Milford chronicle., 1921-04-29
MILTON LETTER

There were a number of visitors
from Georgetown Lodge, one OF them
being District Deputy Grand Master
Roland Messick. Address were made
nv Past Grand Master Arthur Der
rickson, Seward Simpson, Roland
Messick. Roy Pettyjohn and John b.
Welch. whose great grandfather was
one of the founders of the order Whlch
was started in Baltimore 1O2 years
ago. After the lodge adjourned the
visiting members and new members
were served with refreshments at
PaImer's Cafe. The new members
are as follows: w. Leighton Reed
lanes II. Burrous, VIM. B. Wagamon,
DanieI B. Wagamon, Jr., VIM. M.
Crouch. Halmanus Wiltbank, John
FISHER. George R. Palmer, Raymond
The Misses Charlotte and Beulah
Cook of Wilmington are spending this
week with their grandmother, Mrs. D.
Town Council has granted the
Eastern Shore Gas & Electric Com
nanv the right to increase the rate
of Milton users of electric current
from 12 cents to Is cents per kiloWatt.
The franchise granted the company
wears ago stated that the rate snoulu
not be more than IL cents per kllo-
watt. and the company could not IN
crease this amount without the con
sent of Town Council. Owing TO the
;ncraased costs of production the |
company asked for an increase. 1helr
7eouest was granted for six months,
at the end of that time the rate is to
be the same as before, or a IuIIneI
extension granted. ,.,
The lumber for the colored school
house has arrived and the work OF
putting it together will be begun at
once. This is a fabricated bu1Idlng'
ali cut and fitted, and requires only
nutting together. The walls and roof
are to be of asbestos shingles.
Carpenters have arrived to do the
wood work on the new banking house
for the Delaware Trust Company and
work on that structure has been re-
sumed. It is expected that the build e.
ing will be ready for occupancy by the
first of june
Jacob Workman died at his home
near Milton on Monday, age 78 years.
Funeral services were held on We'd
nesday, Mrs. Willard Ellingsworth is
a daughter.
The Young people of Milton will
give an informal dance in the Fox
Theatre on Friday evening, April 20.
Hildreth Fithian is building an ad- j
dition to his residence on North I'm
jon street.
Chas. G. NAPLES, W. c. White, Cor {
nelius Wiltbank and Samuel Fithian s
were in Cambridge, Md, on Friday,
inspecting the fire engines owned by
that town. Other fire engines of other
towns will be looked over by Milton
fremen before purchasing one for
this town.
Mrs. William McIlvaine of Camden, !
N. J., is the guest Of her mother, Mrs. :
Annie Ingram.
Miss Nora Atkins of Wilmington
spent the weekend with her sister, :,
Mrs. Robert Black.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. w. Maull of near a
RehobOth, spent Sunday with Mr.. and n
Mrs. William T. Maull.
The carnivals held here every Sat- a
urday night is drawing large crowds
to town. Local firemen are raising b
fund with which to purchase an up-tO-
date fire engine, and these carnivals t.
are being held for this purpose. A
strawberry festival will be held with
in the next two weeks, and sometime O
during the autumn an out door or q
street carnival will be held for sew
eral days. The people of the town
and community seem to be behind the
men in this project and success is as
sured.
On Thursday of last week de- fr
structive fire broke out in a sixteen r
hundred acre tract of pine and oak ii
timber about two miles north of Mil 81
ton, on what is known as the "GoV- al
ernor Pender" tract. Eight hundred
acres of this tract is owned by the m
James H. Palmer Lumber Company, w
whose large saw mills and stock of h,
sawed lumber was for time threat 2,
ened with destruction. The farm IT
houses of N. Wallace White and Will M
liam Pettyjohn were saved only by the Al
heroic work of neighbors. At the Pet Al
.yjohn farm the fire jumped the road pl
hat separates the south field from o1
The woods and burned four stacks of
fodder and several tons of wheat in
straw and was headed for the stables by
and dwellings when neighbOrs arriv- ST
I'd and ploWed several burrows across W
he field and then back-fired the wheat
stubble. The Palmer mills are situ- in
ated in the centre of the tract and
was saved by back-firing and hard ia
lighting by the crowd of men attract w
I'd by the glare of the blaze, which
could be seen for miles. About one az
hundred cords of slab wood and one ct
bile of boards were destroyed. The
ire burned over about four hundred ha
lcres of valuable timber before got be
en- under control, doing several thous- -
lnds dollars damage. The lumber te
company had force of men at work fo
)urning off several acres of new he
preparatory to placing under ne
ill when the wind sprang up and
lrove the flames beyond their con- ST
rol. Word was sent to Milton and Ell
endale for assistance and several re
Dads of men rushed to the woods and he
ucceeded in conining the fire to the
lorth end of the tract. da
Mrs. Clarence Wilson has returned hi
o Philadelphia after spending three ha
weeks with her parents. ell
Milton high school will be repre- :,
ented at the field day events at ne ne
on May 18th by several lis
cams. The Milton Band will accom-
any the teams and take part in the ~.
arade of scholars from every school ~ ~
4 Sussex county. 20
Mr.. Malvelka of Garfield, N. J., is =
listing his daI1ehfeY ATre Toby, 4