Milford chronicle., 1930-09-05
OCEAN VIEW


Mrs. Edward Pepper and daugh
ter, accompanied Mrs. Peppers par
ents to Indiana, via automobile, af
ter they had visited Mr.. and Mrs
Edward Pepper here. ..
Capt. Tom Carey and family Wis.
tied Mrs. Addie Cropper and family
over Labor Day.
Mrs. Reuben Freeman is visiting
her husbands parents near Snow
Hill, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Hickman
and daughter, Florence, motored to
Philadelphia and spent few days.
Their second daughter Emily accom-
panied them upon their return home
for a short visit.
George Knox stuck a needle in his
knee when boy. They got the eye
of the needle but never found the
point until this summer, 81 years and
10 months hence, when DR.. Hooker,
of Millville, removed it from his side.
In a statement in the minutes of
Home Coming 1929, Mrs. Annie
Belts stated that "By evening of Au-
gust 1929, it was estimated that be-
tween four and five thousand persons
were on the ground. 1t is interest
ing to note that on our first Home
Coming in 1909, one, and only one,
automobile was there, and this yeaI
twenty years later, only one horse
and carriage was here"
Archie T. Richards presided in the
evening. Community singing by the
people, and led by William Powell
was enjoyed.
Addresses were made by Senator
Elisha Steele; James M. Tunnels
address was ON 1.-THE Spirit of Home
Coming in Ocean View" Talks were
also given by Mrs. Ethel B. David
son, DR.. William Belts of Chadds-
ford, Pa, Mrs. Ethel Hooker, Mrs
Jennie Bennett Steele, Mrs Lizzie
Bennett and DIR. James Belts. A
duett was given by Mrs. Myrtle
Powell Long and Jacob Powell. So
los were given by Miss Matte H.
Belts and Raymond Montgomery
and singing by the choir, the song
composed by DR.. Jim Belts on
L
other part of program of 1929 was
published last week.
A Quintette composed of John and
George Mitchell and Misses Elsie
Evans, Marian Cannon and ROxie D.
Hill sang this year on Home Com
ing Day.
DR.. and Mrs. John w. James and
brother, Calvin Evans of Dover,
have returned home after spending
two weeks at Bethany Beach, at one
OF the summer homes of Irwin
Short.
Miss Madge will resume her duties
as superintendent of Art and other
studies in one of the high schools in
Wilmington, Del.
Miss Mae Richards, who holds a
position with a firm that publishes
Sunday school supplies, located in
Philadelphia, will remain here for
another week of vacation with her
father, ]. A. Richards, and sister
Dorothy.
Mrs. Irma Richards Wilfong; and
sister Dorothy, Miss Olive West, sis
ter of Mildred, and Miss Mary Evans,
cousin, mOtored to North Carolina
with another cousin, Joseph Rick
ards and family to attend the we'd
ding of Miss Mildred West, former
Ocean View girl, to Francis Coke, of
North Carolina.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hall and baby
of Philadelphia are visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. David Hall and family.
Harry Murray, of Cedar Neck,
passed away in the Methodist Hos
pital in Philadelphia on Thursday
of last week. Funeral services on
Sunday were held from the Bethel
M. E. church, of this town, of which
he was a member. He. leaves to
mourn their loss, widow, Mrs.
Martha Murray and son Harry, be-
sides a sister in Philadelphia. He
will be missed by his family, and
friends. Rev. c. w. Branford" con-
Quoted the services on Sunday.
The funeral of Robert LittletOn, OF
Muddy Neck, were held in the Chris
tian church on Sunday afternoon.
Death was due to drowning it is
supposed. He with two companions
had started out in boat for fish
ing trip in the ocean, when the boat
was struck by a big wave and turned
over. The men jumped overheard
thinking to push the boat back on
shore to empty the water out. AT
this moment an extra high wave
rolled in and took out with it one
of the men who had left the side of
the boat after an oar which was
afloat.
The deceased was an industrious
farmer; aged 81. He leaves a wild
ow, Mrs. Myrtle Cullen Littleton,
and five young children, the oldest of
whom is a child of seven years.
Mrs. Edna Paris Crown, of Phil
adelphia, is visiting Mrs. Emma
Truitt and Mrs. Harley Burbage.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ulysses West and
two daughters of Camden, N. j.,
spent the weekend with Mr.. and
Mrs. Owen DerricksOn.
Mrs. James Lynch accompanied
her son, Irwin Short, from Lans-
downe, Pa, and spent the holidays
with Mrs. Martha COnoway and
other relatives.
Miss Townsend and Bud Town
send, of Sandy Landing, visited their
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Short, and cousin, Irwin Short.
Mr.. and Mrs. Delmar Bennett mo-
tored from Yeadon, Pa, and visited
Mr.. and Mrs. Augustus Bennett over
the weekend. Their daughter, We
genia and son Delmar accompanied
them upon their return home on
Monday.