Milford chronicle., 1928-12-21
Milton Letter

wish you a very Merry Christmas an
a Happy, Prosperous New year. nav
tried faithfully to give you all the new
that was fit to print occurring in an
about Milton every week, refrainin
from publishing scandulous and insult
ing items passed to me by misguide
ones who were either out Tor revehg
or were not just right in the head. A
of us. more or less, have our famil
skeletons-which is nobody's busines
but our Own-and no good purpose !
served by airing them through publ
nrint Such questionable "news!" Wi
P'i' pnt he pmblished in the Milton lette
while | edit it-so keep that kind o
stuff to yourselves. 1t is impossible 10
anyone to get all the news in this com
munity and if each reader CT the lette
will resolve to hand me the real new
in their particular neighborhood durlnt
the coming year Milton letter VIII D'
much more interesting. Quite lev
do this, but let us all help to keep oul
neighbors informed as to the happeh
ings in this community. Get your lteIll'
to me not later than noon each Tues-
day Thanks and best wishes.-Waltel
Due to a heavy fog and the slippery
condition of the roads Thursday morn,
ing of last week one of the DlaiiloiIu ~
State Roller Mills trucks skidded on tht
concrete road lust north of Milton anC
turned over The driver EDWARD ArsT
escaDed serious injury. heavy truck
of the Burris Express Line Shd lI!T lI!!'
the ditch few yards from the mn mn
truck about the same time ana was
tovyed 10 the road again with great dli :
6c,,lfv a horse driven by Russell Walls
NdeIivering milk-fell in front of the
home of ]. c. Palmer and was pauIy
injured about the legs trying to get up.
The fog was the heaviest known IN TINS
I-icinity and as it fell ice formed on the
concrete roads, making them hke glass
cornelius Wiltbank, while GrlVlnS on
the Milton Harbeson road crasheu Ii.o ~
the touring car of Joshua Hastings III
front of Charles Pettyjohhs Iarm, al
,oost conDletely demolishing the Hast
ing car and doing considerable daihase
TO his own car. Mr.. Wiltbank was near
Iv on top of the touring car peIore ne ne
saw if owing to the fog and trieu "
stOn hlit his machine slid across the ice
when he applied the breaks and crash
cd into Mr.. Hastings Owing to the Ios
the chester Valley Bus was nan hour
late reaching Milton from Rehoboth OIL
the north trip on Thursday morning.
Miss Sara Atkins on Friday nighI
,osde y snow man on her porch that at
tracted much attention, especially py
the little folks. ..-..,,,a ~ tho
An air pump has been installed at tne
Milton Service Station Tor the conNe"
ience of their patrons. ,,,
,erch fish in stake nets in the BIoau-
kin River and are receiving good pTIJI!SIs
for them both in the local and WI,
Tnineton markets. The nets are sIaheu sIaS,
il+o tbe Rroadkill from the marsh lahos
md are robbed each morning OF thei5
catcb Large mesh nets are used anu
the fish caught are OF large SIZE.
use of these large mesh nets is rSsult
mo i'm more and more perch pelilS
aSS,rbt I,iS each year Until three years
400 MANY small mesh nets were useE useI
With the result that not many peIcn
IyeAa allowed to mature ana very tIo
Srices were received Tor them III ~
Wilmington market ana WeIe ~ SUI ,1,.ice
the local market at "He''O'N
could be secured. . - A1la,,
Funeral services were heio loL ~, ~
d Atkins who died on Thursday on
Saturday afternoon and nterment Iietuo lI'
in the Veasey cemetery on tIe 1,Ine,,al
Holland farm, near Harbeson. FuilSLa4 TT1
sarvices were held at his late hone' MI; WI;
Atkins who was 80 years old, was Wen
known as a farmer in this secuoIl, MY
i1o resided for many years ON Iie
farm where he died. In ms eariiII II.taI
he was clerk at the Neasey 1o'Gi5
Ewes later taking up farming. he Is
survived by two daughters Mrs NJ. -
thur Lambden of Milton, ana t9 tul9'
Francis Kitchens of near Wmte' ChaP,
eli, and one son. Charles Atkins Oh Saliu
Revival services will begin at the NJ
e Church on Sunday, January b. ger
vices will be in charge OF the pasIICI,
Rev. C. Nadal Jones, assisted ny o otIler
ministers of the Wilmington Conner
The Christmas entertainment ana
+reat at the NJ e. Sunday school VIII
he held on Friday evening, December
%, at 7:SO o'clock. c,o,,
The weekly meeting of the New Cen ;
+urv Cj,Ib will be held on "Wednesday
afternoon, under the leadership OF MIS-
Ida J. Fox. The theme will be Christ
Mrs John Hazard and son, Frank
lin, have returned home atter sPenuins S
several months in New Haven, Conn.
Christmas services will be held on
sunday evening in the NJ. p. Church,
The church will be decorated and the :
pastor will preach Christmas serlIlGii ;ii
If each service His morning theme VIII
~ ae "Tbe star Of the East" The sub
ect for the night message VIII De, ne
crowded Inn" Christmas carols Will pe 8
sung at both services. -
The intermediate Christian EndeaVor
society will hold a special Chrlstllas
Meeting on Friday evening.
The M. p. Sunday school Christmas 5
reat and entertainment VIII re helu
m Friday evening, December 20.
The pastor of the M. p. Church, Rev
D. X. Sturgis, has announced that IHe :
9Th, to continue ior IWO
weeks. .5,,+ =
Miss Laura Y. Wilson, a student
urse at Delaware Hospital, Whining
on, spent the weekend with ne her 1Ii1i M :
her Thomas H Wilson, at Gravel Hill. 3
Mrs. D. X. Sturgis who EaS heen at
he bedside of her mother IN Fhila ma =
elphia hospital, returned nome tlis :
reek. ,,,.,.... ,,f r,o1,ee-
ury, Mr. and Mrs w: Is. JelIerSoIi'
sn1es Jefferson, near Milton, and cap
sin and Mrs. David T. Dutton OF MIL =
m were the guests of Thomas II. VIII
on on Sunday. A.. u,-to,. =
Owing to the illness oI tne P"saO.' 49,. =
ev c. F. Jones, there were no ser
ices at the NJ. e. Church on SUNDAY
vening Rev. Jones is cOnvalescing ana
meets to occupy his pulpit next sun 8
i Tba Milton Fire Department is chan =
10 off radio set to raise funds for =
tIiinnent The award will be mace OH
ecember "a at the store OF ii. M. Guy -
, Each member of the department has -
book of chances and are canvass'lis
le town and community in an elIorL "
IL them. This is worthy cause anu -
-eryone should help. IL
The Broadkiln Pearl Company is =
orIling nights in order to keep up with =
70 demand for buttons. This plant re-
ntly added a number OF cutting ma -
ines and took on more cutters, nSees- -
-ating the enlarging of their bulldlhS =
Atlantic street. =
MYERS b. Vessels will sell his stock
NJ farm implements at public sale at =
! home near Robinsonville, on Thurs, =
" December 27. Full particulars will =
found in another column Of this IS =
Carlton Clifton who for number of =
ars has resided on the Draper farm =
st south of Milton, has purchased the =
)race Bennett place on the road be- -
cen Milton and Milford. Consideration -
I piVen
Mrs. Cordelia Raske of Philadelphia =
the guest of her parents.
Mrs. Viola Clendaniel and baby girl, =
rn at the Marshall Hospital, Milford =
'ew days ago, are at the home OF her =
andmother, Mrs Mary A. Crouch. -