Milford chronicle., 1924-11-14
Milton Letter

wife of ]. l. Bonesteel, and daugh
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. James A. Wolfe
at Lewes, on November 1st. Mrs
Bonesteel died at her home in Phil
adelphia on October 29th. Miss
BrOckington spent the weekend
with her mother, Mrs. Mary Brock.
ington, in Milton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Mears and
children, Of Centreville, Md, spent
the weekend with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. w. H. Mears.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Barker on Monday.
Postmaster J. D. Robbins attended
the POstmasters Convention at Will
mington on Tuesday. He was accom-
panied by J. B. Gray.
Mrs. Martha Mustard, one of Mil
tons oldest citizens, is quite ill at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. Geo.
r. Davidson.
The laying of concrete crossings
on Chestnut and Union streets, has
been begun by A. P. Croll, the con-
tractor, and the work is expected to
be completed in a few weeks.
Lawrence f. Mason will sell his
stock and farm implements at his
home near HarbesOn on Tuesday,
November 25th. Mr.. Mason will dis
continue farming and move to the
bungalow he has recently erected
near Harbeson.
Robert Workman shipped a car
load of fifty foot pine piling from
Raught's Switch last week.
Tyndall & Wilson are cutting and |
shipping a quantity of white oak pill
ing from the Milton station.
The Milton High School soccer |
team lost a game to Harrington High |
School on Saturday at Harrington.
Hamp C. Davidson who has been
suffering several weeks from rheu-
matism, is slowly improving at his
home on Mill street.
Corn husking is progressing rapid
ly in this section. Many growers
have husked and housed their crops.
Wheat seeding is nearly completed
in BrOadkill district. The acreage
this fall is much larger than last
year, owing to the price now being
paid for this grain. Buckwheat
threshing is about done and the yield
while not up to normal, = is greater
than at first estimated. This crop
was greatly shortened by the con-
tinued drought of late summer and
early fall.
The residence of Mrs. Mary Nor t
ris on Union street, is being painted {
by John Jones, and the property of /
Earl Reed, on Broad street, is being ]
painted by Linford Wiley. Mr.. Reed
will remove from the farm into this l
property at the first of the year. 4
William Walls has moved into a +
part of the residence of Miss Maggie e
Robbins on Union street. having sold
his property on Mulberry street to T
w. R. Wilkins. who recently pur- z
chased it and is now occupying it. h
Philip Reed has moved to the coun- n
try and the house on Mulberry street =
vacated by him is now tenanted by n
Warren Dodd. Al
NHerman Lewis has moved from II
the Charles NAPLES property on Fed q,
eral street to the new dwelling just Nv
completed on Mulberry street by =
Noah e. Warren/ W
An extension Of the water main is -,
to be made by the water commits
sion down Behringer avenue. or
James c. Palmer shipped cord on
wood from Pennington, Harbeson in
and Milton this week.
Mrs. George A. Goodwin and eo
daughter, Almira, are in Philadel- te.
Dhia for few days. da
The program at the next meeting b0
If the Milton New Century Club, No A
7ember 26, will be a Thanksgiving an
celebration, in charge of the enter
committee. III
Mrs. Agnes Hazard is spending Hl
some time in New York. n
The rabbit and quail hunting sea- Sa
on opens in Broadkill district on tor
and both are reported to
,e plentiful, especially quail. The w,
aims of Sunday wet the fields and an
woods so that the dogs can now fol- del
Ow the scent of the game and large ur,
ags of game will result. T.e
Joseph F. Forst is making weekly An
rips between Milton and Philadel- tor
hia with poultry and eggs. Mr.. Mi,
'orst has established several routes an,
at Milton that cover cas- arc
ern Sussex county, enabling him to Ste
hip to the city markets thousands ma
{ dozens of eggs and large quanti- I
es of poultry. ard
Mr.. and Mrs Samuel Fithian are EaT
pending several weeks at their fatI
ID home, Salem, and other towns in enc
ew Jersey. Mr.. Fithian has been in The
1siness in Milton for the past fif- T
en years and, having sold his bus We
ess to w. r. Wilkins, of Philadel- d1r
lia, is now enjoying we'll earned Ash
lcatiOn. inte
The National Male Quartette will Nj
, the attraction for the next Lyce- ann
n Course to be held in Milton on Phi
Dvember oath. These entertain ber,
ents are under the auspices of the ieta,
ilton High School. The quartette is NJ
imposed of splendid vOcalists, ro,.1
lendid musicians and versatile en- ,,:si,
rtainers. Al
John L. Warrington, of Chester, sici,
L., spent the weekend with his s.-Gr so-io
ther. George Warrington, near borl
Tn. siov
The Senior Glass of Milton High u,
hool gave a very pleasing enter oran
nment in Fox Theatre on Tuesday ,,' ond
ening. The title of the play was tion ,1
on John" Della
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