Milford chronicle., 1931-04-24
GEORGETOWN

Nt6loIeI VI WINS FRANK Il. Joseph
has issued the following letters the
past week;
On the estate of Lizzie r. Parsons
of DaGsboro hundred to Alfred NJ
Parsons and EXa j. Smith.
On the estate of Norris l.. Baker
of Little Creek hundred to Clara d.
Baker
On the estate of Willard s. Tor
bert of Georgetown hundred to
Rufus d. Bunting.
On the estate of Sallie B. Mather
of SeafOrd hundred to AlOnzO
Harper Mather.
On the estate of James J. Rust of
DagsbOrO hundred to Theodore 1.
Rust.
On the estate of Thomas H. JEFF
ferson of DagsbOrO hundred to
Charles w. jefferson.
Leon Black of Milton was circling
among friends here on Thursday.
Former County Commissioner J.
Leon Black of Milton was circling
among friends here on Thursday.
There are sixteen prisoners new
stopping with Sheriff Brittingham at
the county jail here.
EnlaTglng Strawberry Acreage
Strawberry growers in this section
are busy at this time putting out a
large acreage of strawberry plants
for next season. Next season will
find this section with the largest
acreage of strawberries that has been
grown in this section for several
years. This season the acreage is not
quite up to the average caused by
the drought and not very heavy set
ting last year.
The Georgetown Gas Company has
reduced the price of gas to take ef-
feet on May 1st. They will then be-
gin to serve their customers gas at
the following price: $500 per 1000
feet; all over one thousand feet,
$3.50 per 1000.
The Georgetown Firemen have
moved the large electric fire siren
from Race street i'm front of the old
fire house to the rear of the rear
of the new fire house. where they
have it on a fifty-foOt steel frame. |
1t should be heard clearly at long /
distance now.
John w. West. SO years old. for
of this town, died Thursday of last |
week in Milton, where he has been
living for sometime. Funeral services |
were held at his late residence on !
Sunday afternoon and interment +
made in Union cemetery in this town.
Lower Delaware is getting gen
uine touch of Spring weather, which
is causing the trees to shoot forth
their buds and the lawns and pasture
fields in the rural sections to take
on a coat of green.
Fire at StOckley
The store building at the filling /
station of Gideon Roberts at Stock h
ley was destroyed by fire about 1
o'clock Thursday morning. Mr.. Rob
erts could not get to the telephone
because of the headway of the fire
made in the building when dis
covered, and made the trip to this
town to call the fire company. The \
Georgetown Fire Company was
called to Stockley late Thursday
Afternoon, to eXtinguish a woods fire
which had startedefrom sparks from I
the Roberts fire.
Thomas II. Jefferson, 80 years
old, died last week at his home in
the Shortley section. Funeral serv-
ices were held on Sunday afternoon
at st. Thomas Church, between ,
Laurel and MillsbOro in charge of :
Rev. M. L. HungeriOrd, of this town. !
Burial was made in adpOining Ceme- +
terry Deceased was father of Mrs. ,
Edward Rogers, Charles w. Jeffer !
son and Howard Jefferson of this \
section. !
The monthly meeting of the Sussex !
County Medical Society was held on :
Thursday night of last week in the :
Georgetown New Century Club build :
ing, following a dinner given the :
members. DR.. George G.. McElfatriCk, .
of Wilmington, president of the Del :,
aware State Medical Society, was the =
speaker. His address was .
along general lines of practicing =
medicine. DR.. John II. Hammond of r
this town, also addressed the society. =
The next meeting will be held in u
Georgetown on May l4th. l.
AT the annual County Convention :.
of the Christian Endeavor Union held {,
in the NJ. P. Church. in this town on -
the following officers were =,
elected: President, Frank B. Carey -
Of Milton; First Vice-president, y
Roby' Day of SeafOrd; Second Vice 81
president. Clarence Welch of Mil o
ION; secretary. Miss Anna Mac !,
Swain of Georgetown; assistant sec .,
retary, Miss Mildred Simpler, of o
treasurer, Miss Lucius :,
3. Darby of Milton junior and in u
superintendent, Mrs. r. =.
R. Nichols of Delmar; publicity -
Mrs. Harold Singer =.
If Milford; missionary superintend- U"
mt, Mrs. W. Edward Richie of Del !,
mar; chairman of lookout commit
ee, J. E. Tinley of Delmar; Sup 9.
of quite hour and tenth - -
egion. Virgil G. Littleton of George ~
own; chOrister, Rev. J. l.. Nichols ~
# Milford; pastoral counselor, Rev. T.,
!. G. Randall of Milton. "
James J. Rust, aged ~ years, died SoiI
at his home near Stockley, II Ml
18th. MIR. Rust had been "
n Georgetown during the afternoon -
nd after returning to his home and ..