Milford chronicle., 1921-08-26

NAPLES & Virden have secured the
contract to furnish coal at the Milton
high school and the NJ E. Church
and are now making delivery.
Bayside farmers are cutting marsh
hay for winter food for cattle. 1t is
estimated that thousand tons will
be cut on BrOadkiln marsh this year.
Farmers from the west side of the
county are hauling it to their farms
each day.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. D. Munyon, of Phil
adelphia, have been the guests of Mrs.
Mary L. Brockington.
Charles Neibert, of Milton, and
Miss Grace L. ShOckley, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Shockley, of Ell
lendale, were married by the Rev.
T. c. Grouse on Wednesday, August
10th, at the M. P. parsonage.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Spencer and
family and Mr.. and Mrs. e. E. Guyer
and two daughters, of Mifflintown,
Pa, spent Sunday at Oak Orchard.
Joshua Bailey of near Seaford spent
Friday afternoon at the home of his
grandmother, Mrs. j. W.. Bailey.
While operating a gang saw at the
mills of Thackery & White on Mon
day, John Sockum received painful
injuries to his left hand when piece
of timber he was saving struck him.
Two fingers of the hand were badly
lacerated.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Leap and Mr..
and Mrs. Cleveland Reed, of Carney's
Point, N. j., and Mrs. Bessie Workman
and daughter, of Philadelphia, have
returned to their homes after spend
man.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. E. Carey, of Yard
vile, N. j., are guests of his sister,
Mrs. Florence Johnson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Johnson, of
Philadelphia, are guests of his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Johnson.
DR.. II. o. Grouse and wife are Wis
iting in Highland, N. j., and the pull
pit of the NJ. P Church will be filled
on Sunday by Rev. J. D. Potter.
Emma Estella, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Joshua Hastings, died at their
home near Milton, on Wednesday,
August II. Age months and 20 days.
Funeral services were held at Milton
NJ. P. Church by Rev. T. c. Grouse on
Friday afternoon, and interment made
in Odd Fellows cemetery by S. J.
Wilson & Son.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Entwisle an
nounce the birth of Frank Stode Ent-
wisle at West Chester, Pa, on Satur-
day, August 20. Mother and son are
doing fine. Mr.. Entwisle is a teacher
of agriculture in the Milton high
school.
Mrs. Charles Barby and son, of
Philadelphia, are guests of Milton
relatives this week.
H. E. Conwell has returned from
Staten Island, N. Y.
Thieves stole sixty chickens from
the hennery of James Reed, near
Broadkiln Beach, on Friday night.
The Milton band is furnishing mu-
sic at the firemen's carnival held in
Lewes on Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday evenings of this week.
VIC. Welch who has been seriously
ill for the past few days is GONZALES
cent.
Rev. G.. ]. Hooker, of Pittsville,
Md, occupied the pulpit at the M. P.
Church last Sunday morning, and the
Rev, George Morris, a former Milton
boy, preached~in the evening. At the
M. E. Church Rev. Grant, of Rehoboth,
conducted services in the morning,
and Rev. Grum, of Chester, Pa, prea-
ched.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. w. Cook and chill
dren of Wilmington are guests Of Mr.
and Mrs. ]. B. Welch. N
Mrs. William M. Welch and son,
William, are spending the next two
weeks in Philadelphia. They accom-
panied Miss Letitia Neal, who has
been spending the past few weeks
with relatives here.
Mrs. Geargeanna Banning, OF Fed
eralsburg, Nd, and Mrs. J. D. Neal, |
of Hobbs, Md, have been visiting their |
sister, Mrs. Thomas Hood.
y After a ten-day vacation the en-
ployees of the button factory return
ed to work Monday morning.
County Agent Vaughn has selecred |
Elmer Dickerson's farm near Milton |
for a three year lime demonstration.
Last week M. o. Pence, County Agent |
leader, from the University of Della |
ware; H. l.. Hamaker, of the Nation |
a. Lime Bureau Association 1T Wash |
ington, Z. c., and County Agent |
Vaughn VISITED Mr.. Dickerson's farm
and laid Ou- the demonstration, The
plot will be seeded in alfalfa this
fall and will be lined with hydrated
and stone lime with a check to show
results of lime.
Miss Anna Manslip and her sister, Mrs.
George B. Weidemann and daughters, OF
Philadelphia, formerly of Milton have
been spending August at Oak Orchard.
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