Milford chronicle., 1927-07-08
HAPPENINGS IN
II AND ABOUT TOWN

Again we offer good things to eat
ON Saturday at the Pierce hardware,
Milford Grange bake.
A large band of gypsies drove
through town in automobiles last
Thursday, their destination unknown
to Milford.
The smoke stack of the Milford
Light and Water plant is being re-
paired with mortar where the OLD
mortar has fallen out.
Call Mrs. Lemex if you desire to
order in advance any goodies from
the Grange Bake at the Pierce haru-
ware, Saturday, July 3.
Pierce Prettyman, of near LIN
coin, while cutting wheat last Tnurs-
day, had finger of his right hanu
cut off, getting it caught IN tne
knives of the grinder.
The Wilmington Philharmonic
Band gave a very enjoyable NIUE
concert as it passed through Mllford
last Thursday enroute to RehoDotn
for the opening of the Henlopen Ho-
tel.
The Carlisle Fire Company re-
sponded to two still alarms on Tues
day: one to a small fire near the ice
plant, the other on Montgomery
Street. No damage resulted 1rom
either.
The practical lessons in life saw
ing conducted at Haven Lake by an
expert swimmer from Wilmington
were completed last week, when
Chester Coffin received an average
of 81 points, the highest OF the elght
entrants.
A concrete wharf is being built
along the Mispillion River, on tne
south side of Walnut street. Inc
windsor brothers are having small
walk built to the rear Of their build
ing. facing the river, which VIII re-
place the old frame structure untIl
recently there.
An eniovable evening was spent on
last Thursday evening by the IneIu-
bers of Christ Church choir at tne
home of Mrs. Harry Wardle IN the
Windsor apartments. Songs were
sung and games played. Those pres
emf were Misses Ruth Dodge and
virginia Mason, Mrs. George Dixon,
Messrs. Robert Pierce, Elmer Cal
houn. H. o. Halbert, and Rev. Guy Il.
Hill.
More gripping than the most eX-
citing detective story, quite as thrill
ling as the closest horse race, IS the
daily news these days, as one tol-
lows the daring aviators who are
making a new epoch in history, INK
ing continent to continent through
tbe air. Is there anyone in Milford
who has not been feverishly looking
for the latest news of Lindbergh,
Byrd and Hegenberger? How tortu-
nate we are to live in so interesting
an age!
Misses Alice Brown, Irene Cook'
and Mabel Griffith and o. A. Brown,
the western tourists, have returned
from their two months trip. They
all found every experience of their
10000 mile tour most interesting
from the sand of Kansas which SO
dispirited them, to the extremely
salty water of Salt Lake wnlcn
'buoyed them up" Miss Browns IN
teresting letters published in the
Chronicle, told all about their trip,
which their friends are enjoying
hearing them relate now in person
Tuesdays session of the Kent
County Levy Court delegation ask
ed for improvement on the woodland
Beach road leading out from Smyr-
ma. There is an improved road part
of the way and the distance asked
for will be between three and four
miles. The court agreed to visit the
road and report at next weeks meet
ing. The court decided that during
the summer months it would convene
at 10 o'clock, instead of l o'clock IN
the afternoon, as they have been
doing since taking office. Reports
from the county officers for June
were as follows: Register of Wills,
$4S469; prothonotary, $25ISS; re-
corder of deeds, $1,262.60.