Milford chronicle., 1928-02-10
Milton Letter

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1O:3O-The morning service for
Christian worship. Let all the peo-
pie attend this service. Theme:
"Showing the Light"
11:45-The Sunday school session.
We shall observe next Sunday as our
Missionary Day. Make a very lib
eral offering.
7:3O-The evening service will be
one of song and praise. The speaker
will be Rev. Richard M. Green, OF
Milton. Brother Green was granted
his license to preach, at our last
quarterly conference, and will
nreach his first sermon next Sunday
night. He is one of our boys, and is
endeavoring to prepare himself for
the ministry. Be a real booster and
come out next Sunday night.
To prevent the shores of the up
per lakes from becoming unsightly
with rubbish the owners of the Dia-
mond State Roller Mills is fur
nishing a free dumping ground on
the east side of the dam of Lake
Fanganzyki, at the mills, and ask all
persons to bring their rubbish there
instead of using the margin of the
upper lakes.
Local fishermen are now able to
rob their nets and as a result Milton.
is being supplied. with black perch
and rock from the waters of the
Broadkill River. These nets have
been frozen over by the cold wea-
Their of the last week preventing the
taking of fish from them.
The deep SHOWS and subsequent
thaw has damaged the dirt roads in
this district many hundreds of dol
lars and will require much labor by
the road repair, men to put them in
good shape. In many roads the ruts
are almost hub deep and utterly i'm
passable by automobiles. 1t will re-
uuire much time to repair the dam
age done.
About fifty interested citizens of
Milton and vicinity met Col. Howell,
chief engineer of this district, in
Fox Theatre on Monday morning in
reference to the dredging of the
Broadkill River, it's maintenance and
other improvements. Col. Howell
told Of the requirements the War
Department must have in order to
have the work done. Mayor WEIGH,
representing the citizens, called on
several to give information. w. r.
Wagamon stated that his investiga-
ton resulted in the fact that about
1900 carloads of products were ship
ped in and out of the district at the
present time and that amount would,
in his opinion, be greatly enhanced
by the dredging of the Broadkill
River to a depth of six feet at low
water so that deeper draft craft
could ply on the river between Mil
ton and New Jersey points. Charles
G. Jones stated that if water trans
portation is furnished the freight
saving would be about forty per
cent. others who addressed the
meeting were ]. M. Lank, F. B. Car
ey, Captain S. Fithian, Mayor WEIGH
and w. G. NAPLES. After hearing the
arguments Col. Howell informed the
meeting that what was needed was
a complete statement of the BUSH
ness now done and a statement of
the prospective business should the
river be improved, the kind and
value of commodities shipped. May
or WEIGH will appoint committee
to collect such data and forward
same to Col. Howell at Wilmington
in the near future. 1t was the con-
census of opinion that to maintain
six foot channel it would be abso-
luteIy necessary to build another
jetty on the south side of the mouth
of the river. At present there is a
north jetty that keeps back the
shifting sand from that side but the
south side where there is no pro-
lection, bars form and at times
makes navigation dangerous to yes
sells. It was the feeling of the meet
ing that a six foot low water depth |
would bring back the river traffic |
that once hourished here, making
Milton a shipping center for farm
and manufactured products from as
far south as Millsboro.
Milton Chautauqua will be held on
February q, % and %, in Fox The
atre, with a most interesting pro-
gram, consisting of lectures, musi-
cal numbers and other forms Of edu-
cation and entertainment. The presi-
dent, Robert M. Collins, has COM
mittees at work arranging for the
sale of tickets and other necessary
work before the arrival of opening
day. These Chautauqua entertain
ments have proved real educational
to the people of this section and the
has been exceptionally
good during the many years they
have been held in Milton.
A box and shadow social will be
given by the Senior Glass of Milton
High School, in the school auditor
ium, on Valentine night, February
18th, for the benefit of the annual
trip of the seniors to Washington, D.
c. Everyone bring box of eats and
be prepared for good time. There
will also be games and refresh
ments.
On Monday evening, February 9th,
Mrs. Amanda Reed was given sur
prise party at her home, it being her
birthday anniversary. Those present
we're Mr.. and Mrs. Roy King, Mr..
and Mrs. Elwood Stevenson and son,
Mrs. Hiram 0utten and children,
Harry Williams, Mr.. and Mrs. Reid
Leverage and William Brown. Re
were served and all
spent a very pleasant evening. A
solo sung by Elwood Stevenson was
much enjoyed. The guests left at a
ate hour, wishing Mrs. Reed many
more happy birthday anniversaries.
Mrs. Eva Barr, Of Georgetown, who
las been quite i'll at the Beebe Hos
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