Milford chronicle., 1932-05-27
MILTON
May Day Pnrnde


Thursday afternoon with about forty
infants and more than a hundred
school children of the first and sec
ond grades in line. The parade
started at the school house and pass
ed through the principal streets OF
the town, passing in review before
the judges stand, located at Red
Bridge on Union street. The follow
ing prizes were awarded:
Prettiest baby: first prize, Aneta
Reed, dressed in a pink and blue
costume, with doll carriage; second
prize, Ellen Pratt, dressed in white
and blue, on tricycle..
Best features: first prize, Mues-
sen sisters, bunnies; second prize,
Frank Johnson, as fireman.
Prettiest costume: Teddy Ran
dali, as George Washington, first
prize; second prize. Chandler sisters.
butterflies.
Best decorated baby carriage:
first prize, Lester Atkins Radke, Jr.,
in a 50-year-Old carriage and cos
tune; second prize. Martha Clendan-
iel, in carriage decorated in pink
and white flowers with her sisters.
Wanda and Emily, holding stream
ers.
Comic feature: first prize, Clyde
Belts, dressed as farmer drawing
toy hay wagon; second prize, Little
Miss Snowberger, as an ice berg.
Special feature: William Larkin,
"Uncle Sans Best Son.
The parade was under the auspices
of the health department of the Del
aware public school commission.
Third Annual Dinner
On Monday evening, May Both, the
members of the Alumni Association
of Milton high school will hold their
third annual dinner at the Mansion
House, Milton, at p. M, Eastern
Standard Time. The principal speak
er of the evening will be Jay W.
Miller, director of courses, Goldey
College, Wilmington. This annual
dinner brings back to Milton many
old grads who have gone far and
wide to engage in business. The |
committee having the affair in charge !
consists of Miss Catherine Gray, Miss !
Elizabeth Lank and Mrs. Elizabeth |
Lingo, and they have prepared an |
excellent program and an appetiz !
ing menu for the occasion.
The following program was rem
dered at the last meeting of the year |
of the Milton Parent Teacher Asso-
citation, with the president, j. Clar-
ence Lank, presiding. A musical
program by the school orchestra, /
under the direction of Mr.. Heilman,
music teacher of the school; a violin
and piano duet was given by Misses
Margaret and Mary Black; vocal
solo was offered by Miss Sarah Oar
by, accompanied by Mrs. Heilman at
the piano; a reading was given by
Miss Edith Calhoun; a reading was
given by Mrs. Leroy Lynch; vio-
lin solo was offered by Prof He'll
man An address was given by Pres
ident j. C. Lank, in which he thank
ed Mr.. Heilman for the program and
commended him on the progress
made by the school orchestra. The
president announced the following
committees for the ensuing year:
Ways and Means: Mrs. JosephM
Lank, Mrs. Harold Palmer and Mrs.
Leroy Lynch.
Program: Mrs. L. c. Darby. Mrs.
Leon Black and Miss Esther Wheat
ley.
Membership: Mrs. Howard Bark
er, Mrs. Robert Black, Mrs. Charles
Barker
' Publicity: Miss Sarah Atkins.
After the business session reports [
were given of the Child Health Con-
ference and of the Parent Teacher 6
Association Convention, held in ]
Dover, by the delegate. Miss Esther
Wheatley. The next meeting will be
held on the third Monday evening in l
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Farming News c
The harvest of the scarlet clover I
hay crop is underway in the Broad I
kiln district this week. The crop is t
a good one, but not so large as an f
ticipated in April Up to the later
part of April clover had made a most b
growth but the unusual t.
cold weather of May stopped the n
growth of clover and as a result t
The crop was somewhat curtailed. t.
Asparagus growers here are COM p
planning that the cold nights of the il
past two weeks has greatly hindered u
The growth of that crop and con- Y
sequent loss of cash receipts. The Il
Iuality of the asparagus is up to Il
but the slow growth makes il
1aily cutting out of the question.
Early planted corn is coming up W
and the late crop is now being S
planted in this section. Early corn, p
)wing to cold weather during May n
badly and will require much a
'eplanting. Because of the small al
lcreage of canning vegetables con-
racted for the acreage to corn will al
,e greater than for many years ST
Wheat is heading out and the pros W
,ect for little above the average tc
rield is good at this time, although F,
he acreage sown to this grain last m
lutumn was not so large as in for bt
ner years the growers anticipating C,
,etter prices than received last year &C
nd expect cash received for the be
932 crop will be more than received pl
or the 1881 harvest.
Fields are being prepared for the ca
lanting of tomatoes within the next Sc
ew days. Many growers are taking bJ
hances on the market as local can as
ers contracted for very few acres. 10
he growers hope to sell to soup pa
anners in nearby cities, especially nj
amden, N. J., as many tons are TAX bl
n annually from Sussex county by er
1ese concerns, transportation be-
ig made by auto trucks. tn