Milford chronicle., 1923-01-05
LIVE PERSONAL HAPPENINGS
FROM MIL TON FOR A WEEK

The play, Farm Folks" which wal
to have been given by the young peO
pie of the M. P. Church, has beel
postponed on account of the illness o
some of it's members. The date will b.
announced in the near future.
Automobiles, driven by William
Hankin, Milton merchant, and An
drew Harman, colored, crashed to
gether on a country road near town
The machine owned by Mr.. HankiI
was badly damaged, though no one
was hurt. The accident happened OF
Tuesday and was caused by a baC
steering gear on the Harman car.
While coming down Federal street
last week the Buick touring car driv-
en- by w. Layton Reed, of Milton
crashed into a Ford sedan, driven by a
son of Ely Wilson, near HarbesOn
as it was coming out Of Mill street
The Wilson car was badly damaged,
the wind shield being broken to splin-
ters, lamp crushed and the radius
rod bent. Mr.. Wilson was severely cut
on the hand by the flying glass.
Captain and Mrs. David DuttOn en-
tertained at their home on Mulberry
street, the following guests on Tues
day: Thomas Wilson, ST., Thomas
Wilson, Jr., and family, Harvey Will
son and family, and MinOs Wilson and
family.
Fred Ellingsworth, of Camden, N.
J., Is the guest Of his r)ther, Willard
Ellingsworth, near town.
Raymond Conwell, of Norfolk, N. j.,
is spending the week with his parents,
ilr. and Mrs. David NJ Cunwell.
Noble Ellingsworth, of Wilmington,
is spending some time with his Sus-
sex county friends and will enjoy him
self chasing the foxes.
BirdsOng Brothers are shipping cut
tomatoes and lima beans.
Milton had its first real snow storm
of the winter las: week when the rain
that lasted all day turned to snow.
The storm lasted Throughout: the night
and by morning there was about an
inch of snow on the ground. The roads
and pavements were filed with ice
and travel On them was dangerous I'M
til nearly noon when the sun began to
melt the ice.
Mrs. Alena Johnson is seriously i'll
at her home on Chestnut street.
I. c. King received another carload
of Ford cars last week, making four
carloads received with in the past few
weeks.
The funeral of Mrs. Effe Tappan
who died 1T tie homo of her brother,
Marshall Wilson, on Tuesday, was
held at the mouse by Rev. T. o. Grouse
on Friday afternoon, and intetment
made in the M. e. cemetery, Rehoboth,
by/W. T. Atkins, funeral director.
/, /Clarke Conwell has returned from a
trip to Turkey, and will spend a few
days in Milton before returning to his
home at Norfolk, Va.
The annual Christmas entertain
ment of Milton NJ. P. Church was held
on Thursday evening. The entertain
ment consisted of recitations, dialog-
ues, singing, etc. After the program
was rendered the Sunday school schol-
ars were given treat of candy and |
fruit.
John B. Welch, ST., is quite ill with
a severe cold at his home on North |
Union street.
The calithumpian band serenaded |
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard B. Barker and |
Mr.. and Mrs. James T. Johnson, new
ly-weds, at midnight on New Years
Eve. The tin pans, accompanied by
several shot guns, awoke the neigh
bOrhood.
John T. Crouch and Son have moved
their shoe repairing shop to the Jun
ior Mechanic building on Front
street.
Rev. and Mrs. H. E. Reed, of the M.
E. Church, are i'll with the grip at the
To handle the growing business of
The local plant several more button
cutting machines will be put in the
factory during the next
month. There are now about fifty men
in the plant, which number
will be increased just as soon as the
new machines are installed.
Clarence Vens, who has been i'll
with pneumonia for several weeks, is
DR.. J. G. Wiltbank and R. B. Collins
have had radio phones installed at
heir homes, making five such phones
lere.
W. Layton Reed has bought of I. G.
King new Ford sedan.
On Saturday, December 30th, Arthur
Q. Jefferson picked several ripe straw (
berries from his patch, east of town. ]
These berries are the ever Bearing"
rariety, but Mr.. Jefferson says he new ]
# knew them to bear so late before.
Miss Frances Conwell, Of Norfolk, t
'a., is the guest of her grandparents,
Ir. and Mrs. David M. Conwell.
Dawson Robinson, of Philadelphia,
pent the weekend with his sister, I
Irs. Alvin Fisher. I