Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1929-04-05

land but Mr.. Campbell will occupy
the dwelling until the end of the
present year. Mr.. Campbell has
been appointed foreman of a road
repair gang in place of Stewart
Stein, who recently resigned.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Argo and
son, Earl, Mrs. Harry Campbell and
daughter Mildred, and Henry Car
penter spent part of last week in
Baltimore as guests Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Clarence Argo.
A turkey dinner was given on Eos
ter Sunday at the home of William
T. Belts, near Jefferson Cross
Roads, to the following guests: Miss
Josephine Belts, Mr.. and Mrs. Mark
WEIGH and son, Lloyd, of Whining
ton, Mr.. and Mrs. James Covington
and son, James, Jr., of Dover, MIR.
and Mrs. Frank Bennett of Lincoln
City.
Mrs. Joseph Cleary and daughter
and Miss Margaret Callahan of Phil
adelphia spent the Easter holidays
with Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Argo.
The oratorical and defamation
contest between the pupils of Mil
ton High School resulted in the
Choosing of Martha Mustard, first,
and Bernice Clendaniel, second, in
oratory; Helen Massey, first, and
Harold Jones, second, in declama-
ton. These pupils will represent
Milton at the county contest, to be
held at Millsboro on April 5th, the
winners of which will enter the
State contest to be held on April
liz.
L. L. Mustard and Walter Reed of
Wilmington spent the weekend
with Milton relatives.
Miss Emily Y. Maull of Phiadel-
phia, spent Easter Sunday with her
grandmother, Mrs. John T. Crouch.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Dufield and
children of Philadelphia spent the
weekend with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Louis L. Mustard.
Mr.. and Mrs. John B. Welch of
Camden, N. J., spent the Easter sea-
son with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
William Morris, near town.
Mrs. Name Wilkins is quite ill
with tonsilitis at her home on Null
berry street.
The seeding of the M. E. cemetery
to grass is now completed. The seed
sown few days ago is coming up
and growing nicely. This work is
being done by the Cemetery I'm
provement Company, Inc, with
funds contributed by interested per-
sons. Available funds are about ex-
hausted and further contributions
are absolutely necessary to complete
the work planned. A wonderful i'm
provement has been made to this
old burying ground, once an eyesore
to the community. The next work
planned is the resetting the fence
that surrounds the site and the lay
ing of concrete pavements about the
property. This is the only property
on Chestnut street that has not
concrete pavement.
Prof. A. ]. Bolin is having alter
ations made to the interior of his
home on Walnut street that greatly
enhances its appearance and con-
Venience.
The H. Ernest Conwell, Inc, nur-
series are shipping out several car
loads of lockwood to New York and
Pennsylvania estates for landscape
decorations.
Mrs. G. Clay Williams, who has
been quite ill at her home on Wal
nut street, with quinsy, is GONZALES
cling.
Sometime during the early hours
of the morning an unknown motor
list, in making the sharp turn at the
corner of Front and Federal streets
crashed into a fire hydrant on the
north side of Front street, breaking
it off at the top of the ground. From
the marks of the wheels the car
struck the hydrant squarely, with
what result to the car is not known
as no one saw the accident. Water
Commissioner Davidson has a clue
to the driver of the car and is rum
ming it down. 1t is said the driver
is from the west side of the county.
The minstrel show given by the
Milton Fire Company at Selbyville
on Tuesday night of last week for
the benefit of the Selbyville and Mil
ton Fire Companies netted each
company $78.S3. This amount added
to other earnings of the Milton Fire
Department gives them cash in the
treasury of little over $500 to-
ward the erection of a community
building they are planning for.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. D. Quig of Media
are spending the Easter season with
the latter's mother, Mrs. Mary A.
Crouch.
The large peach orchards of Will
liam H. Chandler, at the east edge |
of Milton, at this time, presents a
very beautiful appearance and is |
being viewed by many who come a
distance to see the thousands of |
peach trees in full bloom. These
trees are more. heavily set with bios
SONS than for a number of years
and indicate that bumper crop of
peaches will be harvested if the
April frosts that are almost sure to
come does not kill them. Leroy
Lynch, the orchardist, says that if
EN- per cent of the blossoms pro-
luce fruit the crop will be a large
me, but he expresses fear that from
past experience, April frosts will
Ir. Lynch the last killing frost last
rear was on April 10 and comes ev-
Try year about that time.
Miss Eva Smith, who was taken
o a Milford hospital last week for
IN operation to remove pus from
he lung cavity, has returned home
much improved in health.
Joshua Kitchens, who was oper-
tied on at Philadelphia hospital
wo weeks ago for appendicitis, is
low home. He was the recipient of
IN Easter post card shower last
week from his Sunday school class
mates and others.
This community was shocked on
Wednesday morning to learn of the