Milford chronicle., 1927-06-24
Milton

John Wiley of Milton met with a
serious accident while working at
Rehoboth on Tuesday afternoon. Mr..
Wiley, who is employed by A. P.
Croll. cement contractor, was pilling
cement in bags, when in some man
ner the pile turned over, striking
Mr.. Wiley on the leg and severing
the ligaments of the heel. He was
taken to the Beebe Hospital, Lewes,
where medical attention was given,
and later brought to his home.
/, In laying the concrete road through
Milton several years ago the cement
oozed under the guard around the
water cutoff at Front and Federal
streets and cemented the valve, and
when an effort was made to cut off
the water at this point on Monday
il was found that the valve could not
be turned. The State Highway Com
mission was informed and on We'd
nesdav sent a crew here who cut
through the concrete and cleared
the valve.
Early peas have been harvested
and the land is now being plowed
and will be replanted in lima beans,
thus giving two money crops from
the same piece of land during the
year.
Cherries are ripening and the ear
ly varieties are selling in the local
market at twelve cents quart.
Housewives are canning many for
the winter.
' The power sloop Fitzgerald" ar
rived at the Milton wharf on We'd
nesday and loaded with poultry, eggs
and berries for Wildwood, leaving
here on Thursday afternoon.
Miss Fannie Welch of Bloomfield,
N. j., is visiting her brother, P. P.
Welch for the summer. Her Milton
acquaintances are glad she is here.
owing to the stormy weather on
Sunday evening the attendance OF
Golden Rule Lodge l. o. o. F., at the
NJ. P. Church was postponed until
next Sunday evening. The pastor,
Rev. A. H. Green, will preach spe-
ciaI sermon. His theme being Bro
therhood." All Odd Fellows, whether
members of Golden Rule Lodge or
not are invited to attend the SER
vices. The public is also cordially
invited.
George Dunlap of Glenolden, Pa,
spent the weekend with Miss Estel-
la Reed.
Mrs. Delmar Reed is quite i'll at
her home near Milton.
Miss Catherine Crouch of Phila-
delphia is the guest of her GRANDPA
ther, Walter w. Crouch.
An example of how not to build
dirt roads is that bit of road lead
ing from Milton to Ellendale. The
road is about thirty feet wide and
on each side is a three foot ditch
and from the bottom of the bitches
the road is rounded up so that the
only driving space in the road is
Immediately on top OF the crown
and woe is he who gets off the
crown; his car is in the ditch and it
is a job for a pair of mules to pull it
out. The bitches leads nowhere and
the rain that fall remains in the
bitches until it evaporates. 1t sure is
some road building job.
Milton defeated Andrewville at
that town on Saturday afternoon by
the score of to 3. Mears, for Mil
ton, kept the Andrewville boys from
scoring until the ninth inning, when
he weakened and allow three runs
before one batter was retired.
Lynch relieved him and struck the
next two batters out. Milton plays at
Dover on next Saturday afternoon.
Miss Susie Carey of Philadelphia
is occupying her Milton home for
the summer months.
The Ladies Aid Society and the
Wiltbank Bible Glass will have a
chicken supper in the Sunday school
room of the NJ. e. Church on Thurs
day evening, June 30th. Menu: Fried
chicken, creamed potatoes, peas, rel
ish, bread, butter, coffee, ice cream
and cake. Price 65 cents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles G. Waples,
Capt. and Mrs. James c. Conwell
and Ermon Postles have returned
from a ten days visit to Texas.
John O'Neal and son and daugh-
ter, of Wilmington, spent Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. John T. Crouch.
Mrs. Harry Davis and little daugh-
ter have returned from the Marshall
Hospital, Milford. Mother and daugh-
ter are doing nicely.
Houston will play two games of
base ball in Milton on July Fourth
morning and afternoon. Houston
won two games from Milton early in
the season and the Milton boys will
try to even the score by taking both
games on the Fourth.
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