Milford chronicle., 1937-10-22
GEORGETOWN
Lewes Couple Married

LeWes Couple Married
Miss Letitia Brown and William
Buckalew, both OF Lewes, were mar
ried last Friday night at o'clock a
Lewes, by the Rev. William Leish
man, pastor of the Lewes Presbyter
ian Church.
community Fair
The Georgetown Community Fail
foI which exhibits throughout lower
Delaware will be entered, will be
held In the high school auditorium
beginning on Thursday, October 2S
and continuing until Saturday night
October 80. Exhibits will be open to
p. m. to 10 p. m. and on Friday and
Saturday from 10 a. m. to 10 p. m.
The exhibits will be judged on Fri
day, October 29 and the task of plac-
ing the awards has been assigned to
the following judges: Grain and veg
etables, Molloy c. Vaughn, of Cool
spring, former Sussex County Agent:
standard production poultry, F. H.
Leuschner, University of Delaware;
meat poultry and eggs, Wilson Hat
field of Greenwood; bantams, rabbits
and pigeons, Edward Boehm. of Sea-
ford; flowers and adult home max
ing exhibits, Mrs. Edwin Smith. Mrs.
Granville Lambden and Mrs. Miles
NJ. Isaacs of Georgetown; student
home making exhibits, Miss Eta
Hastings and Mrs. Virginia Miller of
Georgetown; dogs, George Layton of
near Stockley; pony and bicycle
races. George Keen, physical direc-
tor of the Georgetown public
schools.
The pony and bicycle races will be
held on the high school athletic
field on Saturday.
A new feature of the fair this year
will be a champion corn husking
contest, which will last twenty min
utes.
1t will be open to adults and boys
under 18 years of age. The cham
pionship will be awarded to the con-
testant shucking the largest amount
of corn by weight, less penalties. The
total weight of corn not shucked
clean and ears left unshucked will
be multiplied by three and this
amount subtracted from the total
weight of corn shucked to determine
the winner.
Mckinney-DaviS
Miss Lulu B. Mckinney of Bridge
vile, and William F.. Davis of Eel !
ton were married at Magnolia last
Friday night at 1880 o'clock by the /
Rev. Robert f. Green.
Father Killed And Death Results /
Funeral services for Greensbury /
C. Pepper. Jr., age nine years, who
died in Collinsville, a Georgetown
suburb, following an illness of many /
months, were held on Wednesday af-
ternOon in charge of the Rev. John
4. Bailey, pastor OF the Methodist /
Protestant Church of Milford. Inter /
ment was made in the McColley's VI. .
L. churchyard, five miles north OF
here.
The lads father was so horribly
burned in an accident a few weeks
ago near Bridgeport, Conn, when a
truck on which he was riding cOllid- /
ed with another. that he died as
result of the injuries.
Thomas J. Taylor Dead
Relatives and friends of Thomas j.
Taylor, aged rs years, former mer-
chant on East Pine street, this city,
have received work of his death at
the home of his son, Clarence Tay-
lor in Newark, ~ J. His funeral was
held on Tuesday of this week.
Besides his widow, he is survived
By the following children: Stanley
Taylor. of Wilmington; Mrs. Irwin
Hall OF Lincoln City; Mrs. Victor
of Fulton. N. Y, and
~larence Taylor of Newark, N. J.
Mr.. Taylor until some months ago
conducted a general grocery store
IN East Pine street here. He sus-
1e nded business when the site was
sold to the State Highway Depart I
nent upon which to erect a machine
hop and storage quarters. {
Since closing out the business lie {
las spent most of the time visiting {
elatives. $
Stephens Y
Announcement of the marriage of f
iiss Georgeanna Bennett, daughter q
If Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar B. Bennett.
# ROXana, and Hugh Allen Stephens, a
on OF Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh A. Steph- d
ms of Selbyville. has been made. n
The wedding took place at the n
Iethodist Episcopal parsonage at ca
serlin, Md, on Saturday afternoon
{ last week. The Rev. O. II. Con- n
ely, former pastor of the Dagsboro
|. E. Church, performed the cere-
lony.
The bride is well known through
ut the southern section of Sussex
ounty and in Georgetown. For some
me she has been employed in
eauty salon here. Ii
it BY Train
Mrs. Jamie Sweeney, age between
) and 80, who on Tuesday morning
as hit by train No. 1877, southbound.
nd arriving here at 1920 o'clock,
hile walking to her home on the
lst side of the railroad tracks from
a suburb. to her home -
/ North Race street, is reported to o.
, in a somewhat serious condition zuz
result of injuries and shock. Mrs.
yeeney, who is somewhat deaf, evil
ntly did not hear the approaching
ain and was hit. sustaining an in
ry to the right arm and left
oulder. How the injuries were sus-
ined no one knows The theory Is i