Milford chronicle., 1913-08-15
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visiting Milford friends.
Mrs. A. J. Ratcliff has returned home
from a visit at Saiorsburg, Pa
Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Reynolds have re-
turned home from Atlantic City.
Miss Elizabeth G. Stidham left this
week for San Francisco, California.
C. D. Abbott and wife and son Charles
are spending few days in Atlantic City.
Mrs. S. J. Tomlinson is sojourning at
Oak Orchard and Ocean City for two
weeks.
Mrs. NJ. J. Haslett. of Parkesburg,
Pa, is visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Atkins
Robert BrOmwell, of Wilmington, is
visiting Byron Moore, near Willow
Grove, Del.
Mrs. Robert H. Gilman is spending
some time with her daughter, Mrs. John
S. Prettyman.
Mrs. A. B. Watson, of Clayton, is
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J.
H. H. Marvel.
Miss Pauline Townsend was a week
end visitor at the Reese Cottage at
Bowers Beach.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cleave Wilkins. of Will
mington, spent Sunday at the Brayton
Hotel, RehOboth.
Miss Clara Pierce is on three weeks
visit to Brooklyn. Great Hills, N. Y,
and Elk Mills, Md.
Mrs. Nina Kern is spending her vaca-
tion with relatives in Philadelphia, Viii
mingtOn and Trenton.
Miss Ella NJ. Moore spent Sunday with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. Moore,
near Willow Grove, Del.
Miss Jennie Marvel spent Saturday
and Sunday at Rehoboth as the guest of
G. S. Lewis at the BraytOn Hotel.
Mrs. C. G. Wyatt and daughter Phyllis
are spending the weekend with Mr.. and
Mrs. William King at Bowers Beach.
Mrs. Albert Chalfant and daughter
Gladys, of West Philadelphia, are the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. C. NJ. Tatman.
George NJ. Grier, of Wilmington, and
Robert Grier, Jr., of Salisbury, have
been visiting Grier and Robert Baynum.
Mrs. Mary Deputy. of Oakley, and
Miss Ethel Frazier. of Philadelphia, are
spending the week with Mrs. Mary
Nutter.
Miss Mildred Jefferies and Henry
FOulk, of Wilmington, have returned
home after a few weeks visit with Miss
Blanche Foulk.
Mrs. Charles Patton and son Raymond
and her sister, Miss Ida Smith, all of
Philadelphia, are visiting Mr. and Mrs.
Louis H. Ross.
Misses Mary and Virginia Dale, who
have been visiting Mrs. j. Lynn Pratt
returned to their home in Whaleyville, /
Md, this week.
Mrs. 7. T. Windsor, who has been /
visiting in New York City and places of |
interest on the Jersey shore, returned !
home last week.
Miss Elizabeth Aldred, accompanied !
by her guest, Miss Marion Gilman, of
New York, will leave on Monday for
POcono Pines, Pa
The Misses Hilda Carpenter, Marie
Wolf and Stella Zimmerman, of Phila- |
delphia, are the guests of Misses Mabelle |
and Essie Housman.
Mrs. Bessie Gillespie and daughter,
Miss Emma, have returned home from /
a three months visit in New York, New |
Jersey and Pennsylvania
Z Harry A. Stuart, chief electrician of
the U. S. Flagship Florida, has been /
spending some time with his uncle, Med |
ford Jones, and others of this town.
Miss Grace and Miss HuIdah Aims
worth, who have been visiting Miss Ger
trude Atkins for the past week, have /
to their home in Wilmington.
Mrs. Anna Dyer, Mrs. Frank Granett /
and daughter Anna, Miss Blanch Dick /
erson, all of Wilmington, and Benjamin /
Dyer, of Camden, N. j., are the guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Dyer.
Miss Anna Beswick, Miss Fannie
Miss Louise PerpeguOn and
John Hammond will leave here and sail
from Philadelphia on August 25th for
Boston, from whence they will make a
tour of New England, and return home
in September.
On Tuesday morning Miss Elizabeth
Aldred entertained at buffet luncheon
in honor of her guest Miss Gilman, of
Staten Island, N. Y, and on Wednesday
Miss Gilman was the guest of honor at
a luncheon given by her aunt, Mrs. John
5. Prettyman.
On Monday afternoon, August llth.
the Grier homestead was the scene Of a
festive occasion when 81 members of
the Grier family met in honor of the
oldest brother, J. Y. Grier of Texas,
who with his son Lawrence, is visiting
MS old home An improvised table was
spread on the lawn, whence sandwiches.
fried chicken, cake, fruit and coffee were
oountifully served. While the ladies
we're preparing the feast the boys en-
gagged in a strenuous game of ball. j.
W. Ratcliff, the veteran of the party,
lmpired the game. After supper a bon
ire was made, around which the young
folks gathered to toast marshmalloWs.
Automobiles were then pressed into ser
vice to convey the party to their homes.