Milford chronicle., 1931-04-10

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/ cident which he sustained on Mon
2 day night of last week, when he was
g hit in the eye and forehead with the
} crank of an automobile while start
ing his car. Funeral services were
! held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon in
: Hebron NJ. p. Church and interment
made in Union cemetery. He is sur
, vived by his wife and the following
sisters and brothers: Mrs. Edward
= Wilkins, of Wilmington; Mrs. En-
Ory Isaacs, Mrs. Lorenzo Kitchens,
Mrs. Isaac n. Kitchens, Mrs. Hobart
Rogers, Mrs. Christopher Wilkins,
Mrs. llildren Green, Albert, Otis and
Clarence King, of this town, and vi
+ cinity
The Wesley VI. T.. Church mark
up" for April was made on Wednes-
day evening, when the church debt
was reduced in the sum of $718.79.
Robert II. Newsom of Cambridge,
Ind, arrived here Wednesday to
take charge of the prescription de-
partment at the BlackstOne's drug
store
Mild weather of the past few days
has caused herring to start running
in the Indian River and fishermen
are making large catches.
Turnip greens and hogs jowl, con-
sidered by most Delawareans u dish
fit for the kings and one of the most
! appetiZing that grace their tables
/ during the early spring, are now be-
1 ing enjoyed throughout Sussex
county.
Mrs. William Kitchens and sons
Billy and Jack spent the weekend
with relatives at Laurel.
Miss Bertha Rust of Philadelphia
has been visiting her sister, Mrs
Virden Macklin.
Farmers in this section are put
ting in large acreage of potatoes,
onions and peas.
Firemen'S Benefit April 81
"All Aboard" the big musical
comedy to be presented as a benefit
for the Georgetown Fire Company
on April 1928, will have the largest
cast of local players ever assembled
here for local show. The show is
being sponsored by the Ladies' Aux
iliary of the Fire Company and is
sure to receive the support of the
community. Our local boys are do
ing good work and deserve our un-
divided support
"All Aboard" which is to be staged |
by the Wheeler Producing Company, !
who have been staging big successes |
throughout the East and Eastern |
Shore towns for some years, has |
charge of the production, which is to |
be elabOrately presented with all |
new special scenery, costumes, and |
electrical effects which are a fea- |
ture with all Wheeler productions. !
The show is a big laugh from start
to finish with Il variety of poplar |
and attractive song and dance
choruses throughout the action of
the play AS an added attraction a
large group of children are to have
part in the big novelty number, en-
titled, 1.-The Wedding of the Painted
DOLL"
A special rehearsal of the speak
ing parts of "All Aboard was held
on Monday evening, April 6. The
chOruses and children will start
their rehearsals on Monday, April
13.
Six school buildings, the land on
which they are located, together
with all Outbuildings, were sold on
Saturday by the Board of Education
Of the Georgetown Special District,
at public auction, in front of the
Court House here.
The school buildings have been
discarded because of consultations
with Georgetown. The school build
ing OH Chestnut street, formerly. the
Georgetown public school, was bid
in by the local Board of Education
for $4,000.
Friday night, before the sale
meeting of the citizens here was
held to devise ways and means of
buying the building for a factory
site, with Judges Charles S. Rich
ards acting as chairman of the
A committee consisting of
Landreth L. Layton, Dr.. John II.
Frederick Walls, II. w.
r. Purnell, Andrew J. Lynch, Ben
jamin b. Hilyard, Howard J. Cooke,
Fl. II. Williams and Judge Richards
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possession of the property to hold
it in reserve until such time as it
might be needed for housing man
establishment. Whether
the Board of Education bid in the
and later propose to turn
it over to the committee is not
known. Representatives of the COM ,
mittee and some of the members of
the Board of Education were the
high bidders.
The schools sold, together with
The lands and prices paid are: I
Springfield District, No. 33, house
and land, Horace L. Blizzard, of
$G5.00; Anderson's Dis
trict, No. So, house, land and out
buildings, Frederick Walls, George
Town, $50. -. J
Peppers District, No "a, land
and buildings, William F. Allen, of
Seaford, $40; Reynolds Hill Dis {
-Tict, No. Sc, building, VIM. F. AL
len, Seaford, $235; land, David II. !
Reynolds, near Georgetown, $10.5O; {
VIM. G. Bryan, of
Georgetown, $11.00
MarVeIs District, No. "a, building, s
Andrew Marvel, Georgetown, SIS, til
lie to land was reserved in deed Civ (
III at time school was erected.
1t was the wish of the late Josiah
Marvel of Wilmington, that the {
be kept on the land and for