Milford chronicle., 1931-11-06
MILTON

The Ladies Aid Society of Re!
d. nOlds NJ P. Church will meet at tb
I home of Mr.. and Mrs. Leighton Dor
1 Ovan Thursday evening, Novembe
u. There will be cake and ice creal
for sale. Everybody welcome.
The Sussex County Firemen's AS
, sociation was entertained at tn
monthly meeting of the associatio,
by the Milton Fire Department il
their new building with a banuue
and dane following the busines
Injecting. Music was furnished b,
Ike BlackstOn's Orchestra. The ban
quet room and tables were decorat
ed in Halloween cOlOrs. The ad
dress of welcome was made by Jos
eph NJ. Lank. The Milton Company
was also celebrating the fourth an
niversary of its organization anf
the acquiring of a new fire engine
Each town in Sussex, except Ellen
dale and Seaford, was represented
at the roll call and more than one
hundred guests were present, in
cluding State Forester Tabor. who
conducted question and answer
session, explaining the duties of
wardens and groups of fire fighters
| selected from and in connection
with the local organized fire COM
| panies. Under the new forestry
bill compensation is paid at the rate
! of thirty cents per hour for wardens
-25 cents per hour for regular
members and 20 cents per hour for
pickup" men. Timber land, said
Mr.. Tabor, is an economic factor in
the lives of everyone and its pro-
lection is a major duty. Mr.. Tabor
also stated that the State Forestry
Commission would not appoint as
warden anyone who would not ac-
cept reasonable compensation, said
compensation to be paid to the indi-
vidual and not to the fire company.
There are thirty-six companies in
the State who offered aid in fighting
forest fires. Mr.. Tabor announced
the appointment of II. c. Davidson
as fire warden for Sussex county.
After the business meeting, which
was presided over by Charles Bar
ker, two past presidents of the
State Firemen's Association. War
rem PettyjOhn, of Dover, and Mr..
Mclean, of Delmar, made short ad-
dresses. Mr.. Haddaway, president of
the Kent County Association, made
an address i'm which he cOntrasted
the lack of thrills in city fire fight
ing with those in the country.
Greetings from the State AssOcia
tion were brought by Mr.. Bailey.
Mr.. Price, of Lewes, invited the as
sociation to meet in that town in
November. A rising vote of thanks
was given Milton for the banquet.
Miss Marian Black, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Black, narrow
ly escaped drowning in an autOmO-
bile accident. Miss Black was dTiv-
ing her car over the Lavinia mill
pond road when she lost control Of
the car and it plunged into the lake
and turned over on it's side. Fortu-
nately one of the windows of The |
sedan was open and Miss Black sue
ceeded in climbing out to safety. |
She walked to the home of Mr.. and !
Mrs. Milton Graves, a short distance
away, where she was taken care OF |
until help from town arrived. Ihe
car was hauled from the lake not |
one whit damaged and Miss Marian
was taken home, shocked, wet but
not at all injured.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Hammond Mus
tard and children, Jack and Jone'
Of Atlantic City, N. j., spent the
weekend with his parents, Mr.. ana
Mrs. John Mustard. i
Mr.. and Mrs. William Johnson, OIL
near Milton, entertained a number
of friends at a Sunday dinner. Those
present were Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Ward, Mr.. and Mrs. George P. Reed
Oelema Ward, Margaret Ward, Cath
crime Ward, Beatrice Bowden, Myr-
tie Johnson, Weldon Reed and
James Reed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Bunting, Mr..
and Mrs. John Hickman and son
Jack, and Charles Gray, of Philadel-
Dhia, called on Mrs. John Hickman
On Sunday.
Miss Emma Mustard spent the
weekend with Miss Helen Dodd at
1arbeson.
Mrs. Charles G. Jones was struck
~ an automobile while crossing the
street in front of the Sussex Trust
on Saturday evening. Mrs.
IOnes received painful injuries to
Ter back and is confined to her bed.
Arthur Shockley will move from
he Dan Kitchens farm, near
Georgetown, to the George Killen
arm, north of Milton, at the first
If the coming year.
An echo" meeting from the re-
ent State Convention of Christian ,
lndeavors was held in Milton NJ. P.
Ihurch on Sunday evening, at +
which delegates from the Senior,
and Junior Societies +
made report.i of the State meeting. :
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Postles and :
hildren of Philadelphia visited Mr.. !
nd Mrs. Holda Hastings over the !
Ieek-end. .
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Smith and =
aughter Hester of Wilmington have i
cen recent visitors in Milton. !
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur .Smears and
hildren and Meta Mae Harrison of
ewes were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. !
,dgar Marvel on Sunday.
Mrs. Emma Robbins, Henry. Jun q
)r and Mrs. Elizabeth McAllister o
nd children, Henry and Thomas, of h
'eertOwn, N. j., visited Captain and i
lrs. Samuel Fithian on Wedncs- q
ay. \,