Milford chronicle., 1938-05-27
GEORGETOWN
Hrs. Sallie Pepper Dies
Near Milton

Pepper, OF Milton, who died OF
Thursday of last week, we're held
Sunday afternoon in the Milton M
p Church. al 2 O'Clock, in charge oil
The Rev. George Ross. Intermeni
was made in the Presbyterian Church
cemetery al Coolspring..
Mrs. Pepper was daughter of the
late George w. and Mrs. Priscilla
Calhoun and was born on a farm
half way between Milton and George
town.
she is survived by two sisters,
Mrs. Clarence Wilson, of Chester
town, Md, and Mrs. Charles Walls,
of near Milton; one brother. James
B.. Calhoun, Georgetown.
Friedel Paynter
Miss Grace +. Friedel and James C.
Paynter, both of SeafOrd, were mar
ried Thursday night of last week at
9.15 O'Clock, at Blades. by the Rev.
William H. Kohl. pastor of the Ep-
worth M. f. Circuit.
Sustains Broken Arm
Preston Kitchens, living near here.
sustained a broken arm and other
slight injuries on Friday while load
ing piling at Glendale when the der
rick broke and the beam fell upon
him. He was treated at the Milford
Memorial Hospital.
First Air-Mail Flight
Residents of Georgetown as well as
from different sections Of the county
turned out on Thursday afternoon of
last week to witness the first air.
mail flight from lower Delaware. The
plane, Challenger, bearing the num-
ber NC-7447, left the field owned by
Howard King, on the south side of
the GeOrgetOwn-Lewes highway, one
mile out, at 200 o'clock. The sche- |
duled take-oif was for ] 40 O'Clock. |
but as the event was history ia the |
making there was some delay for |
many photographs TO be taken.
Mrs. May Willis Baker. acting post
master here. mounted the plane and
passed three bags Of letters in, which
had been assembled at the George
town post office from different sec
tons of the county. The number of
letters could not be ascertained. bnI
is stated that more than 400 were
sent from here. The mail was car
ried to RehObOth Beach. aud from
there to Camden. N. j., airport IRON
which place it was dispatched to dill
ferent parts of the country. In the
plane enrOute to RehObnth with capt.
Wenyon were Mrs. Baker and Jack
Beach. the latter a resident of the
resort. The flight from RehobOth to
Camden was scheduled at forty min
utes and the round trip ninety min
Ites.
Kitchens LittletOn
Mrs. Martha Virginia Kitchens,
daughter of James and the late Mrs.
Dollie Magee. of Lewes, and Charles
L. LittletOn, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas LittletOn of RehObOth Beach,
were married at 8 o'clock on Tuesday
night of last week at MlllsborO by
the Rev. l.. II. WimbrOw, pastor oi
Grace NJ F.. Church Of that town.
Letters on Estates
Letters have been granted by reg
lister Of Wills Barr on the following
estates in Sussex county: Sperry r..
Culver. Little Creek hundred. who re
Gently was murdered by his nephew.
RAYMOND DickersOn. 10 his widow,
Mrs. Fannie ID. Culver, Of near DEF
mar. Elisha f. WOOtten. Dagsb0ro
hundred, Ia Mrs. Della WoOtten OF
Nillsboro, administratrix; Mrs. Eliza
W Davis, Georgetown, 10 her daugh-
tars. Mrs. George NJ. Thoroughbred
and Mrs. NJ. j.. McDermOtt. of this
lowIf and Mrs. Katherine ID. Lackey,
0f Pelham Manor, N. Y; Mrs. Eliza
Numbers, Cedar Greek hundred. 10
Mary Mitchell. Of Milford.
Chief Justice Daniel j. Layton mas
been undergoing treatment in the
Beebe Hospital. Lewes. The nature
Of his allment Is not revealed. His
condition is greatly improved.
The StOckley School gave its an
nual minstrel, musical and dance re
view. under direction of Mrs. &. w.
Jarrett, teacher of the school. ON
Thursday night of last week in the
Jones Memorial Hall for the benehi
of the Georgetown Fire Co.
Little Miss Margaret Katharine
Robinson, daughter of former Speak
or Of the Lower House of the Legis-
lature ]. Thomas Robinson and Mrs.
Robinson. has been under treatment
for the removal of tOnsils in the
Hospital in Whining
ton.
Georgetown High School Alumni
and Dance on June ~
The ninth annual banquet ana
dance of the Georgetown High School
Alumni Association will he held in
he iunior-seniOr high school audi
lorium on Friday night. June 10. The
haDauet will be held in the senior
high school cafeteria. A committee
If the Alumni already is making
plans for the affair. which promises
10 he one of the most successful Of
any since the organization OF the
The association was
'Ormed by Prof. Norman Bond. then
lead of the schools. and Oscar 5.
Wilson. The first meeting was held
n June, 1880. 1t has heen held an
lually since that time.
Officers elected at the eighth an
,uaI meeting on June IL, 1887. and
holding over at the present time,
re: Honorary president, Mrs. George
r Lynch. class 1896; president, Jas.
4. Tunnel, Jr.. class 81; first vice
PRESIDENT. Houston Wilson, class '27;
econd vice-president. James Wood
Ow Wilson Baker, class 80; secre-
ary and treasurer, Miss Rose ID.
class '26; executive com
nittee. Mrs. Carrie Ryan. class 1900;
irs. George E. Swain. class 1902;
irs. Helen Short West. class 1910.
'hambeFs Fleming
Miss Hilda NJ. Chambers, of Lewes,
nd Douglas l.. Fleming, of Ard
nore, Pa, were married at Lewes ON
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