Milford chronicle., 1931-08-14
GEORGETOWN HAPPENINGS
DURING THE PAST WEEK

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Register of Wills Frank L. Jo-
seph has issued the following let
ters the past week:
On the estate of ClaudeiiL. Evans
of Little Greek Hundred, to Pearl
M. Evans s4
On the estate q! William H. John
son, of Lewes and RehobDth Hun
dTej, to the SUSSEX Trdst!g !gleinpanv.
On the estate cs Hars#!Ff;4. Har-
mo1. of Lewes nnd Rehoauth Hun
died, TO Helen Harmon.
OE the estate of Joshua Z. Carey,
of Baltimore HundIed, tp Alice l..
Carey.
On the estate of Annie II. Dun
ming, of LeweS ana RehODoth Hun
dreG. to the Sussex Trust Company.
On the estate of Myrtle W. Brown,
Of North West F'rk Hundred, to
Otis J. Brown.
On the estate of Wilson c. Long, of
Baltimore Hundred, |, to LayIield
Long.
On the estate of Mabel H Lewis,
of Cedar Greek Hundred. to the
y AlSI ANullOlldl Gtlllh anu lIuSI NOIu-
pdny, of Milford.
On the estate G. Wilbur Il. Tun-
nell, of Georgetown Hundred, to
Mary L. Robinson.
On the estate of Ann Marie Doss
Moore, of Broad Greek Hundred, to
the Sussex Trust Company.
Sheriff Brittinghlm must be run
ming an up-to-date boarding house,
as he now has thirty-five boarders
stopping with him at the county Jail.
He has recently delivered several
who have pleaded guilty, to the New
Castle County WorllhOuse.
James Miller Tunnel, of this
town, and one of the most prominent
Nmembers of the Sussex County Bar,
observed his SIND birthday anniver-
sary on Sunday. Mr.. Tunnel was
born at Clarksville, on August 2,
1879. son of the late Henry Maull
and Rhoda E. Bennett Tunnel. He
received his early education in the
public schools of that section. Upon
completion of his preparatory course,
he entered Franklin College, at New
Athens, Ohio, where he graduated in
1900 with the degree of Bachelor of
Arts. After graduation he read law
under direction of Park Boggs, of
Cadia, Ohio, and then came to
Georgetown and he continued his
legal studies with the late r. G.
White. In April 1907, he success
fully passed the examinations and
county and since that time has been
engaged in the general practice of
his profession.
A new roof has been placed on the
residence of Mrs. Reuben Short on
South Bedford street.
The alarm siren of the George
town Fire Company was on Wednes-
day moved from its old position ON
South Race street to the new tower
recently erected for it at the rear
of Firemen's Hall, on North Cherry
Lane, about so feet from the Union
Republican office. The removal of
the siren, which weighs about 400
pounds, was accomplished by Olin
Johnson, Earl Rust, Carl Hurley,
arren HOlsOn and Willard Bennum.
Isaac W. Harmon, aged SO years,
a widely-known resident, prominent |
farmer and one of the largest land |
owners in Indian River Hundred,
died Tuesday morning in the Emerg |
ency Hospital, Milford, after long |
Illness. He is survived by his wife,
several children and many grand |
children. Funeral and interment !
was made on Friday afternoon at 2
o'clock, at Indian River Mission,
Rev. Blakeley, of Seaford, officiat-
ing.
Donald Godfrey Rust, young son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Rust, is recov-
ering from his recent serious ill
ness.
Miss Cora Littleton left Wednes-
day morning to undergo medical
treatment in the Delaware Hospital,
Wilmington.
Since the last session of the Will
mington M. E. Conference, Wesley
Church, here, has paid $1,000 on its
Indebtedness.
Mrs. Lizzie Calhoun is spending a
period of two weeks with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Effie c. Vickers, at Berlin,
Md. Last Monday was Mrs. Cal
houn's S2nd birthday anniversary,
and she received congratulations
from many friends.
Georgetown M. P. Sunday school
held its annual picnic at Oak Orch
ard on Wednesday. There were five
other picnics held there on that day.
Mrs. Manford Penuel, of Frank
ford, who is a daughter of Mrs. Jno.
T. Rogers, of this town, is recover
ing from an operation for appendi-
citis in the Beebe Hospital, Lewes.
Howard Conaway, son of Mr.. and {
Mrs. Harley J. Conaway, has regis s
tered as a law student in the office {
Of Attorney Andrew J. Lynch. How
ard is a senior at the University of s
Delaware.
Verna May, daughter of Mr.. and {
Mrs. R. F. McGinnes, is recovering
from an operation for the removal
If tonsils and adenoids. She return '
ID from the Milford Emergency Hos
1ital on Friday. 6
A tenant house on the Jimtown
Dad, owned by Mrs. Sallie Waga-
non, and occupied by Mrs. Basha I
Moore, was almost entirely destroy G
ID by fire, together with portion
If its contents, early Thursday /
morning. The local firemen were v
,alled to the scene to extinguish
he flames and protect the adjoining
i
william w. Lawson, aged As F
ears, son of George r. Lawson.
led Wednesday night from cancer t