Milford chronicle., 1916-09-01
BOWERS.

Bowers Beach has a fascination
,svhich draws summer visitors year af-
sreer year, and it is a pleasure to see
CHEESE summer folks depart for their
5omes. healthy and happy, after hay-
eng had a good time all summer. For
ssI,e next month the cottages Will be
OCCUPIED TO limited extent, but the
..rwosf of The folks will depart after
g.t-ni0r Day.
while the crowds may not have
aeean so large at times, yet the total
t,,urnber of visitors and summer cot
.seagens has been greater than IN torm-
q ~ seasons.
Ut is plain to most folks who know
Z, zummer crowds, that for the lack OF
-=nme enterprise and the expenditure
r1f sash judiciOusly planned, Bowers
Beach is now being held back from
45aceming one of the most lively sum-
q mar. resorts along the Delaware Bay
S, silnre.
Tacated between the mouths Of two
eqavfgable rivers, and surrounded by
yzsrfi le farming country, and fruit pro-
afucing districts which grow crops OF
& .ltp fnest fruits and vegetables which |
axe sold at reasonable prices, or ship |
sned n the city markets, Bowers offers
Tho best for family comfort to be had Z
~ the world Then the fishing, clans
and .Qvsters and the proximity to a
3 1zlf-a2zen large towns with good
sraads. connecting afford the people to
7Darronize modern methods OF amuse-
guene.
WHO will visit Coney Island, Willow
ffugg.i Park or any other of the places
lsEa yiafroduce some of the forms of
amusement which will make the peO-
"a, sagpier for taking part in them?
WITT attractions of this kind the peo-
ok a9f Bowers Beach will accumulate {
wealth. rapidly. This is no idle dream.
81 is q real possibility open for any
uraGsdgah business man to open up. {
The steamer Frederica brings at y
IN "Trip scores of visitors who enjoy I
she loonfh Of September at the shore |
INST Saturday more than one hundred S
passengers from the Frederick dis
embarked at Bowers.
Harry Flack and wife from Phila- a
natyhia are with her mother on Main
EVaRuz r
-gvllard Tribbitt from Wilmington, S
IS with his brother, Gilbert, for two
weeks t
Mrs. Sylvester Torbert and daugh- {
gsrs from Wilmington have been the o
znests of her sister, Mrs. Henry
MaEl1lin, this week. a
Miss 9lary Davenport, who passed p
DE summer here with her parents, e
aas returned to Philadelphia, greatly F
.KDroved in health.
" &C.. Salevan of near Bowers is r
suEEring from lumbago.
Elton Buckalew and family from
ZEffie Creek are having a fine visit s
with Captain and Mrs. Buckalew on C
Main avenue.
Miss Jeanette Salevan is visiting at V
,inyF rna.
Mrs. W. S. Davidson has returned Ii
Ersm a weeks visit with her sister, o
Mrs G. Reynolds Salevan, near Mil u
zrg
Rev. Elwood Jones and family from it
East New Market, Nd, are occupying ei
-heir cottage on the bayshore.
gDysier Shucking House to Open. it
Captain Thomas Dempsey, retir- el
% sea captain. will open at Bowers
~ oyster shucking house, and is sure al
here is good money in the business. #
House Struck BY Lightning.
unring the severe electrical storm
ee4 Sunday afternoon the home of
XTIEam w. Shorts was struck by a VI
sah OF lightning. which tore down the
10 Of a chimney. and passing down. d
gard. came through a stove pipe into II
a. sitting room, and then passed
5 rough the screen door, which was 81
uUntered. No further damage was IN
.a1e. but Captain Shorts wants less
tsctricity and more company during ltl
aunder storms. iel
First Visit to Bowers Beach. of
~ H Maccabee. Of the firm of G. De
sassett & Co.. Of Philadelphia, was ga
uuest of Alexander Minner at "Wil- XII
~ Croft. for the week end. II was rea
Is first visit to Bowers and he was ate