Milford chronicle., 1922-05-12
Milton News By Paragraphs

EARLY Strawberries are in market
This crop was severely damaged by
the late frosts. In fact all the first
blossoms were killed and the fruit
now being picked here blossomed and
matured since the killing frosts The
late crop will be around normal, ac-
cording to present indications.
A. M. DriscOll has joined the Ford
Club, having recently purchased Sc
dan.
The sloop, Tillie Culvert, after
successful season on the oyster beds
( of Delaware Bay, has tied up at the
Royal Cannery wharf for the summer.
! Mrs. Frank B. Carey was taken to
the Beebe Hospital, Lewes, Sunday
for a serious operation for abdominal
trouble.
1.-THE Hoodoo," a farce in three acts,
was given by the young people of Mil
ton in Fox Theatre, on Thursday ev-
ening for the benefit of the Parent
Teacher Association of Milton schools.
Miss Arzie Walls, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Ely Walls, was operated on
Sunday by DR.. Marshall, of Milford,
for abscess of the back.
Elmer DickersOn had an expert in
the use of dynamite to clear up an
acre of ground last week. Large oak
stumps were blown out and the land
put in condition for cultivation at a
cost Of $11.50 for the acre. Mr.. Dick
erson says that to clear this land with
men and hoes would have cost him
$50.
Captain Sam Fithian is painting his
power sloop X-10-U-S and overhaul
ing the engines for the summer.
Martin Chandler, who has been
spending the winter in Red Banks, N.
J., has returned to his home here.
Town Council met in special session
last Friday night to take action on
the matter of better paVements in the
town. Committees were appointed by
Mayor. Stephens to look after the sew
eral districts and have the sidewalks
put in proper condition. The sidewalks
are in a deplorable condition; the ma
iority being paved with bricks that
have worn out and become uneven,
while others are of dirt and after each
rain are pools of mud. Only few OF
them are of cement or concrete and
these have proved very satisfactory.
If the sidewalks are not kept in better
repair town council will likely repeal
the present ordinance that allows the
use of -"bricks, cement or stone Cgrav-
ell" and COMPEL all property owners
to put down concrete pavements.
DR.. T. o. Grouse, pastor OF the Meth
odist Protestant Church, OF Milton
has invited the members OF Golden
Rule Lodge of Odd Fellows to attend
the morning services at that church
on Sunday, May 21, and the lodge has
accepted the invitation. DR.. Grouse
will preach a special sermon OF inter-
est to the members.
The first rain to fall in this section
for three weeks came Friday morning.
The ground had become so dry and
hard that the farmers in the Bay dis
trict were compelled to stop their
plows. u
Senator Murphy, of Harrington,
bought of Veasey Brothers, Harbeson,
a pair of Holstein oxen that weigh
about eleven hundred pounds each;
and are well matched in color and
size. \
Workmen are engaged in taking up
the two inch water pipes that lead to
BirdsOng Brothers canning factory
and replacing it with four inch pipe.
The two inch pipe being taken up will
be used in extending the line on Null
berry street to WagamOn's Mills.
Asparagus growers in Broadkiln
hundred are reaping an unusually
large crop and are receiving good
prices for it in the Wilmington and
Philadelphia markets.
Trout fishermen at Slaughter and
Broadkiln Beaches are making large
catches and are selling them at prices
that promise to make this season
profitable one to the fishermen. A
great many are being sold to farmers
who salt them down for winter use;
some of the farmers coming from as
far away as Denton, Md.
The dirt roads in this section are
being put in good condition by D. H.
Reed, the new road Overseer.