Milford chronicle., 1921-07-15
MILTON LETTER


is visiting her aunts, Mrs. Messick and
Mrs. Rath.
J. Oliver Hazard and John P. Will
son have bought of the Delaware
Trust Company the canning factory
and grist mills of the late Royal Pack
ing Company, situated at the foot of
Federal street, this town. The new oW-
ners will operate the grist mill at
once and the cannery will be remodel
ed and put in operation next year.
There are two candidates for the
position of postmaster of Milton, Rob
ert M. Collins and Joseph Robbins,
both residing near town, are the can
didates. The term of Postmaster Mus
tard expires in October.
Mrs. G. "A. LippincOtt of Philadel-
phia has purchased of Alfred Glen
daniel, of ElIendale, the DR.. Hearn
cottage at Broadkiln Beach.
Hildreth Fithian spent the week
end at Bowers Beach, making the
trip in the yacht X-10-U-S.
Thackery & White have been award
ed the contract to furnish the lumber
for the new colored school house at
Lewes, and have begun delivery.
In picking an electric fan from the
floor, where it had fallen, Miss Mar
garet Fithian had her left hand bad
ly lacerated by the revolving blades.
James Ring fell while playing ball
on the Fourth and sprained his ankle
so badly that he has been compelled
to use crutches to get around.
The Delaware Trust Company has
sold to George A. Lippincott, of Phil
adelphia, the Chandler building, on
N. Union street, now occupied by the
Delaware Trust Company, Lank's
Garage and an unoccupied store. This
building Mr.. LippincOtt will remodel
for the manufacture of buttons. He
now has a factory here in which but
ton blanks are cut and finished in
Philadelphia. He will remove the fin
ishing machinery from his Philadel-
phia factory to the Milton building in
a short time, thus completing the
buttons here and giving employment
to about one hundred and fifty men
and women. A few weeks ago the bus
mess men of the town, learning that
other peninsula towns were trying to
induce Mr.. Lippincott to remove the
plant from Milton, petitioned Town
Council to exempt the factory from
beb<A0IAOAA III q ICA LII VI LC4l years.
which the council did. This encour-
aged Mr.. Lippincott and he decided to
remain in Milton, with the result that
he has purchased the Chandler Build
ing and will remove his entire plant
here. The stOrehOuse adjoining the
one purchased by Mr.. Lippincott has
been sold by the same concern to Geo.
M. NAPLES, the present tenant. Mr..
NAPLES is one Of the largest hard
ware dealers in the county.
Plasterers are at work on the new
Delaware Trust Company building
and it is expected that this building /
will be ready for occupancy by the |
middle of August.
Clark COnWell has returned from a
trip to Germany and is the guest of .
his grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. D. NJ. |
ConWell.
B. Frank Donovan died at his home
near Lincoln City on Sunday, aged 43
years. He was the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
A. B. Donovan. Funeral services were
held at Lincoln M. E. Church on Tues
day afternoon, by the Rev. C. H. At
kins, and interment made in Lincoln
cemetery by S. J. Wilson & Son.
Robert R. Rust died at his home,
near Harbeson, on Saturday, July 9th.
He was SO years of age. Funeral SER
vices were conducted at his hate resi-
dence by Revs. Larrimore, Murphy
and w. D. Wilson, on Monday, and in
terment made in Beaver Dam ceme-
terry by S. J. Wilson & Son.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel McSorley of
HOlyOak, spent the weekend with Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas Wilson, near Gravel
Hill.
The annual picnic of Milton M. P.
Sunday school will be held at Broad
kiln Beach on Wednesday, July goth.
The M. E. Sunday school will picnic
at Oak Orchard on Tuesday, July 28th. s
miss Sadie Belts, of Princeton, Illi- t
nois, after touring through Canada
and Niagara Falls, is spending a !
month with her sister, Mrs. Luther
Wilson. $
Ollie West and Miss Edith Num-
ford spent Saturday and Sunday with q
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Baker.
The Ladies Aid Society of Reynolds '
M. P. Church will meet at the home
Of Mr.. and Mrs. David E. Jefferson on b
evening, July 21. Everybody S
welcome. v
The funeral of James Edward Maull
who died at the home of his son, Chas. b
Maull, near Milton, on July 7th, was S
held at Weigand Chapel, Sunday af-
ternoOn, by Revs. LarrimOre and Muir n
ply and interment made in the adjoin- tt
ing cemetery by S. J. Wilson G Son.
Mr.. Maull had been a life long far n
ner, residing in Cave Neck until a
about a year ago when he moved to
Georgetown. He was on visit to his
son when stricken a few days ago. He
was 78 years old, and leaves three
Charles and William Maull,
# Cave Neck and Mrs. J. Hunter "
Johnson of Lewes. r
Miss Cordelia Atkins, student nurse a
it the Delaware Hospital, Wilmington, s,
S spending two weeks vacation with
Ter parents here. T.
Miss Emma Indie, of Milford, is h,
he guest of her aunt, Mrs. Joseph
CHAM. h,
A lawn fete and supper will be Civ h.
n on the M. E. Church lawn on Fri I,
ay and Saturday evenings, July %
nd %. w
The young colored men of Milton fl
ave organized base ball team and In
yill play their first game with team m
rom Overlook on Saturday after
oon on the home grounds. m
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