Milford chronicle., 1937-04-09

vi idi nan mere Ou hOUudy nlSnt IOl
the purpose of discussing drainag.
and to devise plans whereby farm.
ers will be saved from the devastat.
ing flood waters which they expert
enced in August, 1888, and again in
the late summer of 1885. 1t is esti-
mated more than 400 people attend
ed the meeting, which was presided
over by Isaac ID. Short. 2nd, attor-
ney for the Sussex County Levy
Court. Members of the Levy Court
were present and occupied places on
! the stage.
Mr. Short outlined the purpose of
the meeting and asked that some
definite action be taken by the
crowd.
James NJ. Tunnel, prominent at
tcrney, addressed the meeting and
pointed out the necessity for drain
age work started by The WPA and
the CCC camp just south of here to
be carried forward.
Mr.. Tunnel told Of the amount OF
money that has been spent on WPA
projects, tOtaling approximately
Sl44, 900 and what good work both
the WPA and CCC camp have done
in drainage work within the past
few months.
Mr.. Tunnel made a motion 10
have committee of five named. one
from each of the Senatorial Districts
TO confer with members of the Leg
islature, the oranges and the Levy
Court Commissioners to ascertain
what may be done so that two dred-
ging machines or excavators can be
forward the urgent drainage pro- :
jects. The committee chosen con- I
sists of Dean Seely, of Greenwood; /
William W. Tindal. NanticOke dis /
trict; Otis West, Gumboro district;
Daniel Steele, Indian River district
and Halsted p. Layton. Georgetown.
The meeting went on record as
favoring the purchase of two excava-
tors by the Levy Court Commission
ers for drainage work. Superintend-
ent Draper of the CCC camp, south
of here, told the gathering that his
would operate the ma
chimes, furnish the oils, etc. but not
repairs.
In addition to addresses by Mr..
Mr.. Short and Mr.. Draper.
Ithers who spoke were +. Thad1eus
vocation agriculture
eacher in the Georgetown schools;
:. Arlington Pepper. prominent far
ner, who conducted the tour of i'll
pection of drainage work about two
weeks ago; Robert W. Lingo, of
iumbOro; former State Senator
ames B. McCabe of Selbyville; Rep
esentative r. Emory Wiley of
.JOn0ihan Wheatley of
ear Delmar; Mr.. Seely of Green
'Ood.
IrS. Burton z. Pepper Dead
Mrs. Martha S. Pepper, aged i6
ears. six months and eighteen days.
life of Burton r. Pepper, foreman
I the CCC camp on the Georgetown
rOvidence Highway, died on Friday
lorning of last week at 10 o'clock,
'Om a stroke Of paralysis. whicn
he suffered on Thursday night at
er home near here.
Mrs. Pepper was a daughter of the
lte Hiram Smith. for many years
widely known rural school teach
r and twice IL member of the lower
ouse of the Delaware Legislature
ON the Georgetown district.
Funeral services were held from
le late home on Monday afternoon
/ . o'clocw. with burial in Union
,metery here.
Besides her husband. she is sur
we'd by one son. Dale Pepper, an
nDloyee of the Sussex county
-anch of the State Highway Depart
ent; three brothers, Hugh d. Smith
arden of the Sussex county Jail;
rank Smith, former member of the
elaware Legislature; Hiram Rod
ey Smith, all living near here; one
ster, Mrs. John Joseph. Albury av-
lue, this city.
lass Play 4 Success
The senior class of the George
wn High School presented their
lnual class play entitled He
0uldn't Take 1t" in the school au-
LOfluIll last rlludy ulSHls Hc Saot
as as follows: John Purnell as
coleman Barry" Frances Marvel
Lee Barry" Ruth wilkins as
,arroll Summers;" Hazel McCaul-
as Faith Truesdale;" Esther
arvel as Ruth Holloway" Fran
s Joseph as Jeanette Harcourt;"
ifton King as Simpson Dean"
srald Pase as Upton Summers;
'ances Johnson as Libby SOM
ers;" Vernon Hill as "Wylie Som
ers;" Carter Minor as "Halcolm;"
,uglas Hudson as "Chin Lee"
tiers Granted On Estates
Register of Wills John Linden
lrr has granted letters on the fol-
wing estates in Sussex county:
George w. Louder, noted bee au-
Jrity, who died recently here, to
, Georgetown Trust Company. ex-
ltor.
Mrs. Mary Z. Hudson, late of WOr-
,ter County, Nd, to Joseph Fl.
dson of Bishopville, Md.
Tohn T. Shiles, late of Sharptown,
=, to James b. Carey, of George