Milford chronicle., 1927-11-25
Milton Letter

ciating. Interment was made in
Reynolds Cemetery by S. J. Wilson
& Son. Mr.. Ellingsworth was the
son of Jones Ellingsworth, of Ce-
dar Creek, and was 81 years of age.
He leaves two daughters, Mrs. Ar
thur Donovan and Mrs. Walter w.
Crouch, and one son-George w. Ell
lingsworth, all of Milton, and four
brothers and four sisters, iona and
William Ellingsworth, of Glendale,
George, of Lindwood, Pa, Robert, of
Cedar Greek, Mrs. Sallie Wilson, of
Philadelphia, Mrs. Laura Dawson, of
near Reynolds Mills, Mrs. Mary
Clendaniel, of Lincoln, and Mrs.
Louise Kolata, of StevensVille, Md.
The deceased was a member of En-
terprise Council, Jr. o. U. A. NJ,
members of which organization
were pall-bearers. He was also
member of Milton M. P. Church. He
had been a sufferer for several
years and for the past nine months
has been confined to his home. He
was a patient man, loving father
and kind friend.
With an all-day service the MEM
bers of the First Congregational
Church dedicated their new church
home on Sunday. In the afternoon
the speakers were Rev. J. c. Olden,
D. D., of Washington, and Mr.. Ed
gar w. Lank, of Philadelphia. In
the evening Mayor w. H. WEIGH, ex-
Senator J. C. Palmer, J. M. Lank
and F. B. Carey, of Milton, and Mr..
Peter Prettyman, of Atlantic City,
and others addressed the congrega-
ton. The receipts during the day
were $336.S7, for which the mem
bers are thankful, also to all who
took part in the dedication services
in any way.
The girls basketball team of
Milton High School defeated the
girls team from Georgetown High
on Friday afternoon in we'll
played game, by the score of II to
z. This was the first game of the
season and the Milton girls expect
to give a good account of them
selves during the season. By their
playing on Friday it will take good
teams to beat Milton this year.
Mrs. Annie G. Ellingsworth has
been granted letters of administra-
ton on the estate of John A. Ell
lingsworth, deceased.
On Tuesday, December 9Th, Lem
uel Johnson will sell his stock and
farming implements at public sale
at his home near Coolspring, and
will remove to property in Milton
he recently purchased. On We'd
nesday, December 9TH, RObt. B.
Nailor will sell his stock and i'm
Elements at his home on the Milton
Broadkill Beach road and will re-
move to a smaller farm he has
purchased of William Davidson on
the Milton-Waples' Mill concrete
road.
The Young Peoples Bible Glass of
Milton M. E. Church was organized
on Thursday evening at the home of
w. Layton Reed by electing Harry
president; John Fisher,
w. Layton Reed,
and James T. Johnson,
After the business of the
evening was concluded the members
were treated to ice cream, cake and
coffee by the hostess, Mrs. w. L.
Reed, which was much enjoyed. DR..
John c. Wiltbank is teacher of this
class of young people and hopes for
beneficial work by the class in the
affairs of the church. The next
meeting will be held at the church
on December 18th.
Cyrus McAllister, of Camden, N.
j., has been the guest of his broth
err, Henry McAlister, this week.
The new bungalow of r. B. Walls,
at the east of town, is nearing COM
pletion and Mr.. Walls will occupy
it in a short time. He is retiring
from the provision business he has
conducted here for several years., !
and will engage in the raising of
chickens.
Robert B. Black has had new !
roof put on his residence on Federal
street this week. The roof torn off .
was put on by Samuel J. Wilson, of |
this town, So years ago. MIR. Will
son, who is the leading undertaken |
in this section of the county, picked .
up and is saving one of the shingles
from the old roof and is saving it /
as a souvenir. The single was
hand-riven and is in a good state of /
preservation.
John P. Wilson and daughter, who |
were operated on at Salisbury on .
for the removal of their /
tonsils, are at home and rapidly re-
covering from the operations.
Owing to the non-arrival of shells
the Lippincott button factory was,
closed down a few days this week.
Robert M. Collins is building an
Incubator house in the rear of his
residence on Union street, in which
his son will place a 10000 egg ca
pacity incubator. The incubator is
of the latest manufacture with all
Young Mr.. Collins
will do custom Matching for poultry
raisers in this section, starting the
machine in a few weeks. ]
The Ladies' Aid of Reynolds
M. P. Church will meet with Mr..
and Mrs. Myers Dodd, in Milton, on
December LIST, Thursday. All are
invited.
An important executive meeting
of the Sussex County Christian En-
deavor Union will be held at the
home of Mrs. L. C. Darby (across
from the school building) in Milton
on Saturday afternoon, November 20
at 2:30. Besides the county union
officers, those who are expected to
be present are the superintendent
and officers of all Sussex County
C. E. Societies and the pastors of
each church that has one or more
societies. It is hoped that each So
ciety will have at least represen-
tative present.
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