Milford chronicle., 1942-05-29
BRIDGEvILLE

; Sunday for Hampden-Sydney, Va
to attend the commencement exer
! cises at Hainpden-Sydney College
Their son, Richard w. Baker
graduates with the highest honorl
for the class of 1941-42. For hi
, scholastic ability he has received I
, fellowship to Cornell University.
AL. Culver, who has been ser
iously i'll at his home on MaiT
street, is much improved at this
time.
4 Mr.. and Mrs. Warren C. Newton
went to Newark on Saturday to at
tend the University of Delaware
Alumni banquet.
Mrs. John Hurlock, of Pedrick-
town, N. j., spent the weekend
with her daughter, Mrs. F. Joseph
Wiley, and Mr.. Wiley.
Miss Dorothy Morgan spent the
weekend in Rehoboth where she
attended the convention of Busi-
ness and Professional Women's
| Club.
Miss Louise Wright came from
New Castle to spend the weekend
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. H.
X. Wright.
Victor Lewis entertained at din
ner on Monday evening, Miss Joan
Davis, Miss Dotty Davis, Miss
Yvonne Scott, Harold Hulliger and
Bobby Hoch.
This community was greatly
shocked on Monday afternoon to
learn of the death of Paul Adams,
well known business man of this
town. While Mr.. Adams had been
a patient in the Jefferson Hospital,
Philadelphia, for several weeks, his
condition was not considered criti-
cal. Mr.. Adams owned and oper-
ated a sausage and scrapple plant
and was a director of the. Kent and
Sussex Fair Association. He was
well known in horse racing circles
and was the owner of Lawful
Tip" double-gated former worlds
champion. Mr.. Adams is survived
by a sister, Miss Mary Adams, of
Philadelphia; brother, Pvt. Chas.
M. Adams, of Keesler Field, Miss,
and a sister-in-law, Mrs. Alice
Adams, of Bridgeville. Funeral
services will be held on Friday.
Gray Dodson of Baltimore, Md,
is a guest at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. T. j. Gray.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs. |
William Spotswood in the Della
ware Hospital in Wilmington on
Thursday of last week.
Miss Katie Atkinson and Mrs. |
Addie Williamson spent the week.
end in Smyrna with their sister,
Mrs. Daisey Redd, who has been i'll. |
Messrs. Swain, Scott, Elliott and (
Adams shipped their horses from
Harrington to Freehold, N. j., on
for the racing campaign
which starts on Saturday of this
week.
Miss Virginia Bennett has re-
turned to her home in Philadelphia
after spending a week with her
cousin, Miss Alice Myer.
Mrs. F. Joseph Wiley was host
ess to the members of her card
club on Monday evening of this
week.
Mrs. Max Hubenet arrived from
Vineland, N. j., on Thursday of last
week for a visit with her daughter,
Mrs. Ralph Thompson and Mr..
Miss Virginia Collision, of Will
spent the weekend with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Norman
Collision.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Lynch were in
Baltimore on business several days
last week.
Misses Joan and Dotty Davis left
on Wednesday for Riverton, N. j.,
where they will spend the month
of June with their grandmother,
Mrs. F. E. Conway.
The Bridgeville baseball team
scored its second successive Wis
tior in the Mar-Del League by de-
feating Greensboro, Md, go, on
the home grounds. Young Bobby
Hoch, pitching for Bridgeville,
held the Greensboro club to three
hits and two runs, both of which
we're unearned. After the third
inning the losers did not score a
run or make hit.
The batting honors on the local
club went to Clifton and Stratton.
Clifton collected three hits out of
four trips to the plate, and STRAIT
ton made two hits out of three
times up. The Bridgeville club
will play its next league game at
Denton, Md, May 81. The score:
nDTnGEXTTT II