Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1928-08-24

DulluAn5s
Mr.. and Mrs. William ]. Names
of 1922 hardwood, Ave, West Phlla-
delphia, have returned home, after
spending a very pleasant two weeks
visit with the latter's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Willard S. Blizzard, at END
of Milton Lane.
John Mcgee Fithian, infant son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. H. S. Fithian, was
christened on Sunday morning by
Rev. D. ]. Givan, of Clayton, for
mer pastor OF Milton M. E. Church,
and who is spending his vacation
with DR.. and Mrs. John c. WlltbanK
on Federal street.
Mrs. w. H. McMichael, of Phila-
delphia, is visiting her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. John D. Wright. Mr.. Nc
Michael and son, w. H. McMichael,
Jr., were down for the weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Irwin and
son, Charles, of ArdmOre, Pa, were
weekend guests of Mrs. Sara M.
Irwin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Davidson
and children, of Dover, are visiting
Mrs. Charles Lofland.
Mrs. Dorothy Irwin, of Ardmore,
Pa, returned to her home on Satur-
day after spending the week with
her cousin, Miss Anna Irwin.
Pilgrim Holiness camp-meeting
will begin in Lavinia Woods, near
town, on Friday. The camp will
continue over three Sundays, Rev.
H. p Adams, pastor of the Milton
church, in charge. A very INTEREST
ing schedule of services during the
camp has been arranged and large,
attendance is expected.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Jackson, of
near town, are spending the week at
New Castle, Wilmington and Valley
Forge.
Miss Virginia Davidson is spend
ing the week at Niagara Falls, N. Y,
and Canada.
Mrs. H. c. Davidson, of Rehoboth,
is spending some time with her
mother, Mrs. James H. Jester.
Mrs. Clara M. Hood, wife of John
H. Hood, died at their home on Sun
day evening after a lingering illness
of several months duration, aged AZ
years. Funeral services were held
at her late home on Wednesday
morning at 10 o'clock, and inter-
ment made in Odd Fellows Gene
terry, Milton. She leaves besides her
husband, two sons, Lloyd Hood, of
Wilmington, and Howard Hood, of
Milton. Mrs. Hood was the daugh-
ter Of the late Andrew Conoway.
The Ladies' Aid Society of Sand
Hill will meet at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. John Workman on Thurs
day evening. August Both. All are
invited to be present.
Mrs. Sallie T. Metzner, of near
Coolspring, motored to Asbury Park,
N. J., last week where she spent
few days with her husband, Frank
A. Metzner, and her sister, Anna T.
Metzner. Mr.. Metzner is employed
in the Coast Guard Service in As
bury Park.
Major and Mrs. L. B. Chandler are
occupying the Chandler homestead
for time.
MI. and Mrs. Harry Horton, who
have been spending some time with
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. r. Atkins, have re-
turned to their home in Camden, N.
j.
Mrs. Granville Dickerson, who has
been quite i'll for several weeks, is
now able to be out again.
The Red Mems Carnival will be-
gin this Friday evening and con-
tinue through the following week.
Booths have been erected and sew
eral attractions have been booked
for the carnival Prizes will be
given away each evening and a most
enjoyable time is anticipated. Come.
One of the largest carnivals ever
held here will be held on the base
ball grounds by the baseball team
beginning September goth and con-
tinuing until October 9Th.
DR.. and Mrs. Tomkins, of New
Haven, Conn, are the guests of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. James H.
Palmer.
Carbon L., one-year-old son of Mr..
and Mrs. William Walls, died on
Thursday of last week. Funeral
services were held in Reynolds M.
P. Church on Sunday, and interment
made in the adjoining cemetery.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Blizzard
entertained their daughter and hus-
band from Philadelphia this week.
A barge of the Mcgee Brothers,
Wilmington, while being towed to
Milton up the Broadkill river, was
damaged when the tugboat struck a
shoal just above Drawbridge. When
the tug fetched up the barge lunged
into the rear of the tug, The bow
of the barge was smashed and is
now being repaired at Milton, after
for the Pennsylvania Railroad Co.,
to be used in erecting a wharf in
Philadelphia. Captain George E.
Mcgee is furnishing the piling, and
the size of the piles are such that
it was necessary to secure them
from the woods back of Georgetown,
as all large pine trees around here
have been cut. Some of the piling
being shipped in this consignment
measure ninety feet in length.
The John B. Smith estate will at |
once begin the erection of barns !
and other outbuildings recently de-
stroyed by fire on the farm tenanted |
by Walter Argo, in Prime Hook |
Neck. The new buildings will be |
modern and contain conveniences
unknown to this section. Model /
cattle barns, horse stables and gran
cries will be built at once.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Jones, of
Camden, N. j., together with their
spent last week with Mr..
and Mrs. Henry McAllister.
Ernest Jefferson and sons, of Ne
Pa, who have been visiting
his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Jefferson,
have returned home