Milford chronicle., 1932-08-19
MILTON NEWS FOR A WEEK

The Milton Fire Department, ac
companied by the Girls Band, at.
tended the fireman's carnival al
EastOn, Md, on Wednesday evening
The firemen are building the booths
for the carnival to be held August
25 to September g. The firemen are
planning to make this the best car
nival ever and are adding several
more booths than last year. Prizes
will be awarded every night and on
the last night, September Bird, new
Chevrolet coach will be given to the
holder of the lucky number A pa
rade of organizations and business
concerns will be held on Monday,
August 29th, at p. m, and on
Thursday, September 1st, fire COM
panies and bands from various towns
in Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia,
will parade at p. m. Prizes of the
following amounts will be given on
Monday night, August 29th, by the
fire company for the following points
in the organization night parade:
The companies with most men in line
and the best band, SIS each; for the
best decorated float, the best deco
rated automobile, company coming
the longest distance with ten men
or more in line, for the best appear
ance, $40 each; for the best comedy,
SIS; for the best decorated pony and
best bicycle, 50 each. Among those
who will take part in this parade
will be the Milton w. C. It. u; Ellen
dale and Milton Red Men; l. o. o. F.,
Jr. o. U. A. NJ, American Legion,
Milton Building and Loan Associa-
tion, Lippincott Button Shop, Boy
Scouts, Rebekah Lodge, Collins
Hatchery, New Century Club Lii
brary, the banks and the Girls Band.
Residents are requested to deco
rate their homes and business
places, and during the parade hours
the firemen would appreciate the
residents and business places along
the line of march having front lights
on in their buildings.
Prizes to be given for various
points on Thursday, September 1st,
Firemen's Night, are as follows:
Company coming the longest dis
tance with at least ten men present,
SIS; company with most uniformed
men in line, SIS; best appearance,
SIS; best band, SIS.
Delegates who Will attend the |
Delaware State Firemen's COnVen- |
tion, to be held ON September 7th |
and 8th in Wilmington, from Milton |
and Charles Barker and Clarence |
Reed; alternate delegates are John |
Leverage and Layton Richards.
The trustees of Milton M. p. |
Church held a festival on the band /
lot on Saturday evening. The pro-
ceeds are for the installation of !
new heating system at the parson-
age. These affairs will be held every |
Saturday under the various organi- !
cations of the church. On the COM
ing Saturday the Junior Christian
Endeavor Society will hold a bake,
at which cakes, pies, chickens, can
dy, fruit punch will be for sale.
Alvin Otwell, an employee of the
was stung by spider while
at work on the right of way and his
condition became 50 serious in
short time that he was taken to Bee /
be Hospital, Lewes, where medical
was 6lfCi AAC was GDAC W
return home but is yet suffering
from the effects of the poison.
j. C. Light, member of the unit in
this section sent out by the Federal
Department of Agriculture to study
and report the extent of the ravages
of the European corn borer, state
that no indication of this insect is
prevalent in the Broadkiln section.
Mrs. William d. Quig, of Media, is
spending several weeks at her sum-
mer home ON Broad street. She had
as her guests this week her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Lester Clendaniel, and
of Lincoln.
The employees of the w. E. Graves
Garment Factory spent Friday at
on the Indian River They
a chicken potpie dinner,
with the usual trimmings, and how
those girls did eat. Milton Graves,
who engineered the affair, had the
time his young life trying to eat
some OF al 1.-The good things prepared '
and he did it too. II