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held Sunday noon at Founders Hall.
Those attending were Mr.. and Mrs.
Glenn X. Morgan and daughters of
Sylyania, Mrs. Wilbur Lauer and
family Of West Hartford, Conn. Mrs.
James w. Plenert and daughters Of
London Bridge, Va, Mr.. and Mrs.
Elton Beery and daughters Of Seville,
Kenneth Meigs Of Warren, Mr.. ]. J.
/ Plenert, Misses Elvina, Susan and
Grace Steiner Of Pandora, DR.. and
Mrs. w. NJ. Niswander, Mr.. and Mrs.
Paul Emmert and family Of Bluffton
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Mcfarland of
Delaware spent the first Of the week
with his sister and brother-in-law,
The Rev. and Mrs. Paul Clark and
family.
DIR. and Mrs. NJ. d. Soash spent
several days the past week with their
son Evan and family in st. Clair
Shores, Mich.
Ray Thutt of Springfield was a
week end guests of relatives in this
community. His father, Amos Thutt
and sister Mrs. H. w. Althaus re-
turned home with him for a few days
vacation.
Mrs. Lysle Cahill and daughter
Lynne of Dayton are spending the
week with Mr.. and Mrs. Orlo Mar
shall while Lysle is on a business
trip to Calf.
Kenneth Basinger, Bluffton green
house man, who underwent major
surgery at Cleveland Clinic Hospital
a couple Of months ago, is to take
an active part in the business again.
Mrs. Basinger took over the work
during his illness.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Goss and
daughter Connie of Columbus were
week end guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Cal Steiner and their guests the
William Snyder family of Akron, Pa.
Mrs. Goss will remain here for the
next two. weeks while Mr.. Goss re-
turned to Columbus Sunday evening.
Mrs. Ethel Magee and Miss May
Steinman recently spent several days
with friends at Long Lake, Mich.
They plan to return to their home in
Cleveland the last of August after
a months visit with their mother
Arc I'll; uar4yoap
Mr.. and Mrs. F. c. Marshall of
Pandora were Sunday evening callers
in the homes of Mr.. and Mrs. Orlo
Marshall and Mr.. and Mrs. Ray
Marshall of near Bluffton.
Miss Jean Ann Frick is on a two
week visit in Boston, Mass, with her
brother George E. Frick.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claud Neiswander
of Williamstown were dinner guests
of Miss Mildred Keel Saturday eve
ming.
DIR. and Mrs. Howard Raid and
daughter Elizabeth Ann left Monday
morning for visit with relatives
and friends in Donnellson, Salem and
Burlington, Iowa. They expect to re-
turn sometime this week.
The Rev. and Mrs. Homer Becker,
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CARD OF THANKS

Dan Gleason wishes to thank all
who SO kindly remembered him in
any way following his recent acci-
dent.
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BLUFFTON LOCALS

Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy Crow and son
have returned from vacation trip
to Wisconsin where they visited The
Dells and other places Of interest.
Mr.. and Mrs. Armin Hauenstein
enjoyed a week at Chautauqua, N. Y.
taking in some Of the interesting pro-
grams and enjoying restful vaca-
tion.
Tim DiIler left Friday to spend
the week end with friends in IT.
Wayne, Ind.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Short were
among those who attended the
Hummon family reunion held at. the
Park in Findlay last Sunday.
Mrs. Paul Whaley and two children
of Detroit, Mich. are guests in the
home of her parents Mr.. and Mrs.
William Burkholder on Elm st.
A group of friends and former
classmates at Bluffton f. S. gathered
at the country home of Mrs. Robert
Barnett for picnic supper Tuesday
evening. Present were: June Burk-
holder Whaley and two children of
Detroit, Marcile Steiner Goss and
daughter Connie of Columbus, Lucille
Steiner Snyder and three children
Margaret Jean, Shirley and William
David sof Akron, Pa, Jean Marshall
Cahill and daughter Lynne of Dayton,
Robert Biery, Esther Niswander
Emmert and five children. Mary
Marshall Barnett and three children,
David, Jayne and Jimmie.
Miss Barbara Moser of Baldwin
Park, Calf, is the guest of her
sister, Mrs. NJ. R. Bixel, and other
relatives in the community.
Billy Cupples of Texas, who spent
several weeks with his grandparents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Bronson, left for
his home Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Warren of
Orange Township spent Sunday
visiting relatives in Payne and Pauld-
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Schmidt and
his mother, Louise Schmidt, formerly
of Bluffton, came through town Sun
day and Mrs. Frank Zuercher went
with them to the Groman reunion
at Jackson Center.
1t. and Mrs. Kenneth E. Slower,
Jr. have been here for a visit with
Mrs. Stoyer's paternal grandparents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Stager. 1t.
and Mrs. Slower are on their way to
Italy for three years. Mrs. Slower is
the daughter of Waldo Stager,
formerly of Bluffton.
Mrs. Wilbur Lauer and family of
West Hartford, Conn. have been
spending the past week with her par
ents, DIR. and Mrs. w. M. Niswander.
Week end visitors in the Niswander
home were Mr.. and Mrs. Glenn Nor
gan and family of Sylvania and Mr..
and Mrs. Elton Beery and family of
Seville.
The Rev. and Mrs. Leonard Wiebe
and children, Sharon, Waldo and Bar
bara, of Orosi, Calf, were visitors
here last week at the homes of the
Herman Hiltys, the Leland Gerbers
and the Dwight Suffers. Mrs. Wiebe
is a sister of Mrs. Hilty, Mrs.
Gerber and Mrs. Suter.
Evan w. Lehman, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Peter Lehman of Columbus
Grove Route is serving with the
U. S. Army in Korea near Seoul.
He is with an antiaircraft outfit.
The Rev. w. j. Hannum of Bluff
ton and the Rev. and Mrs. John
Pickford, Michigan,
called on Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Marshall
evening.
Mrs. Magdalena Plenert and Mrs.
James Plenert and children of Lon
don Bridge, Va. are spending several
days at the home of the formers |
brother, DIR. w. M. Niswander and
other relatives in the vicinity.
A Niswander family gathering was
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1853 FORD TRUCKS ton pick
up, good condition. Clyde Sommer,
2i8 S. Lawn Ave, Bluhton. Phone
1O2-R.
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A FARM OR HOME

BLUFFTON
SMALL BRICK, 4-rooms, bath good
location.
GROOM, modern house, well insu-
lated, kitchen cupboards, priced for
quick sale.
7-ROOM, modern brick house, oil
furnace, good location.
BRICK DUPLEX, well built, fine
location
3-BEDROOM house, double garage,
excellent location, reasonable
WOODED LOTS for sale near town.
2 LOTS at the end of South Main
81 Street.
Also lots near airport.
SO-ACRE FARM, one mile east of
Bluffton.
BEAVERpAM- -SO-acre farm, excel
lent buildings, good soil, miles east
of Beaverdam.
RAWSON- N-2-bedroom house, modern,
reasonably priced.
PANDORA-7-room, modern house,
hot water heat, stoker furnace,
garage, possession soon. Priced to
sell.
18 ACRES on Route II, 2 miles west
of Pandora.
LIMA 40 acres near new Ford plant
reasonably priced.
5-ROOM house, oil heat, miles
northeast of Lima.
HOUSES in Ottawa and Leipsic.
MODEM HOUSE, State Rt. 224, 1
mile east of Ottawa.
HAVE PROSPECTS for 3-bedroom
homes; also for small houses close in.
If you have one for sale, call us.
Charles S. Reese, Realtor,
Pandora, Ohio Phone 1877
Mrs. William Garmatter,
Salesman
Bluffton, Ohio Phone 637-R
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CARD OF THANKS

CARD OF THANKS
We want to thank all our friends
and wonderful .neighbors for all the
cards, memorial funds and many
other considerable and generous ways
in which they helped us during the
loss of our beloved husband and
father.
Theola Steiner Bonnet
DR.. John Bonnet
Mrs. Eugene Nissen
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BLUFFTON MARKETS
"wednesday Morning)

Grain Obushel prices) Wheat,
S2.02; corn, S1.52 (shelled weight;
soy. beans, $40; oats, Zoe.
Eggs arge white, 32c; large
brown, 31c; medium white or brown,
27c; small, zoe.
Poultry-heavy hens, 15c; leghorn
hens, 12c; heavy stays, 10c; leghorn
stays, 10c.
Butterfat-No. I, SIC; No. 2, 53c.
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PROPERTY FOR SALE

