Milford chronicle., 1939-11-10
STAFFORD

Local truckers who have left her
for Florida for the citrus fruit sea
son are Raymond Raw, Wheatle,
Parker, Harlan Hill, Francis Raw
A. Lincoln Harrington and Jane
Meyer. All are expected to be ava.
several months.
Mrs. Julia Covey, widow of Viii
liam o. Covey, has commenced thI
erection of a new home on a site
adjoining the property of her son-in
law and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Nor.
ris Kitchens on Pennsylvania ave
nue..
Mrs. Hattie Prettynan, of neal
Blades. has a flock of 10 Plymouth
Rock hens that have laid 1850 eggs
in year, from October 1, 1888 to
October 1, 1889.
William A. Hill, of near here, has
started work on a group of six new
homes on LAND he owns just north
of Seaford cn the Seaford-B Bridge
vile State Highway. The homes are
being constructed along a wide boul-
evard between the property he now
owns and the property being devel-
oped by J. E. Friedel, local con-
tractor.
Real estate transfers reported by
H. V. Wedding include: Property of
Jessie Wheatley, near Woodland to
James +. Burton, of Seaford; the
George T. Kennerly home in Rover
ton to Ellis w. Scarborough of
Georgetown; farm of Levi Bontrager,
near Greenwood, to Herbert Savage
of Dundalk, Md.
Mrs. Karl P. Thompson, of West
Seaford. who has been seriously ill
at her home in West Seaford is i'm
proved and able to be out
John c. Cootee, president of the
Seaford Ice and Cold Storage Com
pany, has returned home after at
tending the annual convention of the
National Ice Industries at Chicago,
Miss Doris Allen. daughter of for
mer Representative and Mrs. Will
liam F. Allen. is i'll at her home on
High street
Mr.. and Mrs. George Carey have
returned to their apartment in the
Thompson Apartments. after spend
ing the past weekend with relatives
in Lewes.
The SUSSEX Gas Company recent
ly started work on a $4,000 expan-
sion program here. The money will
be spent in erecting a new giant
pressure gas holder, in the laying
of approximately four and one-half
miles of pipe lines. and for repairing
and repainting the company's Office
at High and Conwell streets.
Wilbert Null is the engineer in
charge of the work of installing the
large gas holder He is being assist
ed by force of 12 men. The tank, of
10000 cubic feet capacity, will be so
feet long, by % feet high. This hold
er is of new stayle and will be
mounted on concrete posts. Its ca
pacity will he four times that of the
present equipment.
Further Improvements TO the COM
pany's property in this area include |
The laying of new lines between Sea- .
lord and Laurel. About 12 men are !
At work ON this project now. An ad- !
1itional mile and half of gas mains 1
will be extended from the Seaford |
lines to the new homes being erected /
On the stein highway. This work /
will start in the near future
The traffic squads at the Seaford |
High School composed of students
who work at keeping the lanes free
during class changes have been NAM
ed by J. W. Carmean of the faculty
as follows: Captain. Robert Locates:
lieutenants. second floor. Ruth Hit
chens; third floor. Virginia Elliott:
information sergeant. Eunice Wheat
ey; girls wash room sergeant, Jean
let Messick boys wash room SER
,eant. Jimmy Griffith. ,