Milford chronicle., 1927-04-01

A travelling show has pitched its
tents on the Burton lot at the cor
ner of Front and Federal streets
and, beginning on Thursday evening
will give nightly performances for
several days.
Joseph H. Walls is filling in with
earth the marsh between the high
ground and the concrete wharf he
has erected in the rear of his store.
This, when completed, will do away
with an unsightly bit of marsh land
in the very center of the business
district
The employees of the Lippincott
Button Works on Saturday present.
ed fellow employe, Franklin Walls,
with handsome mantle clock. Mr..
Walls has recently been married,
and it being the custom to make a
present to all who marry, the clock
was presented to Mr.. Walls. Frank
B. Carey, assistant cashier of the
First National Bank, made the pre-
sentation speech. Mr.. Walls accept
ed the gift in a few well chosen
words of appreciation.
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Georgetown, and Mr.. and Mrs. Har-
old Hudson and son, Marshall, Of
Frankford, were Sunday visitors at
the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. John 7.
Crouch.
The Milton baseball team is prac-
ticing every opportunity and is
rounding into shape fast. The out
look for 1927 is for a championship
team. Never before have so many
candidates appeared and out Of the
lot Manager Crouch expects to put
in the field one of the best teams
ever to represent Milton. The boys
are planning for a benefit show in
the Fox Theatre during April, and
will ask that all interested in the
game to assist in making this show
a success. The club rents the
grounds and encourages the youth
of the town to use it for their
games during the summer months,
thus affording an excellent play
ground for the boys of the town and
vicinity. That the lads appreciate
the privilege granted them is shown
by the crowds that daily use it.
This feature should appeal to all
lovers of clean athletics for the
lads and help the older boys to pay
the rental. The merchants and
other business men will be solicited
in a few days for funds to properly
equip the team for the coming sea-
son, which will open about the last
OF April.
Word was received this morning
by Mrs. W. Layton Reed of the sud-
den death of her mother, Mrs. F. E.
Meigs, at her home in Peru, N. Y.
Mr.. and Mrs. Reed left at once for
Peru to attend the funeral. Mrs.
Reed is the home economics teacher
in the Milton High School.
The second anniversary Of the
Fisher Bible Glass of the Milton M.
H. Church will be held at the home
of the teacher, Charles w. Fisher,
on Tuesday evening, April 5th, at
7.30 o'clock. All members cordially
invited. Text word: Life.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Bailey, Of
Milton, announce the marriage of
their daughter, Estella Belts, to
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ton, at Wilmington on March 18th,
by Rev. W. A. Wise. Mr.. and Mrs.
Buckworth will make their home at
Newport, Del.
H. Ernest Conwell shipped an
other carload of lockwood specimens
to a New York estate this week. Mr..
Conwell has agents searching the
southern states for lockwood and
other rare ornamental trees to sup
ply the demand for such from own
ers of large estates in New York
and New Jersey. He has a number
now in his nurseries on Behringer
avenue that are attracting much at
tention from visitors.
"The Flapper Grandmother" will
be presented in Fox Theatre on
April 7th for the benefit of the
Milton Fire Company. The play