Milford chronicle., 1921-09-30
MILTON LETTER

The Milton New Century Club vii
meet Wednesday, October 5. The frs
fall meeting will open with a social
All members try to be there.
A small shower of rain fell her
on Sunday evening. the first sine
the last week in August The rail-
was so slight that it was of little ben
eft to the late potato crop and thi!
crop will be an almost total failure
The vines are dying and contain only
three arr four tubers to tine hill an6
these are small, about the size of a
black walnut.
The oyster season in the BrOadkiln
river opens next Saturday. Oyster
men who have examined the beds say
that the catch will be small this sea-
son.
Miss Mary Wyatt of StOckley is the
guest of her cousins, the Misses Maull
Herbert H. Shut of Lewes and Miss
Sarah H. Reynolds, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. William H. Reynolds, of Mid
way, we're married at Milton M. r
parsonage by the Rev. 7. o. Grouse
on Sunday evening.
The carnival that was to have be-
gun here on Saturday next by the
firemen has been postponed. The date
of which will be given later.
The old colored school house is be-
ing converted into double dwelling
by Cooper Davidson, who bought 1t at
public sale.
Mrs. Samuel Fithian has returned
from visit with relatives in New
Jersey.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stephen Hickman, Mr..
and Mrs. Horace Hickman and chill
dren, of Frankford, were Milton Wis
itors on Saturday.
Miss Gladys Workman, of Philadel-
phia, paid a short visit with her
grandmother, Mrs. Annie Steelman,
returning home on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Adam Shore are Wis
iting Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Reynolds,
near town.
Joseph Mendenhall, a former lieu
tenant in the air service, was week
end visitor at the home of Thomas
Entwisle. Mr. Mendenhall served with
honor during the world war, taking
his training with the French aviation
school and has piloted almost every
type of plane used in the American
and French service. He recently ac-
cepted a position as agricultural in :
structor at Smyrna. !
Several Milton and Harbeson young :
men filled up on hard cider on Sun
day night and made Rome howl. a
Mr.. and Mrs. William Chandler of c
Scranton, Pa, are the guests of Mrs.
Chandler
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Davidson, of E e
spent few days with c
relatives here. n
William H. Mears is repainting his r
house and store buildings. Mr.. Mears q
has put in two new barber chairs and +,
otherwise improved the interior of his
barber shop.
The real estate of Harry L. Robin
son, consisting of a lot and two store
will be sold at public sale
IN Saturday, October 1st. "
John Bailey will start the erection s.
If a dwelling house on a lot he re- to
,ently purchased in North Milton next Jf
week. tn
William Martin has installed gas
line tank at the railroad station. Gl
The Delaware Trust Company NOV W
d into their new banking house at M
he corner of Front and Federal
treets. TO
Seven prizes were received by the MI
Oys of the Milton high school in COM
etition with boys studying agricul- sp
Ire in all other high schools of the MI
tate. An exhibition was held in con- ne
melton with the Delaware State
air in which the boys made their ire
wn exhibits and returned with MI
on's share of the prizes. The prizes ST.
1nsist of three first, two second and
vo third prizes and were won by the pei
blowing boys, Fred Lynch, Richard toI
raper, Edward Outten, Newlin Rey- -
1lds, Walter Dickerson, and Everett m
Oaand. gII
Mrs. Clara T. Farens died at her SIl
)me, near Milton, on September 20, iii
tuberculosis. Age 43 years. Mrs. iii
lrens was the daughter of the late iii
1bert and Eliza Carey. At the age of iii
years she was converted and con-
cted herself with the M. E. Church, XII
ON which she never wavered. She iii
tended the church until her health iii
lied She bore her suffering with pa sIII
nee until the end. Her last words iii
,re: Il am going over" Funeral SER kIII
'es were held on Thursday after RIlI
on at Slaughter Neck Church by iii
". C. H. Atkins, and interment kiII
Lde in the adjoining cemetery by S. kIlI
Wilson & Son. She leaves a hus- RlII
nd and three small children. lIil
e mother who left us here alone eIliS
To battle with care and strife RIIis
the guardian angel who leads us on kIlII
70 the fruit of the Tree of Life. kIII
Husband and Children lHgIlP