Milford chronicle., 1912-06-14
CANNERIES ARE NOW
VERY BUSY AT MILTON
Heavy Pea Crop In That Vicinity Man
Seriously Scaided In Factory. Church
Wants To Buy More Property. Other
News.

The canning season for peas opened OF
Wednesday, June 5th, when the Drapet
cannery, near the railroad station, com
menced business. In the absence of H
X. Draper, one of the owners and tn,
former operator, the business is being
conducted by his brother, George Draper
Jr. The Royal Packing Company began
canning peas on Friday. This company
has the machinery nearly completed for
its flour mill.
! Last week and this week the Anderson
Canning Co, has been shipping the re
ma1nder OF its last year pack of tomatoes
Isaac w. Nailur has the cellar completed
and the walls for Oliver Hazards con-
crete building, at the northern suburb of
the town, commenced.
Otis Goodwin is having his residence
on Federal Street repainted.
Mrs. Eliza Vaughan is having built an
annex to her property on Chestnut ST.
Mrs Lottie " agamon left on THURSDAY
to visit relatives in Wilmington and Phil
adelphia.
p Capt. Geo. Z. Mcgee has sold to Capt.
VIM. Pcttyiohn an engine he has received
from New York. The engine was hauled
from the station on Friday and deposited
at Captain Pettyjohn S home. lie intends
TO build a boat for the engine, and for
freighting purposes.
Nathaniel Hood is painting his home
on Chestnut Street.
William Starkey has a little something
built on his front sidewalk on Chestnut |
Street. It will do the reader good to look |
at it. Step around and do so and give |
us a name for it.
On Tuesday evening Miss Hester Der |
ricksOu was elected by the school board |
a teacher i'll the Milton Public Schools .
for the coming term. The others have
been elected.
Or. Leonard is now keeping bachelors
nall Mrs. Leonard being on a visit TO her
sick daughter, Mrs. Frances Barnes, near
.ewes
a Mothers Meeting was held on the
avn in front Of the residence of Mrs.
-hsrles Fisher on Federal Street Thurs
lay aftein bon. Itdid a great deal of good
(, as it is thought, it brought on the
Il )rious rain we had directly after its adj
o rnmeut. rain that did much good
o vegetation, cooled the air, allayed the
Il locating dust and enliveued things ND
-enerally. All honor to the mothers
leetingl" Let US have more of them, /
lrticularly in dry times. {
Mrs. FOnzy B Reynolds, OF near town, {
Tho has been serving the Milton people a
18th milk for the last four years, will c
etire from the business next Saturday. t
Samuel Burris has sold to Earl Tvndale d
is farm of rs acres, situated near town. a
The Railroad Company has put in a t
witch near Wolfe's Crossing for the ac- v
of shippers near that point. {
The tomato cannery of Hanllin Bros. & II
iorkman, near Wolfe Crossing, is about o
)mpleted, and the machinery is being d
STALLED. Il
A Mormon evangelist harangued a t.
owd in front of the post Office Wednes- W
ly evening. O
Next Thursday evening Enterprise r,
)uncil No. 10, Jr o. U. A. NJ. at their p
gular meeting will observe Flag Day.
hrs. A. G. Raught is afflicted and much hi
stressed by felon on her left hand OF
Daniel Wagamon, who has been at
nding a business college in Philadel- F.
Tia, is spending his summer vacation al
tn his parents.
William Jefferson, a member of the OF
ate Constabulary of Pennsylvania, has Ia
en- on a vacation to his home in this fbe
,vn. tn
Miss Pearl Owens, of Greenwood, has in
en- visiting her brother, Harry Owens, di
d family or
At meeting of the Town Council last ur
ek Supervisor of Streets Dickerson was be
itructed to scrape Federal Street from WI