Milford chronicle., 1922-04-28
Milton News By Paragraphs

Ernest Conwell, who has been ill
at the home of his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. d. M. Conwell, for some weeks,
/ was taken to the Salisbury Hospital
on Saturday for examination and
treatment. He returned home on Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Davidson, Miss
Mamie A. Conner and Mr.. Burns of
Philadelphia spent the weekend with
their sister, Mrs. Sarah E. Johnson.
Mrs. Sarah e. Davidson, widow of
the late James Polk Davidson, died at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ella
V. BlOcksOm, in Wilmington, on Mon
day afternoon, aged 80 years, after an
illness of several weeks. The remains
were brought to Milton, her former
home, and inferred in the M. e. ceme-
terry. She leave four children: Mrs.
Ella V. Blocksom, Mrs. Jeanette
Mustard and Captain Andrew J. Da-
wilson, of Wilmington, and Hamilton
{. Davidson, of Milton. She was the
sister of John Green and Mrs. Robert
Calhoun, of Milton.
VA. N. Pratt, manager of the Apple
Tree Farm, near Milton, has INSTALL
ed radiOphone at his residence and
is getting the market and weather re-
ports daily, besides listening in on
musical concerts and lectures from
the distant cities. On Sunday evening
he invited several friends to his home
where they heard a concert over the !
radio from Newark, N. J. He has lis |
tened in on Pittsburgh, Pa, and |
D. c.
Mrs. Elizabeth Fowler, widow of the /
late Robert Fowler, who died 80 years |
ago, died at her home on Mill street, |
Milton, on Thursday evening, April 1
goth, Of paralysis, after about four
weeks suffering. She was IS years
and 3 days old. Funeral at the resi-
dence on Sunday afternoon. Rev. T. O.
Grouse officiating, and interment made
IN the NJ. E. cemetery by S. J. Will
son q Son, funeral directors. She is
by four sons and one daugh-
ter: Thomas Fowler, Milton; Elisha.
Of Wilmington; Charles, of George
town; Elderdice, of Chester, Pa, and
Mrs. Lucy Deputy, of Doylestown. Pa.
Mrs. Fowler was the oldest white res
dent of the town and the oldest mem
Der of Milton Methodist Protestant
Jhurch, being one of the first to ioin
hat church at its inception.
Those from distance attending the
uneral were Clarence Fowler, Mrs.
Mabel Harding and daughter. Will
nlngton; Mrs. Reynolds and daueb-
er, Camden, N. j., Mr.. and Mrs. 1.
'oWler, Mr.. and Mrs. 1. Fowler.
georgetown; Mr.. and Mrs. II. TAYLOR. ,
vest Chester, Pa; Mr.. and Mrs. c. Ii
Deputy, DoWningtown, Pa; Mrs. B.
'OWler and children, Chester, Pa.
Colonel DeHaven, of virginia has 7
een the guest of Miss Nell GRAY. :
Mrs. Sarah Pettyjohn has returned
rom Philadelphia, where she spent I
ne winter with her children. She v
'as accompanied home by her son. I
bel Pettyjohn and daughter, Mrs. a
ma Robinson. 7
John H. Hood and crew have gone Y
Slaughter Beach with their large t
rout sein and will make their first O
aul this week.
One of the largest seins to be fished c
Bowers Beach this year is that of f
aptain Rufus Reed, of Milton, which O
more than thousand yards in
myth. Captain Reed and crew left v
ere Monday for Bowers and expected G
make their first dip on Wednesday. d
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Short, near
Wn, recently entertained at their A
'me, DR.. E. Campher, DR.. White. of cl
liladelphia, Mrs. John Camper and W
lighters, Elizabeth and Emma, of al
'ederica, and Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis e7
hotts and daughter, Sarah, of Mil
rd. m
Captain George A. Goodwin has pur- ci
lased of his brother, Otis L. Good
in, the property at the corner of b,
'deral and Coulter streets. Captain Ell
'odwin will remodel the house and H
cupy it as residence after the first
the coming year. d;
George Hughes, of Red Bank, N. J., e.
ter spending a few days with his ds
other, Mrs. Ida Hughes, has return m
home.