Milford chronicle., 1941-01-03
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were taken into custody. Judge
LeFevre committed one to the indus
trial school, while the other was
sent home until arrangements could
be made to commit him to the Della
ware Colony. Last night the Acme
Markets was entered Entrance was
#gained by window on the East
side of the building. Employees
said that as yet it was impossible to
say how much merchandise is miss
lz1g. State police secured some
apger prints and are having these
ezamined.
John F. Abbott and son Hughes,
". G. Stokes and Ernest Smith are
on a motor trip to Miami, Florida.
They plan to be gone about three
weeks, visiting the West coast OF
Florida before returning home. Mr..
Abbott, produce broker, may stay
longer and follow the green Vege-
table crops North.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred S. Bailey en-
tertained the following at dinner on
Christmas Day: Rev. ]. T. Bailey,
Mrs. Houston, Mr.. and Mrs. craw-
ford Bailey, Mr.. and Mrs. Warren
Holson and son. Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Mustard and Mr.. and Mrs. Herman
Roach and children, all of George
town, and Mr.. and Mrs. Harry C.
Tee and son of this place.
MIR. and Mrs. John Parks are visit
ing relatives in Durham, N. c., dur
ing the holidays.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Hudson, of
Philadelphia, and Mr.. and Mrs. Bay
ard VanSant of Richardson Park,
spent Christmas day with Mrs. Nora
Tharp and daughters.
Harry Harrington of Wilmington
spent Christmas day with relatives
here.
Lewis Sharp, of Camp Upton, has
been spending the holidays with his
mother, Mrs. Anna Sharp.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Tee enter
tanned at dinner ON Christmas day
the following guests, Oscar H. Tee
anil Earl Cummings of Wilmington.
Allan Miller and son of Virginia
Beach, Va, have been guests OF Mr..
and Mrs. e. W. Dean.
Walter Moore of Milford and Mrs.
Patosi Moore of this place were
guests of Mrs. Virginia Clarkson for
Christmas dinner.
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary H. |
Bright, aged so years, widow of the
late Williah A. Bright, were con-
Quoted from the Boyer funeral home
last Thursday afternoon at two
o'clock. The Rev. Thomas c. Phil
lips, pastor of the Pilgrim Holiness
Church, had charge of the services,
with interment in Mt. Olive cemetery
near Sandtown. The deceased died at
the home of son, Austin Bright, i'm
the vicinity Of FELTON,. She is sur
vived by eight children, William
Lifert Bright of Henderson; Mrs.
Bessie Pratt, Oaklyn, Md; Austin
Bright FELTON,; Mrs. Lillian Hutson,
Mrs. Mamie Thomas and Howard
Bright of Camden. and Mrs. Rosie
Hutson of Lebanon. One sister also
survives, Mrs. Sadie Berry, of
Queenstown, Md. There are also
several grandchildren.
Suffering paralytic stroke while
on a visit with friends in Milford,
John Hasty Porter, aged so years,
was brought to the home of a
daughter, Mrs. Rissie French, in this
town, where he died early last Fri
day. Mr.. Porter was in poor health /
for some time and managed to get ,
around with the aid of crutches. He
was the son of the late Edward and
Susan Cain Porter, and was born ,
near here Funeral services were
held from the Boyer funeral home s
Sunday afternoon. The Rev T. C. /
Jones of Trinity Methodist Church, i
had charge of the service, with inter- /
ment in Hollywood cemetery. The :
deceased is survived by two sons I
and two daughters: Mrs. Lucy Man I
ship of Ridgely: Frank Porter, of 4
Newark; Chester A. Porter and Mrs. n
French of this town. There are \
'ourteen surviving grandchildren o
ind 3 grandchildren He was n
he last surviving member of fam s
ly of six. n
The annual banquet of the Quillenl 6
Brothers lumber company was serv- a
ID to its employees and few K
riends on Saturday night. The la 4
lies auxiliary of the fire company n
erved turkey dinner to about as. n
1orace e. CULLEN served as toast 8
master, assisted by J. Harvey Bur
Jess. Mr.. Quillen had arranged 6
rogram consisting of music by n,
immy Emberlin and company, feats n,
I magic by Marvel Baxter of Dover; r
ianola selections by Roger Evans al
1 Philadelphia; State Forester w. o.
. Tabler presented a few reels of n
lotion pictures showing the manner M
1 which piling is gotten from the M
Toods, and also two reels of pictures e.
n the Kent and Sussex Fair. The IF
usiness of the firm during the past m
ear has been very successful. They cr
ave increased the number of en-
loyees which meant a greater vol
me of business. The company Off
ais report it being the best in sew
-al years The following were th
nong those present: Horace e. CF
uillen, Harry Quillen, William st,
orleman, Louis Quillen, John Grif- cd
ii. City Manager Lewis Clymer, Mr.. Dc
aber, Eddie Chambers, Policeman
oward Martin, Randall Knox, Jas.
ahall, Haywood Quillen, Mr.. Evans, So
lief of police. Charles Tatman, Les
} Kemp, William Chambers, Mr.. & :,
ixter, Theodore H. Harrington, Mr.. Mi
lrgess, George w. Swain, George n
lskey, Earl Greenhaugh, Noble Ca in
Vi, John Hudson, Thomas Minner, II
Z, Raymond Poore, Theodore Rifen- "A
rg, Homer Vincent, r. A. Sauls- p
ry, Herman Brown, G. A. Collins,
tomas Minner, Ralph Poore, Paul Vii