Milford chronicle., 1933-03-31

Mrs. George Reed and daughter,
Miss Alena Reed, of Philadelphia,
has returned home after spending
several days with Mr.. and Mrs. W..
A. Johnson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Campbell en-
! tertained over the weekend Mrs
Lee Campbell and daughters, Leona
and Fannie, of Marcus Hook, Pa.
Milton New Century Club enjoyed
very interesting program on We'd
nesday afternoon, under the leader
ship of Mrs. William b. Wagamon,
on the topic American Home" Al
ter the members sang America,
/ Mrs. WagamOn gave Il short history
of the types of homes in America
from the care of primative man to
the present day dwelling. Mrs
Emma Reed described the three ty-
pes in America today, the good. bad
and bewildered. She stated the
good homes are better than i'll the
past and the bad ones are more of
Il menace than ever, probably be-
cause the conditions of social life
today give a good home more OPP
pOrtunity for wholesome service.
whereas the failure OF the bad home
is intensified. Modern life puts Il
heavier task upon the family and as
a consequence it reaches Il success
unattainable in the past, or because
of the many resources of our pre- |
sent social system the bad home is |
more perverted than ever before. |
The new type of home with its char |
acteristic family makes the bewild- !
cred home We are told that we |
are suffering from an overabundance |
of products. 1t seems to be an over
abundance of thinking Mrs. Waga-
mon gave a short account of the
Meaning of Home to Daniel Web
ster". the foundations of the Home
Love. and included poems,
"Onr Own" Remember Dad" and
an original poem. The First Amer
lean Home. Mrs. Harry Edgint0n
sang Home Sweet Home" accom-
panied by Mrs. Ralph Snowberger at
the piano. Miss Edith Calhoun gave
MY Opportunity" A short talk by
Mrs. Robert n. Hopkins on "The
Things That Count" Mrs. Carlton
Draper sang "The Little Gray Home
IN the West. accompanied by Mrs.
Under the direction of Mrs. Mar
'ia Winn, home economic teacher in
he Milton Public Schools, the 9th
md 10th grade girls have completed
fery creditahle articles of clothing ,
IS a part of the Delaware Skill
Nineteen girls of the
9th grade have each made a dress
.Ost of ~ cents including the cost
# the commercial patterns. Nine /
cen of the 9th grade pupils made
lips and bloomers at an average {
ost of 80 cents, including all mater /
ais and cost of patterns. These /
-arments will be on exhibition at
he annual guest day at Delaware Q
,olony, after which they will he II
resented to the children of the Col d
my Some of the school pupils are
ilanning to attend the exercises on :
hat date. Il
Il has been the custom for several d
ears for the banks OF Milton 10 re- f
aain open on saturdays until 500 d
'clock p. NJ. After next Saturday .
he hanks will close for business at Il
90 p. nj. on Saturdays. /
Earl Reed is quite i'll at his home I,
II Broad street.
An improved surfaced with gravel, ~
J being made from the Reuben Saw M
ge farm near Georgetown TO Mil N
on, (lInown as the Sand Hill road.
his road has long needed improve q.
lent, il being at times in winter al Il,
lOst impossible because of deep NJ
lud. At the Willard Donovan farm
ear Milton the road will fork, one IA
)rk going to the stone road near nj
le new school and the other coming /
Ito Milton at Broad street, over N
le Lavinia Campground road. r.