Milford chronicle., 1940-02-09
GEORGETOWN
Mra. Ray ]. J0hes Dead

Mrs. Emma Elizabeth Jones. age
SO. wife Of Ray NJ Jones, Of Lowe
Cross Roads, Gumboro hundred, die,
OF a complication Of diseases ol
Wednesday morning of last week, il
the Milford Memorial Hospital, fol
lowing an operation on Monday from
which she did not rally. Mrs. Jones
had been confined to the hospital fol
about two weeks. Following the op-
Grafton on Monday, a call for blood
for transfusions was made. Two
state pOlicemen-0f Seitz and
MeCabe-furnished the blood. Flu
neral services were held on Satur-
day afternoon at o'clock, at Beth
any Methodist Church, loves Cross
Roads. Interment was made in
Mechanics Cemetery, MillsbOrO. Be-
sides her husband she is survived by
her father, Aaron TimmOns, of this
place; five children, Billy, aged Is;
Betty, aged IS; Ralph and Reese,
twins, aged -, and Ronald, aged 6.
She also is survived by two sisters,
Mrs. William Morgan, of LansdOwne,
Pa, and Miss Mabel Timmons, of
Aiken, s. c., and two brothers, John
Timmons of Louisiana, and Herman
Timmons, of New York City. Mrs.
Jones was siSter-in-law of Russell
ID. Jones, a state highway officer at
the Georgetown station.
The Georgetown High School bas-
ketball teams took a twin bill from
Delmar Deb High on the local court |
on Tuesday night Of last week. The |
boys won by a score of AZ to 81, while !
the cOunty-Reat girls won by the |
score Of 81 to q. In a preliminary |
game between the Delmar Jay-Vees
and the locals, Delmar won by the
score of "a to %.
Eddie COnaway and Jimmie Walls,
for the locals, each made thirteen
points with Bill Royal tossing five
field goals. Hill was high scorer for
the railroad town boys. with three
fields and three fouls. Coach George
Keen used his second team in the
last quarter.
John N. Clayton School To
Close May TWenty.third
The John NJ. Clayton School, serv- i
ing DagsborO and FrankfOrd, will
close for the term on May 90. This {
is the only school in the state to {
close so early. 1t is done in order to
give the boys and girls a chance to s
help their parents with farm work.
Sessions will be held on Saturday of q
this week and on February "a in '
order to get in as many of the re- u
quired days as possible. Some OF the ]
nearby schools. it is understood. will
close early this year and are holding fl
sessions for five and seven Satur- is
days. +
Woman Succeeds Husband o
In Buying Raw Furs il
So far as can be ascertained. there B
is only one fur dealer in the state s.
who annually does thousands of dol b
lars worth of business. She is Mrs. W
Eliza Dutton. widow of Capt David c'
Button, who for many years was one I
Of the largest raw fur dealers in m
Sussex county. Upon the death of her az
husband few years ago, Mrs. Dut- T.
ton continued the business and is
one of the ablest judges n
of raw furs in Delaware. She pur- II
chases pelts of muskrats, fox, skunk, c.
OpOssum and raccOOn, which she p
markets TO northern furriers. She y
is busily engaged buying raw furs at VI
This time.
Boy Scouts Feeding Birds of
Georgetown Boy Scouts are COOP da
rating with the State Game and lii
fish Commission in feeding wild tit
,ame while the ground is banketed ca
With snow which fell on Tuesday aX
ight and Wednesday morning. Jan ac
airy % and "a. Many of the farm HI
rs are feeding coyeys of birds which isl
ay on their lands from one year to lin
IOther
organ Norris
Miss Evelyn Estela Morgan. rl'
iughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Robert J. arr
organ. this town, and Lacy David pie
orris, OF Selbyville. son OF William ma
. Morris, of Salisbury, Md, a for -
er guard at the Sussex county iail. :.
ere married on Monday night of
st week here by the Rev. Omar L. z
mes, pastor OF Wesley Methodist
lureh. The bride is u graduate of
e Georgetown High School. class <
rs. Mary Jane Sweeney Dead z
Mrs Mary Jane Sweeney, aged rs.
dow of James Sweeney. for many
ars well known contractor and 2
ilder here, died ON Saturday of last
EEK at her home here, after being
for many weeks. Funeral services
.fe held from her late home on
lesday afternoon at 3 o'clock, in z
arge Of the Rev. NJ. E. Dearholt.
stor Of Grace Methodist Church.
terment was in churchyard at Me- Z
lleys Chapel Mrs. Sweeney is sur
'ed by one daughter. Mrs. Harvey
wilson, living near here; one sis
L, Miss Belle Spicer, this town. and
brother, Theopolis Spicer, of
ltimOre, Md.
9. NJ. c. Rogers Dies at IS z
drs. Mary Catherine Rogers, aged
widow of John T. Rogers, died at
home of her son, William, on the Z
1rgetown-Lewes highway, near
e. on Friday afternoon of last
ok. Funeral services were con-
TED by the Rev. Omar E. Jones,
tor OF Wesley Methodist Church.
her late home on Tuesday after
n at O'Clock. Interment was in
on Cemetery. Mrs. Rogers was
ghter OF the late Mr.. and Mrs. H.
West and was born in Gumboro
ldred. She is survived by the
owing children: Mrs. PenueL
2 of ManfOrd Penuel. of Franz