Milford chronicle., 1913-06-27
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Next Friday Will be the Fourth of
July.
The hot weather has been fine for the
corn crop.
Wheat threshing will begin next week
in this part of Delaware.
The Barber Shops of Milford will be
cloed on the Fourth of July.
Sussex County school elections will be
held tomorrow Saturday, June 18th.
The State Auditor has commenced to
settle the school accounts of Kent County
for the year ending June, 1913.
The Faithful Circle of King Daugh-
ter's will meet with Miss Mary Barker
Wednesday, July End, at $50 p. m.
A beautiful Children's Day service
was held in Cedar Neck Church last Sun
day. A large collection was received.
The fine shower of last Friday night
did great good to vegetation and the
crops growing in the vicinity of Milford.
The sewer work on Lake View Avenue
is nearing completion. The placing of
the iron pipe under the railroad was
tedious job.
The local W. C. T. u, will meet
with Mrs. Charles Hammond. Tuesday
evening, July lst at 7.3O. Text word
Harvest.
Next Sunday morning, June 10Th. at
10 o'clock Dr.. R. K. Stephenson will
preach the first quarterly sermon in the
Slaughter Neck Church.
Next Sunday at p. m. Children's 5
Day services will be held in Slaughter
Neck Church. The rainy weather of
last Sunday morning caused the post
ponement.
The Chidren's Day service was held
last Sunday evening at Central M. P,
Church. The program was well render
ed before a large audience and every
bodv,was delighted. The collection was
good.
NThe mud fats exposed by the draining
away of the water from Silver Lake are
commencing to be offensive, and it is
now plain that the draining of sewage
into that sheet of water was not stopped
any too soon.
Sunday, June 18th, being the last Sun
day Of the month, special devOtions will
be held in St. Johns Church at 7.30 p.
m. in honor of the Sacred Heart. The
Rev. DR.. Tucker will preach. All are
invited to be present
Children's Day services at Millwood
Church, which were to have been held
last Sunday will be held in the grove
on Sunday afternoon next. All are vel
come. Should it rain that day the ex-
ercises will be held the following Sunday.
Miss Ruth Windsor will be the soloist
at the Presbyterian Church on Sunday
morning. She will sing 1.-The Roseat
Hues of Early Morn" by Gilchrist The
organ numbers will include Prelude in
E-hat, by Reade, and Commemoration
March by ScOtson Clarke.
The Pastors Aid of the First M. P.
Church will give an open air festival
outside of the church at Franklin and
East Front Streets on Monday evening,
June Both. The Presbyterian Orchestra
will render music. Ice cream, cake and
homemade candy will be sold.
The Children's Day program at the
First Baptist Church last Sunday night
was well rendered to an audience that
filled the house. 1t was said to be the
best ever. Mrs. Charles Zackriski de-
serves great praise as the conductor of
the exercises. All who took part did
we'll Supt Woodall was simply de-
lighted.
The members of the Christian En-
deavor of Central M. P. Church are
each requested to bring twenty five
cents that they have earned themselves |
to the Christian Endeavor next Sunday |
night, June 29th, and also to be pre- |
pared to tell how they earned it. Those |
not able to be present please send their
money by a friend. The money will go |
to mission. Joseph Parkes will be the |
leader that evening.