Milford chronicle., 1927-08-26
Milton

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and Mrs. Harry Wilson, Thursda!
) evening, September 1. All invited.
Losing control of a Ford touring
car, Ralph Carey, of Lewes, machine
collided with a concrete abuttmen
in front of the home of E. Franz
Walls, a half mile from Milton, OF
the Milton-Harbeson road. The car
in which there were five young mer
. and women, turned on its side
smashing both wheels on the left
side of the car, smashing the wind
shield and bending the tenders. None
of the occupants of the car were in
jured.
George A Goodwin, Jr., has ac-
cepted a position with the Sussex
Trust Company, taking the place of
Erwin Postles, who resigned to go
to Texas, where he and his brother,
Elmer Postles, have purchased land.
While lighting peanut roaster at
his store on Union Street, R. Davis
Lingo, was severely burned about
the face, when the gasoline burners
exploded. Two of the burners had
gone out and Mr.. Lingo, after leav-
ing the door open to allow the gas
fumes to escape, lighted match
to relight the burners, when the ma
chine exploded with a loud report.
The unconscious closing of his eye
/ saved the sight, according to his
physician, who rendered medical aid.
Owing to the high cost of feed
many local poultry growers are SELL
ing their young and old pullets, thus
reducing the size of their focks. AL
most nightly several truck loads Of
poultry leave Milton for the city
markets, and the Wildwood boat is
carrying full cargoes every trip.
The concrete wall along the mill
dam at WagamOn's Mills, is being
extended to take in the whole dam
on the pond side.
Black & Lingo will hold their
semi-annual Dollar Day Sale, on Fri
day and Saturday of this week. This
sale draws large crowds from all
over the county to Milton.
Rev. ]. S. Eldridge, pastor of Mil
ton, M. E. Church, and his family,
are spending two weeks in Cazeno-
via, N. Y. There will be no preach
ing services at the NJ. E. Church
during his absence.
After a. vacation of three weeks,
Rev. A. M. Green, pastor of Milton
M. P. Church, will occupy his pull
pit on Sunday morning and evening.
An order from the PostOfice De-
partment, in effect on Monday of this
week, causes the delivery Of mail to
the Milton postof1ce ten minutes
earlier. In the past all Milton mail
passed through the Glendale post |
office, before the star route driver !
could get it. The new order calls |
for the delivery of Milton mail direct /
from the train to the Milton driver. |
The new schedule of mail for the !
Milton Office is as follows: Outgoing |
1900 a. m, instead of 6.15; 400
p. M, instead of 500 p. m.-incOm-
ing, 700 a. m, 11.S0, instead of 11.5O,
and 6.45 p. M, instead of 7.1O p. m.
The postoffice will close at 500 p. m,
instead of of $50 p. m.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. M. Geyer and chill
dren, have returned from a two
weeks vacation to EasthamptOn,
Mass. They were accompanied home
by Miss Gertrude Coyle, who will
spend several weeks with them near
town.
The Milton Canning Company and
the Draper Canning Company began
the canning of lima beans this week.
The crop is a promising one and will
men thousands of dollars to growers
In this section.
John and Henry Coffin and Walter
W. Crouch were Salisbury visitors
on Monday afternoon.
James Mustard and family, of Will
limantis, Conn, are guests of his
sister, Mrs. George R. Davidson.
Mrs. Blanche Johnson has return
ed from a stay at Rehoboth Beach. /
Fred K. Jensen has completed a
new concrete hume at his mill near
town and the road over Reynolds
Mill dam is now open to traffic. :
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred E. Johnson and
son, Milton, accompanied her sister,
Mary Green, home on Thursday to =
N. J. They also visited ,
Camden, Philadelphia and Atlantic
City, returning on Sunday.
Miss Sallie Gordy has been spend I
ng her vacation visiting her parents }
lear town, and visited many sea-
ihore resorts, has returned to Mil r
ord, where she is employed.
Mrs. Hiram Collins and daughter, +
Ruth, of Wilmington, spent last week +
With her sister, Mrs. Marshall Will
on, near Jefferson CROSSROADS. s
Miss Sallie Gordy, of Milford, and h
lister, Ava, Of Milton, attended a T
party on Tuesday evening
n Milford Neck, given by Mr.. and t
lrs. Fred Harrington, in honor of n
heir son, Fred, Jr. V
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Elzey and
hildren, Florence and William, of
ieaford, spent last Thursday with D
Ir. and Mrs. Marshall Wilson, near
own. Il
Mr.. and Mrs. George Fisher, of n
hester, Pa, are the guests of Mr.. S
nd Mrs. Noah Warren and her N
lother, Mrs. Emma B. Wilson.
Miss Virginia Davidson had as her f;
uests on Friday and Saturday, Mr.. g
nd Mrs. Howard Legates, Of Will a
lington.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Clark and Mrs. b
H. Prettyman and son, spent few a
ays last week at Atlantic City.
Mr.. and Mrs. William G. Crouch
nd daughters, who have been spend
lg several weeks with his father, W.
7. Crouch, have returned to Phila-
elphia.
Large crowds are attending the
ilgrim Holiness Church camp, be-
lg held in Lavinia Woods. On Sun
ay next large crowd is expected.
Work of meeting the new church