Milford chronicle., 1919-11-07
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II the Halloween party last Friday even
" ing held in the town hail by the puD
"a lie schools The wives of the schOo
board and the teachers were the pa
3 rOnesses OF the occasion. The pupil!
- had planned and worked for weeks
making costumes and drawings fol
n posters and decorations for the hall
~. The spirit of cooperation was alive
ID in the community and splendid re
d suits were achieved. When the event
y ful night arrived the hall was crowd
o. ed to its utmost capacity and over
flowed into the vestibule. All ages
Z were represented from babies to the
S grandfathers. The hall was prettily
r decorated with autumn leaves, owls
witches, jack o. lanterns, black cats
and golden pumpkins to conform to
the color scheme of black and yellow.
Mrs Hargadine assisted the commit
tee with the decorations and Mrs.
WoOdall and Mrs. Gray were pianists
for the occasion. The exercises be-
gan with grand march, led by the
nigh school pupils, and participated in
by all guests in costume A prize for
the most graceful couple was present
ed by one of the judges, DR.. W. F.
Hoey' to Mrs. Anna Spurry Harring-
ton and Mrs. Sallie Smith, who rep
resented a bride and groom. A prize
Tor the best and most ridiculous cos
tunes was won by Townsend Harring-
ton and Oliver Melvin. as great
grandmother and great-granddaddy.
Liyy Clark Rogers won the prize in
the string walking contest And in
the amusing game of "bobbing for ap-
pies Henry w. Hargadine was the
only one to bite the apple. which was
his reward. Miss jeanette Belts rem
dered beautiful violin solo and Miss
Lillian Postles gave two delightful
readings in her usual charming man
ner. The cake walk was a great hit
and afforded much amusement The
participants were made up with burnt
cork until their dearest friends failed
to recognize them Their costumes
were gorgeous and grotesque and when
they "tripped the light fantastic
toe to the tune of a Georgia Camp ,
meeting the applause was deafening.
Three prizes were awarded, as fol- ;
lows: First prize, Miss Claramond
Belts and Latchum WoOdau; second
prize, Miss Jones and Charles Tor
bert; third prize, Miss Mary Riley and
Mr.. MallOy. Other cake walkers de-
serving especial mention were Mrs
Kate Boone and Henry Hargadine. .
Mrs. Laura Mitten and Miss Clara (
Clark, Miss Jennie Bedeu and J. l.. :
The prettiest number on :
he program was THE Dance of the
Fairies by the primary pupils. The 2
title tots were attired in white gauze (.
With tinsel trimmings and their grace :
Trft1
o behold The entire evening was one /:
If innocent merrymakng and Prof S
iydOrn and his corps of assistants Z
re to be congratulated for their ef- :,
0rts in making the affair a cOmmun- )
" gathering. Nearly seventy dollars z
'ere realized from the sale of tickets y
'hch Will be used towards purchas- >
lg a piano for the school &
Allie Warrington, Henry Morris and y
Toward Hudson. Jr., of the Frederica y
grlcultural class, competed in the s.
oultry Judging contest at the Milford q
range Fair last Friday against the y
Iilford agricultural class.
The Ladies Aid Socity will be en-
artained this friday evening by
.rs. Gordon Couselman, Mrs. Lester
. Carlisle and Mrs. T. V. Cahall at
he home of Mrs. Cahall.
Harvest Home exercises will be held u
the NJ E. church on Sunday/Every- ~
)dy invited nc
Rally Day services were held in the ~
ilford Neck Church last Sunday and
eviyal services are now being held 10
lere. Rev. w. w. Sharp will be glad on on
have everyone interested in the III III
ork come out to the services. ~. M
Mrs H. f. Mitten is visiting in Phil J"
ielphia.
The Home Missionary meeting was uu
I'D at the home of Mrs. Joseph Fraz- pa
r last Monday evening. Mrs. John la la
ray read very interesting paper No No
characterization" which will be w
at the next meeting. A ins
rrel OF clothing has been collected De,
d sent to worthy persons in Lousi- g..
"a. To anyone interested in work 1 %.
g for home missions a chance is , IA
ven by uniting with this society. ny Jne
Miss Helen Rathburn of Delmar was @ De
e guest OF Miss Jennie Bedell on lua
nday spe
Miss Clara Clark spent the week G.4 qes
d in Denton. lh
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Hudson spent lt hnS
81 week in Audubon. n. j.. and Phil an y
elphia.
Mrs. Mary Briggs spent the week ma nav
d i'm Wilmington Ch'
Mrs David II. Robbins entertained cIo
large number of friends at a mas wa wa
Grade party and dance last Tuesday Gla ~.
aning. A very delightful evening ing 4
IS spent in dancing in the town hall. 4
e hostess served refreshments at De.
: home after the dance. Is /
Don't forget the date of our first me
autauQua, to be held November IS nm
Everyone is awaiting the event ra lea'
IN delightful anticipation. Tickets 6Ie 6l.
selling rapidly and the community Pm Pm
preparing for the event. iins
hrs. A. w. Carrow spent last week a a
Philadelphia. rett
senator Frazier, William Davis. J'
l., Ira Downes and Howard Hudson 7'c' ~
touring this week in an automo- 81 %
2, visiting many places of interest. WI
liss Edna Lodge of Boston is Wis pas II
g her aunt, Mrs. Phillip Donovan a
lrs. Mary Bethalds has returned 70
m visit to Philadelphia. Gus
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NOTTCF city
B. Galloway has returned oper- d,
ms at his grist mill near the draw NI;I
ige and is open for customers un- of a