Milford chronicle., 1920-12-17
GLENDALE

There has been some red hot hap
penings in Glendale this week, and
the excitement for a time was start
ling. The same chap who swindled
the hotel in Milford, and several of
the stores, and who was finally run
down by the Milford authorities, came
to Glendale, where he posed as a
high-class business man, and attempt
ed to impress himself upon the So
ciety folks of the town. Ee was sue
cessful in part in getting attention,
and he was invited to speak before
the high school audience at their en-
tertainment given last Thursday. He
was a fine looking chap and spoke
fiuently of his experience as a soldier.
While in the act of complimenting the
handsome audience of youngsters COM
posing the high school students of
Glendale, he and the entire audience
was astounded by the appearance of
police officers from Milford, who
charged him with being an imposter
and a thief, and placed him under an
rest. This was a mortifying end for
the introduction given to the young
fellow, and they admit that they were
imposed upon, and that it was morti-
flying to have permitted n person of
this character to be presented to the
moral students of the public schools
of Glendale. This would seem to
have been sufficient excitement for
one week, but bedlam had started and
it continued to make trouble.
On Friday evening there was a
church entertainment and a social at
one of the halls-but these had moth
ing to do with the troubles, except
that it afforded a reason for all kinds
of people to assemble at that, point.
The trouble had its origin over the
purchase of a box at the auction in
the box and shadow" social part of
the affair. The box in question was
bid up to a large price on the as
sumption that it had been packed
and donated by pretty and popular
young lady-but il proved to have
been box donated by another per-
son. The buyer refused to pay his
bid. The boys went outside, where
one of them resented the insult to .
the lady donor of the box, and fight |
resulted which is reported to have
had four knock downs and a knock
out before the case was rested, and
peace restored.
None of this took place in the hall,
however, and there was no drinking
of liquor. but a general disorderly
behavior on the part of those who well
deserved to have been hailed before
the Justice of the Peace and made to
pay for their disorderly conduct. A
lady did take the names of the young
rufiiians who created the disturbance,
but so far nothing has been done to
punish them. Jealousy and a DISPOSE
lion to make trouble was at the bot
tom of the affair. No-Ellendale is
not composed of all fine citizens by
long shot, and our purpose is to
stop their lawless actions by letting
heir misbehavior be known.
The colored people at Dickerson's :
corner seem to be more congenial at
heir entertainments, and they have
enjoyed some very merry times re-
emily. Last Tuesday evening they
we're addressed by an Indian from Ok !,
ahoma, who appeared in full regalia /.
# his tribe. and spoke on the GUS ..
oms of the Indians. This was held
n the colored church, before a large |
nd appreciatiye audience As he was I I
he first live Indian to appear in Ell !.
endale he was a real curiosity.
Celia Robinson, aged 80 years, died !.
n Friday, December 11th, 1920, at the :
ONE of her daughter in Glendale. +
he funeral was held in the colored
hurch in Glendale. and interment
lade in Levi cemetery at Milford, by
amuel J. Wilson. the funeral direc-
'r. She was highly respected here.
nd she came from Georgetown origi- 81
ally. She leaves eight children, the vi
dest being 40 years old.
1t was supposed that the manufac- d;
ire of holly wreaths as a business 81
)out Ellendale was dead for this h'
there were no berries at
| the trees in this section, and the
'auty of holly wreath is in the L.
light red berries interspersed in with
e green leaves. Lee o. Truitt from W
llford has solved the problem for the
ople here and started the business w
oming by bringing a car load of
lily with berries from distant points HI
the south, which he gives to the tn
'eath makers, who sell the manu-
ctured wreaths for IS per hundred ia
him. The work is rushing to an MI
d now.
Dorsey Morgan and family with Lu- ad
er Coverdale and wife motored to
hoboth last Sunday to look that FOL
ore over and they had fine time.