Milford chronicle., 1923-07-20
BOWERS BEACH

ing section are held up from thresI
Of ing their wheat on account of the fire
is quent showers of rain, but then it.
an ill wind that blows nobody good
Of while they are held up in threshini
is their wheat the frequent showers ar
n doing immense good to their othe
crops.
1t There seems to be an incentive
among the farmers to raise cabbag,
d as there are acres being set with tn,
n plants. Davidson and Camper, on
a nearby farm have already set three
: thousand of the plants and expect tt
increase that number very largely.
: There has been such talk that there
|. might possibly be a sauer kraut fac
tory erected in or near town to CON
: vert the surplus of cabbage into that
v product. We would welcome such an
D enterprise in our midst, as it would
/. give employment to many.
The hook and line fishing is COM
manding the attention of the great
: majority Of our men folk, especially
those who have motor boats in con-
troll.
The last weekend was a record
breaker in the number of fish fans
: from Friday evening until Sunday ev-
ening it was constant come and go,
day and night, and on Sunday morn
ing it capped the climax.
There were eighty motor boats put
into commission and took their loads
of fans out. Eleven of the boats came
in at noon and reloaded and went out
the second time, thereby being equiv
alent to ninety-one boats in commits
sion during the day. The boats in op-
Grafton carried out the mouth of Muir
derkil River seven hundred and fifty
nine devotees of the piscatorial art, to
the fishing grounds, where they en-
Joyed their choice sport to their hearts
content until such time as they wished
to return to shore.
Neither are the followers of Izaak
Walton confined to the sterner sex as
during this season so far there have |
been quite number of the fans wives
and daughters who have taken I'D the |
sport, and by the way they are as
nervy and as anxious to brave the tur-
bulent waters as their male escorts.
and as rule they prove themselves as
ef1clent in landing the speckled beau
Ties and in a few instances have car
rled OF the laurels in having the
greater number Of fish caught.
On Saturday morning of last week,
Howard Minner and Charles Woodall
while going out of st. Jones River, in
their motor boat, about a half mile
out in the bay, they saw a queer look
ing object ahead of them. They steer
ed their boat in the direction of the
object, when near it they discovered {
that 1t was man, so went to his as {
s1stance and found an elderly man
on the bottom of an overturned bat S
teau, who was in an almost exhausted '
condition. They took him on their {
boat, righted his batteau and got him q
in shape to make the shore. They did
not learn his name, but he had the /
name - Wilmington - on his batteau q
and had gone out from Murderkill t
River early in the morning, fishing
alone. He said that he got strong t
bite of some kind of fish and in his a
operation with it, and standing up in
he boat, it capsized and that he had N
'een in that predicament for an hour fl
II more. b
William E. Lynch and wife, H. H. N
P. C. Tomlinson, Jack West, Il
Irs. Mary West, Miss Ida Tomlinson
nd Miss Millie Gates, all of Philadel- ci
hia, have taken the Annie V. cottage Ct
n Murderkill River for a month. The ST
len being much in love with the art al
f handling the rod and line have
1elr motor boat along with them and ed
IKE up the fishing every day and u.s. to
ally bring in some large catches of
ne speckled beauties. W
Horace Frazier of Philadelphia is da
pending few days this week with
lends at the resort. til
A. W. Hope and family of Delaware R.
lty spent the weekend at a cottage
4 the river front.
Clyde Pentz of Denton, Md. is at
le present time engaged in putting Of
'Wn an artesian well in South Bow T.,
s on the property of Seymour Suits. IN
s very probable that he will drive
le or TWO others over on that side =
h1le he has his machinery there
I'd then one or two on this, the town
1e.Mr. Pentz has already put down
ven wells in this town, within the +.
Lst few years and all his work has
ven general satisfaction.
Gillaspy Dare and family Of Phila-
lph1a are spending their vacation
the Oak Leaf cottage on Hubbard
enue. Mr.. Dare has spent a part of
boyhood days here with his par
is and he is always pleased to get
ok to spend week or two with his
yhood friends.
The M. P. Sunday school of Dover
Id their annual picnic here on
ursday of last week and had a Joy I
good time. =
Mr.. and Mrs. S. H. Stayton of Phil
elphia with their family, are here
have taken the large Hartman
tage for month on the river front +
ere they can meet and entertain n
1r friends and relatives and enjoy
delightful breezes from off the 4
Hiss Annie Mae Galloway of Cam IL
|, N. J., is spending an indefinite
10 here with her sister, Mrs. C. H.
)rt.
If. and Mrs. Robert Davidson, keep
OF Liston's rear light, near Della
re City, spent Saturday with their
ents here, Mr.. and Mrs. W. 3. Da- II
son. III
he M. E. Sunday school of Freder- d
held their annual picnic here on
beach on Wednesday of this week.
LONGECK II