Milford chronicle., 1921-12-23
BOWERS BEACH

Inc year is now drawing near
= close and necessarily our minds rever
to doings of the past year of ourselves
necessarily our minds revert to thu
/, doings of the past year of ourselves
individually, whether good, bad or in
different, and the same will apply tt
our community and homes collecta'
lively of which 1 will now give q
summary and retrospection of some OF
the doings, and happenings of oul
old home during the past year.
The general health of the perma-
nent inhabitants of the place has been
exceptionally good with but very lit
tie sickness, comparatively speaking.
During the past year not a solitary
death has occurred within our town
limits of which we all should be
thankful.
While we see accounts daily in the
papers from all over the country
where thousands of people are thrown
out of work and with comparatively
nothing for them or their families to
subsist on, there has not been a per-
son living within this town during any
time of this year, but what could get
work of some kind to make a dollar
any day. 1 am glad to chronicle that
our people have taken advantage of
the opportunities thus accorded
them, and are well heeled for the win
ter and old Boreas may blow but they
can stay indoors when necessary. e
| There has been more advancement
in the way of improvements and
building here the present year than
ever before, or perhaps we might add
in any five years. Among the i'm
prOVements we will name the build
ing operations that have been carried
on. One of the most up-to-date amuse-
ment and dance halls have been built
on the beach front which was the in
centive for large crowds to gather
each evening during the season. A
large garage built that was badly
needed and located on Main street. A
large and modern style hotel and cafe
built on Hubbard avenue. Twelve
dwelling houses built in different
parts of the town beside additions and
improvements to the different proper
ties in town.
Sites have been secured and prep
arations are being made for num-
places to be built in the early spring.
The oyster shucking houses are
working on full time, in fact, almost
day and night, to fill their orders for
the holiday trade. One of the houses
that has been shipping quite a large
order of their prepared product week
ly to a firm in Syracuse, New York,
received a telegram last week to dOu-
BILE their order each day this week,
thereby necessitating the employment
of more help and larger hours each
day.
About all men available that oyster
in the bay and rivers to supply the |
shucking houses are busily engaged.
Quite number of our men have
marshes under control and are en-
gagged in trapping muskrats and they !
are meeting with success, even be-
yond their expectations. The rodents
are more plentiful than they really
and the pelts are command
ing good prices and the meat sells
readily at twenty cents per pair.
All spare time from their daily
business is taken up in cunning for
rabbits and many have been captured.
The butchering of hogs raised in
own is the greatest amount of pork
ever raised and butchered here. Over
fifteen thousand pounds of dressed
)orks was butchered here within the
own limits and that pretty well pro-
lOrtioned among the different families
If the place. When we consider the
number of permanent or winter in
labitants, that is approximately two
that includes all men, wO-
nen and children, it is evident that
more than rs pounds of pork would
,e accorded to every person, big and
title in town.
Who said that Bowers Beach was
lot the best place in the country to
i've in, with plenty of meat and corn
It fifty cents per bushel, plenty of
ysters, fish and mussels from the
Tater. 1t has been said that a man
an live as long as he possibly can,
ny where else in the country, then
o to Bowers Beach and live two
ears. Who doubts it? II
Some of the hogs that were butcher
d here this season were the largest
hat were ever grown here. G. w. III
payd carried off the laurels in weight III
aving two that weighed 587 pounds
nd 500 pounds, making a total of II
D87 pounds the pair. A number were
lised that weighed over 400 pounds
nd eight or more that tipped the III
,ales at over 300 pounds. II
Preparations are being made here
II the Christmas holidays. Many III
'esents will be exchanged here dur II
g the holidays, as that has been al III
ost universal custom with our
,ople, and we would ever encourage
e custom as it endears q kindly
cling among neighbors. II
Mrs. Butler, the teacher of our
hool, purposes to give her pupils
/ entertainment commemorative of
e festive holidays on Friday after II
ION of this week. She is working III
that end and the merry youngsters
e engaged heart and mind in doing II
cir bit in order to make it sue
SIS. The Sunbeam Club, composed of II
e younger set are rehearsing and II
aking the necessary preparations for II
entertainment to be given in Eliz- II
ethan Hall, on Saturday evening, II
ristmas Eve, commemorative of the II
-ristmas occasion. They cordially II
ute the public to meet with them III
d enjoy an evening of fun. II
They purpose to have a large tree
lere many presents will be distri-
ted there-from and an abundance
good things to eat.
Mrs. William King had the mis-
tune to lose her pocket book with
er ten dollars in it on returning