Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1923-04-27

George A., infant son of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Wyatt died at their home on
April IS. Interment made in Beaver
Dam cemetery, Harbeson, by j. R.
Atkins, funeral director, Milton.
The Ladies Aid Society of Reynolds
M. P. Church will meet on Thursday
evening, May 3rd, with Mrs. Myers
Dodd, in Prime Hook Neck. Everybody
invited.
The following delegates to the W.
c. T. U. County Convention were elec-
ted by the Milton Union: Mrs. Car
RE Hood and Mrs. Sarah Irwin; al
ternates, Mrs. Carrie Burrous and
Mrs. Florence Wilson.
Raymond Spencer is having his res
idence repainted by Outten and Chand-
Ter.
Ernest Conwell, dealer in land
scape decorations, is shipping box
wood from the Milton station. The box
wood was secured from the gardens
of the older homes in and about town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas H. Douglas
spent the weekend with their son,
Leighton, in Camden, N. ].
Large congregations attended both
morning and evening services at the
Methodist Protestant Church on Sun
day to hear the initial sermon Of Rev.
J. W. Townsend, the new pastor.
Charles Dickerson, ST., who erected
a fence in the county road leading
from Milton to Broadkill Beach,
claiming that the road encroached
upon his lands, was compelled to re-
move the fence by the Sussex County
Levy Court.
Mrs. Robert H. Vaughan has re-
turned to her Milton home after
the winter with her children
in Philadelphia.
Hard heads, or sea croakers, are be
ing caught in large numbers OF
Beach by the bay fishermen.
Only a very few trout have been
caught at this point and the hard
heads are selling readily in the local
market.
The friends and family of Raymond
Spencer gave him a surprise party
Ut his home on April 18th, the Occa-
sion being his thirty-arst birthday
anniversary.
Mrs. Maggie McIlvaine who has
been at the bed side of her mother,
Mrs. Annie Ingram, has returned to
her home in Camden, N. J. Mrs. In
yram is greatly improved and her
complete recovery is now assured.
James C. Palmer has bought Of John
3. Smith, Of Milford, one Of the larg-
,st red cedar tracts in Sussex county.
This tract is in Prime Hook Neck,
md is known as the Poplar Woods
ract, and contains rs acres. The ced-
II on this tract will be cut by Mr..
Palmer into fence posts, harbor poles
d/sawed lumber.
lHyndall & Wilson are getting out
so more pine piling for the jetty work
It the mouth of Smyrna River. They
shipped by barge an order
or this work of 500 piling.
William Walls is having his dwell
ng on Mulberry street painted by D.
:. Atkins.
Captain George E. Mcgee will about
lay first begin the erection Of
rick dwelling on Behringer avenue,
o be occupied by himself.
Thackery- Company are
uilding a bungalow on Federal st.
or Chester Hudson, an employee Of
he Md. & v. Ry.
Robert Burton is building a resi-
Ience on Chestnut street, on lot
of James Pettyjohn, Will
lam Davidson is the contractor. The
uilding will be two stories high.
The sister of Mrs. West, whose body
vas found on the beach near Broad
ill Beach, on Sunday, came to Mil
IN last week and claimed the hOdV
nd had it removed to Troy, N. Y, for
urial. Mrs. West was drowned when
he barge on which she accompanied
er husband, who was the captain,
off Cape May on Saturday
light. The body of Captain West has
ot been recovered.
Mrs. Sallie Pettyjohn who has been
pending the winter with her daugh-
er in Philadelphia, returned to Mil
IN for the summer on Wednesday.
Able Pettyjohn and sister, Mrs. An
lie Robinson, of Philadelphia, have
cen visiting Milton relatives for a
w days.
George A. Lippincott is having the
yelling occupied by Harry Edging-
IN, on Chestnut street, painted. :
LADIES! Don't forget to go to
has. w. Fishers and Sons for oil
owes, wall paper and dishes.
L3-3t
? you are sick, take Chiropractic Ad-
justments and get we'll. ANNA K. GRE
'RIUs, ChirOPractOr. Offices: Milford
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