Milford chronicle., 1927-09-16

flood the marshes in this section
that trappers may better trap these
fur bearing animals. The creek
will be closed by the trappers on
October 1st, and opened by the same
crowd on March 1st, that the farm
lands may drain dry before plowing
time next spring. This arrangement
settles the dispute between the
trappers and the farmers that had
almost reached the feud stage.
H. M. Geyer, local radio dealer
and wife attended the Atwater Kent
convention of dealers in Philadel-
phia on September 8th.
w. d. Quig has returned to Media,
Pa, after spending some time in
Milton.
Bethel A. NJ. E. Camp began in
Lavinia Woods on Sunday last and
will continue until Sunday, Septem-
ber 25th. Rev J. D. Springs is in
charge of the camp. A large crowd
was present on the opening day and
a larger crowd is expected next
Sunday.
U. Grant Collins, of Philadelphia,
has been visiting his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. E. L. Collins
DR. and Mrs. Eugene Douglas and
son, of Baltimore, have been recent
visitor at the home of his brother,
Thomas H. Douglas.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hearn, of New Jer-
sey, were the guests of his mother,
Mrs. Elizabeth Hearn, at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Henry McAllister
on Sunday and Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Reed spent the
weekend with relatives in Chester,
Pa.
The condition of John M. Robbins,
who is ill at the home of his son,
Postmaster J. D. Robbins, is slight
ly improved.
Rev. Charles H. Atkins, of Con-
cord, Md, a former Milton boy,
preached on Sunday evening at Mil
ton NJ. P. Church,
Richard Green, a student at the
w. c. l., Dover preached at the NJ.
E. Church on Sunday morning.
Owing to the illness Of the pastor,
Rev. j. S. Eldridge, there were no
services held at this church Sunday
evening.
A cement pavement has been
laid this week in front of the homes
of Mrs. Blanche Johnson and George
W. Sharp, on Mulberry street.
The dwellinw of Mrs. Ida Hughes
has been shingled walled by con-
tractors, Hughes & Welch.
Mr.. and Mrs. William R. Wilkins
have moved from Broadkill Beach
to their Milton home. They spent
a most enjoyable season at this
popular resort and etertained many
friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Chandler, of
Camp Meade, were Milton visitors
this week.
Semi-Centennial "reminiscences
After fifty years in the ministry of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, the
Rev. w. w. w. Wilson, D. D., of New
York City, returns to his home town,
Milton, Sussex county, Delaware, to
give to his home people on Sunday
night, September 18th, description
of "The Ever Varying Experiences
of the Methodist Itinerancy and the
Lights. and Shades of Ministerial
Life"
It was here that he was born and
reared, that he was converted at the
early age of eight, received into
preparatory and full membership, Ii
censed to preach and recommended
for admission into the Wilmington
Annual Conference, where he spent
sixteen years of his ministry, trans
ferring to the New York East Con-
ference in 1898, of which he is still
a member.
It was at the Annual Session of
this Conference in 1926 that he was
unanimously invited to present his
semi-centennial "reminiscences at
their following session, which he did
on Friday morning, April 22nd, the
whole conference rising en- mass and
applauding to the encore when he
went to the platform to be received
and presented to them by the Bishop,
frequently interrupting him with
rounds of applause in its delivery.
He has also delivered it to five of
the six charges he has served in the
Wilmington Conference, viz: Sails |
bury, Snow Hill, Crisfield and Eas-
ton, Md, and Smyrna, Delaware, and
is to deliver it at Chestertown, Md, |
Saturday night, October list, sharing
with Bishop Mcdowell the services
of that evening and the coming Sab
bath in the rededication of the re-
modelled and beautified Methodist |
Episcopal Church there.
The "reminiscences are, to say the |
least, tonic for the times reminding |
the people of what has made Meth
odism all it has become and sound
ing a timely warning against too
great a departure from it.