Milford chronicle., 1932-03-04
MILTON

Mr.. DickersOn. Tests showed AS pc
cent butter fat; bacteria per &C. 4,
900, and certified as clean" A no
tation by an official read "ver
good.
John w. Coulter, an aged residen
of Milton, is seriously i'll at hi.
home on Federal street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilkins and grand
children, Billy and Mary, visited
Mrs. Sallie Warren Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gardner Howard
and daughter of Alillsboro spent
Sunday with his mother, Mrs. Sal.
lie Bailey.
Mrs. James Elliott and children OF
Houston, Miss Marie Elliott OF
Houston, Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Mes
sick and child of Milford visited Mr..
and Mrs. Stanton Messick Sunday.
Miss Emma Mustard was the
weekend guest of Misses Helen and
Virginia DOdd of Georgetown.
With the muskrat trapping season
coming to a close on March 10 in
this vicinity. trappers report that
rats" have been scarcer this winter
than for many years, owing to the
fact that several years ago thOus-
ands of muskrats were killed by
marsh owners and trappers during
an unusual high tide that complete
ly flooded Broadkiln and Prime
Hook marshes for several weeks.
Trappers now. see the foolishness of
the slaughter. Breeders have been
extremely scarce since and with the
long trapping season now allowed
the rats" have not increased suf-
ficiently to replenish the marshes.
1t is believed that local trappers
will introduce a bill amending the
law, making for a much shorter
trapping season, or prohibit trap
ping for one or two years. This has
been an open winter and trappers
have had little difficulty in reaching
their traps. Up until the first Of
February the pelts were not of the
best quality, but since that time the
fur has come near being Grst-c,ass.
The black pelts are worth double
the brown and the ratio of black
pelts caught on the local marshes is
about pne-fourth. Instead of holding
their catch until March l as is us
ually the custom with the big trap
pers, they have been selling them as
caught, in fact some trappers have
brought the green hides to buyers,
not staretching them on boards to
dry, fearing the market would drop.
Captain David DuttOn, the largest
fur dealer in this section, has bought
far less hides than for years and
says the prices have been the low
est he has ever paid.
Miss Pauline Carpenter who re-
Gently underwent an operation for
at the Emergency Hos
pital, Milford, has returned to her
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Jackson
were called to the bedside OF their !
daughter, Mrs. Mabel Banning at !
last week. Mrs. banning (
is Improving slowly.
Work on the new school is pro- |
crossing, the forms for the concrete /
being almost completed. |
In a few days the concrete will be |
poured and as soon as it is set work /
Of laying the bricks will begin. 1t is I
expected that the school will be
by January !, 1898.
Mrs. John Donovan is at the home
Of Mrs. Carrie Marvel, Georgetown,
from a bone felon on her
right thumb. She is receiving treat
nent from a Georgetown physician.
Mrs. Elizabeth Potter and Mrs.
Willard Clifton visited Mrs. Nancy
Jones in Prime Hook on Sunday.
Mrs. Rilla Evans of Philadelphia,
Miss Audrey Owens of Mt. Holly, N.
J., spent the weekend with Mrs
1oldie Owens.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Green and
laughter Ruth visited Mr.. and Mrs.
fred E. Johnson on Sunday.
Mrs. James C. Carey and Mrs. Del
mar Reed of Cave Neck spent Sun
lay with friends in Laurel
The first herring of the season
we're caught on Monday in the
River by Samuel Bailey
nd William Blizzard.
A surprise birthday party was Civ
n Mrs. Harvey Wells by her family
nd friends on Saturday evening at
Ter home on Atlantic street. Quite
number of her friends and rela-
ives were in attendance. Ice cream
nd cake were served in abundance.
Evangelistic services at the Pill
rim Holiness Church are in pro- u
ress nightly and are being attend
d by large crowds. The Holden Sis
ers of Dover are adding to the in
crest of the services by their sweet
inging of gospel hymns.
Mrs. Fred Jensen, who was oper-
ted on at a Milford hospital re-
emily is getting along nicely.
Mr.. and Mrs. William McIlvane of
amden, N. j., spent the weekend
18th her brother. William Ingram.
Miss Sallie Melvin attended the
lneral of her brother, Edmund {
Lelvin, in Philadelphia on SatT- ]
ay. \
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Shockley and {
hildren of New Castle spent Sun
ay with her sister, Mrs. Amanda i
rOuch and family. '
The third quarterly conference of
ilton M. P. Church was held at the s
arsonage on Monday evening. {
lans for church activities were
resented and discussed. The MEM |
srship meeting of the church will {
! held Wednesday evening, May Is, \
which time a delegate and alter v
ate delegate will be chosen to rep v
,sent the church at the Maryland
nnual Conference tc be held at f
$1,000 c1ro Cst,v Nh 1,oot;,,,fr.r I'm