Milford chronicle., 1916-05-05

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Black and Lingo have cut an archie
doorway in the wall between their foi
mer store and the one lately purchase
from Carey & Darby. and now Occup
the joint building as one store.
Mrs. S. L, Black is recovering from
late illness.
DR.. Behringer conducted an Easte
service at St. Georges Chapel, Indian
River Hundred, on Sunday morning, IL
which the members of Trinity Chapel
Long Neck, participated; in consequence
there was no service at St. John Baptis
Church, Milton.
The Milton New Century Club on
Wednesday the rs ult, elected the fol.
lowing officers sor the coming year: Pre-
sident, Mrs W. w. Conwell; Vice-pre-
sident, Mrs c. G. NAPLES; 2nd Vice
president, Mrs. Thomas Cutter; Record
ing Secretary. Mrs. William Wagamon;
Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. Mabel
Draper; Treasurer, Mrs. Joseph Lank;
Auditor, Mrs. Lucella Mcgee; Club Di-
rectors. Mrs. George Hunter and Mrs.
Elizabeth Chandler; State Director, Mrs.
F. B. Carey.
DR., R. B. Hopkins and P. P. Welch
have been chosen delegates to represent
St. John Baptist Episcopal Church at
the diocesan convention to be held at
Georgetown May 10th. W. H. Fox and
T. H. Douglas were named as alternstes.
Levi Harmon has sold As acres of land
in Broadkiln Hundred to Mary Vaughan
of Philadelphia for $500.
comedy, "Perplexing Situation, &"
was given by the pupils of the Milton
High School on Friday evening in School
Hall for the benefit of the graduating
class. There were thirteen characters
represented in the play; and we know
thirteen is always considered an unlucky
number. However, the house was about
half filled and $50 was realized.
Rufus Ellingsworth has been spending
eight months with his children on State
Island and in Philadelphia. He says he
has spent happy winter, and he looks
as though he were telling the truth. He
arrived home last Thursday, and looks
as though he had been well cared for.
William Blizzard has removed from
the country into the building of the
Theodore Wilson heirs, corner Chestnut
street and Hazard Avenue.
Mrs. Mary Blizzard, with two children.
from Wilmington, has been visiting her
father, ]. B. Welch.
We understand there are a few cases
Of mumps in or around the schools.
William Fosque has been confined to
MS home part of the week with rheu-
natism.
John Goodwin, Taunton, Mass. brother
If Captain George A. Goodwin, of this
own, and wife enroute to Baltimore,
topped over Sunday with Mrs. George
\. Goodwin.
S. Fithians s yacht, X. 10-U-8, has been
licely repaired and is now at Milton
Dock.
Joseph Walls has had the wood work
# his meat market repainted.
The new basket factory at the railroad
tation is now i'll operation.
The first quarterly conference of the
4 P. Church of this conference year
pill be held on Monday evening, May
tn. 1t is desired that all members of
be official board be present, as plans
Or the summer camp meeting will be
Miss Alma Wilson, daughter of Mr..
nd Mrs. John P. Wilson, celebrated the
enth anniversary of his birth on Satur
ay afternoon at the home of her par
1ts. corner Front and South Union SITS.
utite a quantity of the little folk were
resent, and all went merry as a mar
age bell"
Miss Elsie King closed her school at
ollyville on Friday.
Mrs. John Crouch has returned from
ie Wells Eye Hospital and is as much
lproved as was expected.
Miss Ethel Warren, a former teacher
Williams School, who had one OF her
10. - al 1a1t
quit the school, recently, brought suit
i Saturday for damages against certain
rites, parents of the children who were
gagged in throwing stones at the school X
,use at the time. She was hit in the n
e. In the absence of proof the case
IS compromised by the defendants
ying the cost of the physicians. S35. N
S. z. Douglass and family, of Preston, III
d.. spent Sunday with his brother, 7.
Douglass, and family. II
The graduating exercises of the Milton
,lored Schools were held on Tuesday III
ening. There were two graduates
hn E. Hazard and Augustus A. Haz. III
I'd. The cOlored schools of Milton show III
marked improvement for the past year II
of. Pitts, principal, of Berlin, Md, has III
en- enthusiastic in the work, and has XII
d an able assistant in Miss Gertrude HHii
,agland, of Princeton, N. ]. These
chers had. perhaps, better be secured III
another year. iIH
Postmaster Mustard is in receipt of iii
from Senator Salisbury lIt
ting that Secretary of Agr culture
uston will make an itinerary of the lIll
tie this week and stop at Milton on TIL
urday afternoon. Secretary Houston iii
hes to meet, personally, the farmers III
The community, and talk to them of Hi
ming interests. Illl
Crouch, who has been work ll
with w. H. Mears at the barber bust
S, has obtained better paying posi- I'LL
in Philadelphia and is there at work. Hill
he seine with which Truitt Pepper is llHl
nected, caught over 100 bushels of lIlH
heads on Saturday. There was XII
1ty of fish in Milton some went TO lli
,rgetown and we're sold. After the llH
-ket was supplied, or the buyers were BllH
e buying, fifteen bushels were given IN
y. These FISH were caught at Slaugh- Hlt
Beach. Hllll
harles C. Scott died in Long Neck on lll
inesday, April 20, of pneumonia, aged nlll
ears, months and Is days. Funeral lH
afternoon at Conley's Chapel TIlH
Rev. G. r. Ellis; interment in nearby KIM
etery by s. l. Wilson. llll