Milford chronicle., 1930-04-25
MILTON

While refueling a stove at her
home on Union street on Sunday
evening Miss Annie Atkins fell
against the stove and was severely
burned about the arm.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Joseph and
Mr.. and Mrs. Granville Tyndall
went to Washington on Saturday to
see the Cherry Blossoms along Po-
tomac Drive.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Short, of
Mt. Airy, Pa, were weekend visit
Ors with his aunt, Mrs. Earl Reed
and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan Dickerson Of
Drexel Hill, Pa, were Easter guests
of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer
Dickerson.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Wilkins and
grandchildren, Mary and Billie Will
kins, and May Ellingsworth were
Rehoboth visitors on Monday.
Miss Audrey Owens and Miss Hell
en- Smith of Milton, who are attend
ing school at the Women's College,
Newark, have been spending some
&f their Easter holidays with Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Evans, 5420 Walnut
street, Philadelphia. On Saturday
Mrs. Evans gave Miss Owens and
Miss Eva Twigg, Of Greenwood, a
dinner party, in honor Of their
twentieth birthday. The guests
were Mrs. Goldie Owens, Milton;
Miss Mary Kennedy, Miss Dorothy
Lenfold, of Philadelphia; Miss Lyle
Hunter, of Wilmington, Miss Sara
Belts, Dover; Harry Draper, Ed.
Widower, of Newark; Walter Bell,
Alfred Rhodes, Ray Steel, Edward
Burns, of Philadelphia. Miss Owens
and Miss Twigg received many
beautiful gifts.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Dufheld and
children of Philadelphia were the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. L. L. Mus
tard on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Smith and daugh-
ter Hester of Wilmington, were
weekend guests Of Milton rela-
tiVes.
The nine-year-old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Willis Gooner was struck by
an automobile, near his home in
Slaughter Neck, shortly after noon
on Monday and died from his injur-
les while being taken to a Milford
hospital. The lad had been sent to
a nearby neighbor's to borrow a
small rand rake and was returning
home with the rake, dragging it on
the concrete road and evidently fail
ed to hear the approach of car
driven by DR.. Frank Grier of Mil
ford, because Of the noise made by
the iron implement on the road. AS
DR.. Grier approached, the lad sud-
denly swerved out into the road
way. The driver swung his car to
one side and succeeded in getting |
the front wheels by him, but the
rear of the car struck him and he
was thrown to the concrete road.
He was picked up and a fast run
was made to a Milford hospital but
the little fellow was dead.
The census having been completed
for the town Of Milton the record
shows a gain in the population Of
the town to be 232 since the census
Of 1929, making a total Of 1130 men,
women and children at this time.
Charles w. Fisher & Son are hav-
ing a garage and repair shop added
to their business house on Wharton
street.
Robert Hopkins, Jr., who is con-
fined to his bed with rheumatism
and heart trouble, is slightly i'm
proved but as yet unable to leave
his room.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ermon Postles Of
Philadelphia were among the Eas-
ter visitors in Milton.
Mr.. and Mrs. John B. Welch and
children Of Camden, N. J., were
weekend visitors with relatives
here. III
Mr.. and Mrs. William Green Of
Blenheim, N. J., spent the Easter
holidays with his sister, Mrs. VIII
liam R. wilkins and family.
Mrs. J. R. Atkins who has been
i'll for several weeks at her home, {
corner Union and Broad streets,
shows some improvement, and her
recovery is expected by her
family. II
Flowers in profusion decorated l
the graves in the M. E. and Odd !
Fellows cemeteries on Easter Sun Y
day, placed there by relatives of the
departed.
Easter services were held in the
NJ. P. and M. e. Churches on Sun '
day, In the morning the pastors de-
Iiyered special sermons anent the
iay and in the evening the Sunday !
schools presented appropriate pro- !
grams.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter W. Crouch
entertained to dinner on Sunday, I
Mrs. Mary A. Crouch, Mrs. Viola
DAILY, of Milton, Mr.. and Mrs. Will
lam Wyatt of Georgetown, Miss 9
Natalie O'Neal of Wilmington and d
Emile Touring of Chester, Pa. a
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest M. Jefferson
If Namacold, Pa, were Easter Wis S
tors with his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth S
Jefferson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Reed of
Salisbury, Md, were Sunday visiters t
With Milton relatives. d
CAPTAIN L. c. Darby Of Philadel- n
,hia was q weekend visitor with e
lis family here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Amandus Warren on n
sunday entertained Mr.. and MIS-. 5
Wallace Jefferson and son, of Mil
ord. Mr.. and Mrs. Carlton Clifton n
nd children of Slaughter Neck. "
Captain and Mrs. David Dutton
nd son David, Jr., spent Sunday "
nth Mr.. and Mrs. Minos Wllson' u
ear Cokesbury.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Stout and "
Irs. Raymond Spencer and daugh- Il
er Emma, spent the weekend with K
relatives.
Asher Coffin of Wilmington spent n
,,,.l,. ,-;4l I;o eon Henry Coffin d;