Milford chronicle., 1916-05-05
sEAFoRD.

EEAFORD.
One of the most thrilling episodes
that has taken place in this commun
ity for a long time occurred Monday
when Eddie. the 16 year old son o.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Chapman, g
prominent merchant of Blades, elop-
ed with pretty Miss Linda Collins
fifteen year old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Collins of Blades Young
Chapman secured the services Of his
cousin, Albert N. Chapman, Sea
ford liveryman. to carry them to Har-
rington via automobile late Sunday
night, and from that point they pro-
ceeded to Philadelphia by train. The
father succeeded in catching the pair
at Chester and had them taken from
the train. The young Mr.. Chapman
has been employed for the past sew
eral months with the W. B. Venable
contracting firm, learning the carpen-
ter trade.
VIII Play Baseball.
The entertainment committee of
the Seaford Baseball Club for the
1916 season presented one of the fin
est home talent minstrel shows IN
Wrights Auditorium last week that
has even been seen in Seaford. In
an effort to put a winning team on the
field this season the SeafOrd sports
called a meeting a few months ago
and agitated a plan of running ser
les of home talent plays to help fin
ance the ball team. The minstrel of
last evening was the third of the
series, the other two performances
netting the club about $500, and the
entertainment last evening Sl0O more
Burned by Electric Current.
While working on a machine at the
Seaford Machine Works Elmer Holt, |
received a painful injury when a
pair of pliers he was using came IN
contact with a set of charged batter |
les and with the pliers resting against !
a gold ring on his finger a short cir
cuit was formed and in an instant |
che ring was red hot burning his fin
ger very badly. Water not having /
any effect on the ring Holt pushed his
finger in a bucket of oil, but was suf-
Gering intense pain for several min
ates before the ring could be cut from
Ghs finger.
william s. Kinney, civil war vet
ran, is undergoing treatment Tor
cancer on his face.
Charles +. Rogers. mate on the L.
S Mail ship Tieves, plying between
New York and Cuba, is home for two
weeks on a furlough.
Members of the Town Council have
susnding some time going over the .
ground along the river rront between :
rhe Market Street Bridge and the I
Railroad station and considering the {
of opening a street along I
the river front, to be called Water 1
street La
ThOs. A Breen, who was stationed q
here as a veterinary surgeon a few
riaFs ago. was removed this week to
by the secretary of the I
state Board of Horticulture, Wesley n
Webb As Seaford has already two o
it was thought best to il
move DR.. Breen to Bridgeyille where a
1e could be more centrally located. s
The tea, held at the home of Mrs. I,
James A. Morgan for the benefit OF v
he SeafOrd Public Library was re- tt
ported as being well attended and fin IN
lncially successful. b.
W Fred Burton, son of Mr.. and
IIrs W S. Burton. and student of "
Dickinson. College at Carlisle, Pa, is NJ
,pending a few days with relatives
m High Street. re
Several strawberry patches are be- re
inning to look like flower beds in re
his section, having come out in full dc
Ilcs1m during the last few days OF pr
saxm weather. of
E J. Winder left Monday for Sar
fGEa, ". Y, where he goes as the de
az delegate of the Dover district to ",
be general conference of Methodism
aV7ng been elected at the last ses- vii
iGn Of the conference held in Will dc
linEt0n. hi
NJ the home of Mr. and Mrs. T.
rank Allen Of Blades on Monday, a
ar 1st, a dinner was given in honor de-
Thomas Allen Mr. and Mrs GrOv da
: Allen and others before their de-
irture for the west. Thomas Allen fro
I'D his two farms last Saturday and
Ipects TO make his home in the tri
lest
gtng, valuable guard dog belong gul
g 70 Capt. and Mrs. Willis Rich ]
-dsnn, was instantly killed yester- bui
~ near its home when run over by Mr.
} auto
"A j. Moore shot and killed a very Ha
range looking bird Sunday which wit
"a attacked chickens in his poultry To,
rd- The bird measured rs inches "
ON tip to tip of wings and resem- Do
Cd a crane 1t was said to be a a 4
nnet. A
Walter NJ. Hearne of South Nanti- Wis
Ike hundred has announced himself n
q candidate for the Democratic wa.
for county commissioner. the
a new pipe organ in the Roperville +
sthodist church was used for the visi
ST time on Sunday, much to the de- C
int of the entire congregation. his
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