Milford chronicle., 1921-11-04
BOWERS BEACH

Miss Mamie Morris or near Bar
rats was a weekend guest OF MISS
Mary Coverdale in Bowers.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. H. Short, Mrs. Mary
A. Short and Mrs. Willis Patterson
visited Rehoboth Beach, last Sunday.
Mrs. Laura Coverdale, Mrs. J. T.
Cross and Miss Mary Coverdale were
visitors in Lewes on Monday OF thls
week.
Mrs. Mary E. Foster, of Frederica'
was a guest of friends in Bowers
from Thursday of last week unul
Monday last.
The festival and supper held by the
Ladies Aid Society in the ElezeDe-
than Hall on Saturday evening OF last
week. was a decided success, socially
and financially. The net proceeds al
Ter all expenses was $S1.66.
Mrs. Willis Johnson has returned
from A weeks visit with relatives lR
baltimore. While on her trip she
spent a day in Washington WheIe
she visited a number of places OF in
terest. among them the White House.
The promoters of the bus line on
the boulevard paid Bowers llslt anu
exhibited one of their buses last sat
1rdav. II made a good impression up
on the business men of the town; so
much so that the promoters were
Dleased with the success that tney
were accorded at this point.
The Halloween party held Ill tne
same hall on Monday evening OF lhls
week was a scream from start 10 III,
isb The grotesque costumes as Wen
as the fantastical, were beyond the
imagination of the onlookers. me
mas0ueraders were so disguised that
if was next to impossible to recognize
vo1,r nearest neighbOrs, or even some
of your own household.
We must say something in COM
mendation of our sporting clement
and especially of those who dote on
their prowess with the gun. Wheh
the time for shooting squirrels came
around. two of these sportsmen TOOK
IN that snort for a time without any
visible proof of success. The two men
=, 0,ostion w. S. Davidson and Job
CovardaIe succeeded in "bagglng
three SQUIRRELS - Davidson two anu
Coverdale one. So they concIuoeo tnaC
the prevailing drought had oeleIeI-
ious effect on the game, so they nave nave
abandoned that line Of sport ana LOOK
up fox hunting.
IT remains for the duck shooters TO
take the prize in that line OF tne
snort One evening last week, j. w.
Wilcutts of the johnson Hotel,
John Darby and Reynolds Rogers OF
Frederica. automobiled down along
the Nispillion River, around Raugh-
Iev's Island for the purpose OF nav
ing an evenings sport in duck shoot-
ing There they met man and maue
inquiry of him as to the pest snooC-
inc grounds. Mr.. Graham was on Lne
ioh and being of an obliging dlsposl-
fion readily told them of the Desl
nlaces and assured them they coulC
oct shooting to their hearts content
and. if they were at all expert, theS
couid soon load their sacks. Ihell
friend and benefactOr took them u
+he nonds and explained that he was
nroprietor of the ponds; having rent
cd them; he also informed them tha
he placed feed in the ponds at con
siderable expense; and, that hl'
obarons were. one dollar each even
inc ner man and pond. After exhibit
ing some Ol Ln6 AOCN -
dnce the ducks there, which was sa!'
to be broom corn seed, he asked MI
customers what kind of a pond the!
wanted. They asked for an explana
tion. when he told them, one klno was
a "drop pond" where ducks came anC
pitched in the pond and swan arounl
and they could shoot them sWlmmlhs ~
Rogers told him he would take ina
nond. as he was only an amateur sho'
at ducks, anyway. Darby, after som'
study of the matter, concluded that NJ
was somewhat out of practice, so ina
he would take drop pond. Inel
the main explained the nature Oh I'M
"fy pond;" that ducks came IN grea
numbers and just few back and torti
about the pond. Wilcutts at once tolc
him that he would take lily pono'
as his experience and adeptness oVel
the traps in shooting clay birds, wou!C
Justify him in his selection. They palC
their fees, took their places, awaited
results and remained until lat'
bour in the evening. They never saw
a duck or heard a quack. Inquiry was
made over the phone next morning al
to whether they wanted the ponds th'
next night and the reply was not per
misable to print.