Milford chronicle., 1917-11-30
MILTON NEWS.

congregations will be held on Thanks
giving Day, in the NJ. p Church TIL,
sermon will be preached by the NJ Z
minister, the Rev ID. ]. Givan. An ex,
traordiuary congregation IS expected al
this time, and place, as this will be the
most extraordinary time at which a
Thanksgiving service has been held in
our National history AS Thanksgiving
Day will have passed when this commun-
iCation shall have been read, any adver-
tenCy to that event, at this. time, would
be useless. Il has been the custom Tor
many years for the two Methodist con
gregations to unite on occasions of this
kind; and there is nothing extraordinary
in thus doing so this year. Last year
the service was held in the NJ. L. Church
and the Rev Frank Holland tho then,
NJ. P. pastor of the Milton Church Of
hciated. The Jr. o. U. A. NJ. will at
tend the Thanksgiving service in body
by invitation.
The wasting of water is becoming a
frequent occurance; and this is generally
done by renters of property. Had these
reuters to pay for the water they waste,
they would not waste so much; they are
mostly persons of the closed listed varie-
| ty of beings
! The Rev. d ]. Givau was at Lewes on
/ Tuesday and Wednesday OF last week. in
the interest of the Wesley Collegiate In
| stitute. Two collectors from somewhere
were to come to Milton on Thursday,
but on some account their visit was de-
ferred
a lady of Milton sent to New York for
a pair of shoes: She recaived them last
week. They were a mans shoe, No S.
Gee Whiz YOU ought to have been therei
J. 4. Turner Station agent at the depot,
who has been confined to his home for
three weeks is now able to be out
Mrs Mariana Black of Philadelphia
is spending some time with her Milton
friends,
Mrs. c. +. Lacey is making a visit TO
Philadelphia.
Captain Joseph Warrington of Phila-
delphia is visiting Milton for a few days,
Representative William H. Welch is
now turning his attention to carpenter
The bazaar and social held by the
ladies of the NJ e Church on Friday
and Saturday evenings was success, /
socially and financially.
Turkeys have been selling for 20 cts.
per pound-for Thanksgiving only.
On Friday evening, Mrs. Ida Fox
gave a birthday party in honor of her
four year old granddaughter, Martha
Jane Matthias at her restaurant on South
Union street About 80 tots were pres
ent, and they enjoyed the exercises |
amazingly; particularly the aftermath, |
which consisted of the delicacies of the |
season and confectionery which all little |
tots devour with aridity.
Rev. ID. J. Givan is not at all beholden |
to worker; if he cannot get men to do his |
4 10 tressraa1f asss, Al .sa
wood yard replenished; labor was scarce,
but he secured one man, and went into
the woods and cut several loads of wood,
and had it hauled to the NJ. Z. Parson-
age On Saturday he had it sawed, and
now as people walk by the parsonage
and gaze over in the wood yard they ex-
claim. 20, my I wish / had such a
wood pile as that - Well they can have
if they will do as the Rev Givan has
done During the past season Mr.. Givan
has had lot of ground near town, which ,
he has titled and raised beans. peas,
potatoes, born, etc, and has some of
hese things stored away for future use.
We make mention of this fact as it is
Unusual for ministers and manuel labor /
o be acquainted with each other !
John l4indle, who for Al years has been 4
living on one of the Ponder farms near ,
Donovan s Schoolhouse, has abandoned i
arming and at the end of the present i
ear will remove to Milton and occupy
he James Ellingsworth property on
Iorth Union street.
There are many houses advertised
For Rent" of variouse kinds, and in y
-arious localities in town.
Rev. W. Kay Lord, representing the q
Delaware Children Home Society, preach y
d at the NJ. f. Church on Sunday morn e
ng, and at the NJ p. Church on Sunday
vening. h
Rev. Mowbray District superintendent, J
reached at the NJ. E. Church on Sun
ay evening, and the third Quarterly il
Conference was held on the Friday after
loon preceding. Ia
The ladies Of the NJ. p. Church held a n
thanksgiving Supper on Thanksgiving
vening in Masonic Temple. fl
At the close of the services at the NJ.
!. Church on Sunday evening the minis "
sr invited the male members of the N
hurch to come forward. After they had
one so, he suggested-as they could get &C
D coal to heat the church-they all
BOULDER an axe apiece and 60 into the vi
oods on one day the present week and
lul wood for that purpose, as the wood er
Al UGEu OuELEu AAEEs anu AuEAA an So
gers were reminiscent of a parable in
rupture, They all began to make ex- ha
ses, ETC." II they should do so, we
III report il next week. no
James NAPLES, by common consent, ey
ie of the best colored men in Milton,
ed suddenly at an early hour Oh Mon
y morning, of asthma, aged about 63
ars. Funeral services were held on
iursday afternoon at the A. NJ. K. ii
lurch in North Milton by the Rev. 81.
)bert Wright, and interment made in li'
thel cemetery near by J. r. Atkins. wy
Collectors were in town on Monday, !"
Letting funds for the Wesley Collegiate Pc s
stitute. ~
At the Third Quarterly Conferences of "p
e NJ. E. Church held on last Friday g.
ernoon, as above stated, the Rev. d. ''',
Giyan was unanimously asked 10 re-
RI to this charge for another year.
Miss Annie NJ. Deputy died at the ~
me of her sister, Mrs. Greesbrey Ben ~
Il on Sunday, aged 90 years. Funeral o.
Union NJ K. Church on Wednesday -
1rning by Rev Barrett, and interment
family burial rlot nv = Wilson III