Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1929-01-25
HAPPENINGS IN
II AND ABOUT TOWN

Girl Reserves bake to be held at
Adams shoe store at O'Clock Sat
urday morning, January rs.
The Wildwood Ladies' Aid will be
held Friday night, January 25th.
An interesting program is being
prepared.
Get your cakes, pies, bread and
rolls at the Emergency Hospital
Bake on Saturday, January Goth, in
the American Hat Store.
The Ladies' Auxiliary of the Mill
ford Emergency Hospital will hold
a bake on Saturday, January 26th,
in the American Hat Store, at ten
Il o'clock.
The Milford Boys Band were I'M
able to give their concert as sched-
{euled, from station WSMD, at Sails
bury last Sunday, due to the station
4 having been sold and being re-
3 modelled
The Wildwood Sunshine Society
IN will hold a meeting Wednesday,
a January 30th. Miss Graham, the
d County Home Demonstration leader,
q will be present. A good attendance
81 is desired.
The regular meeting of the Wo-
ID mans Home Missionary Society will
Il be held at the chapel on Tuesday,
II January 20, at $3.50. All members
81 are requested to either send or
81 bring their dues.
Il H. w. d. Moore, of Milford, new
II county engineer for Kent County
hn oh nj
81 all the dirt roads in that county, has
Il asked for an inventory of all the
II road equipment in the county.
Fl Rev. ]. Franklin Bryan's subject
Il at next Sunday mornings service in
q the Methodist Protestant Church
Twill be "The Conquering Christ and
81 our Task" and in the evening his
II subject will be Ruth the Faithful
n Daughter"
81 At the annual election of officers
b of the Kings Daughters the follow
N ing members were elected: Presi-
81 dent, Mrs. C. E. Varney; first vice
b president, Mrs. E. T. Williams; sec
81 retary Mrs. Bayard Wharton, and
n treasurer, Mrs. E. P. Messick.
Wren Collins and Lydia Dickerson
d we're arrested by Federal Prohibition
q officers on Tuesday evening, charg-
81 ed with the alleged manufacture and
81 possession of liquor. They were held
e under $1,000 bond for a hearing by
Magistrate H. B. Thaw. Bessie
/ Flammer, colored, was held as ma
4 terial witness.
The regular meeting of the P. I
a. Association of Broadkiln School
will be held January 30th There
is to be given a health program.
Everyone, is invited, so come and
maybe you will find out how to keep
the old witch, bad Health" away.
There will be ice cream, pie and
cake for sale.
]. N. Lynn, of Franklin, while
working in a marble yard at Frank
ford on Monday afternoon, was
struck by large rock, which dealt
him a glancing blow against the
left leg, then crushing his right
hand. He is a patient at the Mar
shall Hospital, suffering from
fractured leg and compound frac-
ture of the right hand.
Alton Parker, of Birmingham,
Ala, while visiting his sister, Mrs.
Preston Birmingham, at Bowers,
was the victim of a hit-and-run
driver last Friday. He was taken
to the Marshall Hospital, where he
is receiving treatment. Both bones
of the lower left leg are fractured.
The driver of the car, who it is al
Z legged was intoxicated, was captured
near Seaford.
A dance will be held Saturday
night, January 26th, in the Milford
New Century Club. Dancing from
8 until IL. These dances have been
meeting with great success in Lew
es with Miss Marshall in charge.
She is having one this week in Mil
ford at the Century Club, which
promises to be a nice affair. Come
out and help make this dance sue
cess. Good music is assured.
The Williams block of stores on
East Front street, North Milford, is
being completely renovated. The
removal of the awnings in the front
of the buildings has greatly improv-
ed the appearance, and at the same
time has made the stores much
IR0I6T. WIFI JlAO lOPldSAhS
few more landmarks with modern
buildings Milford will have bust
ness section as good as the best.
DR.. Donald Grey Farmhouse, who
is pastor of the Tenth Presbyterian
Church, Philadelphia, delivered a
lecture at the Milford Methodist
Protestant Church on Tuesday
night. There was a good attend
ance from a great many churches
of Sussex county. Rev. Mr.. Barn
houses subject was Christ as
Taught in the Book of Genesis"
The lecture was under the auspices
of the Sussex County Christian En-
deavor Union. II
To march out of a burning build
ing at five a. m. in the dense fog
with a number of other boys, all
scantily clad in pajamas, bath robes
and slippers; finding pair OF Ia
dies high heeled shoes and silk
stockings and other apparel well
come substitutes for his own mas
culine clothes which were lost with
the building that burned to the
ground-all this was the experience
of Hyman Rosa, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Jacob Rosa, who attends valley
Forge Military Academy at Devon
Pa.
One Of the captains of the school
awoke Friday morning to discover
his library in flames, and the alarm
was given so quickly and the boys
were SO well trained that the burn
ing building was cleared in one and
a half minutes. The roll was then
..11.I I'D oil tho hnvs found to be