Milford chronicle., 1928-05-25
HAPPENINGS IN
II AND ABOUT TOWN

Rummage sale in Mettam's store
Saturday, May 26. Benefit Epwortl
League.
Don't forget the bake at Pierce
Hardware Saturday, May 26. Benefi
Epworth League.
The Epworth League will also hole
a rummage sale on Saturday, May q
at Mettam's store.
Fifty-four per cent of the Milford
pupils deposited $64.13 to theil
savings accounts last week.
Come and eat some birthday cake
at YOUR birthday table next Tuesday
evening at the NJ. P. Church.
The Board of Education announces
that Wednesday, May 80, Memorial
Day, will be observed as a school
holiday.
The members of the Epworth
League will be glad to see you at
the bake and rummage sale on sat
urday, May 26.
George Mills caught 1000 bushels
of trout at one haul Monday. night at
Pier Beach. It is said that he sold
them for 81 bushel.
The seniors are planning to leave
June first for their annual trip TO
Washington, accompanied by Mrs.
Elinor Rosa as chaperone.
When is your birthday? If in June
YOU may eat with the bride and
groom at the June table on Tuesday
evening, at the Methodist Protestant
Church.
There will be a gathering of the
members of the primary department
of the Avenue M. E. Sunday school
at the chapel, Saturday at p. m.
Bring mite boxes.
Clifford Richards, colored, aged 30,
died in Wilmington, and funeral SER
vices were held at Bethel Church On
Sunday at p. m. Rev. Trader OIL
ciating. The decease leaves a widow.
The Carlise Fire Company was
summoned to the home of George
Macklin on Tuesday morning at 1880
to extinguish fire in the chimney,
which resulted in very little dam
age, however.
If you were born in September
you will enjoy seeing Little Red
School House" at the birthday social
to be held by the w. H. NJ. 5. Of the
M. P. Church next Tuesday evening.
A short program will also be given.
Keep in mind the entertainment |
the Ladies Aid of the M. P. Church |
are preparing. This will be the last |
one for the summer. Just a lot of fun |
from beginning to end. In next |
weeks issue of this paper we will /
give you the date.
Hiram Van, colored, was fined So
by Alderman HendriXsOn, charged
with disOrderly conduct 1t is al
legged that his hOusekeeper threat
ened to leave him, and in order to
prevent her he burned up her dress
and she had him arrested.
Swain Moore, while working on I
an automobile on the boulevard on
Sunday, was run into by another
car, breaking his leg. He was taken ]
to the Milford Emergency Hospital.
The driver of the other car was !
taken to the Beebe Hospital, Lewes.
A large number of visitors enjoy Y
ed tea between the hours of two {
and four at the Milford Emergency (
Hospital on National Hospital Day I
The donations were most generous, r
over $500 worth of groceries being +
given besides quite a little sum Of i
money. n
Leander Townsend and Russell u
Oenney, both colored, were arrested n
Tuesday night, charged with fight +
ng on the streets Sunday. The two d
net got into a fist fight on Church "
treet Sunday afternoon. They were e
ined $40 and costs by Justice Hen
lrixson.
aunt Comfort Fooks, negress,
Who was known to have been 104
ears old, died in Laurel last week. o
he woman was born near Pittsville .
hen in Worcester County, Nd, "
Iarch, 1924, as slave belonging to II
Billy" Farlow, grandfather of DR.. n
rank Farlow, Laurel's Mayor. il
The manual training department IL
the Milford school has on exhibi- CT
ion at this time in the window of al
[umes Hardware store some work VI
the boys for this year. It is there al
)r the public to inspect, and please pl
Ike advantage of this opportunity al
gain some knowledge of the work re
in this department. g
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The regular and last meeting of al
le Woman's Home Missionary So in
ETY. will meet at the Chapel Tues We
" afternoon, May 10Th, at 2:3O. 1t tn
ill be the day for the mite-box bI
1ening and we desire full attend al
ice, and trust all our members M
Ill come to enjoy the "Ghost," nc
hich will be present with us, and wi
hear the Jubilee Chorus" TO
Don't forget the birthday social to nj nj
given by the Woman's Home Mis- fo m
1nary Society of the Methodist tn
'otestant Church, in the basement da
the church on Tuesday evening,
~ 20. Sandwiches, both plain and
ncy, potato salad, pickles, cole
lw, coffee, tea, fruit salad, ice Sn
cam and cake will be on sale. The tel