Milford chronicle., 1941-05-16
GEORGETOWN

and point of service, observed his
18th birthday anniversary on Sat
urday at his home on South Race
street, this place, by entertaining
his children and their families. Not
only did he observe his seventy
fifth birthday anniversary but his
48th year in business as a general
merchant. Mr.. Lynch, with his
brother, the late Alfred ]. Lynch,
came to Georgetown from Angola
on May s, 1898, and opened gen.
eral store at the corner of South
Race and West Pine streets, where
since the business has been con-
Quoted. Later his brother entered
the furniture business on Market
street here in the building now oc-
cupied as a furniture establishment
by Charles B. Stevenson and which
has been a furniture store for the
past fifty years. Mr.. Lynch is the
pioneer poultry buyer of lower Del
aware, on large scale, and until
the broiler business became SO ex-
tensive was the outstanding buyer
of chickens in Sussex county. He
still is considered large buyer.
On Saturday he quietly observed
his birthday when his sons, Homer
w. Lynch, lawyer, in New York
City; DR.. John w. Lynch, Of Sea-
ford, and George T., Jr., were home
to enjoy the occasion. Mr.. Lynch
has taken an active interest in pub
lie affairs. He is an official OF
Wesley Methodist Church, director
Of the Georgetown Trust Company,
Rotarian, Mason and former
member of town council.
Announcement of the marriage
of Miss Cordelia Lewis, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. George Lewis, OF
near Gumboro, and Charles Daisey,
twin son of Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin
Daisey, of near Roxana, has been
made. The wedding took place on
Wednesday night, April 16, at the
home of the brides parents. Both
are widely known in the southern
part OF lower Delaware.
Forest fires annually cost the
timber owners thousands OF dol
lars. Now. as never before, there |
is a concerted move to stamp out |
such fires by an educational cam
paign included in which is the pre-
caution against throwing lighted
cigarette and cigar "stumps" along |
the highways, especially in wooded
areas. There is a movement on
foot-too late to enact into law, a
statute to prohibit any person
from throwing lighted cigarettes
OF cigars along any highway, under
a severe penalty.
Last week a fire broke out be-
tween Georgetown and Milton, COW
ering an area of possibly fifteen
acres. Heroic work on the part of
the firemen of Georgetown, Ellen
dale and Milton prevented the loss
of thousands of dollars worth of
timber and the destruction of some
homes and Sand Hill church. The
loss of the fifteen acres of timber
land, however, will amount to sew
eral hundred dollars.
Fire, of undetermined origin, de-
stroyed the home of Thompson
Stevenson, colored. on South Rail-
road avenue, entailing loss Of
$500. The Georgetown firemen
fought the stubborn blaze for some
time to keep it from spreading to
buildings.
Miss Katheryn Geraldine Eye,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Jasper G.
Eye of Georgetown, and Charles
Frank Schirmer, son of Mrs. Mil
dred Hoffran and the late Law
renee r. Schirmer, of Whayland, N.
Y, were married OH Saturday
night, at Milford, at $3.50 o'clock, I
by the Rev. Marion e. Hungerford,
pastor of Calvary Methodist Church ;
of Milford.
Miss Dorothy Donaway, OF this
town, daughter of James Stewart
Donaway and the late Mrs. Mary ]
R. Donaway, of Clayton, and Gran {
Vile Wilson; son of Mr.. and Mrs. 6
David A. Wilson, of near here, |
we're married on Sunday afternoon {
1f last week at 4 o'clock, in Mil
lord, by the Rev. Marion e. Hun {
yerford, pastor of Calvary Metho- 4
list Church.
Miss Iva e. MCGEE, daughter of G
Mr.. and Mrs. John T. MCGEE, of \
IaureI, and Lewis o. Carmean, son 1
# Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Carmean of 4
laurel, we're married on Saturday
light of last week at O'Clock, at +
he Methodist parsonage at Laurel il
" the Rev. e. G. Hallman. The
ride is deputy comptroller of Sus-
ex County. and the groom is an n
gricultural student of the Univer- d
fly of Delaware, and has been for t,
he past few weeks substituting in n
he Dover High School in the voca- Il
ional department. u
Miss Edith M. Elliott, daughter v
f Mr.. and Mrs. Gardiner Elliott, e
( near Georgetown, and Charles n
V. Scott, of Georgetown, son of t.
lr. and Mrs. John Scott of Laurel, S
Yere married on Saturday night, e
t o'clock, at Blades, by the Rev. al
,harles P. Butler. The bride is
of the late George G
dams, for many years an out n
landing Republican Of Nanticoke dl
undred. She has for some time ri
cen employed in the office of the H
oard of Assessment, Of Sussex W
ounty, ol
Announcement of the marriage G.
t Miss Jane Dean Farmer, Of Lin
Iood. Pa, and Edward Winfield of
of Lewes, has been til
Iade. The wedding took place at In
ewes on Wednesday afternoon, re
lay z, at 2 o'clock, the Rev. N. W. CO
ightmyer performing the cere- til
Iony. CO
Charles Peyton Hawkins, an en- dc
loye Of the Ellendale Power Com Ii
any, who on February II sustain Bs
| fractured skull while working ID
4 the lines at Slaughter Beach, tn
as taken to a Wilmington ear
Monday for examination. DC