Milford chronicle., 1928-08-31
HAPPENINGS IN
II AND ABOUT TOWN

The Ladies Aid of Slaughter Necl
- will meet with Mrs. Rollie Bennett
September 4.
- The Milford Boys Band played il
the Firemen's Parade at Denton
: Md. on Monday night.
William V. Grier's beautiful new
: home on Lake avenue is completed
now and ready for occupancy.
The watermelon crop Throughout
Sussex county is much larger thar
was anticipated. Choice melons last
week sold for 25 and 80 cents each
The English Colonial home being
built for DR.. L. o. Adkins on South
Walnut street, is making rapid
strides, and DR.. and Mrs. Adkins
hope to move in by the first of De-
cember.
The mosquitoes have been very
bad during the last few days, both
ering the farmers so that they
could hardly do their work. Ihe
cattle and stock have also been very
much annoyed by them
The abandonded Chevrolet coupe
found standing at Tub Mill last
week and later taken to Wright's
garage has not as yet been claimed
by its owner. The automobile is a
1926 model, its license number &c.
432, Wilmington.
Miss Margaret Mason Of South
Walnut street, was the winner of
the summer honor roll prize in ar
tistic piano progress, offered by her
teacher, Mrs. B. D. Rosa. Others in
the same grade on the honor roll
were: Miss Calhoon, Miss Griffith,
Miss Ryan, Miss Graves, Miss Stille,
Miss Davis, Miss Young, Miss
Shockley, Miss Salisbury.
The Girl Reserves of the Milford
Young Women's Christian Associa-
ton enjoyed last week at Camp
Otonka, Sandy Landing. Mr.. and
Mrs. Davis Grier and Jean, Mrs. G.
Marshall Townsend and Anne had
dinner with them on Friday. The
. Girl Reserves hope to be organized
in time to welcome the new class OF
the eighth grade. Elizabeth Gordy
is the president this year.
Hunts Circus came to town last
- Monday, with all the sleeping wag-
ons, tents and trucks covered with
cock reaches. At the last town
where the circus appeared they had
their tents on lot on which there
was also a big dump heap, and this
accounted for the reaches which
covered all their paraphernalia like
swarms Of bees. 1t was almost i'm
possible to rid themselves of the
pest.
In spite Of the heat there have
been some very interesting sets Of
doubles played by the members Of
the Milford Racquet Club lately. On
Tuesday afternoon, Miss Anna Scott
and C. A. Colell defeated Miss Laura |
Salevan and Sam Berlin with ;
score of 8 to z, only after a good |
fight put up by the defeated. The !
club plans to hold some exciting !
tournaments when the weather Is a
little more favorable.
At the dance held in the pavilion
at Slaughter Beach last Thursday
night, winners of prizes were: Mr..
and Mrs. Oscar Moore, Sc for the
best fox trot; Sammy Moreno of
So for the Charleston;
Miss Van SAINT of Atlantic City, So
for the Charleston. In last weeks
Chronicle there was mistake in
the announcement of winners, Miss
Mary Vinyard having won the 81
prize for the best Charleston instead
of Miss Mary Reed as stated.
A car going north on the State
below Harrington early
morning ran into a fiat car
standing still on the tracks, break
ing up the front of the automobile
and injuring slightly the three pas
sengers. Due to the fog the driver,
Book of Norristown, Pa,
failed to see the train. His COM ,
panions were his brother, William :
H. Book and Miss Florence K. In
sley, also of Norristown. A railroad
surgeon took them to the Emergen- :
,y Hospital, where it was found the ?
.wo men suffered from only a few i
acerations about the face. Miss IN {
sley escaped without injury. c
Notwithstanding the early potato t
crop, which has been harvested, was
Utmost total failure from fnan-
,ial standpoint, many growers be- r
ieve that the late crop will be much +
,etter in price and are hoping they r
nay be able to recover some of the L
arly losses when they got as low as q
s cents and 81 per barrel. It has t,
een many years since the first t,
rop Of white potatoes was such Il
oss, and it is going to have ten D
ency to prevent growers on the Il
'eninsula planting such extensive s.
creages next spring. Most of the D
areas produce two ii
rops during the year. Growers fig o.
re the markets will be we'll clear G.
d of tubers by time for harvesting
le late growth the latter part of b.
ctober. ST
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