Milford chronicle., 1937-04-30
GEORGETOWN
WIN Be Hanged June 4

| Aft AAahStu 9unU
I'd Joseph Nelson, negro, living on
I farm, two miles from Laurel, wa
convicted of first degree murder O
his common-law wife, Carrie Lethel
DI also known as Carrie Nelson, in tn,
s. Court of Oyer and Terminer her,
last Thursday night, and few min
|. utes after the jury had returned th'
verdict, Chief Justice Daniel ]. Lay
ton sentenced him to be ranged IL
the Sussex county Jail yard, neal
e here, on Friday, June 4, between the
: hours of a. m. and 10 a. m.
Mrs. Virginia Bennum Dies
Mrs. Virginia Bennum, widow oi
George Bennum, Jr., who for many
years operated jewelry store on
Market street here, died early last
Friday morning of heart trouble at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. Har-
ry German, at Oxford, Md. She had
been sick for several months and
some weeks ago left her home here
and went to visit her daughter, Mrs.
Basil Floyd in Miami, Fla. Recently
she came back north and since that
time had been staying with her
daughter! Mrs. German at Oxford.
Mrs. Bennum was the daughter of
Mrs. Elizabeth Torbert and the late
Willard S. Torbert. Her father for
many years was a widely known
Georgetown business man.
Funeral services were held at the
John T. Carey Funeral Home on
North Bedford street, on Monday
afternoon at o'clock, with inter-
ment in Union cemetery here.
She is survived by the following
children: Mrs. Everett Chase and
Mrs. Joseph Dreslinski, of Hatboro,
Pa; Mrs, Harry German, and Miss
Isabelle Bennum, of Oxford. Md;
Mrs. Basil Floyd, of Miami, Florida;
Willard Bennum of near LosAngeles,
California; Carlton, Misses Minnie
and Ruth Bennum, living here. She
also is survived by her mother, Mrs.
Elizabeth Torbert; one sister, Mrs.
r. D. Bunting, both of this city, and
one brother, Charles TOrbert, of Re- /!
hoboth Beach.
Dies At Age OF 81 Years
Joseph Williams. aged SO years. !
died ON Thursday of last week at the
home of his son, Alfred II. Williams,
near here. Funeral services were
held from his sons home on Sunday
afternoon at 2 O'Clock with burial
in Odd Fellows cemetery at Laurel.
Four sons, Alfred H., John, James
and Cyrus Williams, all living near
here, survive.
Yeasey.Callaway Nuptials
Miss Adele Galloway, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. William Galloway. liv-
ing here, and Edward Veasey, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. George Edward Vea-
sey, of Harbeson, stole march on
their many friends and went to Den
ton, Md, on Thursday of last week,
where they were married. The bride I
Is a graduate of the Georgetown
High School, class of '35.
Marriage
Announcement of the marriage of
Miss Emma Collins, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Edward Collins, of Dover, {
of Georgetown, and Austin
Pase, of Harbeson, has been made.
rhe wedding took place at Denton,
Md, on Thursday of last week.
She is graduate of the George
own High School. class of '35. /
)'Neal- Whaley Wedding
Miss Myrtle Elizabeth Whaley and r
.inwood Thomas O'Neal, both of
were married at Bethel last h
sunday by the Rev j. II. Whedbee. r
PW Century club Notes b
Rev John Humphrey, pastor of t
irst Presbyterian Church here, was C
he guest speaker at the meeting of fl
ne Georgetown New Century Club c
n Wednesday afternoon. His sub u
,ct was "Jottings from a Minister'S
larry" y
Bernard Ableman, small son of d
r. and Mrs. Benjamin Ableman, re- Il
ted characterization of Andre" l.
ON Coris, by Estella HarrOm. v
The program of the afternoon was f
charge of Miss Idah Marshall. be
The meeting next Wednesday will al
. the last of the club year until g.
,xt fall. 1t will be club day and
vered dish luncheon will be given
ith only members present.
,rSOnals
Former Postmaster George r.
Ears, South Bedford street, is re-
vering from an illness. On Monday
quietly observed his 9th birthday
niversary.
Miss Olive Kitchens, daughter of
I'm R. Kitchens, district engineer
: the Sussex county branch of the
ate Highway Department, and MIS-.
tchens, has accepted a position in
: personnel department of the du-
mt Company in Wilmington.
rhe Rev. |. D. Bowman, former
stor of Mt. Olivet Brethren Church
ar Shortley, will speak next Sum
Y night and each weekday at the
lrch until Friday, April 80.
Members of the Georgetown XII
mis- Club will be guests at boy
'ut outing at Camp Otonka, on the
lian River, next Tuesday night
e boy scouts will prepare It dinner
| serve ii.
irs. Lille Plummer. connected
h the Georgetown WPA sewing
t, fell down the stairway Of the
t, in the Thoroughbred Building.