Milford chronicle., 1938-12-09

slabs marking the last resting plaC
Of our forebearer5 yet in a fair -.at
OF preservation. 2 st ls .N
Two of the markers show that tn
NAPLES were born during C0lonis
days, one of them nine months be
fore Delaware became the first stat
in the Union by ratifying the Con
stitution on December z, 1887. i
Mrs. Mary H. NAPLES, wife of Rob
ert and daughter of William Harris
is inferred in this ancient buria
plot. She was born on October "a
1882 and died on February 3. 1S4S
/ three years before the Mexican War
Robert NAPLES was born on Apri
2S, 1889 and died on September II
1852, three months ard eight days
after Franklin Pierce was nominat-
ed by the Democrats for President
and subsequently elected in Novem-
ber. Cornelius NAPLES, born on
March S, 1887, nine months before
Delaware ratified the Constitution,
died on July Is, 1852, one month and
ten days after the nomination of
President Pierce. His second wife,
Mrs. Jane NAPLES, was born on
January Is, 1903 and died on April
2, 1888, twenty-nine days after Ben
jamin Harrison was inaugurated
President.
For $50 years the NAPLES family
of Delaware has been closely identi-
fed with the educational. culture.
social and business life of the diff
ferent communities. They also have
been active in politics.
Letters On Estates
Register of Wills J. Linden Barr
has granted letters on the follow
ing estates in Sussex county: Mrs. |
Mary c. Nelson, Northwest Fork
District to Clarence H. Nelson, near |
administrator.
Rooert A. Donovan, Northwest
Fork District, to Howard L. DonO-
'an, Middletown, administrator.
James T. Ellis, Little Greek Dis
rict, to Arthur S. Hearn, Laurel,
C. t. a.
Mrs. Penelope Stoeckel, widow of
Ormer Representative Charles ].
'toeckel, to her son, Frank f.
itoeckel, of Stockley, four miles
Outh of here. administrator.
Edward C. Sudler, late of George
own. to his widow, Mrs. Rachel H.
udler, South Bedford street, execu-
'ix.
Mrs. Ida NJ. Wingate, Baltimore
'istrict, to Clifford E. Mitchell, of
cean View, administrator.
Frank G. Murray. Baltimore Dis
'ict, to Mrs. Elsie H. Murray. execu-
tx.
Harry Edgar Clendaniel, Little
reek District, to his son, Lester F.. Z
lendaniel and the Milford Trust !
administrators.
Frank Ward, SeafoTd District. to
RS. Almeda Ward, of Seaford, ad-
inistratrix.
ems Of Interest
Charles E. Wootten, receiver of
iXes and county treasurer of Sus-
TX county, reports that the finances
re in excellent shape. The balance
; of November 80 amounted to
IS ,2S7.50. This amount is to the
sposit of the county treasurer with
n additional balance TO the credit
the Receiver of Taxes account of
I,37266.
The Levy Court commissioners on
uesday made an allowance of $500 /,
James E. Lloyd, Recorder of !
eeds, for services rendered in pur- r
ance to Chapter 122, Volume Al, +
lws of Delaware, relative to in q
ces of mortgages of the county. q
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred J. Tyndall are h
a two weeks tour of Florida and -
her Southern points. They will re- ,
IN on December 49, Mrs. Tyndali 7
deputy Register of Wills under i
I'm Linden Barr, who on November
was elected from the Ninth Dis G
ct (Georgetown) as a member of :
2 lower mouse of the Delaware :
gislature for the 1889 session.
is is the first vacation that Mrs
ndall has had within four years.
rwO other Georgetown residents,
lliam Truitt and Wilson Hudson,
Sunday for Florida, where they
Il remain for the winter. Both are
lely known carpenters of George
gn. They are expected to return
the spring when it is said, they
ve many contracts for construc-
n of homes and industrial plants.
mariOrette play based on "a
ristmas Carol" by Charles Dick
), will be presented by the George
IN Public Schools on Tuesday af-
noon and possibly on Tuesday
ht, December 20. The afternoon
formance will be at 1880 and the
ming performance, if required, at
0. Every department of tine
ool is cooperating to make it a
cess. This year a marionette
b. meeting twice each week, after
ool seasons, has been organized
Ter direction of Miss Mary Vim
d with outside assistance from
k Lewis, artist and designer and
ker of small dolls who do all of
acting. Five special people from
art classes-Mary Dodd, Esther
'rt, Bernice Dayton, Marcella
ggs and Robert MaFvel-have
tributed an excellent scene of
ldon, covered with snow during
time of Dickens on Christmas -
). =
chers To Give sN,
seriptiOn Card Party
eachers of the Georgetown Pub q
Schools are planning to give a =
scription card party in the q
lnasium at the school on Tues z
night, December 13. The party z
or the purpose of raising funds q
supply the undernourished chill z
n with milk and cod liver oil. The =
ronesses will be Mrs. Charles R.+&