Milford chronicle., 1942-06-19
GEORGETOWN
Negro Killed By Auto


ran into and killed Southern Bailey,
negro laborer from Virginia, on the
road from Swan Creek to Harmony
School, late Saturday night or early
Sunday morning. 9
Little is known about Bailey, ac'
cording to- the officers, and they
have not been able, lit 5is said, DC
find out where his home was, his
age or his relatives. The body
found by some of the residents ei
that section, was taken to Mills
bopo. DR.. George V. Wood Of th&i
town discovered that he had brok'
en- leg aud head injuries. His death
probably was dne to shock.
State officer Injured im ~
Daniel j. Layton, Jr., deputy at
torney general for Sussex county
is reported TO be confined to his
home son West Pine, street suffering
from strained ligaments of the back,
sustained when he was assisting to
unload boat at Oak Orchard on
the Indian River. ~
Dagsb0FO Girl Gets School
Position In Liverpool, MY. aesb
Miss Evelyn B. Johnson, daugh-
ter Of Mr. and Mrs, ]. Frank John
son, of Dagsboro, who recently
graduated from Syracuse Univer-
sity, has joined the faculty of the
Liverpool IN. " High School, for
the fall and winter term. She will
teach social studies. Miss johnson
is widely known throughout the
lower section of Delaware.
Throat tut BY
Unknown Assailant T.
Samuel Jones, well known negro
living here, is said to be in a SER
ious condition in the Beebe Hospital
at Lewes as a. result of having his
/ throat severely gashed early Sun
day morning by an unknown as
saiIant in the alley between Mar
ket and Pine streets.
Dog Believed To. Have
Rabies Shot By Officer
A young collie dog, owned by
Joseph Pittard, South Race street,
believed to be suffering from ra-
bies. was shot by Officer Chester
Rementer of the police force late
Wednesday afternoon of last week.
The dog had been acting strangely
for several days and Mr.. Pittard
chained it in the back yard. We'd
nesday it became violent, frothed at
the mouth and nose and snapped
at everything that came within its
reach. Mr.. Pittard called Officer
Rementer who tested out the dog
with a pole at a safe distance. The
officer, who has had experience with
a dog of his own suffering from ra.-
bies, was convinced that was the
trouble. After being shot, the dog
was buried in the back yard of the
Pittard home.
The report of the strange actions
of the Pittard dog has caused much
concern on the part of the resi-
dents here, especially those having
small children.
McCauley-ShOrt
Miss Lyle McCauley, operator at
the Georgetown telephone exchange
and daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Ar
thur McCauley, of Angola, Indian
River District, and Harold Burton
Short, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Linden
Short, of Georgetown, were married
on Sunday afternoon by the Rev.
William p. Kesmodel, pastor of
Grace Methodist Church, George
town. The bride is graduate of
the Georgetown High School, class
of 1941, while Mr.. Short graduated
in 1910. He is employed as a clerk
in a chain store here.
Johnston Newton
Miss kbrilla Blackmore Johns
ton, school teacher, 514 Franklin
avenue, VandeTgrift, Pa, and Will
liam Roberts Newton, son of Mrs
Ethel z. Newton, and the late
Frank B. Newton, 26 Park avenue,
Fravosburg, Pa, were married on
Saturday afternoon at Rehoboth
Beach by the Rev. Benjamin G.
Warren, a retired minister of the
New York Methodist Conference.
Collins Wright
Announcement of the marriage
of Miss Catherine V. Collins,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Paul C.
Collins, and Oliver L. Wright, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. George L. Wright,
all of Laurel, has been made. The
wedding took place on the night of
June 6, at Laurel, the Rev. Lee Ell
lott performing the ceremony. The
bride is a clerk in the Office of Re-
corder of Deeds Charles Hurley,
Georgetown, and is widely-known
throughout the county.
NewsOn-Tilghman
Miss Pearl Margaret Newson, of
Seaford, daughter of Horace Thigh
man and the late Mrs. Adelia E.
Tilghman, 222 South Main street,
Smyrna. and Harold Joshua Wall
er, son of Mrs. Lille M. Waller and
the late Joshua L. Waller of Sea-
ford, were married at Laurel on
Wednesday night of last week by
the Rev. Lee Elliott.
Davis-AndersOn
The wedding of Miss Beverly
Davis, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Chantry w. Davis, Drexel Hill, Pa,
and Roy V. Anderson, son of Mrs.
Edith Riley, here, took place in the
Christ Lutheran Church, Upper
Darby, Pa, on Saturday.
Local and Personal
Thomas r. Purnell, past grand
master of Delaware Odd Fellows,
and clerk in the Georgetown post
office, has moved to his cottage at
Oak Orchard for the summer. He
will be Joined by his wife within a
few days. Mrs. Purnell is visiting
her parents in Red Granite, Wis
consin. Their home on West Mar
ket street is to be occupied during
the summer by Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
C.. Daigh. Mr.. Daigh, an entomolo-
gist, is doing state work in Sussex
county for the control of the Jap