Milford chronicle., 1925-10-09
Bowers Beach

Fishing with hook and line has
been very good at Bowers Beach tor
the last two weeks, and some very
nice catches have been made by 10
cal, as well as by Pennsylvania par
ties. Last Friday and Saturday the
catch was unusually large. Inc
spawning season for the croakers
usually is the month of September
when the croakers go to deep water
to spawn. 81,
True to tradition, crOakers Will
not take the hook during their
spawning season; but now, IN Oc-
tober. they are returning and we
may look for good sport with thenl
for several days yet. Many OIL Cne
PENNSYLVANIA fishermen VINO COME
here for the late fall sport, Kno"
about this opportunity.
The oyster season is now open III
all the streams and bay, ana lne
quality of the bivalves are descrlDeu
as very nice by those who are
Judges. The demand at the present
time seems to be greater than the
sunDlv. Dredge boats are working
every day in the bay to supply OF
ders for the "shucking" houses
which have their plants at Bowers.
These establishments employ many
men in the work of "shucklng Tue
oysters and preparing them IoI
shipment to the city markets. Most
of this help comes from Baltimore
and Seaford. but there are many Oh
the local people employed. Some
oysters are shipped to Pittsburgh
Pa. and points in the middle west.
The oysters are put into perlecI
sanitary condition and the houses
are installing what is known as
"blowing" system to get aDsoiuIe
sanitary cleanliness IN the WOrAs.
Gilbert Saunders has sold his per
sonal property and business at BOW
eTs and will move with his family
tn the south, where he will make ms
future residence. He will leave III
a few days. -. ,
Richard Patterson has about conf
nIeted his large oyster shucklng
house in Bowers. Flack and LrlDDltC
are the contractors. 49,,
Haldeman, Tribbitt and DaVlusou'
have started their shucklng mousse
after making Improvements.
The Delaware Bay Oyster HOUSE
has also made extensive improve
ments to their plant.
davenport and Company are get
ting their shucking house reauy u
start operations after making some
improvements. .. School
after undergoing considerable re
nairs which were badly needed is
omen under the charge OF MIS- ISuIn
NJ Foster and the work seems 10 DC
going on very smoothly.
The outlook for coal supply IoL
Rowers Beach is not encOuraglnS
and the people are getting a supply
of stove wood together at theIr
homes It looks as if the people
bora would have to depend entirely
upon wood as fuel this winter 50
for that reason they are buying ar
fight and wood burning stoves anu
will be ready for the cold Wheh 1t
comes. ... ooo1
Recently a party of thirteen coal
,,,i,,ors from Valley View, Pa, pass
Cd two davs at Bowers, and if their
statements are to be relied upon as
to the mining situation, there Will
be no settlement made before April
of 1926; this may have induced tne
people of Bowers to get in a supply
of wood for fuel and stoves to purh
it in at this time.
A fine home is being built for Da-
vid Coverdale, merchant OF BOW
ers Beach on Main street. A. D. Car
rison is the contractor and he mas
four carpenters pushing the work.
Samuel P. Smith, a resident OF
Bowers for the past three years, is
making a ten day visit to Phllade!-
phia. He is a veteran OF the civil
war and is in his 8Oth year. He
served three years in the Union
Army
William King, one of the Oldest
residents of Bowers is confined at
his home and is in very poor
health.
Miss Anna M. Geiss of Reading
ton at st. Joseph's Hospital in that
city, is convalescing under the care
of Miss Dorothy ROcketashel,
trained nurse at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph P. Cross in Bowers.
Miss Hester Sutherland and sis
ter from Hobbs, Md, are guests OF
their grandmother, Mrs. Daniel Cart
xrvi orhf ooar ROWnrS II
G. A. Gilbert, Sr., Mr.. and Mrs
Frank Gilbert of Wrightsville, Pa,
were weekend visitors with Mr.. and
Mrs. G. A. Gilbert, Jr., and enjoyed
a days fishing on the Delaware
Bay.
Mrs. Sulat Fleming, the Oldest
citizen of Bowers, has been i'll for
The past three years, has been a very
patient sufferer. She enjoys having
weekend callers especially.
Mrs. Sallie Davenport is making !
IN extended visit with her daughter
n Wilmington. ]
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