Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1923-06-01
MILTON LETTER

2 The thirty-sixth annual session OF
l the Sussex. County Woman's Christian
, Temperance Union was held May II
in Greenwood M. P. Church, with a
/ large representation from all over
. the county. The officers elected fol
low: President, Mrs. Matte Watson,
Milton; vice-president, Mrs. Annie
Waller, Laurel; corresponding secre-
tary, Mrs. Mary NAPLES, Milton; re-
cording secretary, Miss Anna Hazard,
RehOboth; treasurer, Mrs. Mary Dick
erson, Laurel.
At the annual conference of the
Philadelphia A NJ. E. Conference held
last week, Rev. NJ. P. jackson, pastor
OF the Milton Church, was chosen pre-
siding elder of the Georgetown dis
trict. Rev. Jackson is succeeded at
Milton by Rev. E. J. Young.
Mrs. Thomas Chase, of Lincoln,
spent Sunday with her sister, Mrs.
John D. Wright.
William Bell and sister, of Hur-
lock, Md, spent Sunday with Mrs.
Mary E. Morris.
The Ladies Aid Society of Reynolds
NJ. P. Church will meet on Thursday
evening, June z, with Mrs. Kenzie
Truitt, near Jefferson Cross Roads.
Everybody has a cordial invitation to
attend.
Milton defeated Glendale in a loose
ly played game on Saturday; the score
being SO to 1.
Mrs. Annie Steelman who spent the
winter in Philadelphia, has returned
to Milton for the summer. She was
accompanied here by her daughter,
Mrs. Cleveland Reed, who will spend
several days in Milton.
Noble EllingswOrth, of Wilmington,
spent Sunday with Milton friends.
Work of pouring concrete on the
road from Harbeson to Lewes began
at Harbeson on Monday.
Reuben Harrington, who has been
in North Carolina for the past several |
weeks buying Strawberries, returned |
home on Saturday. Mr.. Harrington re-
ports the Carolina crop was short be- |
cause of late frOsts. He left for the |
Eastern Shore of Maryland on Mon
day where he will buy and ship.
The condition of Ralph Reed who
was so severely injured several weeks
ago when he was knocked from wag-
on, is now able to sit up and his re-
cOvery is looked for.
Charles Dickerson, Jr., will sell his
personal property at public auction, at
his home, on the BrOadl1ill Beach road,
on Thursday, June 9TH.
John Hazard, of New York, is
visiting his family here.
District Superintendent W. E. Gun
by will hold the first quarterly con-
ference at Milton M. e. Church, on
Saturday evening, June %, and will {
preach on the following Sunday, in
he morning.
The bass season opened on Friday of
asst week and local anglers caught
many in the ponds and lakes about
Milton.
Pea lice are damaging some fields
% a large extent and the Milton Can \
ling Company has purchased a dus- I
er and mounted it on a Ford truck
md are assisting the growers to fight
he lice by spreading nicotine dust on
he plants. This is a new idea here S
tut is said to be effective in other C
ections of the country. The only eX-
Dense the grower has in the busting o
5 the furnishing of help and the price
f the dust. Last year the local grow b
rs lost many hundreds Of dollars by a
he ravages of the pea louise, and If d
be busting process does not prove eff "
cacious the loss this year will be ev- tt
n greater. Unless some method is
uickly found to eliminate the losses 81
Y the louise the growing of peas in N
he Broadkill district will have to be
bandoned. q
The usual Memorial Day celebration il
ras held in Milton on Wednesday,.
raves Of veteran soldier dead were v
ecorated early in the morning and at
O:30 addresses were made by several a
in the Fox Theatre. In the g
fternoon a game of ball was played F
y two local teams.
Walter c. WEIGH, of Newark, N. J., 81
pent Sunday with Milton relatives o.
hid friends. ~
Clarke Conwell, after a trip to Eu- d
Ope, is visiting Milton relatives. He
ill later visit his parents, Mr.. and e.
[rs. W. W. Conwell, at Norfolk, Va.
you are sick, take Chiropractic Adj
justments and get well. ANNA K. GRE C
1RIUs, CkirObractOr. Offices: Milford a
nd Dover. s8-H q