Milford chronicle., 1928-05-11
HAPPENINGS IN
IIAND ABOUT TOWN

18th, is National Hospital Day!
Take your donations to the Mil
ford Emergency Hospital tomorrow.
You are invited to tea from two to
four at the Milford Emergency Hos
pital on Saturday.
The Milford school will close on
Monday, June II, with commence
ment on Monday night.
On Sunday night there will be a
"sOng story" appropriate to Mothers
Day at the Presbyterian Church.
Fifty-four per cent of the Milford
school children deposited $66.O4 to
their savings accounts last week.
Don't fail to see Little Shepherd
of Kingdom Come" Monday or
Tuesday evening, May IA and 15.
The Seniors of the Milford High
School are preparing for their trip
to Washington the last week in May.
Fruits, vegetables, groceries, lin
ems, money, all welcome at the Mil
ford Emergency Hospital Saturday.
See Richard Barthelmess in Lit
tie Shepherd of Kingdom Come"
May IA and Is, at the New Plaza
Theatre.
George Jester was plowing in the
field when his horse ran away pull
ing over the plow, and breaking Jes-
ter's arm.
Miss Eiler is preparing a fine Mu-
sical program for the eighth grade
commencement on the afternoon of
Monday, June II.
Get your tickets for Little Shep-
herd of Kingdom Come" Presbyter-
ian Church benefit picture, May IA
and Is. Tickets 25-95c.
Come and see the fine Milford
Emergency Hospital and what 1t
needs, and stay for tea, on Saturday
between two and four.
Alice Breme took second place in
the State Spelling Match held at
Dover last Thursday, Ellis Walker
of Wilmington being first.
Presbyterian Church benefit pic
ture. May IA and Is, Little Shep-
herd of Kingdom Come" Tickets de-
livered at your door, 25-S5c.
Benefit picture for the Presbyter-
ian Church, Little Shepherd OF
Kingdom Come" Monday or Tues-
day evening, May IA and 10.
The Ford car that was CHANGED
off by the Tall Cedars last week was
won by George Swain of Milford.
Isn't he in luck running a new Ford?
The w. C. T. U. wants to thank
Mrs. J. Franklin Bryan and her cast
for putting on the play entitled THE
Old Fashioned Mother" for their
benefit.
The stork visited the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Jacob Y. Stormer May 8
and left a fine daughter, Miss Dor
othy May. Mother and baby are
doing fine.
On Wednesday, May 16, there will
be benefit card party at the home
of Mrs. Thomas Davis at eight o.
clock. Proceeds for the Milford New
Century Club. Tickets so cents.
The mid-week services held every
Thursday evening at the Presbyter-
ian Church are especially helpful
and interesting meetings, and while
the attendance is very good it ought
to be much better.
Mr.. Boston, Mr.. Shilling and other
teachers have been preparing for
entries in the games, to be played
on Friday at the Kent County Ath-
letic Meet at Harrington, when the
Milford boys will take part.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary
Society of the Avenue NJ. E. Church
will meet in the chapel on Wednes-
day, May 16, at 8 p. m. A special
program for Mite Box opening. EV-
cry member is asked to be present.
The ladies of the Milford New Cen
tury Club will hold rummage sale
in the Mettam store Saturday, May
12. All members who have rum
mage will please phone Mrs. G. u.
Abbott or Mrs. Elizabeth Riggs Fri
day and they will collect same.
A final decree in divorce proceed
ings was granted this past week to
Mrs. Elizabeth Cardy from Jack l..
Cardy, who left Milford three years
ago and whose whereabouts were
unknown until 1S months later when
he was located in Wilmington.
There will be a business meeting
and social Of the Epworth League
of the Avenue M. E. Church, held IN
the Chapel Beautiful next Monday
evening, May IA. This is very i'm
portant meeting and every member
is earnestly requested to be present
The provisional committee of the
Young Women's Christian Assocla-
tion held their regular monthly
meeting at the Community Building
on Monday evening, to discuss plans
for the dance festival to be given at
tbe end of the dancing lessons being
conducted by Miss Camp of Whining
ton.
Clarence Legates was kicked IN
the head by mule Saturday while
irving to extricate the animal from
a harrow. Legates was narrowing IN
a field when the mule tripped, pull
ing the harrow over on top OF him
self. Legates tried to pull out one
of the teeth of the harrow sticking
in the side of the mule and in doing |