SIX-ROOM MODERN BRICK home
with large full basement and three
unfinished rooms on second floor:
two-car attached garage; bath on
first floor, shower in basement.
screened-in porch; automatic hot
water furnace; electric hot water;
hardwood floors throughout. Located
on large corner lot in nice residential
section close to schools and business
district; fruit trees and garden
space. Possession on short notice. In
quire Niswander News Stand. If
SEVEN ROOM HOUSE, Mound
street. Inquire of L. E. Redick, Rt
3, Ada.
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BOYS SPORT JACKET, light
grey fiecked with blue; also blue
trousers, size 10; both in excellent
condition. 140 N. Jackson. Phone
1877.
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CARD lOF THANKS

To all who remembered me with
their prayers. cards and flowers
while / was sick, a sincere and
heartfelt thanks.
Mrs. Marion HochStettler
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CARD OF THANKS

I wish to thank all those who re-
membered me with their prayers,
cards and flowers during my recent
illness at home and the hospital.
Edward r. Reichenbach
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CARD OF THANKS

NktIND
To all my relatives and friends
who remembered me with their
prayers, cards and flowers during
my long stay in the hospital, my
most sincere and heartfelt thanks.
Mrs. Levi Frankhauser
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FOR ALE

JUST RECEIvED more Scat the
Quick Action paint and varnish re-
mover, Brush on WAIT, wash off
with water. Waltermires.
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BREAKING PLOW = cultivator,
lawn roller, sickle bar for Midland
or Simplicity garden tractor ROLAND
Koontz, ITS S. Mound ST.
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USED FUEL OH, STOVE, SIS, Call
439-W.
Milford chronicle., 1956-06-29

The Lewes School District now
has vacancies in the 1st, 4th, 9th
grades and the Girls Physical Ed
ucation. Applications for these posi-
tions are being accepted in the
Office of the superintendent.
At graduation exercises both re-
ceived the Presidents Citation
from the college. The Oldest son
Sergeant Clayton H. Nelson, Jr.,
who will 3e 25 this Friday, is a
veteran of the Korean Conflict. He
served with the u. S. Marine Corps
in 1852 and 1853, and was in
barge of grave registrations with
the Seventh Marines in Field Korea
He served a total Of four years in
the service and is now with the
RESERVES. At EckePs College he
was graduated second highest in
his class of fOrty-five.
His brother, H. Page Nelson, 2l,
member of the Delaware National
Guard, tied with another student
for the third highest mark in the
class.
Both young men are now pre-
pairing for their state board ex-
aminations in July and will after
wards enter in the business here
with their father, also an alumnus
of EckePs College in the class OF
1888. Before going to college the
sons served as apprentices with
their father, who has conducted
the Nelson Funeral Home here
since April, 1884.
John t. Abbott, Jr., son of Mrs
Sadie @. Abbott, 112 Beebe Ave.
Lewes, has recently been promoted
to the grade of Airman First Glass
with the 774th Aircraft Control
and Warning Squadron of MADEIRA
California. Abbott first entered the
Air Force on June 10, 1947 and is
presently assigned as a Radar Re
pairman with the MADEIRA Air Force
| Station.
Army Sergeant First Glass Rob
ert e. Dymond. %, whose wife
Sara lives at 80, Mulberry St.
Lewes. recently arrived in Korea
for duty with the Army Forces Far
East and Eighth Army headquar-
ters. Sergeant Dymond, a clerk,
was last stationed at Fort Miles,
Del, with the 2127th Area Service
Unit. He entered the Army in De-
cember 1915 and has since been
awarded the Good Conduct Medal
and the Army of Occupation Medal
for service in Germany. His par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Dy-
mond, live at 1912 Fox St, Find
lay, Ohio.
Mrs. Glenwood Harrington, Miss
Adele T. Chambers, Miss Jay Row
land, and Miss Sandra Rowland are
attending the University of Della
ware Summer School to work to-
ward their Bachelors Degree in
Elementary Education.
Captain and Mrs. Leland Sipple
Burton, Sr., and their son, Mr..
Leland S. Burton, Jr., and their
daughter, Miss Charlotte Burton,
who have been wintering in Will
mington, Del, have returned to
their beach cottage for the sum-
mer.
Milford chronicle., 1956-06-29

