Milford chronicle., 1937-08-27
GEORGETOWN
sudler.Ruess

MISS Jeannette Sudier, of VIII
mington, daughter OF Mrs. Cora <
Sudler, of Charlestown, w. Va. ans
the late DR.. John r. Sudler. O
Bridgeville, this county, was married
on Wednesday afternoon at / O'CLOCK
at Bridgeville, the brides former
home town to George Carlton Ruoss
son of MIR. and Mrs. C. r. Ruoss. OF
kennett Square, Pa. The ceremony
was performed by the Rev. w. J.
DuHadway, a retired minister of
the Wilmington M. E. Conference.
The bride is widely known through
out lower Delaware.
Draper NAPLES
Miss Mabelle E. Draper, daughter
of Mrs. Edith NJ. Draper and the late
Horace Draper Of Milford, and Will
liam ID. NAPLES, Jr., son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. William d. NAPLES, of Green
wood, were married last Friday by
the Rev. Clifford E. Greiner, pastor
of the First Baptist Church OF Mil
ford.
TbOrps To Hold Reunion
The Thorp family. long identified
with the social and business life of
northern Sussex and the lower part
OF Kent county, will hold a family
reunion on the lawn at the home of
]. Wallace Hill at Pennington, on
Sunday afternoon, August 2S. start
ing al 2 O'Clock. Clansmen are scat |
tered throughout the Delmarva PEN |
insula. Most of them, however, are |
to be found in the Greenwood. Far
mington and Harrington sections.
There will be no set program for
the gathering.
Widow Dead
Funeral services for Mrs. Mettie
Walls, age 50 years, widow of Win
field Scott Walls, former postmaster
here, who died at her home on South
Race street, Saturday night, were
held Tuesday afternoon from the late
residence in charge of the Rev. Omar
E. Jones, pastor of Wesley NJ. E.
Church. Interment was made in Un-
ion cemetery on South Race street.
She is survived by her son. Ches- 1
Ter W. Walls, former assistant post
master under his father, now en-
ployed by ]. G. Townsend, Jr., and
Company. here. II
Fined For Unregistered Dogs
Walter Conaway and Arthur
Wright, both living here. charged by
Came Warden William Wideman of
New Castle county, who has been
making an investigation Of those
who had dogs not licensed, with hav-
ng unregistered dogs, were each fin
ID $500 and costs by Magistrate w.
frank Sharp on Saturday. The fine
Ind costs were paid.
lains Hamper Farmers
Lower Delaware farmers this
week have been handicapped in har-
'esting their peach, late cantaloupe
md watermelon crop because of the
teady rains II has rained almost
since Saturday night,
nd they have been unable to go in
o their fields and orchards and pick
he fruit and vegetables. Moreover.
hey have been held up in their gen.
raj farm work. The lowlands are
CODED and fears are entertained
hat the late corn crop may be dam
ged.
IOther.in-Law OF c. W. Cullen Dies
Mrs. Helen Victoria Dixon, age "a
ears, months and &c days, widow
I DIR. Richard Hooper Dixon, for
lany years a widely known physi-
AN of Cambridge, Md. died at five
clock on Thursday afternoon of
Ist week at the summer home of
er son-in-law and daughter. Mr..
nd Mrs. Charles w. Cullen, The
awk's Nest" on the Indian River,
miles south of this city.
Mrs. Dixon for several weeks had
zen visiting the Cullens at their
3me on South Bedford street here.
arly in the summer she accompan-
d them to their summer home on
e Indian River. Some time ago she
II and sustained a broken hip
ON which she never recovered.
Funeral services were held in
lrist Church In Cambridge, Nd. at
O'Clock noon (E. S. IT, on Satur-
~. Interment was made in the ad-
lining church yard. Al