Milford chronicle., 1921-08-19
MILTON LETTER

b. Miss Mamie A. Conner OF Philade
E. pfil is spen'hag her vacation VII
y, relatives here
J. Joseph NJ. Lank has been made a(
Il ministratOr of the estate of the lat
g George A. Clifton.
d Captain George Goodwin ha
= bought of the Carey heirs the build
ing lot on Federal street. The smal
! house thereon has been sold to ClaI
h ence Clifton, who moved it to 10
d near town.
Carpenters are at work putting tn
1 finishing touches to the new banking
e house of the Delaware Trust Com
- pany.
Samuel Fithian has made some al
{ terations to his store that improves
the appearance of the interior.
T. Charles Conwell, of Norfolk, Va.
who is to sail for Cuba this week, en-
tertained a number of his friends
with yacht party to the Breakwate1
on Monday evening. The guests were
Misses Frances Burrows, Ethel Con
well, Virginia Davidson and Elsie
King, of Milton; Dorothy Hughes, of
National Park, N. j.; Margaret Rick
ards and Regg Atkins, of Lewes; Cath
crime Davis and Alice Lynch, of
Georgetown; Edna Hart, of Milford,
and Mildred Lynch, of Dover. Messrs.
! James and Charles King, of Philadel
phia; Edgar Welch, of Boston; Ro-
/ land Raught, of LeWes; Daniel Waga
mon and Smedley Palmer, of Milton;
Harold SchWab, of Los Angeles, Cal;
Fleming Hart and Curtis Vinyard, of
Milford, and Carlton Draper, of Mil
ton.
Rev. and Mrs. H. E. Reed are on
their vacation and the pulpit of the
NJ. E. Church will be filled next Sun
day, morning and evening, by Rev.
Grant, of Rehoboth. The following
Sunday the Rev. C. H. Atkins will
have charge of the services.
Captain and Mrs. John Davis, of
New Jersey, have been the guests of
Capt. and Mrs. J. Frank Outten.
Miss Catherine Gray is a Philadel- |
phia visitor.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. W. Simpler and
Mr.. and Mrs. H. B. Davidson motor
ed to Old Sound Camp on Sunday.
They also visited Mrs. Simpler's old |
homestead, Fenwick's Island Light
House, and the camp there.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Frank Gray are en-
tertaining their daughters, Mrs. Geo.
and Miss Nell Gray, of Phil
adelphia
NAPLES and virden are receiving
coal and distributing it to Milton res
idents.
A Mr.. Lingo of Lewes has rented
one of the stores in the Palmer Block
and will conduct a restaurant there
in.
Mr.. and Mrs. William H. Mears were
Philadelphia visitors this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. William McIlvaine who
have been visiting Mrs. Annie Ingram ]
for several weeks, have returned to
their home in Camden, N. J.
Viola Stewart fell at the home of
James c. Davidson recently and frac-
.ured her left arm. The little tot had
climbed up in a chair in order to get
something from the cupboard when
She lost her balance and fell to the
lOOr.
Stepping from his truck at George
own last week William Wagamon fell
md, sprained his arm.
Last week Charles Thackery pick i
ID more than a crate of second crop
from his patch. These
ines bore crop in the spring and
Why they are bearing the second crop
S uneXplainable. The berries are of
arge size and of fine flavor.
The cOlOred school house is about i
ompleted and ready for the dedica- '
ion exercises, the date of which has
Ot as yet been fixed.
Farmers living along the bay marsh
S are complaining that gunners are
hooting the young ducks. These vi
latOrs of the law go on the marshes d
arly in the morning and in the late a
vening and are killing hundreds of "
ucks that can hardly fly. Efforts
ave been made to identify these pot
lnters but upon the approach of the
rmers they hurry away to their au-
mobiles and escape before they can
2 recognized.
The Ladies Aid Society of Reynolds
P. Church will meet at the home of
rs. William Pettyjohn on Thursday
7ening, August 25th. Everybody in q
ted to be present. c
Mr.. and Mrs. Leighton Douglas of s.
linden have been visiting Mr.. and G
RS. Thomas Douglas. =
Mrs. c. w. Cook and children of =
ilmington are the guests of her mo-
er, Mrs. J. B. Welch, during the
lance of August.
Mrs. Louella Mcgee has returned
I'm visit to relatives in Philadel-
ia.
Herman Jefferson and Everett Cal h
I'm caught over five hundred CLAIMS de
BrOadkiln Beach on one tide last re-
elk. They received five cents each We
the entire CATCH L.
The squirrel season in Sussex
lnty opens on September 18th, end nm
August 18th as some Milton gun
s seem to think. This game animal
more plentiful this year than for (
ny years, and if let alone by the )
hunters will furnish much sport ?
t month.
/ new roof has been put on the =
idence of George Palmer and the =
se painted by the owner, John Ell
ssworth, of Lewes. i
hackery & White have completed
If new cottage at Broadkiln Beach
have moved there for the summer.
Dhens & Lingo have bought a cot A
and moved it from the river side
he bay shore and are now occupy
it. Mrs. Emma Burton has also
red her cottage to the bay side of
beach and has it ready for occu-
cy. Palmer & Smith have COM
ed cottage for their families on
bay side. Work of laVing cOn-