Milford chronicle., 1932-02-19
MILTON

and Mrs. j. Oliver Hazard, of Mil
ton, died at the Delaware Hospital
in Wilmington on Saturday morn
ing after an operation for appendi-
citis on January 26. Mr.. Hazard
was operated upon on January 2G
and was apparently ON the road to
recovery when peritonitis set in and
his death occurred on Saturday
morning at GAS. Funeral services
were held at the home OF his par
ents ON Tuesday afternoon by Rev.
r. S. Hodgson and interment made
in Odd Fellows cemetery. He grad
uated from Milton High School last
June and was taking a course in a
Wilmington business college when
stricken. He was 10 years of age
and very popular with the young
people of the town and command
ed the respect Of the older citizens
by his gentlemanly bearing and
courtesy. The sympathy of the en-
tire community goes OUT TO the be-
reaVed parents. ~.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph DeIrickson of
Chester, Pa, were the guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Earl Reed over tho week
end.
Millions annual town election will
he held on Saturday, Marcl 5, Grcin
one TO four L. N. There are to he
elected two ccuncilmen and a may
or. C2ndida'es for these Offices must
ii ic their names with the secretary
CT council en- or before 10 D. lp,
February %, in order thlt their
uames MAJ appear OH the n:Iic;Il
laIlots-no other ballots will Te
az aepted). The payment of the past
scars town tax is a qualification FOR
vo,ing 1t IS very likely That several
candidates will be nominated for the
councilmanic positions. Mayor
Smith has filled the office of mayor
very creditably and no doT5t will le
renominated.
TLe fG',OwiDg program by the W.
c. II. l.. was given in comTemnrd-
ticn at tic Frances Willdrl Mc.n-
oriai Meeting" on Thursday evening.
February IS: Song; scri3:.Ire ly
Miss Lillian Cade; prayer; song;
Introductory remarks by the presi-
dent, Mrs. Carrie Hood; 'The Til
umphant Life Of Frances Willard
by Mrs. Elizabeth Porter, aud Mrs.
Sarah Irwin; reading Mrs. Bertha
Jackson, "The Humaueness of
Frances Willard" recitation. by
Philip Rouchey; solo by Mrs. Jessie
Mcgee; dialogue by Mrs. Ora Lynch,
Mrs. Mary NAPLES, Miss Lillian Cade
and Robert Lingo; Mrs. Minnie Reed
spoke of "On Investment That
Guarantees Dividends;" collection;
benediction.
The Foreign Missionary Society
held a Martha Washington Tea in
the Sunday school room of the NJ.
e. Church on Thursday afternoon,
February 25, at 2:30 The commit
tee in charge was Mrs. Emma I.ank |
Mrs. Carrie Hood and Mrs. Lulu At
kins.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Donovan of |
Sand Hill visited his brother, John |
Donovan and family on Sunday.
Mrs. Mary Ware, of Dearfeld, n. |
j., after spending several weeks
with her cousin, Mrs. Samuel Fifth |
ian, has returned to her home.
Reuben Donovan of Staten Island, ;
N. Y, spent the weekend with his
brother, William Donovan.
Miss Sarah ]. Wilson. daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Minos Wilson, died on
Thursday of last week, aged IA
years, 1 month and IL days. She
leaves besides her parents, two bro
Tiers, Samuel r. Wilson and Wood
row Wilson, and host of friends,
Sarah had been an invalid all her
life and was always found at her
church and Sunday school at Cokes-
bury. Funeral services were held at
NJ. e. Church on Sunday
afternoon by Rev. Ralph, and was
largely attended. Sarah was a love-
able girl and the following verses
are included by the writer of the
Milton letter, who knew her, to her
bereaved relatives:
Our hearts go out in sympathy to
those who held her so dear;
If you but follow the path she trod
you will never have anything to
fear.
loss to us all. A sad lost to you,
we place her under the sod,
Awaiting the final call which comes
from the living God.
We can't help but feel in the fu-
ture life we will meet cur smil-
ing friend,
Where the joy of living will be re-
newed, and where it will have
no end.
This we see is only the shell, the
spirit has already down.
IN joy and peace it's resting now in
that Celestial home. {
In attempting to pass another car |
III the Milton-Harbeson highway on S
Saturday afternoon the car driven 1
~ Mrs. Nora Ennis got beyond her
control, ran up an embankment, v
through wire fence and turned on i
is side against a telephone pole. n
rhe car was badly damaged but Mrs.
ennis miraculously escaped serious 2
injury. -
Mrs. Fred *. Jensen was operated f
lpon ut lie Marshall Hospital, Mil O
ord on Friday morning for abdomi-
lal trouble. Her condition is con- A
idered serious by her relatives and t
riends. +t@ I
Miss Pauline Carpenter, daughter 0
# Mrs. Blanche Carpenter OF Milton n
vas operated upon for appendicitis c
t the Emergency Hospital, Milford T
II Saturday morning. Her condition c
) encouraging to her relatives. ' "
The Milton Fire Department is o
a "WashingtOu's Birth n