Milford chronicle., 1943-03-19
GEORGETOWN
Chicken Truck Burns


the dupont highway, burning ant
smothering about 1000 of tn
chickens. entailing a loss of NOR,
than $1,000 together with damag
to the truck of possibly $4,000 ant
the loss of sixteen coOps, valued a
SO each. There were $50 coops o
chickens, each containing 16. OF
the truck, and they are said to have
weigh I'd approximately foul
pounds. The truck was owned b!
the H. & H. Poultry Company o
Selbyville. managed by Homer
Pepper. Firemen from Georgetown
were called and within shor
time an engine and booster tanl
was on the scene.
Jurors BraWn
Jury Commissioners. Harry V
Lyons, of Lewes, and DR.. Joseph
B. NAPLES, Jr.. of this town, have
drawn the following petit jurors to
serve at the April term of Superior
Court and Court of General Ses-
sions which convene on Monday,
April 5: First district. George b.
Walls, John S. Hallett. George S.
Grier, Harry J. Pierce. Milford; ;
second. Stuart Gibson. Joshua
West, John Foreman, Greenwood;
Thomas J. Kinnamon. Bridgeville;
third Martin II. Cannon. John E.
Messick. Harry Anthony. Charles
Z. Hastings. SeafOrd; fourth, Will
liam o. Johnson. Blades; Irving T..
Hastings. Bethel; Franklin Oil
phant. Laurel. r. D.; fifth, Chester
l.. Nibblett. Norman T. James, AL
bert r. Gordy, Laurel; Victor j..
Carmine, Delmar; sixth. John NJ.
Timmons, Dagsboro; Rodney j..
Campbell, Raymond +. Murray,
Frankford; William Hudson, Mills
boro; seventh, Wilson f. McCabe,
Brice McCabe. Selbyville; Flemuel
A. Long. RoXana; eighth. Fred
Lawson, Lester Burton, MillsbOrO,
r. D.; Clarence Johnson. HarbesOn
r. D.; ninth. Mrs. Bessie Hobbs,
Martin G. Phillips, David Z. Pep
per. Georgetown; tenth. Claudia B.
Orr, James c. Hudson, Lewes; Will
l.
Joseph. RehOboth.
Additional petit jurors for the
Court of Oyer & Terminer to try
the murder cases have been drawn,
as follows: First district, Thomas
Davis, Garfield Sharp. George Man
love, Milford; second, Thurman
Adams. Norman A. Draper, Norman
II. Scott. Bridgeville; third, Chas.
F. Lambert. Arthur Marvel. John F.
Deakyne. Seaford; fourth, Uric l..
Smith. Bethel; Ford NJ. Warrington,
Laurel, r. D.; fifth. Glen T. Hast
ings. Delmar: Andrew j. Ellis,
Laurel; sixth, Philip ]. Morris,
James f. Carey. Frankford; Will
liam V. Steen, Jr.. Dagsboro; sew
enth, Lemuel Long. ST.. Alfred S.
Lynch, William p. Pepper, Selby-
vile; eighth. Larry W. Goore.
Georgetown. r. D.; Joseph II.
Walls. Harbeson. r. d.; ninth. Fred
J. King, Charles S. Calhoun. Will
liam Globes. Georgetown; tenth.
Fred W. Pepper. Edward C. Hall,
George Dick, RehobOth.
Team Successful
Georgetown High School. which
had a very successful season in
under Coach AL. Gau-
ner, will lose three of its star
players by graduation in June
Arnold Roach, Ray Pusey and Rich I
lrd Braunfeld. Following is the !
'ecOrd for the season: Georgetown, !
20. Alumni, 35; Georgetown, 80,
10; Georgetown, 29,
4ewes. 25; Georgetown, 80. Milton,
g; Georgetown. IL. Delmar. IA; |
Georgetown, 81. SeafOrd, 80;
Georgetown. 40. RehOboth, 81;
Georgetown. SO, Seaford, Is;
Georgetown. 81. Army, SO; George
own, "a, Milton. 81; Georgetown,
s. Army. 80; Georgetown, 35.
ewes, "a; Georgetown, As, Delmar.
A. The Golden knights scored 405 .
,oints to 327 for their opponents. /
)nly one interschOlastic game was .
Ost and that was to Milton.
observe 18th Wedding
anniversary
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar c. Hooker. of
Dcean View, observed their forty
ighth wedding anniversary on
'uesday of last week by entertain
ng the sOn-in-law and daughter,
Ir. and Mrs. Samuel r. Belts and
aughter jeanette of Ocean View;
heir daughter. Mrs. Grace Briggs.
nd granddaughter. Rebecca. of
Mr. and Mrs. Boyer
locker and Mrs. Jacob Hooker,
1iss Mary Hooker and Mrs. Bessie
:. Evans, granddaughter, of New
'Ork: Clayton and Wilbert Hooker.
of New York.
.Ocal Boy Becomes Captain
Aldred Rogers, of Belmar \. j..
on of Mr.. and Mrs. Dallas VI. ROg-
rs. living near here, has been pro-
loted to captain in the armed
lrces and now is stationed at
amp Evans. New Jersey. The
oung man is a graduate of the
georgetown High School, and at
,nded the University of Delaware.
RS. Willard Isaacs Dies
Mrs. Martha Lee Isaacs, aged 81
ears, wife of Willard A. Isaacs,
wing near Bridgeville, died We'd
esday afternoon of last week at
er home after a brief illness. Fu-
eral services were held on Satur-
ay afternoon at one o'clock at
haplain's Chapel. Interment was
ade in Union Cemetery, here. Be
des her husband, she is survived
Y the following children: Mrs. Ar
lur MCGEE. Riverton, N. j.; Mrs.
urton Hardness, Belair, n. j.;
rs. Hoyt Kitchens, near George
,wn; Mrs. George Short, Bridge
lie; Roy Isaacs. FELTON,; Willard
aacs, Norristown, Pa, and Lin
rd Isaacs, of Bridgeville. Two
Others, William Elliott, of Sails
Try, Md. and Elisha Elliott, OF
also survive.