Milford chronicle., 1931-07-24
MILTON


William Mustard and Mrs. Annie
Walls.
Mrs. Robert D. Shockley, a for
mer resident of Milton, was painful
ly injured on Saturday evening as
she was driving her car to Milton
When about four miles south of St
Georges she attempted to pass car
ahead of her and crashed into an
other coming from the opposite di-
rection. Her car was turned COM
pletely over and she and a small
daughter, Amanda, were thrown to
the side of the road, clear of the
machine. While Mrs. Shockley suf-
fered no broken bones she is suf-
fering from bruises of the body,
arms, legs and shock. Her daughter
was severely bruised about the
head, legs and body. Mrs. ShOckley
and daughter were enroute to Mil
ton to spend the weekend with rel
atives when the accident occurred
Mrs. Clarence Davidson and chill
dren, Grace, Gale and Gene, spent
part of last week visiting rela-
tives in Milford and Harrington.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Wyatt and
daughter, Margaret, of Georgetown,
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. W..
w. Crouch.
Miss May Ellingsworth is spend
ing the week with her sister, Mrs.
Roland Scott, near Stockley.
Miss Jennie Morgan and Miss Ha-
eel Campbell of Wiglane, N. j.,
spent the weekend with Miss Nor
gan's grandfather, Captain Samuel
Fithian.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gardner Howard of
Dagsboro spent last week with Mr..
and Mrs. Stanton Messick.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Donovan and
children, Burton and Betty, visited
Mr.. and Mrs. Nehemiah Marvel at
Rehoboth over the weekend.
The Methodist Protestant Sunday
school will picnic at Oak Orchard on
Thursday, August 6, leaving the
church about 1 p. m. and will re-
main at the resort until after the
evening session of the Sussex coun-
ty C. E. Convention, to be held at
that place the same day.
Miss Annie Jefferson, of near
Gravel Hill, is spending the week
with her aunt, Mrs. Annie G. Crouch.
Mrs. Hazel Dodd and Miss Rober-
ia ShOckley of New Castle who have
been spending some time with Mr..
and Mrs. William M. Crouch and
other relatives, have returned home.
Mr.. an dMrs. Granville Tyndall
and Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Marvel and
children spent the weekend at Oak
Orchard
Wheat harvest is about completed
in the Broadkiln District and the
yield was about normal. The price
offered by dealers is SOC per bushel
and few growers who have storage
room are selling, preferring to feed
it to stock and poultry.
y Edward Ingram has the fOunda- |
tiOn laid for the bungalow he will |
erect on Highland avenue. This sec
tion is fast building up and will in
a short time be a sizeable residential /,
addition to Milton.
The question that is agitating the |
minds of Milton folks is: where
will the new school house be locat-
ed?" Several sites are presented |
and all have their advocates, yet all /
are pleased that new school bull
ding is to be erected no matter
where located.
The intermediate C. E. Society of
Milton M. P. Church held a festival
on the lawn at Social Hall on Sat
urday evening and realized a goodly /
sum from the sale of ice cream, cake
and lemonade.
Milton F'iremen's Carnival and |.
Fair will be held from August 27 to
September 5, inclusive. Efforts are +
being made to make this the biggest |
and best ever held in Milton.
Milton defeated the Eleventh
Ward Chicks, of Wilmington, in a u
we'll played game on the local
grounds on Saturday afternoon, by 4
he score of 8 to 1. Belts, for Mil
on, struck out ten, walked one, and H
allowed but three hits. Jalonek was /,
nit hard and often by the locals /,
Turing his stay on the mound. He
was taken out in the fourth and
Meadows took up the burden, and
vas hit for three hits and four runs 4,
n three innings. Davis pitched the Ii
asst inning and finally retired the ,
side. Following is the lineup and II
core:
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