Milford chronicle., 1933-12-15
GEORGETOWN
Elect Officers


Register of Wills Frank L. Joseph
} has the past week issued the follow
ing letters:
On the estate of Joshua R. Hud-
, son of Baltimore hundred to Will
: liam d. Hudson.
On the estate of Villa Robinson
of Seaford hundred to James B. Rob-
inson and Charles w. Robinson.
On the estate of Hames H. Nc
Allisted to Annie McAllisted and
Elijah E. Wootten.
On the estate of William H. Can
non of LittlesCreek hundred to, ,Aline
C. Culver.
On the estate of Isaiah Williams
of Georgetown hundred to Harbeson
B. Hickman.
On the estate of Amos Cooper of
Georgetown hundred to Allie v.
Cooper.
On the estate of Lester F. Hub
bard of Northwest Fork hundred to
Floyd B. Larimore.
1 Only 30 in Jail
There are 90 prisoners with
Sheriff Carey at the county Jail at
LHe present time.
Holly and other evergreens seem
to be going slow this season, in
comparison with the past.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Short at
tended a dinner at the home of
Frank Bancroft at Wyoming, it be-
ing his birthday anniversary.
Midland Grange elected officers
Monday for 1884 as follows: Mas
ter, Edwin Smith; overseer, Lester
Brumbley; lecturer, Albert E. Early;
chaplain, Ida Coy; secretary, Bertha
Brumbley; treasurer, Roy Swain;
Flora, Rattle Jester; Ceves, Lola Pep
per; Pomona, Leila Smith; steward,
William Massey; assistant steward,
Raymond Marvel lady assistant
steward, Mrs. Helen Marvel; gate
keeper, Harvey Belts.
Miss Elsie Roase spent last week
end in Philadelphia.
Death OF Mrs. Clara b. McIlvaine
Mrs. Clara Bell McIlvaine, aged
So years and 2S days, wife of former
Sheriff William L. McIlvaine, died
Tuesday, Dec. 4. Mrs. McIlvaine
prior to failing health was active in
affairs of Wesley M. E. Church and
a member of the choir. She had
large circle of friends. Before her
marriage she was a teacher in the
rural schools of Sussex County, and
daughter of Mrs. Julia and the
late John T. Messick, who was a
prosperous farmer of Upper Days
boro district. She had seven sisters,
six of whom survive, and two broth
ers all of whom were teachers;
record seldom if ever equaled on
the peninsula. Besides her husband
and aged mother, she is survived by
the following sisters and brothers,
Mrs. ID. Herbert Prettyman. Mrs.
Herman Harrison of Millsboro, Mrs.
John Steele, Mrs. Charles Spicer,
Mrs. Mary Baker, Harvey S. Messick
of Georgetown, Mrs. Frank Collins
of Laurel, and Charles P. Messick of
Trenton, N. J. Funeral services
were held at the home, in charge of
DR.. Omar E. Jones, interment in
Union cemetery
Resigned His Job
Milton Bergen has resigned his |
position as fifth grade teacher in the
Georgetown school, and will teach |
at Baltimore after the first of the |
new year.
Former Sheriff Brittingham last |
Saturday observed his 5Sth birthday |
anniversary at his home on South |
Bedford street.
The Georgetown Benevolent So
ciety expresses appreciation for the
offering at the Union Thanksgiving
day service held in the M. P. Church
which amounted to $31.50.
Curtis Steen a former county con-
stable at Seaford, died last week at
Dublin Hill, Sussex county, at the
age of 20 years. He was shot badly
several years ago when he raided a
gang of Negro crap shooters. Mr..
Steen is survived by his wife and
several children.
Miss Eunice M. Jones, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank NJ Jones, has
been granted a leave of absence as
teacher of the second grade of the
Georgetown public school for six
months, during which time begin
ming the first of January, she will
teach in the Ballard Memorial
School. in Louisville, Kentucky.
John E. Wilson has been taken to
the Beebe Hospital, Lewes, for treat
ment.
Mr.. and Mrs. George A. Nelson
spent Sunday at Milton, Del, as
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. James A.
Carey. While there they were pre-
sented with a Is pound raccoon
which will grace their table.
Mrs. George S. Williams and Mrs.
w. Blaine Atkins, of Millsboro, last
week enjoyed an auto trip to Lynch
burg, Va, where the formers daugh-
ter, Miss Helen Williams is a stu
dent at the Randolph-Macon College.
Professor Robert w. Thorough
good died at his home in Newark,
Del. He was the son of the late
George NJ. and Annie Swain Thor
1ughgood of Georgetown. For a
number of years and until he became
II a few weeks ago, he. taught in
he engineering school of the Uni
;ersity of Delaware. He is survived
1y his wife, formerly Miss Maude
Sharpe of Georgetown, one son, Rob-
,rt, and one daughter, Jeanette,
eacher in the Georgetown High
School. He was a brother of Mrs.
9. E. Wilson of this town.
William J. Green, Georgetown's
second oldest active printer cele-
,rated his 10th birthday anniver-
AIRY on Sunday, December 10th. Mr..
freen for several years has been