Milford chronicle., 1927-07-01
HAPPENINGS IN
II AND ABOUT TOWN

ish house on Saturday morning, July
End.
The Ladies Aid of Slaughter Neck
meets with Miss Anna Ingram on
July 5.
Ladies, remember the bake at the
Pierce hardware, which is being held
by John wilkins Sunday school
class Saturday, July End, beginning
at $3.50 a. m.
Thomas H. McMichael has pur-
chased lot from Augustus Kern at
the intersection of the du Pont Boul-
evard and Shawnee road, where he
expects tC build home around Sep
tember l.
Providence Church will hold its
annual Sunday school festival and
shadow social Saturday evening,
July 9th in the Sunday school grove.
Everybody come and help made the
event a success.
William H. Stayton robbed a bee
hive last Saturday from which he
took 130 pounds of first grade honey.
This is a very unusual amount to Sc
cure from any one hive. The aver
age large yield is only about so
pounds to hive.
Mrs. Walter H. Studte of East
Harvey avenue, Linwood, Pa, an
nounces the marriage of her daugh-
ter, Gladys E. Galloway to Hugh Nc
Donald Laird, of Philadelphia, form
erly of Ridgely, Md, Saturday, June
25th. They will reside with the
brides parents in Linwood, Pa.
At the boxing bouts held near Mil
ford on Wednesday night of last
week, Kid Kesler failed to appear
for the wind-up bout, and Bill
Whales, of Houston, took his place,
fighting Young Ketchel, of Chester.
KetcheI had everything his own way
and outclassed Whales in every de-
partment.
The program of Chautauqua is ex-
ceptionally good this year and is
being very much enjoyed by large
audiences. There was no deficit in
the amount to complete the contract
this year, and the town folks and
committee wish to thank Mr.. Varney
for the use of his lot and the ladies
who solicited guarantors.
Edward Lank, seven-year-old son
of Willard Lank, of Milford, while
chasing tennis balls near the court
of the Milford Racquet Club, came
in contact with barbed wire and
was severely cut about the right
shoulder. Several stitches were re-
quired to close the wound. He was
treated by DR.. ]. Lynn Pratt.
The Episcopal Church held its pic
mic on last Friday at Slaughter
Beach There were 80 children and
five or six grown-ups in the party,
which left Milford at 10 a. M, re-
turning at about 1880 p. m, and the
entire day, from the bathing to the
shooting of fireworks and the delic-
ious lunches, was voted huge sue
cess by everyone.
A big improvement over the old
slow method of cutting wheat, stack
ing it in the fields and later thresh-
ing it, is the combination machine"
recently purchased by Walter Davis,
who lives about two miles north of
This machine cuts the head
Of the wheat and threshes it at the
same time. The wheat is threshed
from the head and pours into bags,
ready to be hauled to the granary.
A leader for the Vocational Bible
Glass, Miss Margaret Miller, 4 spe-
cialist in this kind of work, has been
secured. Miss Miller works under
the auspices of the Board of Sunday
Schools in Chicago, where the head
offices of all such work are situated.
She is expected in Milford on or
about July IL, and will spend the
first week making arrangements, and
proceed with the school.
This school will be interdenomina-
tional.
The Draper-Davis Fertilizer Com
pany of Milford just launched on
Wednesday of last week a 200-ton
freight steamer. 1t was built at Ok
ford, Nd, by the A. R. Connolly Ship
Company, and has been
christened the S. M. Davis, being
named for Harry Davis daughter,
Miss Susie M. Davis. The vessel will
be used to freight raw material for
phosphate to be used at the Milford
plant, and also to ship grain, bought
BY the Davis firm, 20 the city.
The members of the Episcopal
choir and a few invited guests drove
o Rehoboth for beach party on
Wednesday evening of last week.
Marshmallows and "hot dogs" were
roasted over large bonfire, and the
.elling of jokes and singing contri-
outed to the merriment of the party.
Those who went were: Rev. and Mrs.
Guy L. Hill, Miss Ruth, Dodge, Miss
Dorothy Robinson, Miss Virginia
Mason, Mrs. Lee Hirsch, George Dix
IN, Herschel Halbert, Robert Pierce,
elmer Calhoun and Mrs. Harry
Wardle.
John c. Parson, of Prime Hook
Neck, was fined $100 and costs by
Alderman HENDERSON Saturday, On
he charge of driving a motor vehicle
while under the influence of into2i-
,ants. He was arrested by Chief
Courtney when observed by him zig
tagging across the street. Courtney
stopped the car, and when Parson
got out, he was seen to stagger.
Courtney searched the vehicle and
ound a gallon jug which was empty
)ut had strong odor of liquor.
When Alderman Hendrixson asked |
he man if he was guilty, he replied
hat he had taken one drink" Hen
rixson said that it must have been |
big one, and the man failing to ex-
lain about the empty jug in the car,
Alderman Hendrixson imposed the
inc, and, in default of payment,
ommitted him to the town Jail. The
me and costs were later paid by