Miss Nellie Hughes of FELTON,,
of Drexell Institute, Phila., is
spending the summer with her
parents.
Messrs. Charles Keene, of
Indian River Coast Guard Sta
tion and George Keene, a con-
tractor of Philadelphia, visited
theif families over the week
END
G. ii. Lynch of Lewes, for
merly with tine board of public
works as experimenting engi-
neer for % years. is now asso-
ciated with the Arundel Cor
poration of Baltimore, Md,
and is located in New York City.
The members of the double
quartet of Milford sang in New
ark at the State Federation of
Wonen's Clubs on Friday after
noon last. The members of the
quartet are: Mrs. d. w. Jacobs,
Mrs. G. ID. Abbott, Mrs. S. G.
Evans, Mrs. w. III. Warren,
Mrs. Elizabeth Riggs, Mrs.
Thos. Davis, Mrs. Davis Pos
ties Hammond and Miss Eliza
beth Carlisle. Mrs. Edward
Hurley is the accompanist.
Milford chronicle., 1956-06-29

Mrs. Samuel P. Phipps and her
daughters, Peggie and Charlotta, of
Levittown, Pa, are making an in
definite visit with her parents,
Capt. and Mrs. Charles L. White.
Mr.. Phipps will join them for
week-ends.
Roger Fleming of Ardmore, Pa,
is again at The Children's Beach
House as a Counselor. His family
expect to join him in the near flu
ture.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph G. Rust of
West Palm Beach, Florida are
spending several weeks as the
guests of Mrs. Rust's brother-in-
law and sister, Captain and Mrs.
William Teal, Jr., at their resi-
dence on Second st.
Mr.. and Mrs. Byron F. Clifton of
Bridgeville, Del, spent the week
end here with Mr.. Clifton's mother,
Mrs. Frederick G. Clifton, Sr., and
family at their residence on Null
berry st.
Miss Adelaide Atkins, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond r. At
kins, who is home for the summer
from William and Mary College,
is employed at McNicols Nursery
for the summer.
Frederick H. Kopp. S3, a retired
farmer and former New York
State bookkeeper of near Lewes,
died June oath, at the Beebe Hos
pital here. after a lengthy illness.
He had been living in this vi
cinity about Is years. He has no
immediate survivors.
Services were held at 2 D. M,
on Thursday at the Nelson Funeral
Home, conducted by the Rev. DR..
William Leishman. pastor of the
Lewes Presbyterian Church. Bur
ial was made in the Presbyterian
Cemetery.
Milford chronicle., 1956-06-29

Miss Ruth Wyatt of George
town, has accepted a position
in the office of Deputy Attorney
General Frank NJ. Jones.
so~
The Lewes fisheries made the
first large catch last Saturday
when over 700 large barrels
were landed.
Edward LankfOrd, of Chap
ticO, Va, visited his sister in
Georgetown, Mrs. Nelson j.
Forney last week.
%o*
Masten Satterfield, a recent
graduate from the FELTON, High
School, has accepted a posi-
tion in the Philadelphia Corn
Exchange Bank.
So&
DIR. and Mrs. j. B. Derrickson
Of Frederick returned Satur-
day night from Detroit, where
they attended the American
Medical Convention.
*oa
A cable received last week
announces that Captain George
A. Goodwin of Milton, with the
six masted vessel Addie M.
Lawrence sailed from Buenos
Aires on June 8th with a cargo
of linseed for New York. Cap
tain Goodwin may be expected
home about the first of August.
Milford chronicle., 1956-06-29
L.EWE.S

