Milford chronicle., 1919-04-25
BOWERS

The propitious weather on Easter Sun
dav brought hundreds OF automobiles &c
The town and shore that day; some to visit
friends in town but the larger part OF
the visitors only spent an hour or two at
the shore.
Oscar Blk and family Of Philadelphia,
Mr.. Schenings and family, Mr.. Clothier
and family and William Hincken and
family. all Of Philadelphia, spent the Eas-
ter holidays in their respective cottages
in South Bowers.
The fruit growers through this section
are apprehensive as to the damage done
10 fruit by the frosts Of last week. Some
say that Keifer pears, cherries and
peaches run the greater risk as they were
more fully in bloom, while the other
fruits suffered somewhat. Others say that
the damage was minor in character and
that the prospect stin remains for full
crop of fruit Of about all kinds.
! Elmer L. williams, a near town farm
er. who was taken to a Philadelphia hos
pital and underwent an operation for
some intestinal trouble about ten days ago
is reported at this writing stil to be in
rather a serious condition.
Leon Kelly of Camden, y. j., spent the
holidays with his parents. His wife and
son. who had been visiting friends here
during the last two weeks returned home
with him on Monday of this week.
Miss Anna May Galloway and Miss
Lillian Fleming OF Philadelphia, with a
gentleman friend motored from their re-
spective homes on Saturday and returned
on Sunday, spending the weekend with
relatives IN town.
The body of David Hunter, who was
drowned by being swept from the deck
Of the oyster pungy Maine, commanded
by Captain oscar Cannon, on the 18th Of
this month while shoveling oysters on the
planting grounds, has not as yet been
recovered. The accident occurred abreast
this place and on the first day that the
planting season opened.
Fish Of any kind are exceedingly scarce, |
especially this late in April. On Tuesday |
of this week two of the larger trout |
seines made hauls to see if there were
any trout about. One seine caught about
one bushel and the other about one-half |
bushel Of large trout, and they retailed |
at the wharf from thirty-five cents to
fifty cents each.
A ldllllEtI HHuTt anu Il wen klOWn /
resident Of Bowers Beach has passed from
these shores to the great beyond where
no traveller has as yet returned Died on
the 2lst inst, Silas Fleming, in the eight
eth year Of his age. He was in point of
years the Oldest person in town and had
made this place his home for practically /
seventy-fve years. Born at The hamlet
If Willamsviue, then called Guineatown.
n this county. and at the age Of five years
his mother, a widow. came here and en-
gagged as housekeeper at the home Of
Thomas Reed. and subsequently married
him. and it was at this farm, in the old
brick building, that Mr.. Fleming was
'aised. He spent the earlier part Of his
fe as a seafaring man and at one time
during the Civil War he made a trip Of
our months in a sailing vessel down along
he South American coast nearly to Cape
Horn He married Miss Lula Callaway
who was raised near Vernon, this county.
when but a young man, and established
MS home at Bowers Beach, where he
raised a large family Of children who
survive him, also his companion in life
n her declining years to mourn his loss
Six Of his children. two sons and four .
daughters, make their homes in Philadel1
Ihia; Of the remaining two daughters. =
Mrs. C. W. Bilderback is matron on the
steamboat Frederica, and Margaret has ,
ilways remained AT home Thus the cy-
lie Of time is a common and sure leveler: $
he young as well as the old must sue
'umb TO it, The funeral was held at his i
ate home. conducted by Rev. q. r Ellis. /
md interment was made at Barratt's Z
'hapel by H. f. Mitten. undertaken.