Milford chronicle., 1940-03-01
GEORGETOWN
No Town Election Thls Year

GEOkGSE lOWN
No Town Election This Year
For the fifth consecutive yeal
there will be no mayOralty or eoun
cilmanic election here. neither will
there be an election Of an assessor
treasurer, tax-collector or auditors
Owing to the sudden death Of Ben
iamin Faucet. prior to the Christ
mas holidays, il has become neces
sary for the present members o.
council to I'LL the vacancy. They
have selected Horace S. Okie, bro,
ther-in-law and a prominent bust
ness man, to succeed him. The per.
sOnnel of officials are: Mayor, Ira
w. Davis; cOuncilmen, John II
| Kitchens. William l.. Rawlins. Geo
L. Walls. Horace S. Dixie, Crawford
] b. Bailey; collector, Charles T. Jes-
ter; assessor. John King; treasurer
Howard ]. Cooke; auditors, Walter
p. Townsend and Edward B. Green.
One reason attributed to the failure
of men to file is that the present
council installed the sewer system
and many of them are desirOus TO
retain them in order TO reduce the
Indebtedness.
Levy Court 20 Furnish
Dynamite 10 Ditch Companies
Because of the numerous requests
by various ditch companies through
out the county. asking for aid from
the Levy Court Commissioners, es-
pecialIy for thousands of tons of
dynamite. they have decided to give
aid in order to promote the drain
age projects by furnishing $50 pounds
pany provided the said ditch COM
pany will purchase a like amount.
II is expected that several will take,
advantage of the offer between now
and the spring in order that they
may drain their lands before the
rains set in during next month and
April.
Eighty .fOur, but Has Had Only
Twenty-Five birthdays
Miss Sallie Rawlins, living in !
was 81 years old on |
Thursday. This being leap-year and /
she having been born on February |
20. she will observe her twenty-flrst /
birthday. She issued invitations.
aNulliAS llAdl lue uCCdhiuu WIS lel /
bith birthday.
Miss Rawlins comes of a prominent /
lower Delaware family and has rela
liYes in most OF. the towns
Lewis West
Announcement of the marriage of /
Miss Wanda W. Lewis. daughter of /
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Lewis, near
and ROstOn West, son of
William A. West. of Georgetown. has
been made. The wedding took place
At Whitesville on February 10. the /
Rev. A. G. Thomas performing the
ceremony. They will live here.
Business Place Burns
Fire of undetermined origin on
Tuesday morning gutted the build
ing known for more than 60 years as !
the Bennum property, on Market
street. purchased a few months ago
Al public sale by Theodore Burton.
Ir., entailing a loss probably reach
ing $1,000. For more than half cen
tury it served as the home and jew
elry establishment of the late Geo
". Bennum. Both the residence por-
lion and the store building were
badly damaged on the inside II was
only few days ago that the store
room occupied by the Economy
store was vacated Samuel H. Frank.
and Granville O'Neal,
barber, had headquarters IN the
Firemeu responded and
jattled the blaze, keeping ii confined
AS the building was located in the
business section, adjoining proper
lies for a time were threatened The
layton building and the Burton prop
arty are the only two frame struct-
ares on the north side of Market
itreet, extending from Railroad ave-
lue TO Race street
Fashion Show Here March ~
MatrOns and maids will model at
he third annual fashion show 10 be
leld in Jones Memorial hail on Tues
lay night, March 12 The show is
,eing put on by the Braun Ladies'
Shop and will be for the benefit of
trace Methodist Church, Many
'Oung women from different towns ,
IL the county are expected TO par
icipate. 4
lebekah Head Announces
VISITING Dates
Mrs. Elizabeth NJ. Swain. this town.
resident OF the Rebekah Assembly
4 Delaware. wOmen's branch OF the
i'd Fellows. has made the sched-
lie for installation of officers in the
arious lodges in lower Delaware.
he lodges and dates are: March 2S,
.eah Lodge No. IS. Rehoboth: April y
, Keturah Lodge No. s, Frankford:
Ipril %, Mary Lodge No. Is. of this