Milford chronicle., 1925-10-02
Milton Letter

The Milton public school has set
p tied down to business and a mos
= excellent year is anticipated undel
the leadership of A. J. BOlin, the
| principal. Through the efforts of Mr.
Bolin the walls and ceilings of the
school building have been redecOr'
ated which adds greatly to the san
itary and cheerful appearance of the
rooms. Cement walls have beer
laid in front of the school property
and across the campus to the main
entrance. The faculty, with the eX-
ceptiOn of Mr.. BOlin,S Mrs. EldOra
Reed, the home economics teacher
and Mrs. Goldie Owens, teacher OF
the first grade, is new. The new high
school teachers are Miss Pearl NJ
Pignol, Walden, N. j., English; (;
Miss Helen M. Douglas, Douglas
Mimi, History; James w. Hahn, Pen
Argyll, Pa, Agriculture. The new ell
ementary teachers are: Mrs. Adelia
Bowers, Millington, Md, sixth and
seventh grades; Miss Eurith Robert
son. ReedsVille, Va, fourth and fifth
grades; Miss Rebecca c. Jones,
! Gloucester, Va, second and third
grades. The agriculture department
has been busy since school opened.
During. the summer the laboratory
was re-arranged, shelves and tables
built by the principal and agrlcul-
ture teacher, and agricultural PIC
lures, samples of feed, ETC., arranged
ON display, so that work could be
started at once. The class is now
studying poultry culling. Last week
tbev attended a culling demonstra-
tion by Prof. Palmer, poultry expert
of the Extension Department OF the
University of Delaware, at the farm
of ex-Coroner Elmer Dickerson,
near Milton. After class room WORK
on Judging a poor hen and a goou
hen. the boys culled flock of pull
let's of Lincoln Havelka, one of the
pupils. He has 275 pullets which Will
be his project this year. This week
the class culled $50 pullets for JOS
eph Havelka, LincOln's father. Later
the boys will have judging OIL catlle
and other live stock.
The Ladies Aid Society of Goshen
M. E. Church will resume their fall
meetings on Monday evening, Sep
tember 28th at the home OF Mrs.
Elmer DickersOn.
Miss Virginia Davidson has re-
turned from a visit with her cousin,
Elizabeth Biggs, in Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. John T. Crouch en-
tertained at dinner on Sunday Mr..
and Mrs. Marshall Short of Brook
lyn. N. Y, Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Ryan
of Georgetown, Miss Viola Hudson
of Frankford and Lester c. Glen
daniel of Lincoln.
The Fisher Bible Glass will hold
their regular monthly business
meeting at the home of Miss Sarah !
Atkins on Tuesday evening, October |
9Th, at 1880 o'clock. Each member
requested to be present and respond
to the roll call with a verse of Scrip
ture.
Mrs. Mary Ponder suffered a sec
ond attack of paralysis at her home
near town on Saturday morning and
her condition is very, grave.
John M. Robbins was stricken i'll
on Saturday and for time it was
feared he had suffered from paraly-
sis, but he soon responded to treat
ment and is again able to be Out-of-
doors.
A. P. Croll, of Georgetown, is lay
ing a concrete side walk along the
entire front of the base ball lot on
Federal street.
Joseph Carey and aunt, Miss Susie
Carey, of Philadelphia, were Milton
visitors this week.
Outten & Chandler are painting
the M. P. Church, which will great
ly improve the appearance Of this
edifce.
David T. Atkins is painting the
of George B. Atkins on
street.
Rev. Lewis Sasse, of Wilmington,
will have charge of the services at
st. Johns Baptist p E. Church, Mil
ton, every Sunday, at 10:30 a. m.
Miss Catharine Gray and William
Bolin, graduates of Milton High
School last year, have marticulated
1T Delaware College.
Letters of administration on the
estate Of Thomas Wilson of H., have
been granted to Thomas Wilson and
Joseph NJ. Lank.
The administrators of the estate /
Of Mrs. Lydia S. Wilson, deceased,
will sell the real estate in front of
he Hotel Jester, Milton, on Satur- {
lay, October g. The estate consists
If her late residence and lot, two
our acre tracts and one building
OF in the town of Milton.
Sarah e. Jefferson, wife of Wal
er B. Jefferson, died at their home +
lear Milton, on Saturday morning,
.fter an illness of two years dura- t
ion. Funeral services were held on I
tuesday afternoon at Beaver Dam
yhurch by Rev. Cullum, and inter- a
nent made in the adjoining ceme-
cry by S. J. Wilson & Son. Mrs. a
efferson has been a patient suffer- 1
r for about two years and for the
ast few months her condition has N
cen such that her death was ex- L
ected at any time. She leaves be-
ide her husband, two daughters, +,
aged years, and Annie, s
ged three; her father, John A. Ell
two sisters and bro