Miss Laura E. Cowell of Lewes
Beach was elected president of the
Sussex Gardners Club at its an
nual meeting recently at the resi-
dence Of Mrs. ]. Orton Marshall
in Lewes. She succeeds Mrs. Leslie
G. Knapp of Nassau.
Miss Cowell is a former New
York art teacher who has retired
TO home on Lewes Beach where
she has conducted classes in pain.
ing the past 10 years. All officers
serve two years.
Others elected were: Mrs. Walter
l.. Bennett, of Lewes Beach, vice
president; Mrs. Marguerite Pointer
OF Lewes, recording secretary, as
sisted by Mrs. Carl A. Zoller, OF
RehObOth Beach, as alternate; Mrs
Alden 5. Hopkins, Jr., correspond
ing secretary and Mrs. Charles A.
Horn, Jr., of Rehoboth, treasurer
Inasmuch as the Sussex Gard
ners' membership is drawn from
five committees around Cape Hen
lOpen, Community chairman also
were elected
Miss Elizabeth Orr was named
chairman for Lewes; Miss Alice
B. Conner for Rehoboth Beach F.;
Mrs. Walter Beringer for Milton
and Mrs. Walter C. Phillips for
Midway. Ii was decided to combine
the Midway community with Nassau
temporarily.
A letter was read from the State
Highway Department advising the
clubWOmen that their blueprints
submitted for landscaping grass
plots down the dual highway into
Rehoboth will be carried out as
soon as the present drainage work
is completed.
The retiring president reported
that the club during her admins
tration reached it's quota of rs
members for the first time.
The next meeting, July 19. will
be in the nature of a picnic at the
clubs picnic ground on the Reho-
both Highway opposite Rehoboth
Airport.
Two of the six sons of Mr.. and
Mrs. Clayton H. Nelson, Sr., OF
Lewes have just graduated with
honors from Eckel's College OF
Mortuary Science in Philadelphia.
Albert Slpp was recently in
Quoted into Office as president OF
the Lewes Lions Club at cere-
monies held in the Lewes Fire Hall,
with Robert Baynum, International
Director, of Milford, in charge of
the induction. He succeeds Ralton
Dennis as the new Lions head.
Other officers installed were: first
vice president, Perry Burton I:
second vice president. Edmund
Papciak; third vice president,
George Bryan; tail twister, John
Houston; Lion tanner, Clifford
Trader: treasurer, John Quillen !;
secretary, William Know; directors
for one year term, Weldon Britt
ingham and Harry Heal; two year
terms. Milton Lewis and William
Craig.
The occasion was observed as a
Ladies' Night. Reports of the Lions
Convention held in Atlantic City
were given.
The resignation of Mr.. and Mrs.
Herbert c. Abell as teachers in the
Lewes Elementary School have
been accepted with regret by the
Board Of Education of the Lewes
Special District Mr. and Mrs. Abell
have accented positions in the Mt.
Pleasant School District
Milford chronicle., 1956-06-29

In a baby show recently held
in Berlin, Md, little Suzanne
Robinson, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Wright Robinson of Sea-
ford, was judged the prettiest
baby in the two year-old class.
The show was held under the
auspices of the Ladies Club of
Berlin.
Miss Ruth Watson of Frank
ford. entertained during the
past week, Miss Alice Sheldon,
Newark, Del; Miss Frances
Handy, Dover, Del; Miss, Vir-
ginia Whitlock, Ramsey, N. j.,
and Miss Bette Jane Wilson,
a recent graduate of Coucher
College. The other young ladies
were school mates of Miss
Watson at the University of
Delaware.
Congratulations are being
showered upon Miss Pauline
Dawson of Houston, but
senior in Milford High School,
for her success in winning
the State style revue contest
recently carried on at the Uni
versity of Delaware by Della
ware All Clubs. In November,
as reward. Miss Dawson will
go to Chicago to compete with
.lUbs from all over the world in
a similar revue.
Milford chronicle., 1956-06-29
University News

Two distinguished concert art
lists and three outstanding musical
ensembles will appear at the uni
versity of Delaware during the
1956-57 Artists Series, DR.. Ray E.
Keesey, chairman of the cultural
activities committee at the univer-
si;y, disclosed today.
The individual performers are
Flor Peeters, Belgian organist and
composer, who will open the series
on October IL and Frances Magnes,
American violinist whose ability
has been acclaimed by European
as well as by American audiences.
The larger groups are the Socie-
Ia CoTelli, an Italian string ensem-
BILE: the. Roger Vague Chorale,
a Los Angeles choral group which
Milford chronicle., 1956-06-29

