Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1928-01-20
Milton Letter

Frences, the 7-year-old daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Stout, was
fatally burned when her clothing
caught fire on Friday afternoon. The
little tot was left at home with her
baby sister while the mother visited
a friend on the south side of town,
and it is supposed she tried to start
a fire in the kitchen stove, as her
clothing smelled strongly of oil
when she was seen by two junk men
as she was making her way, with
her clothing aflame, to a neighbor-
ing house. The men leaped from
their car and with blanket smoth-
cred the flames but not before the
child was badly burned about the
body and head. Drs. Douglas ana
Wilson were summoned and upon
examination ordered her taken TO
the Beebe Hospital, Lewes. She was
taken there in the American Legion
ambulance. which happened to be IN
town. From the waist up the chlld
was a mass of burned flesh. In put
ting out the blaze one of the JUNK
men was severely burned about the
hands as he snatched the burning
clothes from the little body. The
child succeeded in getting out-ot-
doors before the house caught hre.
Frances was not at school because
she was recovering from the mumps
and had not been allowed to return.
A friend of the mother had dled
that morning and she left the little
ones at home while she visited the
home of her dead friend. The child
died shortly after midnight at the
hospital. The body was brought to
her home where funeral services
were conducted by Rev. H. P. Adams
on Monday afternoon and interment
made in Reynolds cemetery.
John P. Wilson on Thursday but
chered four hogs whose total weight
was 2O97 pounds. Their individual
weights were 562, SAT, ass and 44S
mounds. They were of the Big Type
Poland China breed and were th1r-
teen months old.
The new ambulance, recently pur-
chased by Post No. 8, of Sussex
county, through public subscriptions,
was on view at Chas. w. Fisher d
Son store, Milton, on Friday. 1t is
up-to-date in equipment and will be
located at Georgetown in care of the
Post and is for use by all of Sussex
county for transportation of suffer-
ers to the hospitals of the State.
Seeing the need of such a service
the members of Post No. 8, Ameri-
can Legion, Sussex county, deter
mined to purchase one and at once
launched the movement. They have
received hearty support from the
Dublic and the ambulance is now
reality. The cost of maintenance OF
the ambulance will be taken care OF
bv the Post. Contributions to the
purchase fund will be received in
this section by John Fisher, who
will see that all contributors are
given due credit by the Ambulance
Committee of the Post.
Engineers of the War Department
were in Milton on Friday running
the wharf lines bordering both
banks of the Broadkill River, lying
within the town limits. An appro-
priation has been made for the
dredging of the river from Milton to
it's outlet in Delaware Bay, and this
is expected to be done during the
early part of the year. The river
has been neglected so long that
many shoals have formed in its
course that prevents the passage OF
only very shallow draft vessels nav
igating it. At one time dozens OF
vessels traded in and out of the
Broadkill but now only light draft
craft can get up to the town, and
by them only at extreme high tide.
It is believed by the business men
that the dredging of the river to a /
proper depth will bring this trade ,
back to Milton, and possibility OF /
a steamboat to and from Wilmington
and PHILADELPHIA. There is the bus
mess here for one if there would be
a certainty of regular trips on sched-
ule time being made Milton is pc
culiarly isolated as far as transpor-
tation goes-being five miles to the
nearest Pennsylvania railroad. The
service the M. D. G G. railroad is
giving is slow and uncertain. The 4
only hope Milton has must come
from the river and the dredging of
the river promises relief.
Daniel W. Wagamon, Grand Mas
ter of the State Lodge of I. o. 0. F.,
together with his staff, on Wednes-
day evening of last week visited the
lodge at Harrington. On Thursday
evening Grand Master Wagamon and
staff visited the Laurel Lodge. The
itinerary for January is as follows:
Friday evening, January 20, Smyr-
ma; January 25th, Camden; January
Both, Milford. Mr.. Wagamon, who is
a resident of Milton, was recently
elected Grand Master of the State
Lodge and is striving to increase the
of Odd Fellow Lodges
throughout the State and has Sc
lected a staff that is in complete
harmony with this idea.
The first herring of the season
were caught in the Broadkill River
on Wednesday morning of last week
by John Wyatt, a Milton fisherman.
This is the earliest by several weeks
that herring have been caught in
this river. Several good catches of
rock have been made here during
the past few days, for which the
fishermen received good prices. Now
that there is ban on catching oys-
ters from the BroadkiIl, tOngers are
fitting up nets and turning their at
tention to fresh water fishing with
fair results and profits.
John M. Robbins who has been :