Milford chronicle., 1923-06-22
LIVE PERSONAL HAPPENINGS
FROM MIL TON FOR A WEEK

Rev. Joseph Wood of Wilmington
will have charge of st. John Baptis
2. e. Church, Milton, during the sum
mer months. Services every Sunda'
morning at 1O:3O.
Ihomas L. EntWisle has moved hi
family to Unionville, Pa, where he hal
been elected principal of the higl
school. This school is a consolidateC
schooI and is said to be the larges
vocational school in a rural distric
east of the Mississippi River. It has ar
enrolment of 800 students and is com.
pletely equipped for agriculture anC
domestic science instruction. Robert
Livingston, who has taught mathemat-
les IN the Milton schools, will accom-
pany Mr.. Entwisle and will hold a
similar position at UnionVille. Mr.
Ryal, who came here in March as an
instructor, has, been engaged by the
local Board of Education as principal
OF the Milton schools. Only two of last
years faculty have been retained as
teachers for the 1923-1924 term. They
are Mrs. Goldie Owens and Miss Ell
dera Meigs.
The M, D. & V. Ry. has announced
the following schedule, effective June
"a 1923: Regular passenger service to
and from Owens and Lewes, inclusive,
will be abandoned. A mixed PASSENGER
and freight train will be operated be-
tween Love Point and LeWes during
the period from June Goth to July 18th
for local passengers only, (no Balti-
more connection.) Milton business
men have been assured that after the
latter date they will be taken care of
as to freight service.
Full sheet posters have been posted
announcing the Fourth of July cele-
bration in Milton by the Fire Com
pany. A large crowd always is present
here on that day and this year prep
arat1ons are being made for the larg-
est crowd in the history of the town. !
There will be something doing every
minute Of the day and evening, be- |
ginning with a street parade and end
ing with an elaborate display of fire |
works at ten o'clock in the evening.
A prominent feature of the celebration
will be street carnival.
Two automobiles were considerably
damaged Tuesday night when two cars
being driven by George Hopkins, of |.
Cave Neck, and Edward Sturgeon, of
Broadkill Neck, crashed head-on in ;
front Of the colored school house, just
north of town. None of the occupants
we're injured. Each driver was blinded
by the glare from the headlights of the '
machines and came together almost in
he center Of the road bed. {
Bids for the construction of the con- ]
,rete road from Milton to Harbeson t
we're opened at Dover on Wednesday.
The award of the contract will be {
made in a few days and work begun il
,efore the first of July. The construc- il
ion company building the road from A
Iarbeson to Lewes was the lowest
idder. s
An automobile owned and driven by O
)r. R. H. T. Wilson backfired and set
re to the front end Of the machine, I,
estroying the dash board, all wiring Il
nd scorching the paint from the hood. e.
he car would have been completely D.
had it not been for the as te
istance of several colored men who W
rere passing at the time of the acci- q
ent. IL
Mrs. Alice West was painfully injur-
on Wednesday when her hand be- to
anne entangled in a sewing machine to
ne was operating at the Graves Gar M
ent Factory. The nail and a portion as
flesh were torn from one of her CO
lgers.
John F. Hudson, driver Of star route to
ON Milton to Ellendale, has put on
e line large automoDlle passenger ne
IS. Thls was mace necessary Dy Lne pu
creaslng NUMBER OF passengers TAX nj
g the north bound train at Ellendale
ON Milton because Of the expected e.
,andonment of passenger service by tn
q NJ, D. & V. Ry. from this town. Iai
le bus is a roomy one and will ac-
immediate about fifteen passengers no
side the mail matter. The bus line in,
IL meet all trains, north and south of
und, at Glendale and is a big ac- bei
mmodation to the Milton people, sal
10 appreciate Mr.. Hudson's enter sp,
ise. pIa
The free open air concerts by the OH,
lton Brass Band will be resumed on wh
xt Saturday evening. No concert abb
IS given on Saturday evening last bes
cause of President Harding's visit lat
Milford on that date. Director Hop her
Is has arranged an elaborate pro-
I'm for Saturday evening and a large E.
,wd of country people is expected. ing
Mrs. William W. Conner and son are Gul
iting relatives in Philadelphia. fer
ey are expected home next We'd pre-
;day. of ]
Kisses Viola and Emily Maull are 7
ests Of their cousins, Mr.. and Mrs. Jos
liam G. Crouch in Philadelphia. ber
ieorge Leonard has gone to Phila- strf
Dhia where he has secured employ cret
Mt at his trade Of carpenter. N
ra Hastings is spending several E.
s in Philadelphia. ton,
c. King was a Philadelphia and raj
mington visitor on Wednesday. hon
harles G.. Jones and son, Henry, mao
Mt several days in Tyrone, Pa, this ford
*. M
R. Hudson, a farmer residing in and
adkill Neck, has pig that has delp
extra toe on one of its front feet. ton
cts around and is just as lively as IF
rest Of its brothers and sisters ju
is attracting many visitors to the coRIl
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