Milford chronicle., 1931-12-25
COnnIe EInnes

SOui anu MISS lQd May Johnson, oil
Ocean View, eluded their friends on
> Tuesday evening of last week and
drove to Salisbury, Md, where they
q were united in marriage at the
! Methodist Episcopal parsonage by
y the Rev. J. S. Eldridge. They will
y reside in Georgetown.
i Painfully Injured
4 Alfred Rogers, employed at the To-
: cal American Store, was painfully
injured about the left shoulder and
also dislocated his thumb last Sat-
urday night, when he tripped and
!, fell heavily to the pavement with
an armful of provisions which he
was taking to the car of customer.
Losses Tooth
Earl Rust lost tooth and sustain
ed laceration of the lower lip last
Saturday morning when one of Hig-
mans Express trucks backed against
his Hup car and demolished it. The
accident happened on North Bedford
street in front of the residence of
Misses Laura and Fannie Walls. Mr..
Rust narrowly escaped serious per-
sonal injury.
Car Stolen
Last Monday night, while Mrs.
Florence Jones was taking part in
the musical program of the local
Home School Association in the
school auditorium, her car was
stolen from its parking place near
the building. Officers were notified
and the machine was found aban-
doned on the Sand Hill road early
Tuesday morning undamaged and |
without gas. No arrest has been |
made.
Elected Scholarship Winner
James M. Tunnel, Jr., son of Jas.
M. Tunnel, Esq, of this town, |
senior at Princeton University and |
considered one of the outstanding
students at that institution, has been
elected as one of the four final win
ners for Rhodes Scholarship in the
Middle Atlantic States district. An
nouncement of the winners was
made Saturday by the judges in
Philadelphia. Tunnel will leave
next October with the other winners
for England to enter Oxford Uniyer-
sity.
Red Men Hold Meeting
4
bers of Nanticoke Tribe No. II, I'm
proved Order Red Men, held an en-
thusiastic meeting in their wigwam
on Market street, ten sister tribes
being represented. Work for the en-
suing Great Sun was planned and
discussed, being thoroughly explain
ed by the Great Chiefs, who were
warmly greeted in an address of well
come by Andrew ]. Lynch, Esq. The
following representatives of the
Great Council of Delaware were
present: Great Sachem, Benjamin
H. Cooper, Great Senior Sycamore
William Jackson, Great Junior Saga
more Frank Balling, Great Chief
Chief of Records Edward McIntre,
Past Great Sachem Milton Ferguson,
Deputy Great Sachems A. ]. Handy
and ]. Burton Wainwright, and VIM.
c. Wahle of the Judiciary Commit
tee. .:. r.a
The Great Sachem is making a
special effort to increase the mem
bership of the order in the State,
and is trailing to all the tribes in
his reservation. =
Christian EndeaVOr TO Meet
Members of the Christian Endeav- Y
1r Societies of Sussex county will
meet in the M. P. Church i'll this
own, Dec. 30th, at 2 o'clock, and go
% the Sussex Almshouse and Della
ware Colony to hold services and dis
ribute Christmas packages to the
inmates.
Birthday Anniversary
Mrs. Harriet B. Niven, one of
oldest residents, obserV-
ID her S6th birthday anniversary,
Dec. 11th, at the home of her neice,
Mrs. George E. Swain. Mr.. and Mrs.
swain entertained at turkey dim
Ter few of her intimate friends
nd relatives.
I'D Building For Sale
The Georgetown Board of Educa-
ion will offer for sale Saturday af-
ernoon, January 2, 1882, the old
ublic school building in this town.
Some months ago the building was
ut up at public auction, along with
he rural schools which have con-
with Georgetown. The
rice offered at that time was so low
hat it was bid in.
Residents of this town are hoping
hat the building will be purchased
Y persons who are interested in es-
ablishing some kind of industry.
here is more than an acre of land
ttached to it and with an expendi-
ire of few hundred dollars, it is
old. the building can be put in good
hape. The school building was
rected in 1885 and was used until
lst year when the new $250,00Q
.ructure was built.
Hest of Sheriff
There are twenty-one prisoners
ow confined in the county Jail here
nder the care of Sheriff Britting-
am
arriage License
This past week the Clerk of the
eace Frank w. Lawson issued a
arrige license to Howard Cannon,
nd Lille Brewington, both of
Del. Thisis a small
lmber to be issued this near the
0lidays, as a few years ago before Il
IT strict marriage laws this num-
er would have been at least 25. u
etterS Issued
Register of Wills Frank l.. Joseph
Is the past week issued the follow
g letters;
On the estate of Mary E. Mosley
Broadkiln Hunred to Joseph M.