Milford chronicle., 1932-07-08
GEORGETOWN
No Letters On ESTATES

county. -.4
No Marriage Licenses
Marriages are running low in
this section as Clerk of the Peace
Frank w. Lawson has not issued
any marriage licenses for over a
week
Thirty-fVe Prisoners
There are now thirty-five prison
ers stopping with Sheriff Britting-
ham at the county Jail here at the
present time.
Corn in this section never looked
finer at this time of the season. The
acreage is large in this section.
Home grown tomatoes have ap-
peared in our local markets, and
bringing fancy prices. .r
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Short, Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas Short of near
Georgetown were visitors at Eliz-
abeth, N. J., over the Fourth.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Marker of
Rising Sun, Md, were visitors over
the holidays with Mr.. and Mrs. w.
A. Marker on East Market street.
Mrs. Ida Coy, Misses Sadie Cooper
and Lillian Daniels motOred to Del
aware Water Gap over the holidays.
Mrs. Blanche Hawse of Philadel-
phia visited Miss Minnie Kreer sew
eral days this week.
Mrs. Boyd E. Button, formerly
Miss Ella X. Ryan and mother, Mrs.
E. Harley Ryan are visiting in Phil
adelphia.
Our growers are planting their
cron of late potatoes. The acreage
this season will be large, also on
late cabbage. ,.>
Mrs. Charles Spicer of Piney
Grove is under medical treatment in
the Beebe Hospital at Lewes.
Joshua Wilson of Nanticoke Dis
trict has been named in connection |
with the nomination of sheriff on |
the Democratic ticket. ..-
Masonic News
On Tuesday evening, June 81,
Joppa Council, No. 3, Royal and Sc
lect Masons of Georgetown, INSTALL
ed the officers recently elected for
the ensuing year. The council will
be guided by Walter l.. Conway,
illustrious master; DR.. Charles r.
Cannon, deputy master; George 5.
w. Frank Sharp, treasurer; John E.
Kaiser, recorder; C. e. Afflerbach.
captain of the guard; Charles S.
Calhoun. conductor of council; Har-
ry L. HolsOn. steward; W. Nj. ?.
Stemples, sentinel. 1t is interesting
to note that Mr.. COnaway is also H.
p. of Hope Chapter, No. Z, Royal
Arch Masons; Mr.. Afflerbach is
grand captain of the host of the
grand chapter, R. A. NJ, of Della
ware, and Mr.. Holson is deputy
grand master of the grand council,
R. and S M. of Delaware.
A Fine Record
One of the most outstanding stu
dents in this years graduating class
at Beacon College is Joseph w. !
Jones of Georgetown. He was grad
uated from the two year executive
secretarial course recently with an
average for the two years of "a {
1922 per cent. He will receive the
degree Bachelor of Commercial :
Science. In addition he was awarded ,
the degree Honor Graduate in Bus
mess, which is conferred by the Ma s
tional Association of Accredited :
Commercial Schools to students I
who made an average of 80 per cent
or better for the entire two years in n
school. His average for the first /
year was 941a per cent and for the 7
second year "a 3-11 per cent. Dur
ing the speed section of the work in n
shorthand Mr.. Jones passed 70s, sos, s
90s, and zoos in fourteen days, an 1
unusual accomplishment. He also
won four Gregg shorthand awards h
for speed and accuracy. In typing, {
he wrote Is words minute for Q
fifteen consecutive minutes, with Ii
only three errors. This record en-
titles him to the special gold pin, a
set with pearls, which is awarded by h
the National Association of Accred- A
tied Commercial Schools. In the adj n
gertising class, he won the prize Of
fered by Neal Bowman, A. B. NJ. A., G
instructor in merchandising, to the "
student who prepared the best adj II
vertising campaign. Mr.. Jones was nj
d member of the Beacon debating NJ
.eam for two years; took special
in public speaking and ad- te
dressed various clubs and high II
school assemblies in Wilmington and
nearby towns while attending Bea- s.
com. He is a member of the Beacon M
College Club, secretary of the Bea- R
,om "Y" Club, member of the Bea-
,om Dramatic Club, and vice presi- P
lent of Beacon Delaware Club. at
Hurt Walking In Her Sleep fe
Mrs. Harry L. Holson about one
,'clock last Monday morning, met re
With painful accident at her home i'll
m North Race street. While taking w
midnight stroll in her sleep she CT
ell down a flight of stairs and in
ured herself quite badly but fortu- al
ately she sustained no bone frac- Oh
ures. The noise of her fall was w
Ieard by ithers of the household, ca
nut thinking it was an outside dis
no attention was paid to it. 10
,ater, however, Mrs. HolsOn's Calls of
5ere heard and she was given medi- su
al attention. Since the accident i'm
FRS. Holson has not been able to
it up. vi,
urpTise The Old Folks At Home
A surprise birthday party was tin
iven Mrs. Charles H. Powers at
er home, near Gravel Hill on Mon VIC
ay evening, and she was presented Hi
18th a st. Andreasburg canary by .,
Ir. Powers music scholars; recita- dil
ons by Miss Betty Owens; talks by Ph