Milford chronicle., 1942-06-19
FISHERS DISTRICT
Near Greenwood

Dan Cupid has been quite busy
again-this time capturing Miss
Ruth Williams of Lincoln and Da-
vid Morris of near here, who were
quietly married ON Sunday, June
IA, in Georgetown. The bride is a
graduate of the 1912 class of the
Milford High School, and the groom
a graduate of the Greenwood High
School, class of 1886, and now con-
hected with the Nylon dupont Plant
at Seaford. After their honeymoon
spent in Atlantic City, they will be
at home in Laurel. The young cou-
pie are both popular with the young
folks and have many friends who
wish them a happy future.
After lingering illness of many
months of suffering, Walter F..
Smith passed away on Sunday, June
Z, at his home in Pennington at the
age Of 76 years. He was a Spanish
American War veteran and a re-
tired farmer. Besides his wife, Mrs.
Jessie Taylor Smith, he is survived
by two sons, Walter, Jr., of Lewes,
and Wallace, a volunteer of the
armed forces at Fort Dix; one
daughter, Miss Anna Smith of>Flor-
ida, and one half-brother, George
Smith of Harrington. Funeral SER
vices were held at Pennington
Methodist Church on Thursday af-
ternoon at 2 o'clock, conducted by
Rev. Harold Davis of Pennington
and Rev. Jones of Harrington. Ac-
tive pallbearers were Norman But
Ter, Frank Taylor, Nelson Cover
dale, Norman Sullivan, Samuel An
drews and Charles Raughley. Inter-
ment in Hollywood cemetery.
Mrs. Noah Warren is much i'm
proved and able to return to her
duties at the Sussex Ordnance
Plant at Milford, after suffering a
severe heart attack. Mrs. Warren
was stricken quite suddenly while
at work and was rushed to the Mil
ford Memorial Hospital, accompan-
led by a nurse and Mrs. Charles
Dearman, driver of the transporta-
tion bus, in which Mrs. Warren
rides to work. After receiving
treatment at the hospital, she was
brought home. She was absent from
work for several days.
Milton Morris, a member of the
1912 graduating class of Greenwood
High School, has accepted employ
ment at the Martin Airplane Plant
in Baltimore. Milton, better known
as Shorty, spent the weekend with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. T. P.
Morris of near here.
Miss Ruth Rhodes is spending
an indefinite time with relatives in
Philadelphia, and Sharon Hill, Pa.
Many of the girls and boys of
this community are attending the
Bibles class being held in Farm
ington Methodist Church.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Boyer spent
Thursday evening with Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. w. Rust.
Miss Betty Morris spending a
weeks vacation with her brother,
Mr.. and Mrs. Windsor Morris of
Glenolden, Pa.
Mrs. Isaac Newton of Scranton,
Pa, is spending an indefinite time
with her sister, Mrs. Harry Rhodes.
Mrs. Fred Walls and Mrs. Eliza
beth Butler of Andrewville, were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w. Rust
on Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alva O'Bier had the
misfortune to have 165 eight-week-
old broilers smother on Friday
night. 1t is thought something
frightened them in the night caus-
ing them to pile up in the corner.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Taylor were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Dearman on Sunday afternoon.
Bobby and Jimmy Burnette of
Mendelhall, Pa, spent the past week
with their sister, Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Mcdowell and family. They
accompanied their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Burnette home on
Sunday who had spent the week
end here with their children.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Zott, Mr..
and Mrs. Fritz Zott, Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Cleaves and Mr.. and Mrs.
Earl Cahall visited their brother,
William Zott, in Philadelphia on
Sunday, who is seriously i'll.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Edgell were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. S. F. Colli-
son on Sunday evening.
Private Herbert McCutchan of
Langley Field. Va, is spending a
three-day furlough with relatives
and friends here.