading to BridgeVille,
lied last Tuesday in the Beebe Hos /