Milford chronicle., 1931-07-03
MILTON

j will be ice cream and cake for SALE
~ All are welcome.
+, "a very pretty wedding was solem-
81. nized at the home of Mr.: and Mrs.
sH George ,Postles, near Milton, on Sat
, urday evening, June q, at seven o.
r clock; when their daughter, Mary,
became the bride of C. Norman
~ Grove, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
e' e. Grove, of Milford. The bride, at
go tired in white chiffon and carrying
a5bouquet of pink roses and baby's
- breath, was attended by Miss Au-
dfey Owens. Miss Owens wore a
pink net dress and carried a bou-
- quet of blue larkspur. The groom
> was attended by John ROosa, of
n Milford. The ceremony, performed
by Rev. L. C. Randall, pastor of Mil
ton NJ. P. Church, was witnessed by
the immediate relatives of the bride
and groom. A reception Immediately
following the wedding ceremony, af-
,. ter. which the young couple left for
Niagara Falls and other points in
northern New York State. The
j., brides travelling costume consisted
~ of blue and white silk ensemble
with matching accessories. After
-- their return Mr.. and Mrs. Grove will
reside near Milford.
) Walter E. Reed and Miss Ethel
Wilson, of Wilmington spent the
4 weekend with his mother, Mrs.
Mary E. Reed.
: The monthly meeting of the Fish
2 er Bible Glass will be held at the
home of Mrs. Eldora Reed on Tues
I cay evening, July z. at 1880 o'clock.
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Andrew Samons, of Georgetown,
: visited Mr.. and Mrs. John Donovan
: on, Sunday.
Z Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Hetherington
Y and daughter, Mary, of Sharon Hill, |
!. Pa, Mrs. Betty Thompson, of Col
{ lingswood, N. J., visited Mr.. and |
Mrs. Arthur Maull at their Milton |
home over the weekend.
Master Robert Hetherington of |
Sharon Hill, Pa, is spending this
week with Master David Dutton, Jr.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Donovan and
children, Robert and Betty Jane,
spent Sunday with relatives in
Georgetown.
. Miss Nancy Ingram, of Rehoboth,
was the guest of her cousin, Martha
Hodgson, at the NJ E. parsonage,
several days this week.
T. Captains Charles E. and L. C.
d.. Darby, of Philadelphia, were week
end guests of Milton relatives.
L. L. Mustard, of Wilmington, was
a weekend visitor at his Milton
= home.
While many concerns are work
J ing on short time or are closed
down, the w. E. Graves & Sons gar
ment factory, located on Atlantic
( avenue, is working overtime each
day, in order to fill orders now in
hand. This concern employs about
seven women and the pay roll is do
ing much to lift the depression in
this community.
Wheat harvest is underway in this
community, most of the wheat will
z be in the shock by the end of this
week. The yield is a good one here. I,
+ Owing to the very low price offer
ed for this commodity it is believed ,
the acreage this fall will be greatly +.
curtailed in this section. :
The administrator of the estate
of the late George w. Jones, sold at
public auction the Jones homestead, !.
located near Reynolds Church, con-
tanning about 120 acres of fine farm
ing. land. Noah E. Warren of Milton =
was the buyer, bidding $500 for the 4
farm. There are several other farms Z
in this estate yet to be sold and they !
are expected to bring good prices as \
all are in high state of cultivation.
: Mr. and Mrs. Ebay Walls and =
children were Rehoboth visitors on J.
Sunday:
Mrs. Viola Daily and Miss May Ell
lingsworth were guests of Mr.. and 4
Mrs. Lester Clendaniel at Lincoln !,
on Sunday. d
The stores of Milton will be clos E
ed all day on Saturday, July A. They Il
will remain open for business Friday n
evening and patrons are requested Z
to get their supplies that evening a
for the weekend. :,
Last autumn Henry McAllister A
planted in his garden, on Broad c,
street, number of onions of the II
''Multiplier" variety. He is now har- o.
yesting from two to seven large on d
ions from each set planted. ~
: Mr.. and Mrs. Myers Dodd and Mr.. r,
and Mrs. William Walls were a,
Beach visitors on Sunday a,
afternoon. This resort is attracting
many persons from this section be- ~
cause of the improved road leading r.
to the beach. or
Miss Dorothy Postles has return
ed home from weeks visit with w
relatives in Milford. II
Mrs. Sallie Cordrey, of Florida, n
was the guest of Mrs. Sallie' Hast
ngs, near town, last week. NJ
Mr.. and Mrs. Stanton Messick and IN
Mrs. Sallie Bailey visited friends at &,
on Sunday.
Milton took the Rehoboth base pl
lall team into camp on Saturday af- of
ernoon in we'll played game. Hall,
he crack Rehoboth pitcher, was G,
ambasted to fare-ye-well by the th
3roadkiln boys and was removed af-
eT the sixth inning. During his stay 10
IN the mound Hall was slammed for p,
line hits, and seven runs. Hudson, r,
Who then took up the burden, sue So
'eeded in stopping the Milton slug
,ers dead in their tracks, allowing
out one hit and no runs in the two
innings he worked. Belts, who has
to form, held the Seaside a
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