Milford chronicle., 1927-09-16
Milton Letter

The lima bean canneries of Mil
ton are in the midst of the packing
season and the crop, should an earl!
frost not destroy the late crop, thu
pack will be near a normal one
The early season was not conducive
to the growth of the bean plants
and not until hot weather arrived
late in July did the plants begiI
growth or to blossom. Since thai
time the plants have put fortt
rapidly and are heavily set with
blossoms and pods and now it is q
question of whether frost will ruin
them before the beans mature
Lima beans are planted in success
sive crops, the first and second
paintings are now being canned, YET
there are several more. paintings
maturing. At both the Draper and
Milton Canning Company plants the
managements are working over
time to keep up with the delivery by
the growers. The quality of the
beans packed so far are of the fin
est and the yield is fair.
A large number of Milton people
attended the funeral of James ].
White at Whitesboro on Tuesday
afternoon of last week.
There have been two business
changes in Milton during the past
week and another will take effect
at the end of the year Whites
Cafeteria has been purchased by
Mr.. Theodore COrnwell, of Whining
ton, who took charge on Saturday.
, The restaurant of Horace Bailey
has been sold to Howard Hastings,
of Milton, who has taken charge. On
January 1st, Robert a. Walls will
retire from the meat and provision
3 business and will be succeeded by
Mandus Warren, of Milton.
Rev. William Greene was knocked
down by truck on Saturday, but
aside from a shaking up escaped in
jury. Mr. Greene attempted to pass
Ebehing a standing truck in front of
Black & Lingo's store when the
driver. not knowing the aged man
was near the truck, backed the ma
chine that he might clear another
car that was parked ahead of him.
LII uOln5 OOs WI OAC CC4AC W elo hlOGh-
ed to the ground but before the
heavy truck could pass over his
PROSTATE form, the driver heard his
cry and stopped the truck.
Charles P. Lingo, of Philadelphia,
has returned to his home after
spending a few days with his sister,
Mrs. John P. Holland, in Milton.
Miss Emily Y Maull, after spend
ing a few days with her grand
mother, Mrs. John II Crouch, has
returned to St. Luke's Hospital,
Philadelphia where she is student
nurse.
Robert H. Norris died on Monday
afternoon after an illness of sever
al moths. Aged So years. Funeral
was held on Wednesday morning
and interment made in the Milton
NJ E. Cemetery by S. J. Wilson &
Son. Mr.. Morris was a son of the
late John J. Morris. He conducted
cigar and tobacco store and pool
parlor in Milton for several years
and owing to i'll health retired from
business a few months ago.
At a meeting of Milton union of
the w. c. T. u, the following offic-
ers were elected for the ensuing
year: President, Mrs. Carrie Hood;
first vice-president, Miss Lillian
Cade; second vice-president, Mrs.
Lille Davidson; corresponding
secretary, Mrs. Mary NAPLES; re-
cording secretary, Mrs. Clara Star
key; treasurer, Mrs. V. Carrie Bur-
rous.
The First Congregational Church
of Milton will hold a corner stone
laying services at their new church
building on Glendale Road, on Sun
day, October End, 1927. Addresses
will be made by ex-senator J. c.
Palmer, of Milton, and Mr.. J. c.
Moulton of Havre deGrace, Md. Most
Worshipful Grand Master, DR.. c.
Banton, and others from Whining
ton will be present and take part in
the services. Rev. H. M. Kingsley,
director of Negro Congregational
Churches, East of Mississippi will
speak on "COngregationalism". The
exercises will be held at 800 p. m.
The season at Broadkill Beach is
about over. The number of visitors
at this resort this year was away
below former years because of the
poor condition of the road crossing
the marsh early in the summer,
caused by the flooding of the marsh
and road last autumn and winter,
doing much damage to the road. The
delay of putting the road in good
condition was caused by the fact
that sufficient dirt for the rebuild
ing of the riad could not be secured
nearby. About the middle of the
summer, Charles Dickerson,Jr., who
owned a bit of high ground near the
road gave free of charge to the
county all, the dirt required to re-
build the road. Road Overseer,
Dora Warren, upon receiving word
from Mr.. Dickerson of his liberal
offer put a force of men and teams
at work at once, and in a few weeks
had the road in passable condition,
and now that bit of road compares
very favorable with other dirt
roads in the county. However, the
improvement came too late to reach
the ears of those who visit the re-
sort to make it prosperous sea-
son. Should the tides of this winter
not destroy the road next season
will find large crowds visiting
Broadkill Beach. Thanks, Mr..
Dickerson.
Local Oystermen are preparing for
the opening of the oyster longing
season in the Broadkill River on
October 1st, and from present indi-
cations there will be an abundance
of bivalves taken from this river
during the fall and winter months.
At the last session of the Legislat-
ure the season was changed from
October 18th, to October 1st. Oysters