Milford chronicle., 1937-01-01
cranbrook School through Coach

! will spend the holidays with Dl
RuddelPs mother, Mrs. Rhoda Rud
: dell, and his brother-in-law and sis
: ter, Mr.. and Mrs. William Franklin
} on North Bedford street.
Mrs. Lydia Watson, widow of Johl
T. Watson, who for the past fey
months has been living with he
son-in-law and daughter, Mr.. an,
Mrs. Charles Green, at Newark, Del
! has been visiting here.
Students Home For Holidays
Among the Georgetown student
who were home from their schools
for the Christmas holidays were Mis-
Selma Holtz, Carnegie Tech, Pitts
burgh; Miss Ada Mae Warrington
Sergeant School, Boston; Paul Der
rickson, Cranbrook School, Bloom
field, Michigan; Jack Townsend
Dartmouth; Miss Patty Layton
Rhinebeck School, N. Y; Miss Jose
phine NAPLES, Washington, d. c.;
Miss Dorothy Jones, Erwin Murray
Charles Purnell, Miss Catherine
Jones. Miss Marjorie Hudson, Will.
mington.
Gave Turkey Dinner
Members of the Georgetown Home
Demonstration Club gave a turkey
dinner in the hall of Midland Grange
No. %. Patrons of Husbandry. on
Tuesday night of this week.
Picks Up Old Coins ON Beach
Donald Travis, collector of old
coins and curios, is one of the lower
Delawareans who has visited the sea
shore at Lewes Beach and RehOboth
in quest of old coins which recently
came ashore from what is believed
to have been an old Spanish ship or
pirate boat sunk during the Revolu-
tionary War period. Mr.. Travis
prizes highly SO coins which he
found on these shores, bearing dates
from 1870 to 1890. All of them are
English coins. Many other resi-
dents of lower Delaware have with
in the past few days found a num-
ber of coins on the Delaware Bay
shore and the beach near Rehoboth.
&. III. y. Basketball Schedule
Coach George Keen of the George
town High School has completed his
basketball schedule for the season
and at the last moment has found it
necessary to make some changes.
The date of the Milton game. sched-
uled for Tuesday night of this week
was advanced to January 5th and
will be played on the home court,
and the game with Milton on March
End. fixed to be played here. will take
place at Milton. Dates of other
games follow: January s. Green
wood. away; January II, Milford,
away; January Is, Dover, home;
January 10. Millsboro, home: jan
uary %. John NJ. Clayton School.
away; January 26. Laurel, home;
January 20. Lewes. home; February
2. Millsboro, away; February 5. Sea-
ford. home; February ~. Lewes,
away; February 16, John M. Clayton,
home; February 10, Laurel. away;
February 23, Seaford. away; Febru-
ary 26. Milford, home; March 2. Mil |
ton. away; March 5. Greenwood. |
home.
Coach Keen has been gradually |
whipping his cagers into shape for |
the opening of the season, and they |
are expected to give a good account /
CA bhChoCANCo DClOt LIC Cihu VI Tic |
season. Most of his material is new |
and inexperienced, but they are said |
to be rapidly developing and by the
middle of January will no doubt be |
in excellent trim.
The schedule is considered a hard |
one as the local quintet will battle
some of the best high school teams
III Kent and Sussex Counties.
The team is not as heavy as in
some former years. but all of them
are said to be fast on the floor.
Last Friday night they had their
first game with the Georgetown
Alumni. defeating them by the score
Of % to 16. Shey showed up well
N the game.
Funeral OF Fred Wyatt
Funeral services for Fred Wyatt,
lged 81. who died on Saturday, De-
:ember 18th. 1886, at the home of
lis sister. Mrs. Annie Short, widow
II Windsor Short, near Bridgeville,
we're held December 22nd at the flu
Ieral parlors of John T. Carey, on
tOrth Bedford street here. Inter-
nent was made in Union Cemetery
IN South Race street here. Mr.. Wy
tt for many years was a resident
# Georgetown. He had been in fail ,
ng health for some time. He is sur |
ived by one daughter, Mrs. Gather {
ne Staples, of Plant City, Florida;
hree brothers, John, Vance and q
ames Wyatt, of Wilmington; two ,
listers, Mrs. Anna Short and Mrs. |
layton Russell, of near Bridgeville.
on Streets OF Laurel +
Charged before Magistrate Thomas n
'. Records, of Laurel, with being n
isorderly on the streets of that
'wn. Mary Eddy. colored. of Delmar, =
as committed to the county Jail !,
ere for ten days in default of a fine =,
$40 and costs. !. I,
ined For Drunken Driving
Arrested by Highway Officer John
Joseph of the Bridgeville police U
alton, a half mile north of Delmar, i(
larged with driving a car while u
lder the influence of liquor, Rich Z
d A. Mills, Little Greek District, l.
as fined $l00 and costs, by Magis- G
ate Patrick H. Hearn of Delmar.
was released upon payment of lie
e fine and costs. W
Watch Night" Services Last Night h,
With the hope of interesting the
ople in a religious service which nj
most has become a thing of the L;
st within the past thirty years st
lower Delaware, many m
the churches this year conducted Ga
atch night" services Thursday
sht to watch the old year of 1886 tn