Milford chronicle., 1933-12-01
GEORGETOWN NEWS ITEMS
Letters On Estates

Letters On Estates
Register of Wills Frank l.. Josepl
has the past week issued the fol
lowing letters:
On the estate of Elmer ]. Smith o.
Little Creek Hundred to Ida c
Smith.
On the estate of William w. Mus.
tard of Lewes and Rehoboth Hun.
dred to William ]. Mustard.
On the estate of Jessie ]. Mason
OF Cedar Creek Hundred to Melvin
l.. Mason.
On the estate of Ella Vaules Grier
of Cedar Creek Hundred to G. lay
ton Grier.
On the estate of Elmer w. Woot-
ten of Dagsboro Hundred to Myrtle
M. Wootten and Herman o. Brit
tinghan.
There are seventy-four prisoners
in the county Jail at the present time
under the care of Sheriff Carey.
Clock Protected
The County Commissioners have
had glass fronts put over the faces
of the clock on the Court House, to
PASNNht ohOW anu blCCL
with the hands. During a storm it
fills a long needed piece of work.
Sportsmen are enjoying duck
shooting on the bayshore, that ad-
joins us; all report fair luck; some
of the sporesmen are bagging wild
geese.
Frank Rust's property ON South
Race street occupied by Mrs. Har-
old Short and the residence of Mr..
and Mrs. William Roach on KINNEY
street, have been newly painted.
AT her home ON West Market
street on Thursday evening, Miss
Alice Lynch entertained her bridge.
club at a variety shower and dinner
party given in honor of Mrs. Gladys
Hudson Russell.
The Regular Fellows of Wesley NJ
Z. Church will hold their get to-
gether supper in Jones' Memorial
Hall, Thursday, December 7. The
members will be accompanied by
their wives and sweethearts.
Master Aubrey Smoot celebrated
his eighth birthday last Saturday by
having a few friends in for supper.
Those present were Virginia Walls,
Hilly Purnell, Mary Helen McDer-
mott, Harold Morris and Betty Can
non. Aubrey was the recipient of !
many nice gifts.
Some Marksman
Thursday of last week while hunt
ing rabbit and quail near Spring
field, William S. Kitchens shot and |
killed a hawk; Immediately the
hawk released from its .talons
partridge, which it had just captur-
ed and 1t too was brought down by
another charge of the young mans
gun. -
90, Miss Emma Swain who last June
graduated from the Methodist Hos
pital, Philadelphia, and later was
operated upon there for appended
tbs, will leave this week to enter up
on her duties as professional
nurse in the State Welfare Home at
Smyrna. She has been spending
some time here at the home of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George E.
Swain.
Some Potato Grower
Court Crier Thomas B. Pritchett
boasts of going ahead of George
Nelson in growing red skin pota-
toes. He informs us he recently dug
4S five-eighths baskets of the tubers
from planting of three baskets of
seed potatoes. Mr.. Pritchett put him
self against anyone in this section
growing potatoes; but he says in
Lewes and Rehoboth they go ahead
of him.
Mrs. Horace L. Downes of George
town, underwent another operation
last. Tuesday for gall stones at the
Jefferson Hospital in Philadelphia.
Invited To Return
At the third quarterly conference
of Georgetown M. E. Circuit held
last Saturday, Rev. H. NJ. Ralph was
invited to return as
pastor for the fifth consecutive year.
Former Sheriff and Mrs. L. w.
and Mrs. Matte NJ. Can
non attended the funeral of the latel