Milford chronicle., 1931-08-28

motor Trip 10 virginia bedcH.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cornelius Hamblen,
of Rhode Island, mOtored here for a
trip, visiting Mrs. Addie Atkins, and
Fred Hemblen, on their way home
from Luray, Va.
Register of Wills Frank L. JO-
seph has issued the following letters
the past week:
On the estate of Samuel r. john
son, of Lewes and RehobOth Hun
dred, to Frank NJ. Jones.
On the estate of John W. Turner,
of Baltimore Hundred, to VIM. r.
Tubbs
On the estate of Philip A. Carey,
of Cedar Greek Hundred, to Mary
E, Carey.
On the estate of Morris Harmon,
of Broadkiln Hundred, to Ralph Har-
mon and Maggie Harmon.
On the estate of Isaac w. Har-
man, Indian River Hundred, to Vina
A. Harmon.
On the estate of Linford P. Fau-
cett, of Georgetown Hundred, to
Benjamin Faucet.
On the estate of Elizabeth Barnes,
of Seaford Hundred, to Mary L. Ben
den.
There are thirty prisoners stop
ping now with Sheriff Brittingham
at the county Jail here.
On and after October 1st a one
cent penalty will be added to all
county and school taxes by John S.
Isaacs, receiver of taxes.
The small son of Mrs. Birdie ROg-
esr was badly injured Tuesday when
he was thrown from a pony at the
home of Mrs. Annie Blackstone on
South Bedford street.
Former Sheriff Jacob West, of
North Bedford street, who was TAX
en- to the Beebe Hospital on Tuesday,
died on Thursday, from appendi-
citis, aged 65 years. Besides his
wife, he is survived by his 9O-year-
old mother, several children, broth
ers and sisters. Funeral services in
Wesley NJ. E. church Sunday after
noon at o'clock.
Rev. j. Edward DOwnes, pastor of
Snyder Avenue M. E. church, Phila-
delphia, has been spending a few
DAYS with relatives here and else
where in the county. Sunday after
noon he delivered the sermon at
Carey's Camp, near loves Cross
Roads.
Albert Early, lecturer of Midland
Grange, has returned from the an
nual conference. of the lecturers of
the Middle Atlantic States, held at
the University of Maryland.
Some beautiful boxes of flowers
grown by the wife of Sheriff Brit
tingham and placed on the front
porch at the county Jail are attract
ing considerable attention.
Mrs. Theodore Pettyjohn, former
ly Miss Elmo Pepper, is suffering
from a severe sprain of an ankle,
which she sustained at Laurel last
Saturday night. She had been call
ing upon relatives in that town and
in entering her car to return to
Georgetown, her ankle turned and
she fell heavily to the pavement.
w. Frank Sharp quietly observed
his 53rd birthday anniversary on
Tuesday.
Harry Reynolds, of Pittsburgh,
Pa, pharmacist at Blackstone's
drug store, is occupying the apart
ments of Mrs. Levisa w. Faucet, on |
Market street.
Eighty gall stones were on Mon
day taken from Mrs. John Lowe, OF |
near this town. She was operated |
upon in the Peninsula General Hos
pktal, Salisbury, Md.
u Prof. C. E. Afferback and John T.,
Harvey W., Charles S., and Luther
T. Calhoun, the latter of Bridgeville,
spent Monday trout fishing at Deals
island, Md. They report fine catch,
bringing home seventy to prove the
fact.
Charles P. Spicer, living near this
town, underwent an operation for
The removal of his tonsils and ade-
noids in the Beebe Hospital at
Lewes. Young Spicer is nephew of
Charles P. Messick, president of the
Civil Service Assembly of the United
States and Canada.
Ryons Theatre, which has been
closed for some time because of i'm
being made to it, will be
,eopened on Labor Day under the
of Burris & Wharton,
who have leased it for term Of
years. with an entire new outfit of j
he latest equipment.
George H. Ward, living between
Iaurel and Millsboro, has mother s
log which on Saturday gave birth 4
O litter of nineteen pigs.
Francis Short, James Hayman, d.
). Givens, Everett Conaway, and
frank Mandas, the latter proprietor
# the Arcade (Greek) Restaurant,
vent on a fishing trip to the Della {
ware Braekwater last Wednesday t
nd idn't get home until morning.
they cast their /
ooks from both sides and both ends ]
t the boat, only two of the party
Jere successful in fooling the fish.
'rancis and Frank each hooked a
lrge trout (enough alike to be twin Z
rothers) and the latter feels re- Y
aid for his supper, which he lost
lille the boat was riding the waves. E
Willard l. Short, aged IL years,
on of Mr.. and Mrs. Roland T. Short,
near this town, is in the Method t
it Hospital, Philadelphia, where he S
hderwent an operation for rupture p
4 wednesday morning. His condi- L
on is reported favorable for a
oeedy recovery. The lad was taken a
! the hospital by his father and r
rother John, who returned home o
yednesday night. While at the hos n
Ital Mr.. Short had removed grag-
ent of steel which had been i'm t
.ddad in his left arm for weeks. Z