Milford chronicle., 1922-06-16
Milton News By Paragraphs

While cleaning The cutters OF
Chestnut street last Friday, Street
Supervisor Milby found a 15-lb
snapper under the gutter bridge il
front of the home of James P. Leon.
ard. tits thought that the snapper
was under the bridge to lay. The
place where it was found IS nearly a
mile from the river. Mr.. Milby took
the snapper to the river and liberated
it, the law for their capture not be-
ing off until July list.
Early gardeners are eating string
beans. The first to be gathered in
Milton was from the garden of John
r. Crouch.
Mrs. Mary Stout and children have
returned to Wilmington after spend
ing several weeks with her parents
here.
Miss Ethel Lewis has returned from
an extended visit with relatives in
Philadelphia. She was accompanied
home by Mrs. Anna Davis, her sister.
William Workman has been award
ed the contract for the erection of a
dwelling for John S. Robinson, Jr.,
on the lot Mr.. Robinson recently pur-
chased of Ray Turner on South Fed
eral street. y
l. c. King, Clifford Johnson and
Robert B. Walls, Jr., were Philadel-
phia visitors last week.
Charles A. Conner is the latest
member of the Ford Club, having
purchased a sedan.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. George A. Morris, near HarbesOn,
on Monday morning.
Milton is on the radio map How
ard Hastings has erected a radio re-
ceiver in the Mayors Office and is lis
tening in on concerts from New York,
Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and Wash
ington.
Mrs. Frank B. Carey, who was fore
ed to undergo a second operation at
the Beebe Hospital, Lewes, is showing
much improvement.
Johua Bennett, of Frederick, is the
guest Of his daughter, Mrs. James
H. Palmer, on Broad street.
Captain David DuttOn is having a
concrete pavement laid in front Of his
residence.
/ Miss Cordelia Atkins, student nurse /
at the Delaware Hospital, Wilmington,
is spending a few weeks with her par
ents here.
At meeting of the citizens and
members of the Milton Fire Company
last week the following committees
were chosen for the celebration of the
Fourth of July in this town: Speakers,
C. C. NAPLES; parade, DR.. r. B. Hop
kins; booths, J. Lindsay; refresh
ments, S. Fithian; amusements, Chas.
Barker; shooting gallery, Chas. G.
Jones; athletics, T. L. Entwisle; fire
works, Lindsay and Fithian; adver-
tisement, T. I. Entwisle; decorations,
J. C. ConWell; supplies, John Fisher;
people for booths, Mrs. John Lind
say; sandwiches, John Fisher. Sub
scriptions are being taken for the dis
play of fireworks and the business
people of the town are responding
with liberal contributions that will in
sure even a better display than last
year. The people of the town are be-
hind the fremen in this affair and a
gala day is assured.
William M. Crouch spent the week ;
end in Philadelphia. He was accom- ]
panied home by his niece, Miss /ViO- ]
la Maull, who has been spending a
month with 1elatives in the Quaker s
City. {
Captain. Rufus Reed and crew. have
from Bowers Beach with 1
heir large trout sein, after a most i
season at that resort. i
The pea canning season will close
here this week. The crop, owing to /
he ravages of the pea louise, has G
been failure, very few growers har- c
7esting enough to cover expense of
growing. f
Mrs. Bessie Giese, wife of Otto t
1iese, died at the Homeopathic Hos n
)ital, in Wilmington, on Friday morn t
ng, June 9Th, aged % years and six t
months. Her remains were brought
o Glendale on the morning train b
sunday and taken to the home of her
Darents, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Warren. S
funeral services were held from the L
,hurch at o'clock on Sunday. Inter h
nent in Red Mems cemetery. Samuel s.
Wilson and Son had charge of the
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