Milford chronicle., 1930-10-10
GLENDALE
Forest Fires StiII burning

1t is a burning shame that forest
of Sussex county should be destroy
ed by the explosion of illicit still
in operation.
The flow of bootleg liquor con
tinues to flow irrespective of the ef
forts of the prohibition officers t
stop it.
Most OF the drunken drivers yoI
meet on the highways are full O
the bootleg stuff-and today it i
not safe for a woman to drive alon,
over the improved roads of tn
State.
If things don't improve from wha
they now are Sussex county sooI
will be swept bare of the forests, as
stills for the manufacture of boot
leg liquor are exploding every now
and then, destroying the forests fol
miles around from the place where
the still is located. The present fire
now burning to the east and south
of Glendale is the result of an ex-
ploding still.
If it is true as reported that sta
tistics show that there is more in
toxicating liquor being manufactur-
ed and sold in the State of Della
ware at the present time, than when
the licensed saloon was in vogue.
We hope this is not true.
Several newspapers, both in edi-
torials and news items have said
that Glendale Swamp has been de-
stroyed. This is not true. We are
glad to state that the beautiful
piece of forest scenery still remains
intact, and, before the present fire,
now burning can reach that piece of
woods it has to cross the D. M. &
V. R. R. and old State Road before
it can reach the swamp some dis
tance away That beautiful piece OF
woodland, we hope will continue to
beautify both sides of the du Pont
Boulevard for sometime to come.
A great many holly trees are be-
ing burned in this fire which will
make it hard for the poor who de-
pend on wreath making to furnish
the many useful things at the Yule-
tide season.
Burial of DIR. j. A. B. Wilson
And Wife
The bodies of DR.. and Mrs. John
A. B. Wilson were brought to Ellen
dale by train from San Francisco, |
California, and conveyed by hearses !
to Milton for final interment, which |
was accomplished on Thursday, Oc- |
tober 2. Rev. w. F. Corkran, D. D., |
a lifelong friend of the family Off
ciated.
Mrs. Mary Jefferson Wilson died
in San Francisco, at the home of
her son, DR.. Herman Fowler Wilson,
on Friday, September 26, aged 80
years.
Rev. J. A. B. Wilson, D. D., her
husband, died in Grass Valley, Cal
ifornia, in the year 1906, while
pastor of a Methodist Episcopal
Church at that point. DR.. Wilson's
body was disinterred, and brought
east with the body of his wife and
they were buried side by side in
Goshen M. e. cemetery, Milton.
DR.. Wilson will be remembered by
the older residents of the Peninsula
as one of the strong preachers of
the Wilmington M. E. Conference of
which he was a member several
years ago. He was District Superin-
tendent of Salisbury District and af-
terwards the Dover District. While
on the Peninsula before
his transfer to California where his
death occurred, DR.. Wilson in his
active life had no time for a lazy
and those who worked un-
der him were kept very busy and in
the several districts
when he had charge of them were
kept to the highest, standard at all
times. 1t is well to keep the men,
Dry of such men as DR.. Wilson
green in the hearts of the people of
he Peninsula whom he loved and
served so we'll.
The writer was honored in call
ng him friend, not only him, but
hat sanity wife of his who was
| schoolmate of your correspondent
n the years when we used to attend
chOol at Georgetown, many years
lgo.
Mrs. Wilson lived long enough to
ZEE her four boys rise to prominent
llaces in the world. DR.. Clarence
rue Wilson stands high among the
len who have made the Methodist
Episcopal Church what it is today,
nd is preacher of wonderful force
nd power. His home is in Washing
on, D. c. Her other three sons, DR..
Ierman F. Wilson and John Ralph
wilson, Esq, of San Francisco, and
)r. Carl Groves Wilson, of Palo AL
D, California, are occupying posi-
ions which stamp them as being
mOng the best citizens which this
Ountry affords.
Rev. Wells w. w. Wilson, D D., a
etired Methodist minister, who re-
des at Flushing, N. Y, and Samuel
Wilson, of Milton, are brothers of
lie late DR.. Wilson.
ONE Burned
The home of Levi Harmon, a col
ed man, was destroyed by fire en-
'ednesday night, October /. The
llendale firemen were called, but
10 late to save the dwelling as it
as totally destroyed before their
rival.
Mr. Harmon also lost all his
)usehold goods and barely saved
mself and family from suffocating
by the aid of a shed room attach
to the main dwelling which aid
their escape.
The home was Situated in the
lingle district about two and a
IF miles from Glendale.
rthday Surprise Party