Milford chronicle., 1929-09-06
Milt11 Ietter


ferson Cross pads, ID Thursday ev-
ening, Septeper II. Everybody in
vited. Ice crm andt cake for sale.
y Mr.. and Nj Robert lSouthard and
children, Mrhnd Mrsl c. L. Jones
of Wilmingt{ were Sunday guests
of their uncland aunt, Mr.. and Mrs.
Kenzie Trui, near Milton.
Milton W; visited by a severe
hail storm B Friday hight that did
h Uconsiderablldamage t3 trees, flow
ers and vegable gardens. The storm
.centered milton and Gid not reach
more than lmile from the limits of
the town. lin began 10 fall about
d N7:3O D. m. hd few Ihinutesl after
B hail desceled so fast hthat in a
short time he ground WAS covered
with the stnes and continued flor a
fnII half hir. The tempe1t tature
4 :, dronned seen degrees in ten min
I ntes and 1nained low until lhorn-
inc. when riffs of hail stones sew
eral inchedeep were yet to be- seen
in sheltere hooks of buildings. The
= stones ransd in size from one-quar-
Il fer to oneand a half inches in di-
1 A., ameter am driven by a high wind,
broke win3w names and light bulbs,
strinned ta foliage from shade and
fruit tree and battered anu snred-
ded Aoweng plants and vegetables.
Corn blads were in ribbons aid to-
matoes VIE crushed and knscked
4 from themes. Buckwheat fields
adioininethe town were b,aten
4 . down andin some fields the cPp is
b a total lss. Housewives weresbusy
+bo npxt morning sweeping ide-
n walks clar of leaves and nall
N twigs firm their shade trees.
u Cantal Charles E. Darby of Phil
y adelnhifis the guest of Milton Ella
n tives thi, week.
Mr.. ana Mrs. Harry LindenDeg of
Chester Pa. Mr.. and Mrs. William
n wyatt olGeorgetown were 1cent
n guests d Mrs. Mary A. Crouchl
Thoms Black of PhiladelpFh is
the gust of Milton relativesl and
& friendsl
Mr.. nd Mrs. William McIlvde of
Candle. N. j., who have been send
& inc some time with the latter tmo-
Eher. Ms. Annie T. Ingram, hal re-
Il turnedto their home.
q Rev. John w. Townsend OF hsh-
& ;no+onlD g. a former pastor 1.-THE
Milton M. P. Church, was Ftor
Il here hst week.
Mr.. and Mrs. William ii. Chsfler
have returned to Scranton Pa,
wherd Mr.. Chandler has largeFult
orchasds now being harvested. Nr.
81 Shan4ler's orchards at Milton hve
yieldsd fine crops of early applehnd
B peacles this season. IL
ne firemen's parade in colec-
sion with the carnival being cid
here during last week, came q on
Thusday night and was tne " OIL
its Hind ever held in Milton. IRE
com5anies, with their equlPfnt'
{roT Milford, Glendale, Les,
q Ceo1getown, Millsboro and Dear,
81 rverk in line. Bands from Mprd
and Millsboro furnished excent
& aoousic In line of march were CO.
81 rated automobiles, business ats
and horseback riders. The pfde
= gormed at the north end OF on
street and marched through theWn
to the carnival GROUNDS WIZ ~
nassed in review before tne Jges
stand. The judges were II. D.
a SIopkins, ]. T. Martin and f. par
ov THE awards were as 1olFs:
Post decorated front, S5, to DE- Y.
81 MiItbanlk: best commercial ck'
ss Milton Manufacturing Comfy;
ct e., decorated automobile, So, A.
W 1Tio1Jnoan of Harbeson; last
nnmber of men in line, $40, to Les
Fire Company; best equipped n-
Inv S15. to Carlisle Fire COMFY
ST Milford; best appearing COMFY
S15. to Lewes Fire Company; p-
nanv coming the greatest dlsfe'
Az. to Delmar Fire Company EC
hand. $50, to Millsboro. The sgts
q of Milton were lined with the laFt
81 crowd ever seen in the town aae |
parade passed on it way to thef-
nival grounds. So great Wate |
crowd at the grounds that nldg |
5hout was made difficult, but a st !
n of fin pervaded the people and +
ling was taken good naturE'
shortly after the opening OF incl
ions booth a misty rain began tql
i %ut the crowd hung on, hoplnF |
Al clearing weather. About eight X
-oin fell in earnest and put a P
70 the festivities. 1t is estimated
81 +be rain caused a loss OF sew
hundred dollars to the local nre1
The Collins Hatchery, Mllton'S
installed and began operation
new Smith incubator, with ca
Be- ity of $4,000 eggs. 1t is steam
81 electrically operated with auton1
control. The new machine lncrei
the output of chicks 2O,OOO sII
than the two machines formerly
cd. and enables this plant TO
Sor increasing orders. Two wi
# 900 the Collins Hatchery began
10000 capacity incubator and
following year another machln9
+he same capacity was installed
Aomand for baby chicks from
Totcherv grew to such property
Ihat it became imperative Lna'
larger machine be installed:
Collins Hatchery specializes IN Z
red Rock chicks, which are shlpS
70 all parts of Delaware, MarylsI
.Tirginia. Pennsylvania and New
uov tn broiler raisers. The eggs
s,otching are secured from III
-ange culled flocks from soutnt
sussex county poultrymen, collecl
IN specially equipped auto trucks
The Rev. Wells w. W. WILSON, y
D. of Flushing, N. Y, will preacn
81 SCoshen M. E. Church, Milton,
sunday, September 8. at 1880 p.
81 nm the subject of prayer" This "
tbe subject of DR.. Wilson's first s.
mon, preached at McColley's Chal
81 near Georgetown, over So years a
81 The McColley's folks are cordla
r;nyited to be present and hear 1
Wilson who is a former Milton bo
z3z& w = Tn..4Inrn rnrEn has he