Milford chronicle., 1930-08-01
REHOBOTH

Hudson, p ..............O " U y
Button, ..............0 2 l
414 s q
Score by innings:
Milton % 00 4 % 0 Ks
Rehoboth L 0 0OO0 D o.
Struck out, by Hudson 4 BY
Lynch 4; by Ellis, 5. Umpire, Rich
ardsOn.
Miss Emma Mustard has been the
guest of Miss Anna Lank at Broad
kiln Beach.
Captain L. c. Darby and G. Clay
Williams, of Philadelphia, spent the
weekend with their families here.
The Senior, intermediate and
Junior Christian EndeaVor Societies
of the Milton NJ. P. Church attended
the rally of the Sussex County I'm
ion at Oak Orchard ON Tuesday.
Miss May EHingsworth, who has
been spending several weeks at
Broadkiln Beach as the guest OF
Miss Mary Wilkins, returned home
ON Monday.
Milton Firemen's Annual Carni-
val will begin on Thursday evening,
August 21, and continue until Sat
urday night, August 30. Several new
features will be added and prizes
will be given each night. On Friday
night, August 20, a SpartOn radio
will. be awarded, and OIL Saturday
night, August 80, a Chevrolet coach
will be given away. Monday evening,
August %, will be Organization
Night" when various organizations
of the two lower counties will pa
rade, headed by one or more bands.
S10O in prizes Win be a%afde1 those
participating in the parade. Wednes-
day evening will be "Firemen's
Night" and fire companies from all
parts of Delaware and probably
Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Mary
land will be present with several
brass bands to enliven the occasion
with music. The carnival grounds,
opposite the baseball grounds on
Federal street, will be brilliantly
lighted and parking space will be
ample for all who may attend. The
local fire department has just pur-
chased the Fox Theatre building to
be used as a community building
and the proceeds of the carnival
will be applied to the debt of the
purchase.
Clarence Melvin and children of
Philadelphia were visitors at the
home of his aunt, Mrs. Mary A.
Crouch, on Sunday.
On Thursday evening this section
was visited by a severe electrical
storm, accompanied by rain and
wind. Lightning struck several times
in the Harbeson district. At the
home of Walter Sherman, daugh-
ter was stunned as she was employ
ed around the kitchen stove. A fork
which she had in her hand was
knocked across the room and she
was rendered unconscious. At the
home of Oscar Carpenter, a neigh
bor, a bolt struck close to the barn
and paralyzed fattening hog. Sew
eral trees in the woods in this
neighbOrhood were struck but the
accompanying rain prevented the
setting of fire to the timber lands.
/On Tuesday evening Of last week
lightning set fire to large barn on
the Carey farm, tenanted by Will
liam Johnson, near town, ON the
MiltOn-Harbeson road, and every out
building on the place was destroyed. |
Mr.. Johnson saw the lightning
strike the barn and rushed to the |
building and, with the assistance of |
his sons, succeeded in getting all |
the live stock out except a calf, |
which was burned to death. He lost |
about fifty bushels of wheat that he
had not delivered to the mills, sew
eral tons of hay, all his corn and
early potatoes, which had Just been
stored in the barn.
Mrs. William Mears and Mrs. John
Jensen have been recent visitors in
Baltimore.
While bathing at Broadkiln Beach
on Sunday Lloyd Tyndall lost about
$25 when thief stole his purse
from his clothes left in the automo-
bile. Mr. Tyndall locked the doors
of the car but forgot to close the
and it is supposed the
thief reached through the open
and secured the wallet.
Alfred Short, of Philadelphia
spent several days with his son,
Norman, and wife on Broad street.
Norman Short has secured a posi-
ton with the American Stores Com
pany at RehOboth and is making the
trip each day by automobile.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. Davis Lingo and
children are occupying their cottage
at BrOadkiln Beach for the summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Baker and Mr..
and Mrs. Franklin Baker and chill
dren, of Philadelphia, are spending
The summer at their home on Union
street. I
Mrs. William H. Welch is spend
ing some time with her mother, Mrs.
Mary Neal, who is ill in the Metho-
dist Hospital, Philadelphia.