Milford chronicle., 1927-08-19
Milton

Mr.. and Mrs. William Wyatt and
daughter Margaret, of Georgetown,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Wyatt, of
Philadelphia, spent Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. John T. Crouch.
The Pratt Orchard Company are
picking and shipping a large crop of
peaches. Last week they shipped
four carloads and this week they
expect to ship eight or ten. At the
Chandler Orchard the early apple
crop has been shipped, about thirty
car loads, and they are now ship
ping peaches, averaging two car
loads a day. These orchards give
employment to scores of men at
good wages at a time when farm
work is slack.
Work has begun on Raymond Con-
wells new home on Atlantic street.
The house will be 24x30 feet, of
brick and two stories high. The
bricks used are from the Lofland
Brick Company's yards, near Milton
and are rough casts and present an
unusual color effect.
Material for the erection of the
new edifice of the Congregational
Church (colOred) is being delivered
on the site but work of construction
has not been started as yet, William
H. Workman, the contractor, will be-
gin the work in the next few days.
The edifice is to be of brick con-
struction, the bricks are being
furnished by the Lofland Brick Com
pany of Milton.
Charles Moore and son have clear
ed away the bushes about their fill
ing station, at NAPLES Mill, just
north of Milton at the intersection of
the Milton -MilfOrd-Rehoboth con-
crete road and makes a splendid
parking place for tourists. Many
Pennsylvania anglers camp here
whie they fish the pond for black
bass. Many catches of large bass
have been made here.
Walter Reed of Wilmington, spent
the weekend with his mother, Mrs.
Mary Vent Reed.
Watermelons and cantoloupes are
coming into market in small quanti-
ties, the weather conditions early in
the spring was not favorable and as
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than usual making their appearance.
The crops will be away below nor
NAL and good prices are expected by
local growers.
AS J. R. Atkins a Milton under
taker, was making a left hand turn
at Benefits Corner, on the road
from Milton to Milford, on Sunday
night, his car was hit by car driven
by Mr.. Teal, of Lewes who was go
ing south. The Atkins car was drag
ged about twenty feet but did not
turn over. Mr.. Atkins was on his
way to take care of the body of
Mathew Shockley, who had just died
and when he reached the corner saw
the Teal car coming but thought he
had time enough to make the turn.
Milton Az C's will play Houston at
Houston on Saturday afternoon. ON
Saturday, August 27, Dagsboro will
play at Milton and the following
Saturday Milton will play at Days
boro.
English sparrows have become
nuisance to the residents of South
Federal street by making the large
shade trees in that section roosting
places. One or two residents on
Monday evening fired shotgun into
the branches of the trees, killing
many of the birds.
Nose Cuff, colOred, a well-known
character of this section for years,
died at his home between Milton and
Ellendale. According to his request |
he was buried under a large pine |
tree in his front yard where he had |
spent many hours in an' armchair. |
Nose, who voted in Milton always !
wore on election days large feath-
er in his hat and spent the day re-
newing acquaintances among the |
older white citizens. He was about |
rs years of age.
The Milton fire department was
called to Rehoboth on Sunday and |
but were not in action as |
the RehOboth firemen had the blaze |
under control. The cottage of John |
c. Truitt of Milford, was burned to |
the ground and fearing that the |
woods about the cottages would take |
fire and destroy the many cottages
erected in the pines, the fire depart
ments at Milton and LeWes were /
called. The Milton made the run,
about eighteen miles in twenty-five
minutes. The regular drivers; H. c.
Davidson and C. M. Wiltbanks, were
out of town at the time of the call
and Louis Lane was pressed into
service as driver. Why not train
several more drivers?
The fire siren was sounded about |
noon on Monday when an oil stove
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Nolin
Clifton, on Behringer Avenue, ex-
plOded. Neighbors succeeded in ex-
the blaze before the
firemenyarrived. Only slight damage
was done.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. c. Davidson and
daughter Virginia, entertained at
Broadkill Beach over the weekend
Miss Betty Blockson, Clarence Dowl-
ing, of Pennsgrove, N j., Miss Dolly
Biggs, of Philadelphia, Jack NAPLES
Of Milford and Sam Dennis, of
Md.
The families of B. F. Gray, G.. c.
8rasure, J. B. Gray and H. C. Waga-
non are spending some time at RehO-
Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Lippincott,
Ind children, of Chestnut Hill, Pa,
leve been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. B.
2. Gray, and are now spending the
summer at Rehoboth. Misses Nell
ind Catherine Gray visited Camp ].
Oanforth Bush, near New Castle,
where the 198th Regiment anti-air-
raft Artillery Delaware National
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