Milford chronicle., 1932-02-12
DELMAR

MISS hdlnl6en TI6euey OF HHlld-
delphia was home with her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Barton Freeney over
the weekend.
Miss Marjorie Cullen and Nelson
Bradley of Jarrettsville. Md, visited
the formers parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Lee Cullen on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Milton Cleary and
daughter Irene. OF Wilmington,
spent the weekend with relatives in
Delmar.
Mrs. Walter Reid of New York
City who has been the guest of DR..
and Mrs. Howard Locates for sew
eral weeks returned to he" home on
Tuesday accompanied by her
daughter, Mrs. Locates.
Mrs. S. N. Culver and daughter,
Miss Amy Culver, spent the week.
end at the DUPONT BiltmOra in Viii
mington.
Miss Myrtle WOOtten, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. T.. w. p. WOOtten Of
Delmar and Clifford p Anderson nf
Allentown were quietly married Sat
urday morning in Chester, Pa. by
lIAG lAGNs l1dhtls Als anu Wa y M
derson will reside in Allentown,
Pa, where the groom is employed
by the Bell Telephone Company.
The happy couple has the best
wishes of their many Delmar
friends. t.
The covered dish social held by
the Delmar Y. p. b. in the social
hall Of the NJ. r. Church Monday
evening was a happy affair.
Ghost House." the thrilling home
talent mystery drama, sponsored by
the Delmar (Delaware) Parent Tea
cher Association, will be produced
Wednesday and Thursday nights,
lin the school auditorium.
Miss Esther Lee Waller, grand
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Harlan
Waller, has entered Jefferson Hos
pital as a member of the nurses
training class. Her many friends
wish her auccess in her new under-
taking.
Miss Irene Ellis entertained Miss.
Catherine DickersOn of SharptOwn.
over the weekend. se
Mrs. Isabelle Wilson Thomas, in
structor in history and sociology at
the Maryland State Normal School,
Salisbury, addressed the Delmar
(Maryland) Parent Teacher Associ-
alton Tuesday evening, using 1.-The
Eastern Shore in History" for her
subject. Mrs. Thomas was assisted
by a quartet of the Normal School
students, who sang several Eastern
Shore songs at intervals. which was
an appreciated attraction to the eve
ning's program.
One of the saddest happenings in
this community for a long time was
the suicide of Alvin A. Elliott, a.
years old, Pennsylvania Railroad
engineer, which occurred in chic
ken house in the rear of his home
at 2:30 a. m. Sunday. At that hour,
his wife was aroused from her slum-
ber by the firing of a shot gum
Searching for the cause of the exc
plosion, she descended to the kit
chen where she found a note bid
ding them goodbye, naming the de-
preston as the cause and indicat-s
ing where he might be found. He
had pressed the muzzle of a shot 4
gun against his head and touched
the trigger with a stick.
The character and reputation OF
the deceased were of the highest 4
and the community at large looked I
upon him as an esteemed and useful
citizen, a conscientious Christian
and a loving and affectionate hus-
band and father. His act is one. of /
The things which can never be un- 4
lerstood.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs, |
Anna Elliott, Il son and a daughter, .
Alvin and Doris Lee; his mother, /
Mrs. Katie Elliott, two sisters, Mrs. I
Lulu Parker and Mrs. Lille Tingle.f Y
md two brothers. Frank and Mich (
lel.
Funeral services were held from
iis late home on State street at two
D. m. Tuesday. Rev G. w. Bounds.
assisted by Rev. ]. r. Bailey and
Rev. G. #. Hope.