Milford chronicle., 1941-03-21
GEORGETOWN
Have slst wedding Anniversary

N@A-El
served their 51st wedding anniver-
sary last Sunday They were mar
ried IN the old .shingle-wall church
at Zoar, eight miles from here, on
March l6, 1889, by the Rev Ma
thaniel Conaway. Mrs. Rogers was
Is years and Ave days old when
she married, having been born on
March II, 1876, daughter of Daniel
and Mary Lawson. Mr.. Rogers was
not quite Is years old, being born
on May 27, 1874, son Of Nathaniel
and Annie Massey Rogers.
Mr.. Rogers was elected on the
Democratic ticket as receiver oil
taxes and county treasurer of Sus-
sex county in 1892 and served -four
years, June, 1888 to June, 1887
They had 13 children, eight oi
whom are living. They are John
Nutter, Harry, Lawrence, Nathan
iel, Francis, Herman and Thelma.
For many years he has operated
large farm and has been engaged
in the dairy business in Broadkiln
District
Mrs. Mary Ann LeGates
NlRety-Three On Wednesday
Mrs. Mary Ann Locates, widow
of Philip Locates, living near
Coolspring, this county, observed
her 93rd birthday anniversary on
Wednesday OF this week at the
home of her son, Harley Il. Lee
Gates, with whom she has lived for
many years Mrs. Locates was
born ON a farm between George
town and Laurel on March 10, 1S4S.
Her maiden name :. was Elliott.
While her step is not as sprightly
as il was some months ago and her
sight not quite so good, however,
she is a remarkable woman for her
age
She has the following children:
Mrs. Walter B. Robinson, Mrs. Her.
bert McGee, Mrs. George Bennum
and Mr.. Locates with whom she
lives. all residing near Lewes;
John E. LeGates. Mrs. Arley Tin
gle, Broadkiln District; Mrs. Har-
vey Mcllvaine. near Ellendale, and
Samuel II. LeGates, living on the
George Highway, near
here.
Mrs. LeGates' mind is active and
she recalls many happenings dur
ing the Civil War and the hardships
endured. Women during that per-
iOd had in most INSTANCES to carry
on the farm wOrkyseed the crops,
till and harvest them. She Femem-
bers when there were no matches
and the only way of getting fire
was to strike flint or stones to-
gether to produce spark which
would fly into a pile of cotton. When
the cotton ignited, lightwood kind
ling was used and piled in the open,
fireplace. They we're very careful
to see that the fireplace was well
banked with logs during the night
so that a fire could easily be start
ed the next morning. Sometimes
they would ride horseback to a
nearby farm house and get live
Goals. This was called borrowing
fire"
The only light was rags saturat-
ed in tallow and placed in clam
Shells Later eandlesticks were us
ed to mould candles. She wore
homespun dresses made from flax
grown on the farm and used
snnglass to tell the time When al
child they rode horseback or used
covered wagons as means of trans
portation.
Court Crier And Former
Sheriff Is S3 Years Old
Thomas ]. Pritchett, KINNEY
street, this city, veteran crier of
the Sussex County Courts and a
former sheriff Of this county. OBJ
served his S3rd birthday anniver-
sai.y last Monday. Born on a farm
in Kent county. March II, 1858, his
boyhOod days were spent in that
section, mostly around Dover and
Leipsic. After marriage he moved
20 q farm near Lewes where he
lived for many years until elected
on the Republican ticket for sheriff
in 1906. At the expiration of his
term, lie moved to a farm on the
Ge0rgetown-Lewes Highway, near
here, where he lived for a number
oi years. Upon appointment as cri-
er Of the courts and because of adj
vanced years, lie moved TO George
town.
TIe has two children. Miss Helen
Pritchett, who lives with him, and
Clarence Pritchett, well known
railroad man of Delmar.
The other ex-sheriffs now living
and the years in which they were
elected follow: Robert Short. 1898.
Georgetown; Elijah C. Lynch. 1904.
Selbyville; William l.. Mcllvaine,
1920, Georgetown William o.
Johnson, 1919. Blades; james II.
Phillips, 1922, Georgetown; Harry
W. Johnson, 1924, near Bridgeville:
William G. Bryan, 1926, George
town: Lorenzo W. Brittingham.
1880, Loves CroAs Roads: Martin
o. Carey, 1882, Stockley; Robert ].
Clendaniel, 1884, Ellendale; Ed
ward ]. Suthard. 1898, Lewes.
Appointed Teacher
Mrs. Alton lsaacs, living near
Cokesbury, a former Milton school
teacher, has been chosen by the
Georgetown Board of Education, to |
fill out the remainder of the term |
in place OF James Kelly, vino has |
resigned and accepted position
with the personnel department of
the DUPONT Company.
G.. II. s. Closes Successful
Basketball Season
Georgetown High School closed /
their basketball season here on Fri I
day night by taking a twin bill |
from Rehoboth High. In the pre-
liminary game, the resort girls lost /
to the county seat girls by the
score of BIB; while the George /
town boys took RehobOth into camp
by the score of 41-17. During the
second half Coach George Keen us
ed most of his second stringers.