Milford chronicle., 1923-08-03
MILTON LETTER

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Miss Sarah Gray, Of Frederick, has
been visiting her grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. B. Frank Gray.
George Neal has returned from a
visit to Philadelphia.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Edgington spent
few days this week with relatives
in Philadelphia.
The first carload Of peaches were
shipped from the Chandler orchards
en- Wednesday. The crop in these or
cards is large and in the next two
weeks Mr.. Chandler will ship two and
three carloads a day. The early apple
crop has been a good one and the last
carload will be shipped early next
week.
Hook and line fishing off Broadkiln
Beach was never better than at this
time and several fishing parties that
have been out this week have had
great sport hooking hard heads and
trout. Some of the trout caught have
weighed from four to six pounds each.
Captain Samuel Fithian took a party
out recently in the boat X-10-U-8 and
the party landed some large ones in
a few hours.
Mrs. Hildreth Fithian Joined her hus-
band in Wilmington, where he is max
ing his headquarters, while patroling
Chester Pike as a member Of the State
Motor Police.
A refreshing rain fell in this local
ity this week and growers are now
planting their late potatoes and cab
bage.
The watermelon and cantaloupe
crops are very promising this year in
Broadkiln hundred. The acreage
planted to these crops is not as large
as last year owing to the poor prices
realized by the growers; yet there
will be an abundance Of the melons,
most Of which will be bought by the
operators of boats to Wildwood, n. ].
The button factory closed this week
for a two weeks vacation. During the
shut down the machinery and power
plant will be oVerhauled and some |
new machinery installed.
Mrs. William G. Crouch and daugh- |
ters, Of Philadelphia, are the guests
Of Mr.. and Mrs. John T. Crouch.
Misses Viola and Emily Maull have
returned from visit to Philadelphia
and Mullica Hill, N. J.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Wyatt, Of
Georgetown, were Milton visitors on
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles King, Of Phil
adelphia, spent the weekend with Mr..
and Mrs. George B. Atkins.
Thomas Brittingham, Jr., Of the U.
S. Army, is visiting his grandparents,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Brittingham.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Conwell and
Miss Edith Wilson, Of Philadelphia,
spent the weekend with Mrs. Char
lotte Wilson.
Cannon defeated the Milton A. C.'s
at Cannon on Saturday by the score OF
to 8.
Mrs. Catherine Brittingham is quite
i'll at her home on North Union street.
Miss Helen Lofand has been visit
ing her grandmother in Pennsylvania.
Mrs. c. W. Cook and children of
Wilmington, are the guests OF Mr..
and Mrs. John B. Welch.
Edward Sharp, Of Philadelphia, is
spending his summer vacation with
Milton relatives.
J. Clarence Lank, deputy tax receiv-
er Of Sussex county, sat at the Sussex
Trust Company building on Thursday
to receive the county and school tax
from the residents of Broadkiln hun
dred. I
Hardly a "Corporal's Guard" was !
left in Milton on Thursday, Of last I
week, hundreds Of the citizens attend '
ing the Kent and Sussex County Fair I
at Harrington. The button factory de- I
clared a holiday in order that the op- I
orators could attend. !
Miss Mollie Hazard, teacher at
Bryn Mawr College, is spending her
summer vacation with her mother I
Mrs. Emma Hazard.
Robert Hazard, Of Wilmington, was $
4 Milton visitor this week.
Miss Virginia Blizzard, of Philadel-
ohia, is visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. William S. Blizzard.
Edith R., the beloved daughter OF I
Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin H. Fisher, depart T.
I'd from this life July "a, 1928, at the
3eebe Hospital of cholera infantum. 0
edith was 2 years and 19 days old :,
md was especially loved by her par u
,nts and relatives and all others who q
Knew her. She was a little spark of
sunshine to everyone she met and will 3
,e greatly missed by all who knew ~
Ter. g,
Mr.. and Mrs. Leighton c. Douglas II
ind children of Camden, N. j., are -
,uests of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. u
hos. H. Douglas. 10 u
Heavy Chickens, 4 or 5 lbs. Pie "