Milford chronicle., 1919-03-21
MILTON NEWS.

/ We are informed that a series Of in
! ,eresting meetings have just closed at
Beaver Dam NJ r. Church, under the
! supervision Of the Rev. Murphy, pastor
Of the church. than whom a finer man
one seldom meets.
| Mrs. Annie Rust has removed from the
countr yinto town and occupies part OF
The property Of her sister, Mrs. f. Lank,
ON Federal street.
| Dr. r. T. Wilson has purchased new
Chevrolet.
Mrs Ida Fox is fitting the upper room
Of her store on South Union street for a
public hall. This room is S2x1OO feet and
after putting up twenty-foot stage, will
seat between $50 and 500 people w. H.
Fox will use it temporarily as a moving
picture show room.
The Parent Teachers Association held
q session in school hall on Thursday even
.ug II had been so long since this or
sanitation met that we had entirely for
gotten its existence. Nevertheless it
burst forth on this evening with re-
newed energy and really had a good ses-
sion During the meeting Superintendent
tia-desty Of Sussex and Superintendent
shilling of Kent, appeared and spoke in
favor Of the New School Code, saying one
word Cor the benefit OF the law and two
words it would be for the benefit Of them
selves Professor Alexander Harrington
| If Georgetown came over with the county
super.ntendents but did not participate
n the meeting.
Rev Clarence T. Wilson. field secretary
,r the National Anti-Saloon League. will
( ak at the NJ. e. Church on next Sunday
/ morning. This announcement was made
at the NJ. P. Church on Sunday morning
and a motion was made and seconded
Jhat the members Of this church attend
/ the services Of that day at the NJ f.
| church and hear Mr.. Wilson speak. The
notion was carried unanimously.
/ Miss Dinah Jones spent the week end
with Mss Polly Funk" Wonder which
end Almost all Of the visiting is done
on Sunday and we may infer il was the
( first end.
Sometimes. yet seldom, we come across
a man who combines pleasure with profit.
/ Our esteemed friend. who attends to the
postal department between Milton and
! Elleudale. is one o ftnese geniuses. He
! 'ikes the women, and when he gets one.
1r two in his mail wagon he is in no
hurry to get to town. either way. The
women know this and are anxious to be
his patrons.
william d. Wharton died on Monday
morning March 10. at the Masonic Home.
Broad and Ontario streets. Philadelphia.
/ lged 76 years. He was a member Of
Adhesion Lodge, No. As. F. & A. NJ. He
was born in Philadelphia February 10,
1913. His early manhood. especially dur
gthe Civil War. was spent in Milton:
He had been an inmate Of the Masonic
Home for three years His Obsequies took
place on Tuesday, burial being made in
Westminster cemetery. Philadelphia.
Expecting the pastor. the Rev Givan,
would go to Conference this week. the
stewards fthe NJ. f. Church got busy
last week in an effort to raise his salary
A thorough canvass was made and the
result was satisfactory. The salary is
now paid in full and all Of the church
aenevoences fully met And to cap the
climax, Conference is postponed until
the 26th inst. and the Rev. Givan has an
other week in Milton before going to
! Chestertown, Md
What a difference there is now when
contrasted with the modus operandi OF
-ais!ng the minister's salary. a few years
lso. Then there was but little system.
The work was all haphazard and often
the minister went to Conference with his
salary unpaid. Now there is a new
method of work and new blood is infused
J nto the system. All they have to do
now is to commence the business in a
bus,nesslike and scientific way and at the
md of the year presto pass, the work is
done financially. and an that is needed is
! hsa final eafffaTrauf n n1oga hu
There were four persons admitted to
the NJ. p. Church on probation on Sunday.
! a runaway occurred south Of the Mil
ton bridge on North Union street on Sun
day evening. But little damage was done
and no one hurt.
! Charles Virden fell across the sharp
edge Of a board on Friday. breaking two
Of his ribs yet he is still ION the job"
On Saturday evening Town Council
elected David Dickerson street supervisor
at a salary Of $500 per month. Mr. Dick
erson has held this position before and
made a good officer. At the same time
Joseph Morris was elected town assessor.
Miss Nora Atkins, formerly of Milton,
was operated upon for appendicitis on
Saturday at a private hospital in Will
mington. The patient at the last report
was DONG wei.
Mrs. w. H. Mears is visiting her daugh
ter in West Philadelphia.
On Monday evening the annual mem
bers' meeting of the NJ. p. Church was
held and generally the business Of the
church year is adjudicated. But owing
to the epidemic of the influenza that has
prevailed the business is tagging. There
is another quarterly conference TO be held
when the financial affairs will be settled.
At this meeting on Monday evening the
Rev. Hungerford was asked to return for
another year. Nine trustees and five
stewards were elected to attend to the
business of the church. James A. Glen
daniel was elected lay delegate to attend
the Baltimore Conference on April End
and George R. Davidson was named as
alternate.
Rhoda E. Walls, widow Of the late
Henry Walls, died at the home Of her
son, Ira Walls. near Whitesville. on Fri
day, of stomach troubles, aged IS years.
Funeral services were held on Monday
afternoon at her late home by the Rev.
Zimmerman and burial made at Spring.
| feid Cross Roads semeterV by S. J. Will