Milford chronicle., 1923-02-16
LIVE PERSONAL HAPPENINGS
FROM MIL TON FOR A WEEK

J. Harry Lynch, carrier of Milton R
D. No. 2, has been transferred to a
Milford route. Transfer to take place
on February 10th. R. M. Collins, Mr.
Lynch's substitute, has been named by
Postmaster Robbins as temporary car
rier of r. d. 2.
The young people of Milton enjoyed
coasting on Federal street hill last
week. On Tuesday night there were
about two hundred young people en-
gagged in the sport, and some of the
older heads tried their skill, and SEEM
ed to enpoy the frequent spills. Traffic,
owing to the deep drifts in the country
roads was at a standstill and the
coasters were not interrupted, except
by tOWnspeOple in horse drawn
sleighs.
The funeral of Marshall Wilson, Jr.,
was held on Friday afternoon Of last
week at the home of his grandma
ther, Mrs. Emma S. Wilson, and inter
ment made in Odd Fellows cemetery.
Marshall was only eight years of age
but had made many friends among the
elder people of the town by his pleas
ant greetings on his way to school. His
funeral was attended by many Of his
school mates.
The freeze last week stopped trap
ping for muskrats and as a result
this tOothsome animal was not on the
Milton bill of fare, until Monday when
warmer weather set in. The winter
has been remarkably open and trap
pers have been very successful, reap
ing renumerative harvest in fur and
in the sale of the meat.
The funeral of Mrs. George Walls
was held at her home near Coolspring
on Sunday afternoon and interment
made in st. Johns cemetery.
The country roads last week were
so bad from the drifting SHOWS that
the rural mail carriers had difficulty
in making their rounds, in fact some
parts of the routes were impossible.
The carriers were compelled to use
horses instead of automobiles to get
around. The people of this section are
derilest in breaking the roads after
snow storms so they will be passable |
for the mail drivers, as in other sec
tions, according to reports, the roads !
were opened just as soon as the snow |
stops falling.
I The Diamond State Flour Mills will /
be enlarged and improved by the
building of an annex 33x36 feet, four
stories high. This is made necessary
by the growth of the business to such
an extent that storage room for grain
and the finished product in the old
building is not sufficient. The annex
will be erected to the rear of the
present building.
Owing to carelessness in the train
mail service the city morning papers
did not arrive in Milton until $3.50 p.
m. on Thursday. This frequently oc-
ours and efforts are being made to cor
rect this condition by taking up the
matter with the mail authorities.
Milton folks and those of the sur
rounding country are looking forward
with a great deal of interest to the i
coming of the local Chautauqua Z
which opens on February %. Owing ,
TO the geographical location of Milton 7
no travelling entertainments visits :
here and the only entertainment we ,
have is of our own making and the \
annual Chautauqua during the winter !
months. The program promised this r
year is said to be above the ordinary n
and those given in past winters have
been good and much enjoyed by our c
people. Tickets for the Chautauqua
will be on sale in few days and the 4
expect to dispose of
enough season tickets to pay for the
series of entertainments before the v
ioors open. The Chautauqua will b
continue over three days, and on Sun F
lay a free entertainment will be Civ b
n, assisted by the local churches. Il
William Fowler, of Chester, Pa, is c
listing his grandparents, Mr.. and Il
lrs. William H. Mears. n
e p. Nicholson was a Philadelphia b
nd Wilmington visitor this week. e
Mrs. Arthur Lambden, forelady at b,
he garment factory, is i'll at her home n
nth a severe cold.
Carlton Draper of Delaware College
ttended very nice dance at Beech tC
rood College, Jenkintown, Pa, last Ct
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