Milford chronicle., 1921-06-10
MILTON LETTER

Milton, son of Postmaster John
Mustard, met with very painful ac-
cident at the Draper cannery on
Tuesday afternoon. He, together with
several other boys, were standing
outside the boiler room of the factory
when the engineer opened the blow
out valve on the boiler, severely
scalding young Mustard, who was
standing directly in front of the pipe.
He was burned about the left side of
the face and an arm and leg were
also blistered from the hot steam. He
was taken to his home where medical
assistance was given and he is now
out again.
Lieutenant Ames, who was one of
the seven men killed in an airplane
accident near Washington on Monday,
is known here, having visited Mr.. Will
liam Chandler last year, making the
trip from Washington in a plane.
Local bass fishermen are landing
many large ones from the BrOadkiln
River these days. On Tuesday Elias
Bailey caught eleven bass, that weigh
ed from four and three-quarters
pounds to one pound each. He cast
his line six times and caught six fish.
These fish escaped from Lake Fan
ganzyki, during the break IN the dam
some years ago. The lake has since
been stocked by the government and
many are being caught there, but
they are not so large as are those IN
the river.
Trout fishermen at Slaughter and
Beaches are not netting
many trout at present, being inter-
ferred with by large schools of man
haden, an entirely useless fish as food.
These fish are used by the fish factor
les for the extraction of oil, and as all
factories on this coast are closed and
will not operate this year, these fish
are coming close into shore driving
the trout far off shore.
Farmers in this vicinity are busy
cutting and hauling peas to the can
neries. The crop is a little below
normal and the pods are not filling as
they should. Many vines have reach
ed their maturity and are turning yell
low, yet the pods are only about half
full. To wait for them to fill means
that those now full will be too hard
for canning purposes, and the Gamers
are insisting that the peas be cut and
delivered now.
Commencement exercises of the Mil
.on High School were held in School
Hall on Thursday evening of last
week. There were four graduates,
Laura Walls Sharp, Edward Gilbert
Stewart, Elbert Ross Reynolds and
yaryl Jay Reynolds. The program was
as follows: Invocation by Rev. T. o.
Grouse; grafton, Agriculture since
1860, Caryl J. Reynolds; Grafton, Wo-
men in Industry, Laura w. Sharp; or
ltion, Good Roads and Transportation,
D. Gilbert Stewart; presentation of di-
1lomas by DR.. R. B. Hopkins; address
)y DR.. Richard Watson Cooper; bene-
fiction by Rev. H. E. Reed. Music was
furnished by the school orchestra.
William r. Ingram is having his
house painted by Dutton & Sharp.
H. P. Anderson and wife, of East
Lansdowne, Pa, were recent guests
If Mrs. Mary E. Morris.
L. Coleman Douglas, second assis-
.ant manager of the Victor Talking
Machine Factory, of Camden, N. j.,
with his family and friends, Walter
Mccarthy and family, have been
spending a few days at the home of
MS father, Thomas H. Douglas.
John J. Morris and wife, of Dover,
and William Morris, of Milford, were
Sunday visitors with their mother,
Mrs. J. J. Morris.
William Maull has gone to War
wick, Md, where he will work at his
trade of blacksmith.
Mrs. William Marsh was operated
On at the Salisbury Hospital on Fri
day. Mrs. Marsh is the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Shockley, near
town. Her condition is satisfactory
at this time.
After being without the services of
4 town police for many months, coun-
ell has succeeded in securing man
for the position. He is Joseph Brit
.ingham, who began his duties on
R. D. Lingo is having front porch
erected at his residence on North I'm
on street.
The business men of Salisbury, Do
yer and Frederica are making pro-
)osals to G. A. Lippincott for the re-
noval of the button factory now To-
,ated here to one of those places. Mr..
4ippincOtt is experiencing much trOu-
lie in securing a suitable site here for
larger plant and is receiving prac-
ically no encourageme from the
business men of Milton, and aside |
rom this he has no assurance that !
he necessary labor can be secured |
ere for the kind of business he wants |
o establish. "a word to the wise"
Major L. B. Chandler, of Camp Dix,
I. j., has been visiting his mother, |
Who has been quite i'll for the past |
ew weeks. She is much improved at |
his time.
The strawberry harvest is about oV-
r and growers have been well repaid |
or this crop, despite the late frosts
hat destroyed the early blossoms.
Ethel R. Lofland, daughter of the
ate Henry Lofland, died at the home
f her sister, Mrs. Irwin c. Palmer,
4 Philadelphia, on Sunday night. Age
8 years, 10 months and "a days. The
emains were brought to Milton on
tuesday evening and funeral held at
he home of her uncle, A. H. Lofland, /
afternoon by Rev. T. c.
rouse and interment made in Belts
emetery by S. J. Wilson & Son.
Mrs. Clara West, of Philadelphia,
S the guest of Mrs. William Clemonts.
Miss Eva Margaret, daughter of Mr..
nd Mrs. Fred E. Johnson, of near
Iilton, and John Linden Barr, of |
were quietly married at |
he M. P. parsonage at Georgetown |
" the Rev. Bailey, on Thursday ev- |
oi,,a T1171a 0nd 1901 Tho 1auyI11 NOR
led couple motored to Philadelphia,
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