Milford chronicle., 1929-06-21
Milton Letter


Moore, about two miles north of
Milton, and wrecked the living-room
furniture. The bolt first struck and
set fire to a large shade tree in the
front yard, leaping from there to
the northeast corner of the dwell
ing, setting fire to the building.
Workmen in the fields saw smoke
issuing from the house and gave
the alarm to neighbors, who sue
ceeded in putting out the blaze be-
fore much damage was done. Fur
niture in the living-room was
wrecked, especially a davenport
that sat in the northeast corner OF
the room. 1t was torn completely
to pieces by the bolt.
On Tuesday evening, June 25th,
Talahi Campfire Girls of the M. E.
Church will present, in Fox Theatre,
the two-act play, Renting Jimmy.
This organization of girls is new
but active, under the direction of
Mrs. William H. Mears, Jr. The
girls have rehearsed the play faith
fully and it's production will be
pleasing to those who attend on
Tuesday evening, June 25th.
Harry Hazelmuth, of Philadelphia,
spent Sunday as the guest of Miss
Emily Maull.
Harvey Wilson, of near Lincoln
is building a dwelling house on Or
chard street, North Milton, in the
new development recently sold by
the C. q. NAPLES estate. Mr.. wilson
will make his home there when
completed.
Rev. D. K. Sturgis has been re-
turned to Milton by the Maryland
Annual Conference of the Methodist
Protestant Church for another year.
Zion M. E. Sunday School held its
Children's Day Services on Sunday
evening, June 10th. The program
was one of the best ever given at
this church, and the children pre-
sented it in a very cred1table man
ner before a large congregation. A
special feature of the program was
a beautifully executed drill by six
bows and six girls. The collection
amounted to $4,000.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Jefferson
and children, of Patton, Pa, are
guests of his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth
Jefferson.
During an electric storm at
Broadkiln Beach on Saturday light
ming struck the cottage of Samuel
J. Wilson and shocked Mrs. Mlcha
Hudson, of near Coolspring, so Sc
verely that she was taken to the
Beebe Hospital, Lewes. A small
child of Mr.. and Mrs. John Dono-
van, of near Sand Hill, who was in
. the arms of Mrs. Hudson, was burn
ed severely about the legs. Mrs.
Hudson, with several other people,
sought shelter from the rain IN the
porch of the Wilson cottage. Shln-
giles were torn from the roof of the
cottage and a mirror in a bureau
on the second floor was shattered
by the bolt. No serious damage was
done the building.
Miss Emily Y. Maull, of Philadel-
phia, spent the weekend with her
grandmother, Mrs. Mary A. Crouch.
The Cross-Road Camp, under the
auspices of Whitesboro A. M. E..
Church. will be held in Hopkins
woods on Sunday, June 20, and con-
tinue until Sunday, June Both. Rev.
]. H. Wright is the pastor in charge.
Cedar Camp, annually conducted
in the Larry Smith woods by Bethel
A. M. E. Church, Milford, will begin
on June 23rd and continue over
three Sundays. Rev. W. V. Trader
will be in charge of the camp.
The Draper Canning Company has
finished packing peas for the sea-
son. It was one of the largest pea
harvests in Broadkiln district for
years and growers made money on
the crop. Stokely Bros. & Company,
at Rehoboth, have packed about H.
900 cases more this season than last.
Billie, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Victor
| Spencer, was surprised on Thurs
day evening, June 9th, when num-
| ber of his little friends gathered at
his home on Mill street, bringing
congratulations and presents. The
evening was spent in playing games
and music, after which the little
guests were called to table load
ed with an abundance of refresh
ments. They departed wishing to
call on Billie many more birthdays.
On Tuesday evening, June 9th,
the "Ever-Ready Club" of Broadk1ln
will present a comedy-drama, "Too
Much of a Good Thing" at Whites
Chapel. These young folks present.
ed this play at Broadkiln School
last week to a crowded house and
have been asked to repeat it at
Whites Chapel on the above date.
The Junior Mechanic building, on
Front street, is being repaired and
will be repainted this month.
Milton defeated Dagsboro, at Days
boro, on Saturday by the score of 8
to 1. Belts, for Milton, struck out
ten and allowed but five hits. Theo-
dore, who started for Dagsboro, was
stung for six runs in the fourth and |
was replaced by Tingle, who was
hit hard but prevented the Milton
boys from scoring until the seventh,
when they collected two runs. They
scored again in the eighth. Days
boro made it's only tally in the fifth.
The score:
DAGSBORO
R H E
Toney, SIS. ................O
Bunting, 3b. ..............O
Seddie, CT. ................O 1
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