Milford chronicle., 1922-03-17

Burton Donovan died at his home nea
Georgetown, on Sunday night, after
long illness of bladder trouble. Aged G
years. He leaves a widow three daugh
ters and two sons. He was a brother @
Mrs. Mahalia Davidson and Mrs. S.
Wilson, of Milton. Funeral services wer
held at San Hill M. E. Church on Thurs
day afternoon and interment made il
the adjoining cemetery by S. ]. Wilson
& Son.
Mrs. Mary Lank has returned from
Philadelphia, where she has been spend
ing the winter with her sons.
Mrs. Charles G. NAPLES spent the weel
end with her sister. Mrs. Clara Wharton
at Milford.
Mulberry street from Lavinia avenue
to the town limits was plowed on Tues
day.
The condition of N. w. White shows
no noticeable improvement.
An interesting meeting was held al
williams School on Friday evening,
March 10th. A brief program was rem
dered by the children which included
songs, recitations. and plays, after
which Mrs. Mabel A. Draper, of Milton
spoke very briefly on the work the P. T.
A. was doing, after which an associa-
tion was organized and affiliated with
the State P. 7. A. The officers were as
follows: Ward H. Short, president; The
'odore T. Reed, vice president; David q.
Jefferson, treasurer; Miss Elizabeth JEFF
ferson, secretary. The next meeting will
be held Friday evening, March Gath. A
cordial invitation is extended to all.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
ward Vent on Monday morning. Mother
and son are doing fine.
Mrs. Rhoda Townsend, of Georgetown,
and Mrs. Annie Mustard, of Nassau,
spent the week with Mrs. John P. Hol-
land.
On March Srd, a son was born to Mr..
and Mrs. William E. Blizzard.
Miss Ethel ConweIl returned to the
Woman's College, Newark, on Monday,
after being home for several days ow-
ing to an epidemic of scarlet fever at the
college.
% The first shad of the season was
caught in the Broadkiln River on Friday
by William Blizzard and crew.
The osprey -(fish hawl1) made its ap-
pearance on Friday for the first time
this spring.
Mrs V. T. Atkins and daughter Mrs.
w. W. Richardson, of Dover, spent
Monday in Milton.
I. c. King has secured the local agen-
cy for the Ford cars. On Monday he re-
ceived a carload of sedans, coupes and
touring cars.
Indian River herring were in market /
last week, selling for four cents each.
Mrs. Elderdice Fowler and children. of .
Chester. Pa. spent the weekend with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. William H.
Mears.
Capt. Samuel Fithian was taken with
a severe attack of hic-coughs on Friday
night and was confined to his home for
several days.
This community was shocked to learn
that Mrs. George w. Simpler, wife of
one of our most prominent farmers, died
last Saturday evening while at
the home of a near neighbor. Mrs. Sim
pier was one of a company of neighbors
that were invited to the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Riley Rogers, near Harbeson. Af- ;
ter a hearty meal the guests were serv- (
ed an abundance of ice cream. Immedi- l
ately after eating the ice cream Mrs. {
Simpler was taken sick with acute indi- f
sestion and died with in twenty minutes. I
She was married to Mr.. Simpler about a
year ago and had made many friends 7
round here. Funeral services were held #
N Wednesday afternoon at the Beaver
Dam Church. Interment made in adjoin- h
ng cemetery by S. J. Wilson and Son. f
A horse driven by Paul Vincent, near n
own, while hitched on Union street on h
night, became frightened and fl
roke loose from the hitching post, turn D
ng the carriage over, demolishing the v
Op and otherwise damaging the vehicle. o
he horse dashed through the street.
vhich was lined on both sides with au-
omobiles and carriages but did not hit r