Milford chronicle., 1914-09-11
sEAFORD.

OEHA OPANA
s..ford News, owned and editet
l1s Ire Ista Gen. W. H. Stevens. ha.
\ ihs .,.a.jb1ased ,aj1 by his son w. d. Stew
esn g-,,,iIl riIl nut in new presses, linotype
IS ~. ~ and bring the paper up to &
-ser standard.
81 hundred and sixty base ball fans
uslf f,om here to the Dover Caulk game
5I g. l'C,ff If last week. Many of them
lna'!i !iiSSnrnointed Sr in Caulk losing the
Fsls tbev were anxious for the Mil
lil1s Ion, . 70 win the series. Seaford
iag gs..jing sSi- the movement for a Della
: l'iW MARYLAND league for next season
y, q .gggests 100. that the new league be
IA ne Tin Can League.
n. ovster season is here and the
~ 5i,g houses viii open September
u Tbe houses of DOnoho & Com
.n B. Robinson & Co., and w.
s1ly s,syens & Co., a remaking extensive
.,.stioDs to their plants. One of the
.,,,s .-s.t seasons of the oyster business
expected.
Tse Seaford Board Of Trade has call
.. meeting for the middle of this
M Allen Package Company have
,.osDded operations in order to install |
~ machinery in their plant.
The canning houses are running at
.,a.roteb speed and giving employment /
/, bnndreds of people. A train load of
4 9,5emians and Italians arrived to work
n Greenabaum Bros. this week.
While fooing with friend Saturday.
rr,pty Constable Shcckley grabbed an
7sp pen knife and severely cut his
band
Clarence Friedel and a number of
Ssford Base Ball fans narrowly escap-
sjdeath while racing to the DOver-Caulk
Ian game last Friday. In order to keep
fr0m driving into the car of Col. E. c.
goss. Mr. Friedel ran his car into
Iigi embankment and tore both front
F6eels to pieces. The car was left
ID the road and the party brought back
bone by other fans.
Fire of an unknown origin broke out
b the mattress manufacturing plant of
-Owder & Company in West Seaford
bout eight o'clock Friday night Be
we the alarm was given in the flames
sd gained much headway and had set
re to the houses adjoining the factory.
be Fire Department managed to get
e blaze under control shortly after
lev arrived. For awhile the " hole of
est SeafOrd looked like it was burning.
The Seaford Volunteer Fire Depart
snt is starting a movement whereby
sy hope to get enough money to buy
automobile truck and engine. AL
ugh the present trucks are giving
ID service the firemen complain that
y are too heavy to be pulled far.
lass fishing is plentiful in the river
ponds around mere and many fine
hes are made daily.
movement is under foot by High
et merchants to pave High street.
J town boasts of the best lighted
cts IN the state and are anxious to
in line with other wide awake towns
aving their principal streets.
ss Evelyn Clavey, of Wilmington.
Miss Blackstone, of Millsboro, are
quests of Miss Nina CoulbOurn.
s. Simon, of Statesville, N. c.. is
,uest of her son, E. A. Simon.
IS Margaret Hughes. of Boston,
spending a month at the Sussex
eturned home. \
3. and Mrs. James Quigbam. of
lington, are spending two weeks -
her mother, Mrs. Scott.
J. Alex. Seth, of Baltimore. is the
Of her mother, Mrs. w. H. Stew
. Fred Grier, of Salisbury. spent ing
with friends in town. and
and MFs. Custic Nc Nelly. of B,
ork, are visiting his mother, Mrs. Stat
eilly. scho
ustus Duval, of Philadelphia, is to h
g relatives at the Sussex. duri
is Chapman, of Wilmington, spent Chal
eek end here with his parents. Til
ID Mrs. |. NJ. Chapman. the
len Short, of Philadelphia, is day
ng a few days with friends in for
over