Milford chronicle., 1928-01-20
HAPPENINGS IN
II AND ABOUT TOWN

Don't bother to do any baking o.
Saturday, January 21st, but get you
pies, cakes, bread and doughnut
from Pierce Hardware Store.
+ Guy Shaffer, superintendent of tn,
Delaware Division of the Pennsylva
mia Railroad, was the guest over the
weekend of Mr. and Mrs. 1. D
Short.
The Ladies Club of Wildwood will
meet Wednesday, January 25th. Mrs
Mckinley will be present. A full at
tendance is desired, as plans of work
for the coming year are to be dis
cussed.
Keep in mind the bake next Sat
urday, January 21st at the Pierce
Hardware Store. You will find many
good things for your Sunday dinner.
The BUSY Bees" will be at your
service.
The BUSY Bees" of the NJ. P.
: Church will hold a bake Saturday,
January 81, in the Pierce Hardware
Store. All the good things found at
a bake will be there from 10 o'clock
until 2.
Don't forget the card party given
I by the Ladies Auxiliary of the Mil
ford Emergency Hospital on Tues
day evening, January oath. Tickets
may be obtained from any member
of the Auxiliary OF at the door.
Raccoon hunters have been espe-
cially successful during the past
week, having up until that time been
unable to secure but very few of this
game. Among those who have made
large bags lately were E. M. Savage
and T. T. Windsor.
Be sure and come to the card par
ty to be held at the Nurses Home of
the Milford Emergency Hospital, on
Tuesday evening, January oath. This
affair is given by the Ladies Auxil-
larry of the Hospital and the parties
of the past have proven very de-
lightful affairs.
At the Community Building on
Wednesday, January rs, at 7:45 o.
clock there will be a meeting held
under the auspices of the Y. w. c.
A. At that time a talk on Girl
Psychology and Girl Problems" will
be given. A discussion will follow.
1t is the desire of the committee to
have all older women and mothers
present. Surely all are interested
and there is a big field for good
work in our community.
The Girls Reserve Club of the
Y.W.C.A. is now being organized in
Milford by Miss Martha Good, the
district secretary of the Y.W.C.A.
Forty members were registered this
week, with prospects of several
more, to form the one club which
will be divided into several interest
groups. All of the girls are intense
ly interested and eager for more de-
finite activities. The following Of
ficers have been elected: Presi- |
dent, Annette Mettam; vice-presi-
dent, Marian Robinson; secretary,
Gordy; treasurer, Ruth
Peet. Miss May Watson was chosen
as club adviser, with Mrs. Jesse
Legar and Miss Carter to be her as
sistants. The meetings will be held
regularly every week now on Mon
day afternoons after school in the
school building. The two main is
sues to be discussed at the meet
ing next week will be the dues and
the election of a girl to go as dele
gate to the Interstate Girls Reserve
Conference at Wilmington in Feb F.
mary.
Long and Short have given II or
Is girls Of the high school material
or a dress of "Punjab Prints
which they will make up in their
domestic science class, the dresses
o be displayed during Long and
Shorts white sale, February 7-18, in
he windows and in the store. After
he white sale each girl will keep
Ter dress, and prize will be award
d to the ones who make the pref
lest, several ladies of the Century !
Tub to act as judges.
Leonard Legates, a little first :
rade boy, while going home from :
chool on Monday, was knocked :
own by car on North street. The
oy ran from behind a car which :,
7as backing out from the curb on =
Torth street, just as another was =
Oming toward him, and was knock :
d down. The force of the blow on 6
lie street rubbed his face badly, but =
e suffered no serious injury. He =
as taken to the Marshall Hospital r
here his face was dressed. 4
Some muskrat trappers from Do Il
Or, while setting traps on the Greco n
arsh at Milford Neck, were start S,
d by the sudden appearance of a d
range beast with Tanning eyes v
Id long tusks, which struck terror q
their hearts and they fed from IL
e spot. 1t has since been learned B
at the cause of their flight was no IL
her than a huge male hog which d;
rs raised near the fish pond at the al
outh of the creek and has for three 70
ars been roaming the marsh, being
I'll known to the residents of that ed
ction.