Milford chronicle., 1935-02-01
GEORGETOWN
Letters On Estates

DagsbOro hundred to Wallace E.
Truitt.
ON the estate Of Emma E. Dimes
of North West Fork hundred to Davis
= Myers Dimes.
/, On the estate Of Irving NJ. Smith
Y OF Georgetown hundred TO Charity E.
Smith.
On the estate of Eliza E. Little of
; Lewes and RehObOth hundred to The
Sussex Trust Company. Lewes, Del.
, On the estate Of Minos G. Lewis Of
, Baltimore hundred to James w.
Lewis.
Special Election
At the last meeting OF the Town
Council the members decided to hold
a special election so that the citi-
zens Of the town could vote as to
whether or not bonds should be is
sued for a municipal sewer system
and sewerage disposal plant. The
election will take place on Satur-
day, February 18th, from 2 until 5
p. m. In accordance with the laws
OF Delaware, each taxpayer whether
resident or nonresident shall have
one vote for every dollar or frac-
ttOn1l part of a dollar paid by him
or her respectively as town tax for
the year preceding said election, and
all taxpayers shall have the right to
vote at such election in person or
by proxy duly signed and witnessed |
The Council has been considering
this step for some time and their /
decision to call special election |
now that the subject Of sewerage is |
being so promptly brought before I
the tOwnspeOple ii is TO be lauded.
Il will be necessary however, for
both sides to start an active cam
paign Immediately for there will be
only three weeks for the work.
Mrs. Harriet Braunfeld Dead
Mrs Harriet Braunfield aged IS
years, wife of Alexander Braunfield I;
owner Of Braun's store here. died on
Monday afternoon, January 2lst, IL
1885, in the Milford Emergency Hos /
pital, where she was taken some /
weeks ago. Death resulted from a
complication Of diseases. The body (
was taken to Baltimore last Tuesday
for burial Besides her husband she I
is survived by her parents, Mr.. and 3
Mrs. Jack Berlin. and brother. I
Samuel Berlin. of Milford. formerly 4
Of Baltimore. 4
Georgetown, like the rest of the v
state. was terribly hit by the bliz- Il
zard which swept the eastern part il
Of the country last week: traffic was s.
paralyzcd throughout the county for "
4 time. Conditions were particularly =
bad in the Ellendale swamp section. nj
which because of falling trees be- Il
anne impossible at noon on We'd Oh
lesday and closed to traffic. cars OF
we're forced to detour through Mil
on. Snow plows were started on NJ
he roads soon after the snow began OF
o call and open traffic lanes were NJ
,ept open on all the main highways G,
n this county. al
liniSterial Conference ~
The Delmarvia Ministerial Associa- he
ion which embraces SO Methodist Gl
'roteStant charges. covering all of y,
Delaware south of Wilmington, and as
he Eastern Shore of Maryland and
irginia, held its quarterly session to
Federalsbury, Nd, on Monday, in Fl
hrist Methodist Protestant Church.
he Rev. Russell Sapp of Georgetown Cr
secretary-treasurer OF the asso- Re
alton. fol
Captain John J. German, Recruit
s Officer of the Camden district w,
IS recently announced that Ser
ant Thomas J. Brown will tempo PHI
rily take charge of the Army Re-
uiting Office here until Sergeant the
larles E. Palmer returns. Sergeant c.
own states that lie has several \
lendid vacancies in Hawaii and Wa
mama which makes IL possible for viii
cry young man between the ages hon
Is and 35 to place his appIica- pas
n. for
A wood chopping contest was held his
L week at E. c. w. S. SO. in the
dden State forest near George Md
yn, under the direction of the Mr..
ierican ChOpping Champion Peter n
Laren showed that many men who bro
| never handled an axe or cross mir
saw before last October had be- N
nc quite proficient in their use Mrs
ing their work at the camp. The n. {
test was held in front of the this
'estry Headquarters at the camp II
ere a company of veterans are ingt
rying on a forest Improvement M
gram under the direction of W. Mis-
Taber, State Forester, was pre- dinr
cd by an exhibition of wood chop hon
& by Champion McLaren. He que.
.ihcd his standing claim that he G.. I
chop through log of wood in Cab
thirds the time of any contestant Gull
ling up against him and he cut a and
nch gum log in one minute and H
seconds. Prizes offered by Harold adm
T. Purnell Of Georgetown were OF h
by Mr. Rundell and Mr. Roy for day
best and second best time in ME
piping. The
mber OF Commerce Meets bfrtl
embers of the Georgetown Cham LauI
of Commerce at a meeting in the Woo
of the Georgetown Fire Com wills
Y last Thursday night discussed ford,
cngth the housing conditions OF G,
. when il was estimated that at TIL
80 new homes were needed to at d
those desiring to move and
as soon rs possible. Many of their
demands are said to be coming last
the workers in the button fac Mrs.
who nov live in Milton. A Mr.
niitcc 10 investigate the hOus- Milfo
,O1ditiUns was named consisting Selby
. p. Croll, John 7. Carey and Judg,
&C l.. Swain. Mrs.
c Georgetown Fire Company MF,
ID their annual turkey supper in TuesC
basement Of the NJ. P. Church or OF
evening. of Ba