Milford chronicle., 1935-09-06
CEORCETOWN
Scavenger Hunt Stirs Georgetown
And ROuts Citizens From Beds


mand throughout the eastern SEE
tion of lower Delaware for five hour
on Monday night. They were not be
ing collected with any thought il
mind that they may be needed TO
army purposes or to send over t
the EthiOpians in their preparation
for a conflict with Italy. They wer,
all for a party-a scavenger hun
and buffet supper given by Mr.. ant
Mrs. Isaac d. Short, 2nd, at theil
home on East Market street here
Twenty-one articles were included
in the list to be collected by the
scavenger hunters, who travelled in
pairs and visited within three hun.
dred minutes more than seven
towns. Each guest dropped fifty
cents into a jack pot, which became
the property of those topping the
list in obtaining the largest number
of antiques.
In the list of articles to be collect
ed were three old phOnograph rec
ords, "Runnin' Wild" Bright Eyes
and Pete; woman's old bathing
suit, not later than 1900; an original
poem of at least eight lines, COM
posed and signed by anyone eighty
years of age or over; a newspaper,
printed in 1928; wooden leg, used
by a man or woman; a horses feed
bag; a German trench helmet;
lock of red, blonde. brunette, black
and white and gray hair, cut from
some living PERSONS head that night,
and name of each person; a set of
false teeth. family excluded; an old
fashioned dressmaker's form. dress
ed to initiate some. well known per-
son; a birds nest; signature of SER
geant of police of Delaware and
Maryland or one of men on duty, a
one hundred word telegram; gem
nine bill made out for $4,000 or
over; a pump handle from a well;
an invitation to a wedding; postally
used wrapper displaying five dollars
in cancelled postage stamps; a good
Joke; signature of one of the foreign
ministers and legation to which he
was attached, a suit of red flannel
upderwear; horse whip.
Searches were made in every sec
tion of Georgetown for the articles,
people were called out of bed, dusty
attics were searched, scrap books
were delyed into, old barns ransack-
ed in the hope Of finding a horses
feed bag and horse whip. Some OF
them in their quest drove to Lewes
and RehObOth Beach, distance OF
twenty miles and from there across
the ocean boulevard, another ten
miles to Bethany Beach, Ocean View,
Millville, and towns along the lG-
Pont highway between the Mary
;and line on the south, twenty-one
miles, then back to Georgetown.
Newspaper Offices were closed and
those having Keys to them were
away for Labor Day. so all hope was
given up along that line for copy
of a paper of 1929. One was obtained,
however.
Red flannel underwear was one
thing which none of the party OBJ
tanned in their search. This was not
because there were no suits of red
flannel in existence. They still are
worn by some of the aged people, I.
but only a few. The scavenger hun
ters did not seem able to locate
them, or else those visited did not
want to give them up, knowing that
winter IS fast approaching and they
might need them. If such hunt had
been made fifty years or more ago
suit could have been found in al
most every home.
James Tunnel. JT., who graduated
from Oxford University last June.
End now is home with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. James VI. Tunnel, on
West Market street, and their guest.
Miss Mildred South. of Princeton. n .
J., together with his brother, Robert '
Tunnel, and Miss Jessie Phillips, of
Angola, were the winners. None of
hem succeeded in getting flannel s
underwear, but did obtain the other f
articles.
The scayenger hunt and buffet '
supper was given for Mr.. and Mrs.
Shorts house guest. Mrs. Adelaide {
Menssen Merrill, of Glen Ridge. n. J. |
The guests included DR.. and Mrs, Y
jlennwood NJ. VanValkenbers, Miss v
Alpha VanValkenberg, James and
VI
Miss Betty Martin, Miss Natalie
of Harbeson, Miss Jessie il
of Angola. Miss Mildred s
;outh. of Princeton, n. j.; Misses Il
emily and Kathleen Murphy. Cf y
ewes, Henry Sipple of Milford, O
owls Schermerhorn. of Buffalo, n. Ii
=, James Orem, Bethlehem, Pa. e
James NJ. Tunnel, widely known s
ttorney, addressed the following s.
elegram to Isaac D. Short, in con- c
ection with the party: o
September 2, 1885 G.
saac D. Short, S
Delaware. b
Dear Sir:-Please call off your b.
hunters before midnight tonight. B
Up to eight p. N. they have en- t.
irely upset all attics in the towns D
Of Georgetown, Lewes, Rehoboth, oi
Stockley, Millsbcro, Dagsboro, l.
Bethany Beach. Ocean View, Mill
Vile and various towns in this NJ
county. they have up to this hour G.
fOrty-seven aged sick and Iii
otherwise lnfirmed persons of re- k,
;pectable antecedents. They have 81
pulled the teeth of large num- ca
Der on the supposition that they OF
we're attack false teeth. A number al
lave lost legs believing said legs G.
o be wooden. All first class
have been depleted of 10
ecords. Many have been badly til
ghtened by limitations of per- tn
ons of note whose features and q