Milford chronicle., 1923-01-19
MILTON LETTER

his back yard on Saturday, Charles
Hudson, eolOred, was severely burn
ed on the right hand and about the
legs when his clothing caught fire
Hudson had on a pair>of trousers that
he had worn while butchering hogs
and the flames fed on the grease and
soon eAvoloped him. He fought the
fire with his hands and succeeded in
putting them out, but not before he
was severely burned.
The infant daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Neibert, of Milton, died at the
nome of her grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Shockley, in Glendale on
Sunday. Funeral was held at Glendale
and interment made in Lincoln ceme-
terry on Tuesday.
Mrs. John T. Crouch is i'll at her
home on Federal street with erysipe-
las of the face.
DR.. R. B. Hopkins is having a sewer
run from his home to connect with
the schOOlhOuse sewer to the river.
The old sewer from his house to the
swamp back of the M. e. Church, be-
came clOgged with roots from the
shade trees and caused the waste mat
ter to back up, flooding his cellar
John A. EllingswOrth visited his IA
ther, Jones Ellingsworth, near Lin
coin, on Sunday. The elder Mr. Ell
lingsworth, who is so years old, has
been i'll with the grippe, but he is now
able to be about the house.
John B. Welch who has been ill
with pneumonia for the past few
weeks, is convalescing and able to
attend to his drug business.
Mrs. Evans, aged about 80 years,
die don Thursday at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Benjamin Chamberlain,
HarbesOn. Funeral services were held
at the house and interment made at
Ocean View on Sunday.
On January goth Mr.. and Mrs. |
Charles G. NAPLES of Milton will leave
New York for trip to the Mediter-
anian Sea, to be gone about two
months.
Mrs. Raymond Spencer entertained |
a number of her friends and relatives
at dinner on Thursday evening, the
occasion being her birthday anniver-
sary
The household goods of Jean Keene
will be sold at Constable's Sale on
Monday at the John Conoway house.
James Pettyjohn has bought of the
George Carpenter heirs, the six-acre
truck farm with improvements, on
Chestnut street, just south of the Mil
ton railroad station.
William Ramsey, of Milford, was a
Milton visitor on Friday.
Benjamin Wagamon has moved his
family from Georgetown to the Lee
Smith property, just north of Milton.
Mr.. WagamOn has accepted a position {
with the Diamond State Flour Mills. l
Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy Moore have
moved from Broadkill Neck to the '
PettyjOhn house on North Union l
street. Mrs. Annie Argo, who last year
the Pettyjohn house, has a
moved to the Cooper Davidson prop L
,rty in North Milton. S
Miss Ruby Bird, teacher in Milton
High School, attended the funeral of v
Ter mother, who died in Jelfedson a
Jity, Tenn, on Friday, January 5th.
diss Catherine Hudson, former prin- v
ipal of Milton Schools, is substituting |;
or Miss Bird during he- absence. Il
Mrs. Jennie Messick, widow of the "
ate James Nehemiah Messick, died at
ay morning, after an illness of sew al
raj weeks with pneumonia. Mrs. Mes u
ick, who was 7S years old, lived,
ince the death of her husband, seV- p'
raj years ago, with ber sister, Mrs. al
.uth, who is also very i'll with the
anne malady. Funeral services will be
eld at the residence on Sunday after
oon by Rev. T. o. Grouse, and inter-
lent made in Slaughter Neck ceme- d;
9ry by s. ]. Wilson 6 Son. gC
Robert d. Lingo, who accompanied
ne Of his business partners, Robert
lack, to New York, on a business trip
.Onday, was taken i'll in that city on
'ednesday. He managed to reach the
Ome Of a sister in Philadelphia that cc
~ and was compelled to go to bed tn
1der the care of q physician. Mr.. mr.
lngo's condition is not considered nT
'rious by his family here and is ex- 70
,cted home in few days. ar
Examination for rural mail driver an
r the proposed route west of Milton
announced 10 pc held IN LeWes on no
ebruary 10th. This is the route laid co
it at the request of farmers residing
that section last summer and ap- SCI
owed by government officials. Sever
applicants are after the position. Mi
While cutting down a tree in the lis
pods on his fathers farm, near Mil
q, Clarence Reed, son Of Theo. Reed, da
t the great toe Of his left foot a i'll
ep cash when his axe glanced from is
oVerhanging bough, on Wednesday
last week. ed
The two-year-old daughter of Mr.. Ro
d Mrs. Elmer Hastings, near town, tbe
10 was operated on for appendicitis
the Beebe Hospital, LeWes, last so1
elk, is rapidly recovering. This is the in
ungest person known in this sec Chi
n to be afflicted with this malady. '
son was born to Mr.. and Mrs. AL his
/ Fisher, of this town, at the Mil z
d Emergency Hospital Oh Sunday. sch
Marie Hopkins Workman is the We
me given to a daughter born to Mr.. inv
/ Ms. Robert H. Workman on De- thi,
nber %, 1922. 7
)wing TO the scare ity and pcoT quail hor
foysters in the Broadkill river the
Milton Oyster House was closed Ali
vn for the season. Car
he topic for consideration at the eph
It meeting of Milton New Century Mil
b on next Wednesday afternoon
| be Education" Mrs. Elizabeth
land will have charge of the meet
Iildreth Fithian was in Wilmington 1or
Monday, returning with six radio T,,o
chimes which he will install in as