Milford chronicle., 1940-07-26

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Lower Delaware's early apple GRO
is being harvested and hundreds o
men and women are employed in tn
orchards and packing houses to pu
the fruit in shape for city markets
Shipments are being made both b!
rail and truck. The fruit, according
to some of the growers, is normal al
to size and color and prices are
about the average for the past five
years.
The annual picnic of Midland
Grange will be held at Trapp Pond
between Laurel and GumbOro, on
August 3. This pond and surround
ings is one of the beauty spots OF
lower Delaware, resembling a park
set in the midst of a forest. It was
made possible the use of federal
appropriations.
Col. Edmund Bulls, explorer in
BorneO, an editor in the Philippines
and an extensive traveller through
out Europe, Asia, Africa and North
America, was the speaker at the
weekly meeting of the Georgetown
Kiwanis Club on Tuesday night. The
program was in charge of Lawrence
Elliott, well known local attorney.
Col. Bulls was honOred by three
decorations in three foreign cOun-
tries. He told of many Of his ex-
periences.
Russell West, Upper Dagsboro
hundred, was badly burned by hot
tar while working at MillsborO for
Harry and John Williams a few days
ago. He has been in a critical cOndi-
tion at the Milford Memorial Hos
pital.
Fire, of undetermined origin, de-
strOyed a barn and other Outbuild-
ing at the home of Mrs. Marian
Lamb, Baltimore hundred, before
members of the Millville fire COM ,
pany could reach the scene. The |
blaze had gained too much headway (
for the fremen. There was no
available supply of water.
Deputy Attorney General Daniel
j. Layton, Jr., with his boat, "Jac-
Mar" continues to lead in the races
of the Indian River Yacht Club.
With ten entries on Sunday he
nosed out Horace S. Okie's ok"
by four feet. George Barr with his
boat, the "Hi-Ge", came in third;
Robert Purnell with "BoBo" was
fourth; Gerald Timmons with NOS"
crossed fifth; James DeVin with "Old
Log" occupied seventh place; HOus- |
ton Wilson, in the Rev. Richard X. /
Whites Itchy" stood eighth; Will
liam Hastings was ninth, and Ray
Stewart, with 'Waterwitch", was
tenth.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. Dale Bryan are
receiving congratulations on the
pounds. Mrs. Bryan, the former
Miss Marian Parker, was for many
years secretary in the law offices
of Andrew ]. Lynch. Mr.. Bryan is
connected with a well known oil con-
Germ.
John Williamson, well = known
Northwest Fork hundred farmer,
had his hand badly lacerated by get
ting it caught in a lime drill while
on his farm.
The Sunday School of McColley's !
Church will hold a picnic at Oak {
Grove, and the Millville Methodist :
Sunday school will picnic at Sandy
Landing on the Indian River today.
On Thursday of this week the Lin n
colin Sunday school held a picnic at s
Oak Orchard.
Word has been received here from 7
a Philadelphia hospital, where Mrs. II
c. E. Clendaniel, formerly Miss FL I
berta. Simpler, is confined, that her +
is grave, and there is but
little hope for her recovery. Mrs. q
Clendaniel is one of the chief clerks r
in the Sussex County Board of AS Z,
The Rev. and Mrs. David WilmOt h
Gateson and daughters, Misses M.
Constance and Gloria, of Philadel- I
Dhia, will spend the remainder of
he summer with Mrs. Gateson's
mother, Mrs. Annie c. Blackstone,
IN South Bedford street. n
Mrs. William T., Hobbs has been n
IN the sick list for several days. Il
Miss Ethel NAPLES has returned to s
Ter home after spending some time h
n Baltimore, Md, with her niece, Il
drs. Charles Pyle. C
Leroy Cooke, of Baltimore, gradu- 81
tie of the American University, in A
D. c., this past June, s.
md now employed by the Bethlehem
steel Company, is home with his
mother, Mrs. Howard ]. Cooke. a
Capt. Charles r. Jones, of San a
Diego, Cal, is spending a few days b
With his mother, Mrs. Pearl N. Jones.
apt. Jones is connected with the b
J. S. Navy. B
Mrs. William Raymond Faucet A
las been spending a few days with L
Ter brother-in-law and sister, the
tev. and Mrs. Otis P. Jefferson, at h
Md. N
Miss Betty Church, of Salisbury, fC
Id, is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. G
'homas Ayers and. is spending the G
7eek at the Ayers cottage at Reho-
9th. al
Jack Townsend, son of Mr.. and b
FRS. Julian E. Townsend, has been II
Jack Hale, of Washing
on, D. c., for a few days. h
Former Postmaster and Mrs. Jehu r,
hudson have returned to their home
tier spending some time at their b
ottage at Rehoboth. r
After spending several weeks with v
er sisters-in-law, Mrs. Harriet Will II
on, OF near Milton, and Mrs. Jen-
te Phillips. Mrs. Marvel, widow OF N
n. Charles Marvel, has returned to a
er home in Richmond, Ind. b
Richard Braunfeld is suffering 3