Milford chronicle., 1930-03-28
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Observation-Disclosures

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Joshua A. Ellegood celebrated his
S2nd birthday anniversary on Sun
day last.
The day was spent by attending
the church school and preaching
service in the morning. The after
noon and evening was spent at MS
home here.
Mr.. Ellegood was member OF the
Constitutional Convention of 1896
1897 and was chairman of the Com
mittee on the Manufacture and Sale
of Intoxicating Liquors.
A large majority of the members
of the Convention were wet and II
was a hard matter to get anything
through the Convention that saVoreu
of local option. What was finally
passed was couched in such lang
uage that the majority of the mem
hers never thought that the large
amount of votes which was required
of the members of the legislature
would ever be accomplished. 1t was
a long tedious wait, but Sussex
county finally secured the required
number of votes of its members then
sitting at Dover and a vote was or
dered cast for or against Local OPP
tion. The drays won easily, and
then Kent, New Castle County out
side of Wilmington, and finally the
City of Wilmington, all went dry.
This is how Local Option first came
to Delaware.
OF the thirty members composing
the Constitutional Convention OF
1S96-1S97, twenty have passed to
their reward.
Cold Snap i,
The cold snap of Saturday and
Sunday nights have alarmed the
farmers as to the condition OF the
apple and pear crops. The buds OF
the pear crop were frozen and if not
killed outright we're badly damaged.
Perhaps the apple blossoms were
not advanced sufficiently to be hurt
badly. The peach crop was no doubt
killed last fall.
The many flo iers growing in
yards and gardens were frozen. The
day before the freeze, what a beau
tiful sight they unfolded to the pas
ser-by. It seems pity that they
should be destroyed. When the warm
weather of spring shall burst upon
us, the flowers that now look so
dead, will grow up and become more
beautiful than ever.
Turnip Greens Scarce
Turnip greens are a scare article
in the markets of this town. II
those persons who have greens OF
this class for sale, should be able to
find a ready market both in the
stores and homes of the people in
Glendale.
On the Sick List
Torbert Macklin, one of our most
respected citizens, has been quite Ill
for several weeks, of complication
of diseases. While beyond the allot-
ted time three score years and ten,
yet he always seemed much younger,
to his friends. Blind from his youth
I'D to the present time, yet he has
been a busy body, always trying to
do something that would help some
one else. The writer misses him
from his home where he often came
to listen to the radio of which he
was a great admirer.
His improvement, if any, is very
slow.
Personals
Mr.. and Mrs. R. A. Wood, accom-
panied by Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Rey-
nouds spent Sunday at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Riley Brown of Wy
oming.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Grill spent
the weekend in Philadelphia as
the guest of friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. 3. Prettyman
had as dinner guests on Sunday the
following: Mr.. and Mrs. John Hous-
ton. Overlook; Mr.. and Mrs. Rol-
and Beauchamp, Prime Hook Neck;
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Bunting ana
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. George Gre
CORY of Philadelphia, Mrs. Sarah
McCabe, Of Selbyville, and Mr.. ana
Mrs. D. H. Reed of Ellendale.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Timmons en-
tertained in their home here on
Sunday Mr.. and Mrs. Erasmus NC
Nett and two children, Harvey NC
Cabe and James McNett, all OF Phil
adelphia. James McNett will remain
here for sometime to come.
Church News 4.,a
in the Ellendale NJ E. Church sun
dav morning the following persons
we're declared elected as trustees'