Milford chronicle., 1934-04-27
GEORGETOWN
Letters On Estates

past week:
On the estate Of ]. Elwood Dukes
OF Baltimore hundred to Lillian E.
Holloway.
On the estate of Edwin c. Totten
of Broad Greek hundred to Mary L.
TOtten.
On the estate of Frederick Johnson
OF Lewes and RehObOth hundred to
The Sussex Trust Company.
On the estate Of Peter Derrickson
Of Baltimore hundred to Ella X. Der
rickson.
Clerk of the Peace Frank w. Law
son has the past week issued a mar
riage license to John w. Evans and
Ida Mitchell both of Ocean View,
Delaware.
There are sixty-eight prisoners in
the care of Sheriff Carey in the
county Jail here at the present time.
Instructive Address At Rotary
William Hanley of the CresOte
plant at Newport, Del. was the guest
speaker at the Rotary Club. Clark
Hill, chairman of the evening pro.
gram was fortunate in securing Mr.
Hanley for he IS an expert i'm his
Of dollars worth of Lumber could be
saved by the use of crcsOte on the
timber and its life prolonged from
twenty to twenty-five years. Presi-
dent Ableman appointed commit
tee to nominate board of directors
for the ensuing year.
The bake advertised by st. PGurs
for Saturday, April 21st. was post
poned until Saturday. April 2Sth;
the first date conflicting with a bake
given by the Methodist Protestant
Church.
Mrs. George Walls. president of
the New Century Club attended the
Washington Heights Club luncheon
at the Hotel DUPONT on Friday, the
MiddletOwn luncheon OH Monday and
the FELTON, Club luncheon Tuesday
Mrs. Frederic Walls was also a guest
at the MiddletOwn luncheon.
The Mothers and Sons banquet
given by the ladies of the New Cen
tury Club Wednesday was a delight
full affair. The program was al
most entirely musical. Mrs: Flor
ence Jones accompanied the singers.
all boys. The first number was
group OF songs by a quintet OF boys.
James Lcgates. Jack Townsend.
George Lynch. Jr., Charles Purnell.
and Norman Dawson. The songs
were, Go Down Moses" Down i'm
Mobile" Swing Low Sweet Chariot"
and Let Me Call You Sweetheart"
Charles Purncll then sang Take Joy
Home BY Barnet and Duna." by Nc
Gill. Bernard Ableman recited "The
Face on the Barroom Floor" Bob
by Hatfield sang Gay Pussey Will
low" and Jimmy Had a Nickel"
Surprised On Birthday
On returning home from a ride
last Saturday evening, about s
o'clock. Mrs. Minnie Rogers of North
Race street was surprised to find
the house i'm total darkness; also to
find 45 or so of her friends there to
celebrate her 35th birthday. Har-
monica and guitar music was rem
dored by. Mable Moore. Elva COrdrey,
Roland King, James Messick and Mr..
Rogers, and Joe Bryan and Prentice
Hall of Lewes. which was greatly en-
joyed by all. Mrs. Rogers received
many beautiful and useful gifts. At
a late hour all left wishing Mrs. |
Rogers many happy birthdays.
Received Watch For Birthday
Mrs. Irma Roach. wife of City |
Councilman Herman Roach was |
given a surprise birthday party by |
her friends Saturday night. Mem
bers of the choir and Sunday school
Of the First NJ p. Church presented
her with white gold wrist watch.
Boy Scouts Rally May ith
There will be rally Of tho Sus
sex County Boy Scouts in the Hall
Of Midland Grange No %, George
town. Friday night, May 4th. The
program for the rally will include
stunts to be put on by certain troops,
singing of the camp songs. a movie
reel on camp activities, and several
group contests and games. The
troops to participate i'm the various
activities, have not so far been Sc
lected by Stanley WoOdhead field
executive of Delaware and Eastern
Shore of Maryland.
Personals
Mr. and Mrs. Frank NJ. Jones arc
IN a motor trip to Louisville, Ky.
where they will visit their daughter.
Miss Eunice Jones. a member of the
faculty of the Ballard Memorial
School near there.
Mrs. Fred Sammous who was
operated on at the Emergency Hos
Dital. Milford. has returned home
much improved !
Mrs. Joseph Godfrcy's sister and
Mr.. and Mrs. HOdg- I
;On, of Lansdowne. Pa. were her !
guests the past weekend. On We'd
1csday Mr.. and Mrs. Godfrey mo- s
Ored to Wilmington to visit their
laughter. They were accompanied
~ Mrs. James Dcvin and Mrs. HOdg-
ION who returned to her home. I
hange Mortgage tO Bond Z
A total OF 2i,939, 100 in loans has l
leen closed in the Baltimore Land {
Sank directed by the Federal Land
Bank of Baltimore and the Land
hank Commissioner. from June list,
933 through March 31st, 1884. ac-
ording to Howard J. Cooke secre-
of the Sussex County
,atiOnal Farm Loan Association. or
his total $22,676,224 was used for ]
farm mortgages. The
Baltimore district includes the states ,
4 Pennsylvania. Delaware. Mryland, c
'irginia and West Virginia. \
The largest class of creditors OF 7
he farmers receiving the above sum S
rerc commercial banks. Mr.. Cooke +
aid. This class received $10.C79.- \
~ or 4O.4 per cent of the total. The r
ecOnd largest class Of creditors 7
Tere those classified as mortgage 4