Milford chronicle., 1924-05-09
Milton Letter

Su00G4 GOunLy dlu W LuE 4GnluGALb VI
Milton as a gala day, the event being
the annual field day Of the cOlOred
school children of the county. Every
colOred school in the county was we'll
represented by both scholars and pa
irons. They began to arrive as early
as o'clock in the morning and con-
tinued until the start of the parade at
IL o'clock. There were more than fif-
teen hundred people on the school
grounds by noon and the crowd, an
orderly one, remained all day, enjoy
ing the athletic sports and listening
to the addresses by Mr.. Cooper and
Mr.. Holloway, State school officials.
The parade consisted of about three
hundred pupils from every school of
the county, each carrying a banner
with the name of the school. These
were followed by decorated autOmo-
biles, headed by the Milford colOred
band. After the parade speaking was
held at the school grounds, followed
by drills and stunts by the various
schools. At the same time, on another
part of the grounds athletic sports,
running races, ball games, and sing
ing contests were conducted. The
crowd was orderly and attentive and
enjoyed all the events. In the school
building were displayed specimens Of
sewing, knitting, crOchetting and
drawing work done by the pupils of
the various schools. This work show
ed talent of a high order and that the
instructors were competent in their
teachings. Quite a number of white
citizens were present and were loud
in their praise of the way the various
events were pulled off and Of the
work exhibited by the scholars. Mrs.
Efie Prettyman, principal of Milton
school, had charge of the program and
saw that there was not dull moment
during the day.
Mr.. and Mrs. John B. Welch have
returned from visit to Wilmington.
Milton lost the opening game of the
base ball season on Saturday after
noon when Lincoln defeated them by
the score of 20 to 9. The game at the
end of the fifth inning was tied at
all, when the locals erred several
times, allowing the visitors to score
fifteen runs in three innings. Belts,
who tWirled for Milton deserved to
win but did not receive the support OF
his outfielders. However, the locals
showed improvement over last season
and promise to win a majority OF
games played this season. A few
changes in the outfield will be made
for the next game, with Lincoln on
their grounds next Saturday after
noon.
On Friday of last week Dolly,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. James Pom
der, was pushed down fight OF
stairs at the school house by one of
the larger pupils and sustained
broken collar bone.
The R. L. Bonham Construction
Company, who built the concrete road
from Milton to Harbeson, is hauling
, their road building machinery to the
Walnut street wharf, Milton, prepara-
tory to shipment by steamer to New
Jersey. This company failed to get
contract in Delaware and are NOV
ing back home.
The Eastern Shore Gas and Elec-
trio Company has a force Of men at
work reconstructing their electrlc
lines through Milton. New poles are
being raised and the wires frightened.
Samuel Fithian has painted his
yacht X-1O-U-8, preparing for tne
summer season. Fishing parties Will
be taken to the Breakwater and even
ing excursions will be run to Broad
kill Beach.
The Milton A. C.'s have booked
games for the month of May. Next
Saturday they will play at Lincoln
On Saturday, May 18th, they will play
LeWes on the Milton grounds and the
following Saturday will play Lewes IN
Milton. It is possible that a game Will
be arranged with DagsborO for Deco
ration Day at Milton.
Chippowa Tribe, No. %, Improved
Order of Red Men, is making drive
for membership. On Friday night they
EXPECT to induct class Of twenty-five
paIefaces into the mysteries of the Or
der at their WigWam in Milton. This
is one of the oldest tribes in the State
and an effort is being made to make
it the largest in membership. Tne
drive will continue for several weeks.
Erasmus J. Wilson has sold his 80
acre farm, near Jefferson Cross Roads
to William Belts, of Traynor, Pa, for
merlv of Cedar Neck. Consideration
private. Mr.. Wilson will give possess
sion of the farm on May 18th and Will
sell his live stock and farming imple-
ments at public sale on Tuesday, May
18th. Mr.. Wilson will either move to
Milton or Milford after the sale.
Golden Rule Lodge Of Odd Fellows,
Milton, attended divine services in a
body at the Milton M. E. Church on
Sunday night. The pastor, Rev. ]. c.
Mccoy, delivered special sermon for
the visitors and a special musical pro-
gram had been arranged.
Milton public school was well rep
resented at the field day exercises at
Laurel on Friday and the scholars en-
tered several athletic contests.
Mrs. Louise H. Frantz, wife Of Will
liam H. Frantz, Jr., died at her home
in Sharon Hill, Pa, on May list. Mrs.
Frantz was the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur Maull, Of Philadelphia,
formerly of Milton. Funeral services
were held at her late home on Sunday
evening, and the body brought to Mil
ton on Monday and inferred in the
N. q. cemetery.
Kemp Roach, a well known resident
of this community, died at the home
of his brother, David Roach, on
Thursday Of last week. Funeral ser
vices were held on Sunday afternoon
and interment made in Slaughter
Neck cemetery.
a Last summer a swarm Of bees found
SboI+a,. in the porch at the residence