Milford chronicle., 1932-12-23
MILTON NEWS FOR A WEEK

While hunting for ducks OH Prim
Hook Marsh on Saturday Leonar
Millman, of Camden, N. j., was froz
en- to death, when he fell through
tile ice on a small pond. Mr.. Mill
man, together with his brother, Ed
ward Millman, of Broadkiln Neck
and two other companions, scattered
about the marsh in individual blinds
Howard fired at and killed two ducks
that fell on the opposite side of thu
pond upon which his blind was sit
mated. He attempted to cross thu
pond on the ice and when abou
half way over broke trough. HC
fired his gun to attract the atten'
ton of his companions, who came tt
his aid hurriedly. In attempting
the rescue Edward Millman and one
other man broke through the treach
erous ice and had to be helped
ashore. They rushed to the nearest
farm house, a mile or more away
to, get a rope and when they re-
turned they found Mr.. Millman still
ciinging to the ice within arms eX-
tended. When the end of the rope
was thrown to the unfortunate man
he was unable to grasp it. Then the
men discovered a boat short dis
tance away, but before they reached
the man he had died from exposure.
The body was recovered and brought
to the funeral parlors of S. ]. Will
son & Son, where the Coroner of
Sussex County held an inquiry.
Death from exposure was the ver-
dict of the Coroner. The body was
taken to Camden, N. j., for inter-
ment. Mr. Millman is well known
in this section, having been reared
near Ellendale.
1 Regular services will be held at
the M. P. Church ON Christmas Day.
Sunday. The evening service will
be taken up with a Candle Light"
service by the young peoples society
of the church.
Kiddies, don't forget to come to
the Christmas treat by the Milton
fremen on Saturday evening. There
will be something for each one of
you. Be there by Z o'clock, to greet
Santa.
A Candle Light" service will be
held at Milton M. p. Church on Sun
day evening by the Young Peoples
G. e. Union. All are cordially in
rited to attend this very interesting
service.
1, Rev. o. w. Prince spent part of
this week in Baltimore.
Snow that began to fall in this
vicinity early Saturday morning
and continued until late that even
ing completed tied up traffic for
two. days. On Monday the State !
Highway force brought out snow
plow and succeeded in clearing the |
roads in Broadl1iln hundred so that |
travel was made possible but dam
gerous. Numerous cars were stuck |
in the bitches and cutters beside |
the roadway when they skidded on |
the frozen snow. III Milton the hills |
on Union and Federal streets were
extremely dangerous, even when |
cars were equipped with chains. |
BY night on Monday most of the ,
roads were, passable, under the in
fluence of the warmer weather and
efforts of the road force and on
Tuesday travel was fairly good. ]
About eight inches of snow fell in
this section and was crusted with /
ice when the snow was followed by |
light rain. Cement roads were
covered with ice for a depth of two !
or three inches soon after the snow |
ploWs passed over them and made
travel more dangerous than if the
snow had been allowed to remain.
Many farmers succeeded in reaching
town with horse drawn vehicles, in
Guiding few sleighs. Horseback
riding came into vogue when the
auto became useless as a means of
1t was the largest
snow fall in this section for many
years. Early Monday morning the
wind veered to the south and during
the day the snow and ice rapidly
melted in spots where the sun
could hit with its warmth. While
attempting to clear the streets in
Milton OH Monday about noon a
large truck of the highway force
caught fire from the strenuous work
1t was called on to do in pushing
the snow plow, and was consider
ably damaged, another truck was
finally secured and the work of
the roads was continued.
The Pilgrim Holiness Church of '
Milton on Wednesday evening, Dec
ember 14th held their annual busi-
ness meeting. A fter plans for the '
coming year were discussed the fol-
lowing officers were clected:-Sec- |
retary of the church, Mrs. Fannie
Vincent; treasurer, Harold Moore; S
Sunday School superintendent, Har- 1
ry WilliamS; assistant Superinten-
lent, Herbert J. Vincent. Five dea-
cons were elected, as follows
Samuel Reynolds, Arthur Donovan, G
Paul Vincent, John F. Hudson and
Roland Moore; the elders for the q
coming year will be-Mrs. Mollie '
Reynolds, Lester Jones, Joseph : t
wells, Albert Wilson and Luther
Parsons. Miss Elva Williams was
,lected pianist for the church and
Mrs. Irene Hudson assistant pianist.
st the close of the business the
Rev. IL. p. Adams was given an in
citation to return as pastor for an-
,ther year.
Miss Amanda Walls is settled in ! =
Ter new home and store on Federal
treet at Mill. Miss Walls for years Il
conducted a store a few doors south j
# her present location and having q
lurchased of George b. Atkins his /
esidencc moved her stock of goods d
0 that location.
. Mrs. Goldie Owens, teacher in S
he Milton Public School, fell on h
hC naVpmcut near her home on