Milford chronicle., 1924-08-08
Holmes, which he bought some


months ago.
A number of local people attend
ed the Harrington Fair and were in
terested in seeing the fast horse oi
oscar H. Warrington, of this town
pace. 1t is considered the swiftest
horse in the State.
Everett Reed and Howard Tea.
left here last week for Plattsburg, N
" where they will spend six weeks
IN training camp there.
Napoleon B. Register, Jr., Charles
5. Lofand and John Brittingham
have enlisted in the U. S. Coast
Guard service and left here last
week for Long Island, where they
are stationed at a coast station there.
The Coast Guard service is taking
in a number of enlisted men for one
year with the idea of training them
and putting them aboard patrol
boats os as to stop liquor traffic in
our waters.
Conley's Chapel NJ. e. Sunday
school held their annual picnic at
Oak Orchard this week.
Menhaden fishing which has been
very poor up until few days ago,
is now rapidly improving and some
good catches are being made at he
different fishing plants here. The
most of the fish are caught a Ions
ways from here, off Rockaway Beach.
The Diamond State Fish Products
Co., who have their plant near Mil
ford, have laid their men all off for
awhile and are having their boats
hauled out and bottoms scraped and
painted, which has to be done once
every season. They expect to reopen
the plant and send out their boats
again in few days.
Roberts Paving Company who are
building the improved road from
Wescoat's Corner to Rehoboth Beach
completed the stretch from Car
penter Brothers to Mary Orange
property, where they first began to
build the road toward Rehoboth
Beach. The new road is now laid
from Carpenter Brothers to the farm
of Theodore w. Palmer, which is
about a quarter of mile from the
county bridge; also from the Harvey
H. Greene property on Rehoboth av-
enue to the railroad station. The
steam roller and the mixer were
moved last week to the woods on the
property of John C. Wilson, where
they will begin and go towards Wes-
coats. The stretch leading from
Wescoat's to Carpenter Brothers is
a little over a mile in length and
crosses two branches. They antici-
pate having all the cement laid in
about two weeks.
Irving Palmer of Cape May, form
erly of this town, was a town visit
or here during the week.
Sugar corn and lima beans have
in the local market and
are being enjoyed not only by the
summer visitors but by the local res
idents as well. Early tomatoes are
ripe also and are selling at the rate
of 25c a quart, while huckleberries
and blackberries are selling for 12c
a quart-at much lower price then
a quart.
William V. Sipple of Milford who
is summering at RehOboth Beach
was a town visitor here recently.
About all the farmers in this Sec
ton have threshed their wheat crop
and with but few exceptions the
yield was a poor one. The wheat was
harvested in perfect condition-most
Of it never had even a drop of rain
On it. Many are complaining about
the need of rain now for tomatoes,
corn and scarlet clover seed.
DIR. Harry B. Hickman and wife of
have arrived at their
cottage on Lewes Beach for the
month of August, which has been
heir custom for many years.
Miss Ella B. Twilley of Philadel-
Dhia, formerly of this town is spend
ing her vacation with her sister
here, Mrs. Andrew H. Baker.
Adolphus H. Ingram of Philadel-
phia is spending few days here
with his mother, Mrs. Eliza ]. In
gram and his brothers, Thomas R.
and Edgar w. Ingram.
Local sportsmen are making some |
good catches of soft crabs in the
Lewes Canal. It is believed that they |
come through the canal from Reho-
both Bay to shed, as crabbers find |
hem very scarce in Rehoboth Bay
his season so far; but quite a |
number are being caught in Loves |
Creek. They are selling in the mark
It here at .S1.00 a dozen for extra
inc grade.
The fishing steamer "Seabird," one |
If the boats of the Consolidated |
Fisheries Company here, came in
asst week with eight hundred barrels
# menhaden; although the menhad-
n fishing has been very poor until
bout ten days ago-it now looks as
f there will be plenty OF fish from
low on.