Milford chronicle., 1928-05-04
Milton Letter


sold, for the benefit of the church funds.
The funeral of Mrs. Annie Rust who
? died at the home of her son, William
Rust, near Coolspring, on Sunday, was
held on Wednesday afternoon at White
. Chapel, near Milton, and interment
made in the adjoining cemetery. Mrs.
Rust was the daughter of the late JOS
eph l.. Black, of Milton, and married
William T. Rust, and resided on asfarm
near Lewes until his death several
years ago. Deceased was Is years of
age. She suffered a stroke of paralysis
one week ago, from which she never
recovered.
Miss Catherine P. Clendaniel, aged
rs years, died at the Milford Emergen- |
cy Hospital, on Monday morning. She
was a daughter of the late John Glen |
daniel Funeral services yere held at
her late home in Lincoln on Wednes-
day afternoon and interment made in
Odd Fellows cemetery, Milford
The various organizations of Milton |
Joined together and sent a float to the |
Apple Blossom Festival at Dover on |
Thursday. The flot represented a two |
mast schooner, 1.-The Sussex" the first |
two-mast schooner to be built in Mil |
ton-typifying Milton as an early ship |
building town and as the shipping CEN
tire in eastern Sussex county during the |
early history of the State. The original |
| Sussex was an eighty ton schooner
! built by VIM. S. Lamb at the Chandler
wharf in 184S, and was sailed between
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Wilmington and Norfolk, Va, under
the command of Captains Stephen Ben
nett, Henry Ellingsworth, William Ma
son and George Hunter Previous to
1S4S only one mast sloops were built
in Milton, but after that date the in
dustry improved under various ship
builders. among whom We're Joseph At
kins, Theo. Wilson, George Atkins, +
James Ponder, Joseph and Thomas I
Black, VIM. Lamb, Tomlinson d Bur-
ton, Burton and Dorman, Coulter Z. .
Davidson, James Polk Davidson and b
others, vessels up to 1900 tons burden o
We're built along the banks of the {
Broadkiu River, and engaged in the ! %
creek and coastwise trade for many h
years. until the mouth of the Broadl1ill -
River began to fill with shifting sands, q
making the floating OF large vessels oV-
er the bar too precariouS and too eX- Z
sells built here may be interesting to re- a.
call. They were The Controller, Henry Oh
Wolfe, Ida Ponder, Sallie Atkins, Sal al
lie Ponder, Thomas Ware, Emma Bur- O.
ton, Joseph G. Atkins, Fannie, Benjan- ~
in Blggs, Virginia Tomlinson, Clara ~
NAPLES, James l.. Buiie, L. Is. Chand- u
ler Later ones were Alice HeaTn,
Thomas WinsmOre, Rebecah Walls. or
Eli Burrous Stephen Bennett, James
Carey, Hobel Ellingsworth, John Fish ~
er, Josiah Hopkins, John Lacey John NJ
Wilson, John Mcgee, James KINNEY, ~
n, /
James Baynum, Joseph .. Atkins, Geo "
Lekites, William Mason, Henry Hudson, n,
Myers Dorman, John Lanlk, and many -
others who live in the memory of their
descendants. The float was built on an
automobile chassis and was trimmed
with apple blossoms.
For several months past automobiles
parked on the streets of Milton have
oeen robbed of spare tires, tools and
wearing apparel. Efforts have been
made to catch the thieves but without
success until few days ago, when the
automobiles of Harry Williams and
Reed Leverafe were stripped of spare OF
Tres. Investigations resulted in the ar
est of a Milton youth, George Mes
lick, who confessed his guilt. He was
leld in bail for court by Magistrate OF
Ohm b. Mustard. The spares were
ound at the home of young Messick,
Who denied guilt of the other thefts
Mr.. and Mrs Frank B. Carey End Mr..
nd Mrs. Charles T. Vent spent the
with relatives in Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs Fred Welch of Phila-
elphla. spent the weekend with rel
tlves in Milton.
Louis Lane, who recently sold his
usiness on Front street, mas moved
is family in the Horace Bailey prop
rty on Union street.
Mrs. David H. Conwell who has been
listing her son, William w. ConWell
nd family in Norfolk, Va, has re-
lrned to her home here. XII
The garment factory of w. e. Graves
Son has been closed for the past few n
avs because of a shortage of orders I 81
hey expect to resume overations in a mr.
1ort time, to be busy the balance of
le year on winter garments.
The telephone pay station has been
'moved from the Fox building to the
ar OF the mayors of1ce-entrance on
agnolia street. 6
On Thursday evening, May Srd, in the 1
TX Theatre, Post No. American Leg 1870
presented he |
ar, for benefit of the Post. This pic 1C
re is a. wonderful one, sponsored by 1,6
e United States Government and re- 80
ased only to the American Legion.
;tual battle scenes were shown, 1
inging the grimness of war before the
eS of the audience.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ermon Postles have re- 2,8
rned from Texas, where they have
en- residing for several months
The cemetery walls at Harbeson are
ing repaired and the whole grounds o.
IL be put in attractive condition by
committee having that work in ooo
arge. The removal of the church SUU
Hiding to another site necessitated the ~
building OF portion of the wall. tNeH
Two of Millions young men, Nailor
Ingram nave opened up an entirely
W business in this section. On Satur- p
y afternoon of last week they held meT
elr first public sale of used house, cuti
Id furniture and will hold their next as
e on Saturday afternoon of this M
Eek in the NAPLES building, on Front 80 y
eet These men purchase their goods ed {
I'M Wilmington and PHILADELPHIA b
rage houses, being sold for non-pay- form
mt of storage charges. The goods are e.
me condition and are sold at the by
yer's own price. Last Saturday they mon
! good crowd and sold almost their (10)
ire stock. They also sell at private the
e during the entire week. II
Word has been received here by rel mus
yes of Mr.. and Mrs B. Norman Da- stru
son. haf 1vaa hoI, |
lived at their home on April oath. II
Daby has been named B. Norman, 1ectC
Mr. and Mrs. Davidson were for date
rly residents of Milton. II
v. C. Welch, of Illinois, is visiting all
ltives in Milton this week. MIR. Co
lch is connected with the DUPONT lions
npany and expects to be located in two
aware territory during the present whlc
L e. Conwen has bought and re- a1S-4
we'd the lockwood from the property -
Joseph M. Lank on Chestnut street, IN,
perty was formerly owned by the borrt
Virginia L. Atkins, who refused to -
the lockwood during her life. Mr.. -
well will later ship the evergreen to -
Lhern estates.
eter p. WEIGH who has been spend
the winter with relatives in Bloom
|, N. j., has returned home II
he W. H. Chandler apple orchards
In full bloom, presenting a beauti- III
sight to passersby. While some ~
lage was done by the recent frnsts %
he apple crop the prospect at pres
is for rs per cent of a full crop.
rs John Hickman is spending some
: with her son, James Hickman, in
II
lillian H. WEIGH on Saturday pur-
;ed at public sale the real estate,
iisting of a combination dwelling
store on Union street, formerly
ed by his father, John 3. Welch,
'ased. Mr.. Welch will continue the IN
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