Milford chronicle., 1925-06-12
Milton Letter

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Monday.
Col J. Danforth Bush of viii
mingtOn was the weekend guest o
B. Frank Gray. Mr.. Gray left OF
Monday for Wilmington to serve az
grand juryman.
Reynolds NJ P. Church Will hole
its Children's Day services Sunday
morning, June 14th. Services be-
ginning at 1920 a. m. All who wish
we'll of Reynolds please be present.
The record breaking hot weather
since the End of June has damaged
what promised to be the largest pea
crop ever harvested in this district
at least fifty per cent. Local canning
factories will finish packing peas
this week, after a season of about
ten DAYS. The usual length of the
packing season is from three to four
weeks. A month ago the outlook for
a bumper crop was never better,
but since that time there has been
no rain and the hot suns of June
burned the vines and the half-filled
pods and growers were compelled to
cut and deliver to the factories last
week peas that ordinarily would not
have been harvested until next
week. AS a result the pods contain
ed but one or two Peas, when under
ordinary conditions the pods would
have contained from five to eight
peas. Some growers will not receive
enough from thei" crops to pay for
the fertilizer used. and none will
make any money.
Early white potatoes are suffering
from the excessive heat and result
ant drought, while string beans arc
burning up and dying while in bios
som. Every vegetable crop in the
Broadkill district is suffering from
the hot suns and only the corn crop
seems to thrive under the extreme
heat of the sun. Unless q rain comes
very soon all crops here will be
shortened Tomato growers are con-
siderably perturbed over their fail
ure to get the PLAINS set out. There
seems to be no scarcity of plants
but the dry weather has begun to
have it's effect upon them. The to-
mato ground has been prepared and
should a rain come thousands of
nLapts~ would be set in a few days.
In the average years this crop is set
long before this time and growers
are beginning TO fear that, if rain
comes now the crop would be late
and many fields be caught by early
frosts before they could be harvest
ed in the autumn.
A fire that started in some I'M
known manner on the Pepper tract,
destroyed about a hundred acres OF
timber on Saturday. Neighbors, dis
covering dense volume OF smoke
coming fro mthe >wOods,> gave the
alarm and after fight OF several
hours succeeded, by back-tirlng, IN
combining the fire to this tract, saw
ing thousands of acres OF TIMBER.
This is one of the largest areas OF
woods in Sussex county and had the |
fire got beyond control Of the fight
ers several farm houses would have |
been destroyed.
A game of base ball will be played
on the local grounds on Saturday
afternoon between Milton and
Greenwood This is the second of the
series. the first having been won by
Milton at Greenwood two weeks
ago.
MIR. and Mrs. w. H. Mears and MI
and Mrs. Jake West entertained overI
The weekend the following guests;
Mr.. and Mrs. D. Fowler and daugh-
ter, Virginia, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
..slP.,sessaEEoay Chester, Pa, Mr.. ana
Mrs. E. z. Deputy and children OF
Glen Moore, Pa, Mr.. and Mrs.
E. Deputy of Downingtown,
Pa. and Mr.. and Mrs. J. Walter Tay-
Tor, of West Chester, Pa.
Edgar Marvel has accepted po-
sition with a large dairy farm be-
tween Wilmington and West Ches-
Ter. and has removed his family
here.
Fred Ellingsworth, near Town. mas
IN endless chain egg Matching ma
chine that is the awe and wonder OF
lis neighbors.
Mrs. George EllingswOrth, of Clay
on. has been the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. Earl Reed.
Mrs. Oscar Belts has purchased OF
Ernest M. Jefferson a building lot
IN North Union street, adjoining the p:
property of Luther Wilson and Will !
erect a dwelling thereon.
Fred Clifton has begun the erec-
ion of a house for himself on Ben
niger avenue.
Captain George A. Goodwin, hav-
ne purchased an automobile, is
erecting a garage in the rear of his
home on Federal street. :
Concrete pavements have been
aid in front of the properties of
George B. Atkins and Robert B.
Black. Mr.. Atkins did both jobs.
A party of seventeen, including
he graduating class of Milton High .!
school. left on Monday morning for I
three days visit in Washington, D. l
;. They made the journey in an auto
JUS. They were chaperoned by Prof. '
nd Mrs A. ]. BOlin.
The power sloop Thomas F.
ubb," arrived here this week with I
cargo of phosphate and binder J
wine from Baltimore for Charles A. i
onner. :,
Henry McAllister who has been l
onf1ned to his home for several
avs, is cOnvalescing.
The house on Union street occu- =
led by John Clendaniel has been re- L
ainted this week by John Jones. "
Children's Day services will be g
cid in both the M. E. and M. P.
hurches on Sunday evening. The G.
lurches will be tastefully decorat-
l with flowers and plants and very
programs have been pre- Il
AIRED by the officers and teachers
the Sunday schools. n