Milford chronicle., 1921-10-21
IEWES NEWS

| watts were helQ at the nome OF nel
, daughter, Mrs. Joseph L. Marshall ye
sterday afternoon and intermen
made in the Presbyterian cemetery.
Rev. Howard Davis conducting the
services.
Emanual Zerden and son Herman
left for Philadelphia yesterday where
they will spend the Jewish holidays
with relatives.
Captain John R. Price has return
ed to his home in Philadelphia after
spending a week here.
Thomas r. Ingram, DR.. William p
Jr and John M. Vessels made trip to
Laurel during the week.
Local spOrtsmen are still enjoying
the fine fishing at the Point of the
Capes. Many can be seen each day
making their way down to the point
for days fishing and many of the
nearby farmers are also enjoying the
/ fishing. Some catch as high as forty
and fifty of those large trout each
( trip, weighing from three to ten lbs,
/ which most of them are sailing for
winter use. CrOkers are still being
/ caught by the seine fishermen along
. the shore, but only few fatbacks are
| being caught.
Joseph T. Gaugh of the firm Mar
shall-GOugh & Co., here, who was re-
Gently married to Miss Miriam john
son, a local teacher in the public
school, have returned from their hon
eymOOn The bride expects to con-
tinue teaching the balance of this
term.
Liberty Bell Council No. 21 Jr. o.
U. A. NJ of SeafOrd will bring the
best quot pitchers here next Tues
day evening and will play the MEM
bers of Lewes Council No. IA for the
championship of Sussex County. The
Seaford boys are considered first class
players and the contest will be very
interesting one. The line up for
Lewes Council is likely to be Past
State Councillor Napoleon B. Register,
Howard Davis, Roland Tindall and
Daniel LittletOn.
Oyster season opened here the first
of October and the local Oystermen
find them very plentiful just now but
with so many in the business as there
is this year, owing to the fact that
work is little slack on other lines,
many are taking up the oyster bus1-
ness. They are extra large this season
and are selling for soc a basket. Ed
ward S. Hill conducts an oyster pack
ing house here and has several men
employed daily opening them.
Most of the local farmers are busy
now cutting and piling corn, getting
ready to plow the ground for wheat,
while many already have their wheat
ground plowed. The acreage for the
coming year here will be about the
same as that of last year, owing to
the poor yield which the farmers had
this year and the low price of wheat.
Some of them say that they barely
got enough out of their wheat to pay
for their phosphate and seed wheat.
DR.. Elmer Bertrand of New York
City is spending a few days with his
parents here, Captain and Mrs. Louis
Bertrand.
John NJ Lynch who is attending
Delaware College is home with his
parents here, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles II. /!
Lynch, for a few days on sick leave. Z
Edward w. Long, formerly of this
town, who has been keeper of the Car
ney's Point Lighthouse, New Jersey,
for several years, having reached the
age of seventy years, has been placed
on the retired lise and has moved his
family here, where he will occupy
the old Long homestead on Market
street, near Fourth. Mr.. Long was
just recently married.
Captain George w. POynter of Phil
adelphia, formerly of this town, was
town visitor on Friday.
Samuel C.. Pierce who conducts an
ice cream parlor here has recently
put a lunch counter in and will serve
oysters in all forms and light lunches.
The first frost of the season appear
I'd in town on Friday morning. Farm
ers well out in the country have re-
ported frost several days ago but the
salt air here near the bay has kept
t away from town for some time.
Sweet potatoes were growing fine
lere since the rain which came about
en- days ago, but now the farmers
will have to begin getting them out,
is too many frOsts Will harm them, so
hat they will not keep through the
winter. White potatoes are still grow
ng good where the vines are still
,reen, but many of the patches are
bout done for because they were al
most dead when the drought was
,roken. A fair yield is now expected
n white potatoes as well as a fair
ne on the sweets. The sweets are
lot grown very extensive in this sec
ion, as only a few farmers grow
lore than they can make use of.
Lizzie Holland has had her house
n South street torn down and will
urchase the undertaken shop in the I
ear of Mrs. H. F. Conwells property
nd move it to her lot where the old
omestead stood.
P. Demarest Lowe of New York City
"a prominent gauger of menhaden
sh oil-was a town visitor during .
ne week.
Harry NJ. King of Seaford, former
of this town, was visitor on Sun
ay.
Some of the local gunners are MAX
lg preparations for duck shooting
ow as the law was off on October
9Th. They report that ducks are more
lentiful this season than they usu-
Ily are.
Roy D. Simpler who has been sick
n several weeks is able to be out
gain to his work on the farm.
Rev. Howard Davis, pastor of the
ewes NJ. E. Church, announced on
unday that evangelistic services
ould begin in that church the first
unday evening in November.
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