Milford chronicle., 1925-02-06
MiltOnLetter

qua in Milton, but this year it was
at first decided to increase the price
that a higher class of entertainment
could be secured. This was done bu
now the guarantOrs feel that to in
crease the price at this time woul(
not be advisable, hence the lower
price. The Chautauqua begins OF
Saturday afternoon, February 14tl
and continues until the 18th, hold
ing two sessions each day.
Fannie Copes, aged about SO years
died at her home on Monday night Oi
pneumonia, after a short illness
Funeral services will be held Oh
Thursday afternoon and interment
made at Georgetown.
The Ladies Aid Shciety of Reyn-
olds NJ. P. Church viii meet with
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Wilson on
Thursday evening, February 18th
Everybody welcome. All members
are requested to be present as this
will be business meeting.
Mrs. Lima Watson of COkesbury is
spending some time with her daugh-
ters, Mrs. Kenzie Truitt and Mrs.
Parker Beebe, at Jefferson Cross
Roads.
Charles Hurley entertained twelve
of his boy friends on Saturday after
noon, in honor of his ninth birth
day.
Mrs. A. w. Irwin and daughter,
Miss Annie, have returned from a
visit of several days in Philadelphia
and Ridley Park.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Lofland, of
Laurel, spent the weekend with her
sister, Mrs. Floyd Hurley.
A meeting of especial interest to
every resident of Milton and entire
BrOadkill Hundred will be held in
the school hall on Friday, February
9Th, when the Milton Parent-Teach-
er Association will take up the du-
POnt school building program for
discussion. There will be present
those who are familiar with this
plan and will present the facts to
the meeting. This is a vital Ques-
ton, one that is of great Importance
to this section at this time, as the
time has come when the present
structure is entirely too small for
present day needs. The school au-
thOrities are compelled to rent out
side property to accommodate the
overflow of scholars. 1t seems to the
writer that the time is ripe for the
consolidation of the several rural
districts with the Milton district,
the erection of an adequate school,
building on a plot of ground that
will afford ample room for play
grounds and allow for future en-
largement of the building, and the
of several small and
rural school buildings.
The transportation of the rural pu-
pills to and from the Milton school is
not such a bugaboo as some mag
inc. 1t is being done in other Sec
tions and can be done here. There
are within two miles of Milton four
rural schools-one teacher schools
that have outlived their usefulness
and are just an aggravation and ex-
Dense to the school authorities and
TO the parents of the children at
tending them. These schools are
Donovan, Ingram's and |
Cave Neck. 1t is believed that ma
ority of the taxpayers in these dis
riots are in favor of consolidation !
With Milton. - The Parent-Teacher /
Association invites every citizen in .
he Broadkill district to be present :
It this meeting-Friday evening, /
february 9Th.
The last of the Antrim Lyceum
Courses was held in the school hall /
IN Monday evening when Robert /.
Bowman gave very interesting lee
ure.
All men are invited to attend the
Mems Meeting" held every Sunday
afternoon at the Milton M. P.
Church.
Postmaster J. D. Robbins has been |
II with the DEVILS grip at his home /
he early part of the week. He is /
now able to be out again. During |
MS illness the affairs of the post
office were ably taken care of by
Mrs. Robbins.
Whooping cough is among the
of the town and the local
1oct6rs are kept busy giving relief
o/the little ones.
The duck shooting season closed
IN Saturday after one of the poorest
5GdSOu0 hUOWu " ll4lO DCCLlOlls vi
Tuesday and Wednesday of last week
he shooting was the best of the sea-
son and several large bags were re-
ported by local gunners. David H.
Reed, of the Broadkill marsh Sec
ion, had a party of gunners from
he city out and they succeeded in
tagging nearly hundred ducks in
he two dayS/
On FebrgGry 18th the Milton New
century Qub will celebrate Valen-
inc Day. Miss Sarah Atkins will
ave charge of the program.
E. P. Nicholson, of the Milton
'anning Company, attended the Ma
ional Convention of the Gamers
eld in Cincinnati last week.
J. Carey Palmer shipped a car
BAD of red cedar posts and bean
Oles on Monday.
Samuel Lookerman bought the 9
William E. Hall farm at public sale
n Saturday afternoon. Price paid
231O. The farm is located in Broad
i'll Hundred, near William school, g
nd contains about eighty acres,
artly covered with pine and oak 5
mber.
John S. Robinson on Wednesday n
last week reached his Goth birth u
ay and on. Sunday celebrated the
rent with a turkey dinner at his e
)me in Broadlkill Neck, to his chill a
'en and a few friends. Mr.. Robin
N is remarkably active for one so a
d and is often seen on the streets v
Milton. n
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Carpenter, of >
,ar Calhoun school, spent Sunday
ith Mrs. w. w. Crouch. II
Robert Morris has returned from Ia
visit to his brother, John Morris,
Dover. 3 b