Milford chronicle., 1929-08-23
Milton Letter

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shall pay for the laying of a pave
ment around three sides of the M. E.
cemetery. At meeting of the Gem
etery Improvement Company and
members of town council on Monday
evening it was estimated that the job
would cost about $4,000. Not having
the right to do this work without the
consent of a majority of the citi-
zens, council calls for vote of the
citizens on Saturday, August 81, be-
tween the hours of two and four p.
m.
Miss Helen Lewis gave surprise
birthday party on August 16, in hon
or of her mothers seth birthday.
Those present were Mr.. and Mrs.
William Martin, Mr.. and Mrs. Adolf
phus Palmer, Mr.. and Mrs. Milton
Graves, Mr.. and Mrs. William Nit
chell, Mr.. and Mrs. Burton, Mrs.
William Hankin, Mrs. Paris Tomas,
Mrs. John Tomas, Mrs. David Dono-
van, Mrs. Harmon Lewis, Mrs. John
Jensen, Mrs. Thomas Moore, Miss
Ethel Lewis, Miss Amanda Walls,
Miss Vergie Moore, Miss Dorothea
Hill. Mrs. Lewis received many nice
presents and refreshments of ice
cream, cake and lemonade in abun-
dance were served. The guests left
wishing Mrs. Lewis many more hap
py birthday anniversaries.
Mr.. and Mrs. Amos Pierson of
Wilmington are the guests of Mrs.
Short at Maple Shade Farm.
Mrs. Mary E. Morris has returned
home after spending two weeks with
Mr.. and Mrs. H. P. Anderson at
Lansdowne, Pa.
Mrs. Oscar Belts will sell Ter
household goods at public sale at
her home on Union street on Satur-
day, August "a, beginning at IL o.
clock. Mrs. Belts is moving with her
son Clyde, in the Robert Vaughan
house on North Union street.
The canning of lima beans is now
underway at the Draper and Stokely
Bros. canneries. At the Harbeson
factory the packing of tomatoes will
begin next week. This factory has
been closed for several years and its
operation will give growers market
for their tomatoes.
Milton lost the second game of the
season on Saturday when Mardella
defeated them in a ten inning game
by the score of to 0. 1t was a pit
chers duel between Belts, for Milton
and Hopkins for Mardella, and rei-
ther team scored until the tenth,
when Belts lost control and walked
three after one had been retired.
Lynch, who replaced Belts, wild
pitched two runs across and an er-
ror tailed another. He then retired
the side in order.
Score by innings:
Mardella o 0 90 o 0 0 o 0 3-3
Milton o 0 10000 90 0 90
Rev. D. K. Sturgis who has been
on his vacation, will return to Mil
ton on Saturday and on Sunday con-
duct services in the M. P. Church. |
Services will be as follows: Sunday |
school at 10 a. M, preaching at IL |
a. m. and 1880 p. m.
Edward M. Davis of Wilmington;
was a visitor at Broadkiln Beach |
this week.
Milton Firemen's Carnival opened |
on Thursday evening for a ten day |
festival. On Thursday evening of |
next week parade, in which will be
fire companies with their equipment, |
from all parts of the State, decorat-
ed autos, business floats, etc., head
ed by brass bands. The parade starts
at the carnival grounds at $3.50 and |
traverses the principal streets of the
town, ending at the grounds. Sever
al unusual features have been pro-
vided for this carnival for the
amusement of the public. Free prizes
will be given each night and on Sat
urday night, August 81, the last
night of the carnival, a Chevrolet
coach will be awarded to the holder
of the winning ticket. Preparations
have been made for ample parking
room, protected by local police and
everything has been done to make
the affair memorable one.
Somerset Reed, aged 76 years, a
prominent farmer, died at his home |
near Milton, on Thursday afternoon.
Interment was made in Beaver Dam
cemetery, Harbeson on Sunday after
noon. Mr.. Reed was born and reared
on the farm upon which he died. He
leaves four sons and one daughter:
Fred Reed, Lloyd Reed of Milton;
Wilbur and John Reed and Miss Es-
tella Reed, who resided at the home
stead.
The new owners of the canning
factory at Harbeson will operate the
plant this season packing tomatoes.
This will be good news for the to-
mato growers as it will give an
other market for their crop. While
no contracts were written between
grower and dealers this year there
have been set to tomatoes in this
district several hundred acres, the
growers depending upon buyers from
other sections to take the crop. The
yield will be above normal in this
section, the weather conditions being
ideal for tomatoes. Harvesting of the
crop will begin next week.
The families of Raymond Spencer
and Henry McAllister are spending
the week at Broadkiln Beach. Clar-
ence Reed, of Philadelphia, has
about completed handsome cottage
at this resort. Both net and hook
and line fishermen are catching
large numbers of fine trout off the
beach and crabbers are reaping a
harvest in the Broadkiln River with
dip nets.
R. Harrington has received several
carloads of fruit baskets to take care
of his trade in tomatoes. Mr.. Har-
rington represents large vegetable
canning concern at Camden, N. J.
Both the Chandler and Pratt or
chards are shipping daily several
carloads of peaches to northern mar
kets. The crop is large and the
fruit fine in color and flavor. The