Milford chronicle., 1923-09-14
Milton Letter

Two Milton girls, Ruth Lynch anC
Katherine Dickerson have brought
distinction to their town and cOmmun'
ity by having won at the recent State
Fair a free trip to the "Ten Eastern
States Exposition" to be held al
Springfield, Mass, next week. These
girls came out first in the State as a
canning demonstration team. This triI
was made possible through Boys and
Girls Club Work." conducted by the
L. S. Department of Agriculture, I'm
iversity of Delaware Extension De-
partment and County Farm Bureaus
cooperating. Miss Moore, county club
agent, and Mrs. P. c. Lofand, local
leader, trained the girls.
Mrs. William T. Collins and chill
dren, accompanied by Mrs. Scott, OF
Assateague, Va, returned home on
Thursday after spending some time
with Mrs. John P. Holland.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Franck, Flem-
ing Frank, Miss Emma Lingerin,, Miss
Frances Winans and Clifford Work
man were guests at the workman
Farm over Labor Day.
Millions schools have opened, with
R. C. Ryle, as principal. A full corps
of teachers are at work and the school
term promises to be a business one"
more study and less play.
Hunts circus performed at Milton
on Tuesday evening before a fair siz-
ed crowd.
The paving of the streets of Milton
is progressing rapidly. Federal street
has been paved from the railroad to
the top of the hill at Mill street. The
mixer has been moved to the north
end of Union street and will finish this
street to Broad street before laying
the concrete through the business
center. 1t is expected that the work
in the town will be completed some
time next week, after which the work
of laying that portion of the road from
Milton to Harbeson will commence.
Rev. j. C. Wood who has been hold
ing services all summer at st. John
Baptist Episcopal Church, Milton, has
returned to college. Rev. Wood has
made many friends here, especially
among the younger set, being inter-
ested in base ball and other sports.
In appreciation of his services the
members of the church gave Rev.
Wood a purse of gold on last Sunday
morning. While in charge here he has
raised a fund for the painting of the
church, which work is now being !
done.
After a delay of two weeks the con-
tractors have begun the work of pour
ing the concrete on the Milton-Har- |
beson road, starting at the south end |
of Federal street, and will continue |
through the town before beginning the |
country portion of the road. 1t is ex-
pected that the road through town |
will be completed by the 25th of Sep |
tember.
The town of Milton has bought six
carloads of crushed rock that was
condemned by the R. L. Bonham Com
pany, builders of the Milton-Harbeson
road, as unfit for concrete. The town
will build a tarvia road on Chestnut
street from Front to the railroad sta
ton with the rock. The building of
this road by the town will relieve the
concrete road on Federal street of
much heavy traffic. Work on this road
will be begun in short time.
While working at the Episcopal
Church on Monday Addison Chandler
killed a large weasle that he saw COM
ing from beneath the church. On We'd
nesday he saw another one but it es-
capped before he could kill it. The res
dents of this part of town have been
Missing chickens for some time and it
IS thought the weasles are RESPONSE
Die for this loss. Mrs. Ida Fox secured
he body of the varmint and is hav-
ing it stuffed to be placed beside a
number of other animals and birds
hat she has at her home.
w. Layton Reed, Jacob West, Wal
.er Crouch, J. Leon Black, George
Palmer and Cornelius Wiltbank at
ended the game of base ball at Dover
between Martinsburg, w. Va, and Do
yer on Tuesday.
John A. Hickman, of Philadelphia,
vas a Milton visitor this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rufus Wilson and son
# Philadelphia have been the guests
# his mother, Mrs. James Wilson.
Postmaster J. D. Robbins attended
he convention of Delaware postmas-
ers at Dover on Tuesday.
Mrs. Mary Stout and children have
to Philadelphia after a Wis
t here with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry McAllister.
Dawson Robinson, of Philadelphia,
pent the weekend with his sister,
Irs. Alvin Fisher.
Tomatoes are selling here at from
light to ten cents per basket. The fac
Ories are piled high with the ripe
ruit and those growers who failed to
ontract with the Gamers are the los
rs this season. The contract price
ras 25 cents per basket. On Monday
ne market was glutted from the Sat
rday rush and buyers refused to take
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