Milford chronicle., 1926-03-26
Milton Letter

road leading from Milton 10 WdpleS
Mill. beginning at the mill enu'
AS soon as the graders get 1ar
enough along the pouring OF con-
crete will begin-it is thought about
Anril l. This road, about three
miles in length, connects Milton
with the Milford-Rehoboth road at
WaDles' Mill. and will greatly
shorten the distance between Mil
ton and northern points. This road |
leads through Milton to Harbeson'
where it connects with the George
town. Lewes and Rehoboth ROADS.
A delegation of Milton and Ellen
dale citizens met the State Highway
Commission at Dover last week.
asking for a road between these
towns. and it is thought the road
will be built at some future date.
This road is badly needed as the
mail is brought from Glendale, and
especially in winter the road at
times is almost impossible. The
right-of-way has been secured
which brightens the chances OF the
road being built.
DR.. Joseph COnwell, of Vlnelano'
N. j., attended the funeral OF MS
sister, Mrs. Hannah Wiltbank, on
Wednesday.
Charles G. NAPLES has returned
from a business trip to Florida.
Mr.. NAPLES speaks in glowing
terms of Florida, especially its cll-
mate.
Several more buttOn-cutting ma
chimes have been installed in the
Broadkiln Pearl COmpany's plant.
The present quarters have become
too small and it is the intention OF
the MANAGEMENT to erect larger
building on new site in the next
few months.
Owing to market conditions the
Milton Canning Company has cur
tailed its contracted acreage OF
peas to one-third the usual amount.
An increased acreage of lima
beans has been contracted for.
William H Welch, who took over
the drug business of his father, Jno.
B. Welch. at the latter's death, has
greatly improved the store and IN
creased the stock. 1t was feared
that this store would close, leaving
Milton with only one drug store.
Mrs. A. n. Pratt, who has been
quite i'll at her home on the Pratt
ADple Farm, is cOnValescing.
Mrs. Alexine Collins is critically
i'll at her home on Federal street.
Her brother, William Parker, VINO
has Just returned from a business
trip to Europe, is with her.
q. T. Nicholson has purchased a
2OO-ft. front lot on LaYinia avenue
of H. c. WagamOn, upon which he
will soon begin the erection OF a
residence. This lot takes in the
high hill that overlOoks Lake Fan
ganzvlli, and extends back to the
lake. This is an ideal site for
home.
Blizzard & Bailey on Saturday
caught the first shad that has been
taken from the Broadkill river TINS
year. And on Monday they caught
another. Both fish were small but
bespeak an early run of these t1sh.
The Ladies' Aid Society of Rey-
nolds M. P. Church will meet at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson Dono-
van on Thursday evening, April l.
All are invited.
John A. EllingswOrth spent Sun
day with his father, Jones Filings
worth, near Lincoln. The senior
Mr.. Ellingsworth, who is "a years
old, is quite ill.
The union meeting of Eastern
Sussex Parent-Teacher Association
will be held in Milton coloreC
school on April 1st, at p. m
Among the speakers for the occasion
are: DR.. R. w. Cooper, of Whining
ton; Miss Eta ]. Wilson, executive
secretary of the State P. T. A, o
Wilmington; Miss L. ]. Rives, prin
cipal of Middletown school. Tit
Lewes Quintette will render severa
selections. Prof. J. Graham Scot
will be chairman of the meeting
All are cordially invited.
Miss Ethel White and son, o
East Orange, N. j., are the guest
of her parents, Captain and Mrs
James c. Conwell.
Rev. J. S. Eldridge, pastor 0
Milton M. E. Church, left on Weo
nesday morning for Dover, to at
tend the Wilmington Conference
Rev. Eldridge has been asked to re
turn Tilton for another yeal
and a. rcturn is expected.
c .-les H. Wieland, Jr., Will sci
his ' stock and farming imple
ments at public auction at his hom
at Whitesboro on April 2.
Mrs. Thalia Dunnum will sell
quantity of farm machinery, llv
stock and household goods at he
home ON the road leading fror
Lewes to st. Georges Chapel' o.
April 1st. She will also sell at tn
same time the 75-acre farm upoI
which she resides.
Mrs. Nancy Jones is quite i'll a
her home in Prime Hook Neck wit
pneumonia. She is somewhat i'm
proved at this writing.
The work of erecting a temper
arv bridge across the Broadkll
River at Drawbridge to take care O
the traffic while an improved draN
bridge is being built, is progressln
rapidlv. being more than two-thlrd
comnleted. The completion of thl
work will complete the new NIL
ford-Rehoboth highway.
The burning of soft coal at IN
Milton school building is causln
the housewives in that section {
town much inconvenience becaus
of the clouds of smoke and soc
that issue from the chimney
blackening the clothes and even eI
tering the houses and running DIRE
neries The use of soft coal wa
compulsory during the coal strik
Int its continued use at this tim
is not at all necessary becaus
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