Milford chronicle., 1912-08-23
THREE CANNERIES
AT LINCOLN CITY
Foreign Help Will Be Necessary To Run
Them. Lincoln City Teachers Get
Schools. Captured An Eagle.

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The electric storm that passed over this
town on Monday was a severe one, but nc
damage was done except putting several
telephones out of commission.
Leonard Clendaniel is enlarging his
barn on his farm by the raising of story
and adding a wagon and machine house.
Miss Ethel Beardsley, organist at the
| NJ. +. Church, is spending a few days
with friends and relatives this week in
Greensboro, Md.
Mitchell Swiggett, of the Cedar Greek
Mills, captured an eagle last week that
measured eight feet from tip to tip of its
wings, and it weighed seven pounds. He
now has the bird on exhibition at his mill.
Miss Angie Shockley, of Philadelphia,
has been visiting friends and relatives in
this town. She returned home Saturday.
Many Lincolnites are cottaging at old
Slaughter Beach during this month.
The tomato season has started and
three canneries will operate here during
the season, which will necessitate the i'm
portation of foreign labor, as there will
not be sufficient help here to operate the
factories. 1t now looks as if the tomato
crop in this section will be large one,
as many of the farmers have vines with
as many as so tomatoes on a single vine.
Geo. H. Johnson, who has been very
i'll for some time, is still confined to his
home and unable to be about
Lincoln is noted for its progressive
school teachers, most of them being able
to command better salaries than the aver
age teacher on account of their excellent
work. Miss Maize Reed will teach again
in North Dakota, where she gets an adj
vanced salary. Miss Minnie J. Reed,
known as one of the best primary teach
ers in the State, is elected for the third
year at Ellendale. Miss Bernice Atkins,
who has been teaching for the past five
years and made an excellent record, viii
teach at Camden, Del Miss Nellie John
son, who has been teaching at Lewes for
the past three years, has been elected for
another year. Miss Laura Calhoun, who
always commands a salary above the
average teacher, has been elected for the
fifth year at Staytonsville
The writer is wondering what has be- |
come of Paul Pry.
There will be class meeting held at |
Lincoln next Sunday at 1870 a. m, led |
by Hubbard Macklini Sunday School at
2 p. m; EpwOrth League rs p. M, led by
Mrs. Jennie Clendaniel.
An ice cream and cake festival, with
rides, will be held this Friday
night at the Church Hall.
The End quarterly conference will be
leld Friday, August 30th, at 10 a. III.
Sunday, September lst. as previously
the third anniversary of the
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Lin
,oln City will, be held DR.. John Krantz,
If New York City, an eloquent minister
If the Gospel, will preach. All are vel
,ome. Provision will be made for out of
own visitors for dinner.
Sunday School at Slaughter Neck at 2
). m. next Sunday; class meeting at p.
H., led BY Willis Carey.
Rev W. P. Taylor preached at Centre
lille, Md, last Sunday.
Sunday School next Sunday at Cedar
Ieck at 9 a. m.
The W {. T. L. and the L. T. L. of
lincoln held a most enjoyable picnic at
Willard Clendaniel's mill last Friday,
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