Milford chronicle., 1914-08-14


guest ofthe Welch family for a fortnight
There is man in town who has
! batteauX equipped with mast and sail
= He keeps the boat sunk part of the time
then hauls 1t out and paints 1t, then let
1t dangle around the dock until it sink
again. He has no earthly use for it, a!
, his business is elsewhere than arounC
the dock. Yet he is able to do it.
There are about twenty FIVE women en-.
gagged at present canning beans at Hunt.
ers & Prophets cannery, beside other
male employees.
Town Supervisor Dickerson last week
trimmed the cripple bordering on the
causeway leading to the lower cannery,
that the branches on wet mornings might
not interfere with the women in their
walk TO work.
Quite a large quantity of cantaloupes
are being shipped 10 northern markets;
and if they sell for no more than they
do in Milton, they will not pay for the
I crates in which they are shipped.
/ Miss Edna Beardsley, of Lincoln, has
been visiting Miss Elsie Palmer on North
/ Union street.
I L. Coleman Douglass and wife. of Cam
! den, y J., have been the guests of T.
R. Douglass and wife.
Otis Goodwin, of Milton has secured a
position with large canning house in
Buffalo.
George G. Fowler, of Philadelphia, is
spending his vacation in Milton.
Franklin Lank of Wilmington has had
a fine monument placed in Coolspring
Presbyterian Cemetery, to the memory
of his wife. Jacob Chapman, of George I
town did the work
Rev. Dr.. c. a. Behringer and family,
Mrs. Sarah +. King, Miss Emma King.
Miss Elsie King, George r. Fowler and 4
wife, George B. Atkins and family, and 1
some others whom we do not know, all I
made up their minds to 20 and spend .
week at the cottage Of Rev. DR.. c. A. /
Behringer, on Broadkiln Beach. They
left on Monday
Captain James c. Conwell has sold his
property on Chestnut street TO W. T.
Abbott for $500. Mr. Abbott was for
merly of Pennsylvania.
4 house to cover pump and a repos-
itory for tools, has been built in the Odd
Fellows Cemetery. 1t is of metal FIN
sh.
On Thursday evening last two teams
collided on North Union street, at the
hanger point breaking the wheel of one :
carriage and but slightly damaging the
other carriage. Parties unknown, but
to be from Long Neck.
Fred Welch and family, of Philadel. I
1hia, are visiting at the home of his par
,nts, J. B. Welch and wife, on North I
Mon street.
W. H. Chandler, Of Scranton, Pa.
anne TO town last week to attend to the I
'icking and shipping of his large crop of (
reaches. He made his first shipment by Z
all on Saturday morning. 4
Peaches are retailing around the town Z
{ fifty cents basket. 4
The following persons from Philadel- 4
hia, nearly all of whom are former (
liltonians, arrived on Saturday evening h
Y. II. Davidson and wife, Miss Mamie 4
/. Conner, Arthur {. Conwell and wife, (
iiss Edith Wilson, Grant Collins and 4
life, Mrs. George KINNEY, IT,, John Z
'elch, Edgar Lank, Esq, Raymond Z
onwell, William wilkins and wife, h
rankin wilkins, William Green, Fred +
Dhnson and family, Clarence Mustard Z
nd others. These are not a camp meet 4
lg contingent, neither are they chronic Is
amp meeting goers. They are merely +
ere on their annual vacation, and to
new the ties of friendship with their
ANY friends.
Miss Mabel Morgan has returned from
visit to Bryn Mawr, Pa
The land sale that was to have taken
ace at the Jester House on Saturday ci'
as postponed because, it is said, of the se
ttorney r. c Whites burnt feet; the DC
suit of an accident that happened to VI
IN at the late fire in Georgetown. Pl
Mrs. Annie Higman is quite i'll with IT.
4rTfnffrffl af ffra - We
on North Union street Ie'
er husband, Mr. Amos Higman, Joined IN
r on Saturday. Both of Staten Island we
u. no
Ira Hazard, of Wilmington, is here su
attention on his father, who is quite az
at the Jester House. so
The Shirtand Overall Factory reopeued wa
Monday.
The registration on Saturday amounted az
503. OF
Mrs. Ray Irwin nee Wilkins, of Balt- wa
're, is the guest of George NAPLES and
nily. lh'
-avinia Camp closed on Sunday night aci
e lest Sunday was quite warm and III.
sty; but there was a good gathering
gate receipts being 500. 46 The ~ ~
ole receipts for the camp approximate al' al!
900. The colored camp will begin NJ
Saturday, the 18th. ~
Myrtle c. Blizzard, daughter of Walter IN
zzard and wife, died in North Milton N. MI
Saturday, aged six months. Funeral si1
late residence of North Mulberry
eet on Monday afternoon, by the Rev gu'
snk Holland, and interment in Odd Oai
lows Cemetery by S, J. Wilson & Son. -.
lary j.. widow of the late Gideon the
Ills, died at the home of her son, ,Shep- ieM
d Walls, near Georgetown, on Sun.
= morning of paralysis, aged 10 years, sPe
months and y days. Funeral at St.
ms, on Tuesday afternoon by the Rev. spe
'lor, and sepulture made in the ad- gen
ling cemetery by S. J. Wilson. =
ames S. johnson and daughter Linda. laul
Philadelphia, W. A. Short, of Cam gar
j, n. j., and Mrs. Mary Short, of FL ora
dale, spent few days last week with o. DC
eodore johnson and wife. Tau ia
:. A. Foster, of Portsmouth, Va, is a Oni
tor amongst Milton friends. gIa
.ev. W. o. Hurst, a former pastor of Ma,
Milton M. +. Church, and wife, are anu
ting their many Milton friends. ser
lrs. Emma Burton, of North Union pad psl.
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