Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1927-12-09

have received through our office sew
eral letters from the officers of the
Association thanking us for our CO.
operation in their work and express
ing a desire to come again. During
the convention there were approx
mately 1000 people who were not
residents of Milford and everyone
knows that talk is the cheapest
thing in the world and we must not
forget that these teachers tongues
will not be idle when they return to
their homes. In other words, you
have sold them your town and they
will advertise it for you better and
cheaper than you yourselves could,
because you will recall that you are
prejudiced in favor of your home.
In addition to this thing which l
have Just mentioned which cannot
be counted in dollars and cents is
the thing of monetary value. l
should hesitate to say the actual
amount of money spent by the tea
cheers while in Milford, the different
stores no doubt could give you these
particulars, and while no one had to
call a policeman to keep the crowd
away yet 1 feel quite sure that even
from a financial and economic stand
point it was a success because sew
eral thousand dollars of foreign
money have been put in circulation
and will ultimately find its way into
somebody's bank account.
IA am not so sure that there
are very many people in Milford
who know the whereabouts of what
is known as Peabody avenue. No
doubt many of you will recall hav-
ing ridden into Milford via railroad
and seeing what one might call
dump, full of tin cans, junk, etc.
This was Peabody avenue. 1t is still
Peabody avenue but it is no longer
a dump. 1t has been cleaned as a
result of effort and action on the
mart of the Chamber of Commerce
and the kindness and work expend-
ed by the Carlisle Fire Company.
One project which will not be
completed for quite a while is the
attempt to have Walnut street wild
ened and Strengthened, This will
take considerable work and thought
on the part of everyone interested
first, in Milford, second in the ulti-
mate success of their business.
15-Another projects which we
feel to be immensely valuable is the
taking of an accurate census of the
town of Milford. It has been taken
and is now being rechecked and one
of the aims of this census is that it
will change the status of our town
from a town of $500 to approximate
" $500. You will not long have to
say that there are 1000 or 5000 peo-
pie but that there are between 1000
and 5000 people in Milford. Another
value of such a census is that it will
be the first complete Office directory
of the people of Milford accessible
to anyone who wishes to use the
same This has included religious
census naming the different church
affiliations and where there had
been no affiliation designated there
is a possibility of churches increas-
ing their membership, this religious
census will be accessible to the
clergy of the town. This census will
also include complete list of the
home owners living within the in
corporated limits of our town. In
short, it is more complete than the
census usually taken by R. L. Pulk
& Co.. the largest directory people
in the world and at half the expense.
This census when complete will be
typewriter upon cards, each man,
woman and child residing will have
his or her individual card alphabet
ically arranged.
16-The most recent project in
which the Chamber of Commerce
has been interested has been to aid
the Roycroft Production Co. This
company came to us requesting a
letter of recommendation. This let
ter was given to them only after
they had satisfactorily taken the &C
tual life pictures in SMilford and
their work compared favorably with
the News Reel which you see at the
Plaza Theatre. This project is not
yet complete, but we expect in the
very near future that the Roycroft
Production Co. will have finished its
work. The completed reel of the
various civic activities and build
ings as we'll as the business estab-
lishments will be released at the
Plaza Theatre, also shown through
the entire Eastern Shore.
These are the chief projects in
which we have been interested and
for which we have worked and we
hope that after you have carefully
read the above report of our activi-
ties that any of you who have bene-
fitted by the activities Of an active
Chamber of Commerce and do not
hold membership in the same will
be moved to request that they be
permitted to assume an active part
of such an organization.
Respectfully submitted,