Milford chronicle., 1933-09-01

this week been hauled further bacl
on the sand drunes. The S. j. Will
son cottage is yet on its foundation
but stands about four feet above
the sands. Dr. William Hearn'S
cottage was undermined and is be-
ing moved back from the bay some
distance this week. A cottage owned
b a Mr. Germaine was flooded with
water to depth of several feet and
filed with sand several inches deep
The porches were demolished and
a rear section parted from the main
building. 1t is the most seriously
damaged building on the beach. 1t
is not known whether the owner
will attempt to repair or tear down
the cottage. The twin cottage of
w. Fl. Stephens and r. Davis Lingo
was damaged considerably. The
terrific waves washed the high sand
banks away about 20 feet in some
sections but the cottages north of
the Stephens-Lingo cottage escaped
serious damage. The road over the
marsh was inundated but at this
time the waters have receeded and
traffic to and from the beach is now
safe.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. C. Crouch and
daughters, Catherine. Florence and
Margaret, who have been spending
two weeks with Mr.. and Mrs. w. w.
Crouch, returned to their home in
Philadelphia on Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur COnwell and
Miss Edith Wilson, of Philadelphia,
Co anA SUNDAY with
Mrs. Charlotte Wilson.
The civic parade on Monday eve
ming drew quite a crowd to Milton
fremen's carnival.
Mrs. Victor Spencer and daugh-
ter, Lila Jane, are spending two
weeks with her aunt, Mrs. Leslie
Booz, at Penn's Grove, N. ].
Mr.. and Mrs. Ebay Walls enter
tanned on Sunday evening Mr.. and
Mrs. Luther Shockley, of near
town, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Neibert and children, of Glendale.
1t was also the 10th birthday of
their daughter, Miss Sara Walls. |
The evening was delightfully."- spent. |
Refreshments were served at a late |
hour and all departed wishing Miss
Sarah many happy returns OF the
day.
Billy Spencer and sister, Norma,
have been spending several days
with Miss Ida and Miss Nora Walls,
near Rehoboth.
Milton school opens on Tuesday
morning, September 5th, occupying
the new school building erected dur
ing the past several months. This
building is modern in every depart
ment and occupies spacious grounds
on Millions main thoroughfare. The
faculty, headed b A. ]. Bolin, will
endeavor to produce much better re-
suits in the new building than was
possible under the old regime when
several buildings widely separated
were used to house the scholars.
Many thousands of dollars have been
spent in the erection and equipment
of the new building and the patrons
OF the school are anticipating much
under the new conditions. The
State Board of Education (also the
local board) asks parents to send
their children to school on THE
opening day and have them attend
regularly, in order to get all that
IS possible from the school and end
the year successfully. SpasmOdic
is not only bad for the
pupil but a handicap to the instruc-
tors. Milton must get results from
This plant and it is up to the par
snts to fully cooperate with the
teachers and school authorities by
sending their children regularly.
The open season for hunting
squirrels and doves begins on Sep
tember 18th this year, instead of on
1st, as in previous years,
Chief Game Warden C. S. Foster, of
Dover, announced on Monday. The .
season s6r hunting gray squirrels
will close on November 1st and the
dali bag limit is six.
The tomato, late potato and late
corn crops in this section were
badly damaged by the northeast
storm of last week. The early
planted corn crop had about ma
tured and sustained but little in
Jury. but the fodder was blown into
shreds and rough forage will be at a
premium on all farms this winter.
Many silos will be empty by rea-
son of the running of the late plant
ed corn. Late apple trees were
stripped of most of their fruit, the
ground in the commercial orchards
being literally covered with green
fruit. Lima beans (pole variety
were whipped by the winds and pods
and blossoms blown away and it is
not likely that the housewives will
have upon their tables this delici-
Gus vegetable again this summer.
Factory beans were damaged but
little, only causing delay in cutting
the early sown crop. While many
blossoms were blown from later
paintings it is believed they will
produce a fair yield. Tomato
plants were whipped clean of foil
age, exposing the fruit to the hot
rays of the sun, thus ripening the
matured ones at once and causing
the smaller fruit to blister or rot.
The roads about Milton withstood
The storm wonderfully and the many
lakes and mill ponds about the
town, while considerably raised,
held within their banks and not a
bridge or culvert was washed out.
Traffic over Drawbridge, between
Milford and Rehoboth was impos-
,ible for two or three days because
Of the Broadkiln River at this point
and covering the cross
way to a depth OF about five feet.
In Milton property damage was slight
except to shade trees. Several of
lhese were either uprooted or brok-