Milford chronicle., 1922-04-21
Milton Reports Live
Budget of News
Thieves Plage Automobiles Trout Fishermen Plan for
Seasons Business--CrOp Prospects Good.

Several automobiles, parked in tn
public park, corner of Front and Fed
eral streets, were robbed of variOu
parts on Saturday night by thieves
The coils, fOOt-bOard and mat of Chas
Moores car was taken while a scOr'
or more of people were in the park
and later in the evening, when auto
mobile owners were preparing tt
leave town for their homes, it was
found that many cars had been partly
stripped. The town is without the ser
vices of a policeman and law viola
tor have become bold.
Trout fishermen are leaving TINS
week for the bay shore with thelI
nets. While a number will fish at
Broadkiln Beach, all of the seins
above five hundred yards long will be
located at Slaughter Beach. This is
brought about by the passage OF a
law that prohibits the use OF nets
more than five hundred yards IN
length from fishing in the Delaware
Bay below FOwler's Beach. Inc
small net fishermen had this law en-
acted, claiming that the big nets put
them out of business.
Dora johnson of Philadelphia spent
Easter with her parents in Milton.
Harold Short of Connecticut spent
the weekend with his mother near
town.
John Welch and family, Camden, N.
J.. and Master William Mustard were
Milton visitors over Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. BurrOus, Jr., OF
efn
here.
Paul Bryan, Wilmington, was enter
tanned over the weekend by his ia
ther, Andrew Bryan.
William Mason, Great Neck, N. Y,
was the guest of his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. William w. Mason, on Sunday.
Miss Ethel Conwell and Carlton
Draper, students at Delaware Univer-
sity, spent the Easter holidays with
their parents in Milton.
Miss Frances Burrous, Philadelphia,
was the guest of her parents over
Sunday.
Mrs. Georgia Walls has returned
from visit to her mother, near Will
Evansville.
William NJ. Crouch, Mrs. Mary c.
Maull and daughter, Miss Emily, spent
the weekend with Rev. and Mrs. G.
J. Hooker, at Pittsville, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. William M. Mears en-
tertained over Easter Mrs. Dice FOw-
ler and children, of Chester, Pa, and
Miss Verna Mears and Miss Jump, of
Centreville, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. L. Mustard, Will
mington are occupying their Milton
residence. They arrived here on Sat
urday evening.
Cove Vent, Philadelphia, spent
Sunday with his son, Edward Vent.
Cove saw his grandson for the first
time Saturday night.
Thomas Black, Philadelphia, is
Milton visitor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Maull and
daughter, Miss Louise, Philadelphia,
have returned to their home after
paying a visit with his mother, Mrs.
Florence Johnson.
4 Birdson Brothers are contracting
for tomatoes at 20 cents per 5-S bas-
ket, delivered to their cannery here.
This factory has not packed tomatoes
for several years, devoting their en-
tire plant to the canning of peas and
lima beans. This year they will con-
tract for one or two hundred acres,
the growers will accept the
price offered. Quite number of far.
mers have availed themselves of the
to grow this cash crop.
Local shad fishermen, made large
hauls of these fish last week in the
river, and though the prices
received for them are not high the
large numbers being caught makes
the business profitable and they will
continue to haul their nets until the
bay fishing is on.
Members of the Methodist Protes- ;
.ant denomination in this vicinity are
very well pleased that the conference,
held at Chestertown, Md, has
DR.. T. o. Grouse to Milton
md Rev. c. S. LarrimOre to Harbeson.
Another appointment that is pleasing
% the Milton people is the sending of
Rev. George A. Morris, former Mil {
on boy, to Harrington. '