Milford chronicle., 1929-05-24

dark waters under red bridge in the
heart of the business section of the
town. And they can be seen darting
from the flags and dock weeds along
the shore after small fish, upon
which they prey. Local anglers are
preparing for the opening of the sea-
son and reservations have been
made at the Mansion House by sew
eral Pennsylvania fishermen who
visit Milton every year to cast line
for bass in the ponds about the
town. There are five such lakes
within three miles of Milton, all of
which have been stocked with fish
and many good catches are made
during the season.
Scarlet clover, for hay, is being
cut now. The crop will be one of
the largest ever harvested in this
section. There was a larger acreage
sown to this crop last autumn and
the plans came through the winter
in excellent condition and weather
conditions since the opening OF
spring have been ideal for the
growth of scarlet clover.
At a meeting of the members OF
Milton M. P. Church on Wednesday
evening, the following officers were
elected for the coming conference
year Board of Trustees, Clyde Belts,
Horace Kalls, John Coulter, Charles
Sharp, Walter w. Crouch, James A.
Belts and VIM. A. Johnson; board of
stewards, Frank B. Carey, George K.
Davidson, Marshall Wilson, Willard
Clifton, John D. Wright, Holda Has
tings, Charles T. Vent, Clarence E.
Johnson and Robert M. Collins; Or
ganist, Miss Virginia Jefferson; as
sistant organists, Mrs. Florence
Wilson and Mrs. Maggie Carey. The
reports of the various boards and
societies show that the condition OF
the church is in better shape than
for years-especially in a financial
way.
Frank B. Carey was chosen dele
gate and Charles H. Sharp, alternate
to the Maryland Annual Conference,
to be held in Baltimore, beginning
June II. The pastor, Dew. d. H.
Sturgis, was unanimously asked to
return to the Milton Church for an
other year.
The fourth quarterly conference of
the M. P. Church was held on Tues
day evening, May Fl.
The Milton Fire Department Will
hold a tag day on Memorial Day,
the funds so raised to be used for
the betterment of the department.
The department also announces that
firemen's carnival will be held in
Milton, August 22-31. Arrangements
are being made to make this one OF
the largest and best carnlvaIs ever
held here.
The week of May 9th has been
designated as Cleanup Week" by
Mayor Hopkins and the citizens are
asked to cooperate with the author !
tiles in this movement, by cleaning
the rubbish from the back yards,
cleaning outdoor toilets and pig
pens. At the end of the week the
board of health will investigate the
properties and compel those who
have not done so to clean up and
make sanitary their home surround
ings.
An all day meeting will be held
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May &c:
Sabbath School $3.50 a. m.
Preaching at IL a. m. !
Praise service at 2:3O followed by
at 8, by Rev. S. Lewis
of Denton, Md.
Special song service in the eve
ming at z o'clock, followed by prea-
ching at o'clock.
Rev. ]. F. MINIS, a former mis-
sionary to India, gave an illustrated
lecture in the M. P. Church last
Sunday evening. A large audience
was present and enjoyed the lecture
and pictures. Rev. MINIS also ex-
hibited some curios which he
brought home from the mission
field.
Next Sunday is to be known as
Sunday School Day at the morning
service in the M. P. Church. An eff
fort is being made to have large
at Sunday school and
then to have everyone remain for
the morning church service. The
pastor is to preach special sermon
to the Sunday school.
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preach a special Memorial Day SER
mon, and everyone is invited to join |
in the service.
A rally of the Sussex County c. E.
Union will be held in the George
town M. P. Church on Tuesday
night of next week. A c. E. Shield
will be awarded for the first time at
this rally to the church that has the
largest representation, and the peo-
pie of Milton are preparing to go to
strong enough to bring
he Shield home. The pastor, Rev.
D. K. Sturgis has been named as
chairman of the committee in charge
If the program for the rally. The
,ther members of the committee are
Rev. M. E. Hungerford and Mrs. r.
ma Roach of Georgetown, Miss Han
lah Cannon of Dagsboro, and Miss
Anna Havelka of Milton.
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ANNA z. GREGORIUS, ChirOpractOr
204 East Front Street, Milford
n22-tf Phone 157
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