Milford chronicle., 1928-06-08
HAPPENINGS IN
II AND ABOUT TOWN

subject OF l. "A. HAL dL OCdy yCOnSVlll
next Sunday night.
The members of Christ Churcl
Guild will hold rummage sale il
= Mettam's store on Saturday, June
at 10 a. m.
u The Milford Grange will have al
kinds of good things for sale at tht
bake on Saturday at the Pierc,
= Hardware Company.
Don't forget the entertainment OF
Tuesday evening, June IL, at the M
P. Church, "How the Story Grew,
to be given by the Ladies Aid.
Z The regular business meeting oi
the w. C. T. U. will be held at the
: home of Mrs. Bernice Swain, We'd
nesday evening, June 19. Text word
prayer"
Owing to the illness of her father,
Miss Caroline E. Thomson, State
Public Health Nurse for Southern
Kent County, will be absent from the
State during the summer.
The regular meeting of the Ladies
Auxiliary of the Milford Emergency
Hospital will be held at the nurses
home Wednesday, June 18th, at p.
m. A full attendance is desired.
Come to the M. P. Church Tuesday
evening, June II, and enjoy a real
9 musical treat. The Hall-Fox orches-
ira will be there as well as the
church orchestra. Price 25 and 15c.
The Ladies Aid of Milford Neck
will meet Friday, June Is. The pro-
gram will consist of music. Ice
cream will be on sale. Mrs. Sara
Webb and Ecca Kirby entertaining
committee.
A three act poultry play will be
given in the Community Hall at Mid
way on the evening of June IL. This
play, which is instructive and hum
orous, will be of vital interest to all
poultrymen. Admission free.
On Tuesday evening, June II, the
Ladies Aid will give the play 'How
the Story Crew." Besides they will
give you a full evening of entertain
ment of good music, musical read
ing, monologues and duets, all for
25 and 15c. Pay at the door.
Paul McVey has been given charge
of the grocery department of Crooks
store in Milford, the position having
been vacated by W. L. Hill, who has
gone to Salisbury to take charge of
Crooks store there. Fred Summers
is in charge of the meats in the Mil
ford store.
A beach party will be given by the
Fellowship Bible class of the Ave-
nue. M. E. Sunday school at Slaugh-
ter Beach, Tuesday evening, June 26.
Tickets so cents. On sale at Mrs. Ste
vens store. A play will be given,
comical songs sung. Refreshments
will be served free.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert E. Shilling
are receiving congratulations upon
the birth of a son, Charles Clifton
Shilling, at the Marshall Hospital,
Wednesday, June 9th. The baby is
the second child, both sons, to be
born to Mr.. and Mrs. Shilling. |
Charles Clifton weighed six pounds
at birth.
A Girl Reserve Dance Festival will |
be presented on Tuesday night, June
10, at eight o'clock, by the Girl Re-
serves and members of the two nat |
ural dancing classes that have been |
meeting on Saturdays at the Com /
munity Building, under Miss Camp
of Wilmington. This festival, which
is based On the ideals of the Girl !
Reserve movement, will be in the |
form of a colorful pageant in cos
tune, and promises to be a very
pretty as we'll as an interesting pro-
gram to everyone, and it is hoped
that a large crowd will attend.
Finding their home stripped of all
its furnishings was the experience of
Ollie Adkins and his family, who
live on a farm at Angola Neck, near
Lewes. Mr.. Adkins and his family
had gone to Lewes on a business
trip in their automobile one day last
week, and upon returning home !
found that all the furniture had been
removed and placed along the side !
of the road, ready to load and he !
carried away. Mr.. Adkins has evil I
dence of who was about to take the '
although he has not been :
located as yet. AS soon as he is
found arrest will be made.
Strawberries have been very plen- \
.iful in the Milford market during v
The past week, selling for only S1.65 {
to $500 a crate. Many have been +
.aking their berries to Bridgeville, a e
center for Strawberries. t
Never before have so many truck C
Dads of berries been seen going up
he boulevard, the way most of them N
ire being shipped. After dark the "
State highways are cOngested with f;
)erry-laden trucks, as most of the ii
rOps are moved at night so as to be W
n time for the early morning mar Al
.et. In the lower part of the State W
he growers have had great difficult P
y in obtaining pickers.
The first annual meeting of the m
delaware Citizens Association will f.
e held at the DUPONT -Biltmore Hotel NJ
l Wilmington, on Friday, June Is. M
he meeting will be preceded by m
lncheon in the club room of the at
Otel at twelve o'clock, daylight saw TT
lg time. Honorable William H. M
oyce, president of the association, H
i'll preside at the meeting. A dis
1ssion of the future policy of the ar
and the election of Off ex
rs to serve for a period Of one CC
,ar, will feature the business ses- tn
following the lun- x;
icon. About six hundred members tn
e eligible to attend the meeting. no
The regular monthly meeting of BI
e Milford Free Library was held Su
Tuesday night Since this was
. e..-A .,nnnti1no o. n ftnr Ahn annual 1iti