Glenn Curtis of Chicago and
George Curtis of Philadelphia
spent the weekend with their
uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs.
Lewis Curtis of Harrington.
&os
Mr.. James c. Beam. biology
instructor at the Georgetown
High School, has opened a car
penter and c4binetmakers shop
on KINNEY Street, George
town.
Captain Bernard Clements,
who has been in the ETO for
many months. is now on ter
minal leave and spending some
time with Mrs. Clements at
the home of his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. David A. Clements on
Clark Avenue.
sos
Lieutenant Is. g.) Homer L.
Bryan. U. S. NJ. s., son Of Mrs.
Elsie M. Bryan. and the late
Granville p Bryan of Lewes,
sailed Tuesday from New York
aboard the luxury liner S. S.
Santa Barbara. which is max
ing its maiden voyage to South
America. Lieutenant Bryan is
affiliated with the Grace Lines.
Inc, at New York. his capacity
is that of second engineer.
Lieutenant Bryan attended
Lewes High School. graduated
from Macsanutten Military A.
cademy. Woodstock. Va. and
from the U. s. Merchant Marine
Academy at Kings Point, Long
Island, l.. |.
Milford chronicle., 1956-06-29
Thirty Years Ago.
Tnken fr0m fhe Lnne 25. 1926 Issue

Taken from the June 25, 1925 Issu
Darwin S. Collins, aged 67
years, died at his residence on
East Front Street, South Mil
ford, Delaware, early Thurs
d4y morning, June "a, 1926, af-
ter an illness resulting from
paralysis, which lasted two
months.
The Board of Directors of
the First National Bank Of
Milford, at a regular meeting
held last Tuesday at the bank,
elected Wallace f. McFaul,
who has been the understudy
for several years, as cashier to
succeed the late John B. Smith,
whose death occurred last
week.
Members of the Frederick
Book Club motored to Reho-
both on Wednesday where they
were guests of Mrs. George Vir-
den. Those in attendance were
Mrs. John Darby, Mrs. A. w.
CarrOw. Mrs. Joseph Frazier,
Mrs. II. +. Mitten, Mrs. T. "
Cahall, Mrs. l.. l.. Carlisle. Mrs.
Elma Sapp, Mrs. Asa Rogers,
Mrs. |. w. Belts and Mrs. ]. A.
Gray.
Milford chronicle., 1956-06-29
Twenty Years Ago.
Taken from the June 26, 1885 Issue

Taken from the June 26, 1886 IssU
Morgan T. Gum of Frank
ford, has returned from West
Virginia where he has been
engaged in an important land
survey.
DIR. and Mrs. l.. G.. Moffatt
and two daughters of SYRIA
cuse, N. Y, and Miss Elizabeth
Cathcart have been in the New
berry Cottage for the past three
weeks. They will leave for
their homes next week, Miss
Cathcart going to her home in
Winnsboro, N. c., Miss Alice
Dity. of Winnsboro, has been
Miss Cathcart's guest.
Miss Julia f. Burton, living
on the Public Square, George
town, has assumed control of
the Georgetown Gas Company.
The price paid was $4,000.
Miss Burton was already
stockholder, and had been since
its organization about 80 years
ago. Since the building of the
plant, il has been under the
management of the late l.. L.
Layton, one of the heaviest
stockholders. The plant. it is
understood, was sold in the
settling of the estate of Mr..
Layton. The business of the
company is to be managed by
Miss Burton's nephew-in-law.
Marc B. Saunders.
Milford chronicle., 1956-06-29
The Past In Review
News As 1t Was Reported In The Chronicle
orty Years Ago.
Taken from the June %, 1916 Tssu,

Taken from the June %, 1916 Tssu
Miss Valetta Guernsey, who
has been living on a poultry
farm near Millsboro, for the
past two years, has sold all
of her stock and returned to
her home in New York State.
Miss Helen Tatman, vice
principal of the public schools
at Aberdeen, Md, is spending
the summer vacation with her
parents, MIR. and Mrs. c. M.
Tatman.
William Humphreys, who for
years has grown in his garden
in South Milford the finest let
tuce produced i'm Milford, on
last Saturday presented three
fine heads of this salad to the
Chronicle. These specimens
were exceptionally large and
very excellent in every respect.
sos
Invitations have been issued
for the marriage of Charles |.
EIzey and Miss Myrtle S. Tulle
to take place at Betterton, Md,
on June oath. Mr.. Elzey is we'll
known in Seaford. his parents
having resided in Laurel for
several years. The junior Mr..
Elzey has been engaged in the
laundry business IN Baltimore
for several years past.