Milford chronicle., 1933-12-22
GEORGETOWN
Letters on Estates

On estate of John w. M. Truitt of
Broad Creek hundred to William M.
Truitt.
On estate of Thomas H. Douglas
Of Broadkiln hundred to William E.
Douglas and Leighton C. Douglas
On estate Of Annie j. Byrd of Sea-
ford hundred to James F. Sutherlan.
On estate of John K. Wilson of
Georgetown hundred to Maggie Belle
Swain.
This section was visited Wednes-
day, Thursday and Friday of last
week by one of the most severe sleet
storms that has been experienced
for years; although very little dam
age was reported from the storm, as
people are driving more carefully
and cutting out the accidents.
The merchants have a large dis
play of Christmas goods and report
satisfactory sales, which speaks well
for Georgetown.
Eighty-two prisoners are in the
county Jail with Sheriff Carey at the
present time.
Miss Alice Hearn of Philadelphia
is guest of DR.. and Mrs. Jos. B.
NAPLES.
Georgetown firemen were called to
the home of John o. Cordrey last
Saturday morning to extinguish a
chimney fire.
The Ladies' Aid Society of Sand
Hill M. E. Church met at the, home
of Mrs. ]. Martin Pettyjohn, Wednes-
day evening, December 9th.
Of1ianrc Of y
Royal Arch Masons were elected for
the ensuing year as follows: High
Priest, Charles S. Gunby; King, Err
nest M. Rogers; Scribe, James r.
Wood; Secretary, Albert Early;
Treasurer, John F. Kaiser.
34th Anniversary
Miss Elva Griffin who for almost
30 years has been and still is chief
operator at the Smyrna telephone
exchange was with her sister, Mrs.
George d. Maloney last week when
Mr.. and Mrs. Maloney quietly OBJ
served their 34th wedding anniver-
sary.
Sub.Teacher
Miss Edwina Nichols former
Georgetown kindergarten teacher,
has been employed to fill the tenn
porary vacancy in the second grade |
of the Georgetown school. Miss
Nichols will be employed only until |
Miss Eunice Jones returns from her
leave of absence to teach in the Bal |
lard Consolidated School near
Louisville, Ky.
Wedding
James R. Wood, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Elton r. Wood of Georgetown,
and Miss Martha Hester Wilgus
daughter of the former Prothonotary
and Mrs. A. F. Wilgus of Selbyville,
Del, were united in marriage at
Snow Hill, Md, December 18th, 1888,
by the Rev. H. L. Schlincke. They
will reside here, Jimmy being a
member of the State highway police
force.
Club Supper
The Regular Fellows get-together
supper held last week in Jones'
Memorial Hall was a pleasant affair.
There were present 125 persons, in
cluding wives and best girls of the
members. Excellent music was pro-
vided by local orchestra lead by ,
Professor G. H. Powers and there ;
were a number of vocal selections
lead by Professor r. B. Keenan,.
There were brief addresses by Frank
M. Jones, Esq, and Professor Paul ;
L. Burkholder.
Early yesterday morning a nine
pound son was born to Mr. and Mrs. /
II. Roy Bergley, at their home on I
East Market street, Georgetown.
While on their way to Philadel- ]
phia last Monday morning Mrs. o. {
d. Robinson and her brother Harry |
narrowly escaped serious
injury when their car skidded at 1
Dover and ran against a street cop
ing. The car was badly damaged. +
Enlist In Army n
Herman Timmons, 20 years old,
sol of Mr.. and Mrs. Aaron Timmons f
Of Georgetown, Del, enlisted in the n
j. S. Army by the local Recruit Of A
fcer who has an office in the Post
Office Building. He went to Cam v
len, N. j., where he was given his N
inal examination and enlisted in the =
Signal Corps, and will be stationed
1t Fort Monmouth, N. J. Timmons =
will have an opportunity to attend 4
he Signal School where he may
elect one of several studies. Upon =,
of this course he will be Il
ent to station to take over work T
hat requires only men of practical n
md technical training. Many such +
like the above are "
for desirable young men.
'treet Decorations Are Beautiful n
For many years it has been the VI
ustom of the citizens of George ct
own to decorate their town at n
but this year the decora- .
ions surpass all former years. Mar
let street from the railroad to the D,
'ircle is overhung with strings of e
aurel roping and colored lights, y
the beauty of the circle H'
as been intensified by the erection X
( a Christmas tree and strings of x
lurel roping and colored lights. The y
ommittee in charge consists of V. 81
Iacklin, chairman; George E. e
vain, John T. Carey and Linden q
to whom much praise Rf
hould be given for their untiring N
forts in the success they obtained. "
he financing of the project has 10
cen made possible through the gen. N
rosity of the citizens and merchants. 6:
Mrs. Frank Green is confined to E
er home by illness. "a
Major Hudson is quite i'll at his &
ONE on East Pine street. C. S. E
Iunson is suffering from a severe ~