Milford chronicle., 1939-04-07
SEAFORD

The ]. B. Robinson e Co. oyster
house. am old riverfront landmark.
located on the Nanticoke River here
at the foot OF Pearl street, has been
torn down. II was one of the few
remaining Oyster-hOuses here and
was abandoned as an Oyster-hOuSc
last year when the firm moved into
she house Of w. H. Stevens & Co. j.
y. Robinson. head of the firm for
many years. recently died. Previous
t0 the buildinS OF the new house, the
location was a shipyard owned by the
late Captain W. r. Adams and oper-
atcd as the Adams Marine Railway.
Several out-of-lOwn firms arc said
TO be negotiating for the site of the
old house with the idea of establish
ing a business there. Other firms are
said to be looking over watcrfrOnts
hero. and the NanticOke River is OK
pccted to regain its part which it
occupied several years ago in the
rev industrial Seaford.
Val Truitt is excavating for new
home on the Blades-Laurel highway.
and Allen Chipman is erecting a
dwelling on West Fourth street.
IbiIufS. w. u iUilufeDh uNiNuih0
three new homes OH and near the
Concord road. and Norman Hill has
purchased a lot on the same road to
erect a dwelling; Edward J. Winder
is building scmi-bungalOw i'm West
SPafOrd; Johnny Krahe aud Robert
Mcssick are planning new homes, the
former OH a site in North Seaford
and the latter on Third street.
The Senior class Of the Seaford
High School. numbering 40. will Wis
il the New York fair this year. The
class will spend three days and two
nights there, leaving here ON May
2ith.
The City Council at recent meet
ing decided to ask for WPA assist
hncc in its program to extend water
and sewer facilities to all sections
CT the town.
City Clerk Joseph MacSweeney re-
ported that Postmaster Joseph II.
Cox will cooperate in the campaign
10 have all houses properly number
cd. II. TwifOrd Morris, mail carrier,
will make preliminary survey.
The council will also improve the |
small park at the junction of Front /
and Market streets. A drive to en-
force traffic regulations was also or
dered. Chief of Police George II.
Bowden was instructed to warn first !
offenders, and for habitual violations |
there will be fine of not less than |
$500 or more than $1,000.
The SeafOrd Volunteer Fire De-
partment was also given permission
to sponsor a carnival this summer, l
provided il conforms to the state po- 4
Ice regulations.
Edward Peterson. son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Oscar Peterson. has returned
nome from the Kent hospital, Dover.
after undergoing an operation for
Mrs. Esther We'll, wife of Paul H.
We'll. director of music, has been ap-
pointed choir director and soloist at
the Wicomico Presbyterian Church,
Md. II
Warren James. son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Fl. Milton James, who is a mem
Der at the University of Delaware.
and member of Sigma Nu Frater-
nifty at that institution. has been
elected secretary of his fraternity for
the coming year. II
Kenneth Fleetwood has returned
10 Duke University at Durham, N. c..
.fter spending the past week with
his wife. the former Miss Sara Ann
Hatton, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Theodore S. Hatton.
Mrs. Anthony ]. Rizzo, of New Ha-
ven. Conn.,, is spending several days
here this week with her pafents. II
She will leave the latter part OF this !: