Milford chronicle., 1923-07-20
MILTON LETTER

spent IeW Gays IN Town last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Jefferson, {
Pennsylvania, are the guests of hi
mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Jefferson.
Mr., and Mrs. Howard Anderson, c
LansdoWn, Pa, have been the guest
OF Mrs Mary Morris, who has bee
visiting them for several weeks.
David Clifford, of Philadelphia, spen
few days with his family here.
The M. p. Sunday school will holt
its annual picnic at Oak Orchard, OF
Tuesday, July a. Those wishing ;
way to go will please notify the super
intendent, F. B. Carey.
The Sussex County Christian En-
deavor Union will meet in Milton M
P. Church, on Thursday, July 26, at s
o'clock. The public is cordially invit-
ed. .l.s
Miss Sara Darby has returned tc
her home after visiting her sister, Mrs
George C. Williams, in Philadelphia.
Misses Mable and Laura Roach, of
Wilmington, are visiting their grand
mother, Mrs. William Clifton.
Capt. L C. Darby, of Philadelphia,
was home over Sunday.
In OVerhauling some books and pa
pers this week William E. Hall, near
town, found an old copy of the Far
mers and Farrier's Almanac, issued
by John B. Perry, Philadelphia, in
1849.
Mrs. Charles Darby, of Philadelphia,
was a Milton visitor over the week.
end.
Capt. David Dutton, of Wilmington,
was a recent visitor with his family
here.
Lincoln will play here on Saturday
afternoon. This is the third of a series
OF five games to be played between the
Milton A. C's. Lincoln has won two
games and Milton hopes to take this
one.
Owing to the rains of the past two
weeks wheat threshing machines are
away behind their schedules and
those growers who have not yet
threshed are stacking their crops. |
They are handicapped in this work by
the almost daily rains.
Early apples are being shipped from |
the Chandler orchards. Mr.. Chandler
is having trouble in securing pickers
and is only able to ship out one or two
carloads a day when he should send
out three or four.
Lawrence and Charles Crouch, of
Philadelphia, spent the weekend in
Milton.
George B. Atkins is remodeling Rob
ert Blacks property on Chestnut
street.
George G. Fowler, wife and daugh-
ter, of Newark, N. j., are visiting rel
atives in Milton.
Milton defeated Cannons in a well /
nlaUn6 Of hoT ,4I | ,
the local park, 8 to 8. This is the first {
game CannOns has lost this season. t
The Milton Canning Company paid {
the growers for the pea crop this /
week. The crop was a short one in i
many sections but in the bay shore I
districts the growers made money on I
the crop. a
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Vaughan and Mrs. F
Mary Maull, Of Philadelphia, spent the a
weekend with their mother, Mrs. b
Vaughan, who returned with them to O
Philadelphia, where she will spend a t
few days. b
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Maull, of Phil o
adelphia, spent Sunday with his mo-
ther, Mrs. Florence Johnson. v
Louis Darby, Jr., of Philadelphia, is N
spending the summer with his grand al
mOLneI, MTS. William Greens pl
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs. OF
Charles G. Jones on Saturday morn m
ng, July 14th. oi
John C. Ellingsworth, Of Milton, has th
sold his farm in Broadlill Neck to ia
Joseph Short. The farm contains 1856 u;
acres of marsh and high land. The tt
marsh is valuable for muskrat trap
)ing. Price given is not made known. ST
Edmond Melvin, Of Milford, is the fr
Suest of Mrs. Mary G. Maull.
The display of fireworks that was Ci
o have been given in Milton on July or
Fourth was shot off on Wednesday ev-
ming before a crowd of people from tn
IL parts of the county, estimated at do
etween three and four thousand. A err
treet carnival was held by the fire IT.
ompany and music was furnished by on
he Milton band, assisted by members wi
the Lewes and Georgetown bands. an
N address was made by DR.. Joseph sic
onwell, of Vineland, N. j., a former se'
esident of Milton. A heavy rain storm pa
egan to fall before the display of giI
re works was finished, running sever
set pieces. de-
Wheat has dropped in the local mar in
ct to 95 cents per bushel, while av
0rn is bringing $1.1O. Despite the his
rop in wheat there has been no ap- ent
reciable drop in the price Of flour, bat
'an and other stock food products of bo!
lie grain. 7
Stepping from behind an automobile hel
lat was parked on Union street last TIL
eek Thomas H. Douglas, cashier Of full
e Delaware Trust Company, was n
locked down by a carriage. Mr.. ade
0uglas was not seriously injured. anC
A number of new button cutting ma cot
ines are being installed in the Lip VIII
ncott Button Factory, making in all the
out one hundred machines now in the
Grafton. bay
J. Leon Black and son, Martin, Wal N
: and William Crouch and Robert den
Walls, Jr., were in Laurel on last tim
ursday, taking in the ball game be- Sho
cen Laurel and Free Lance. N
W. Layton Reed and mother were er
lford visitors on Thursday. war
Mrs. Matte Watson is attending the par,
INNER school at Chautauqua Lake, vids
Y. II
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When buying a car, look at the the
evrolet at Chas. W. Fisher & Sons,
ton, Del. j29-4t
will stay on the wharf all day
urday and buy Poultry, Eggs for M
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