Milford chronicle., 1939-05-26
GEORGETOWN


George willin, for many years q
printer in Philadelphia, and a nativ,
of Georgetown, quietly observed his
18th birthday anniversary at his
home on Laurel street on Wednesday
( He is son OF the late George Willin
former shesiff Of Sussex county.
Had PrenlanltI0n Of Death
! Declaring that he had but a short
time TO live, and that he did not want
/ to die alone, Thomas C. Lewis, aged
| SO, travelling salesman for a products
concern living at MillsborO. stepped
into the office OF Dr. George v.
Wood, in that town, Thursday of last
week. told of. his ailment and how he
was stricken while on the road that
day and asked that something be
done for, him. His condition was
ouch, however, that nothing could be
done. He remained in the office and
died about 4;30 O'Clock.
Maurice Miller, substitute clerk in
the post office. is in the Beebe Hos
pital suffering from a broken ankle
as,result OF falling from scaffold at
the home of Mrs. Lola Warrington.
On Chestnut street. where he had
been employed to do some painting.
Lands Condemned
DESTROYS of assisting in the devel
Cpment OF SeafOrd and providing an
improved highway at the gateway
Of the new dupont plant being built
at SeafOfd, at cost of approximately
$500, 600, the State Highway Com
mission recently asked that a con-
demnation commission view the lands
OF Joseph Truitt and Thomas II.
Turner, across whose lands the high
way has been built, in order that
damages might be assessed. Judge
Charles S! Richards of this county
named. a commission who viewed the
properties. Truitt was awarded $3.50
damage and Turner nothing.
Rains Beneficial
Rains on Sunday night and Monday
throughout scattered sections of low
er Delaware greatly helped the bean,
pea and strawberry crops and will
enable residents Of the cities to OBJ
tain a greater supply Of them. With
the hot suns for several days this
week reaching summer intensity,
CROPS had suffered. Farmers believe
that they have been benefited many
hundreds of dollars. Late frost and
freezing weather had caused crops
to he slightly retarded and had wOr-
ried some farfnersI They have taken
on new hopes for the past few days.
Five Naturalized
Five persons in lower Delaware
became naturalized citizens yester-
day. They were: Octavio Bach. OF
Milford. born in Brazil; Henry
Sehaub of Cannon, born in Germany;
Mrs. Alexandra S. Frazer. of RehO-
both. born in Scotland: Thomas
Pachides. of RehObOth. born in
Greece; Mrs. Anna Katharine Lange.
Of Lewes. born in Germany.
Recent Marriages
Recent marriages reported in Sus-
sex county are: May IA. at Laurel.
by the Rev. HarlOn NJ. Ralph, Miss I
ThedOcia c. White of Laurel and /
Thomas j. Thompson of Delmar; 7
May l3, at RehObOth, by the Rev. !
Conrad Hamer, Miss Virginia II. Ma /
son and Earl f. Stuart. both of Re /
loboth; May IA. at Pennington, by /
he Rev. Lee s. Warner. Miss Laura /
Evelyn Butler, daughter of Mr.. and I
Mrs. Harry F. Butler. of Greensboro.
Nd. and Edgar Franklin Biles. of 7
son of James II. Biles /
md the late Mrs. Ida Biles of
Del; May IA. at Milford, by ,
l,e Rev. Frank HersOn, Miss Sara
elizabeth Manlove and Neils p. Jen-
,en.
Rapid progress is being made on
'ebuilding the Hudson bakery, on
lOrth Race street, which was de-
trOyed by fire. The building is to
De one story. built of brick like the
Id building, but greatly enlarged to
AXE care of business. When COM
'leted it will be one of the largest
nd most modern baking plants in
his section.
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