Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1934-03-16
MILTON

meet in the school auditorium Of
, Monday evening, March 18th, a
; 7.30 o'clock. A very interesting
program has been arranged, the Op
ening Of which will be a "Commu
! nifty Sing" and special music unde
the direction of Miss Miller, teachei
OF music at the school. The pupils
Of the Fourth Grade, under the lead
ership Of Miss Sara Ferguson. viii
present a program that will be ell
tcrtaining. An address will he made
by Prof. Paul BurkhOlder, who viii
tell of his trip last summer to Eu
rope, and give instructive descrip'
tions of the people and customs Of
the various countries wished. A
feature of the program that is OF
especial interest to the pupils OF tho
first eight grades of the school is
the contest to he held to see which
grade has the most parents present
An award will be given by the p
T. a. to the grade that has the larg-
est number. The public is cordially
invited to be present OH this even
ing and enjoy the pleasing program.
On last Friday evening Lord Bal
timOre High aud Milton High boys
and girls basket ball teams played
interesting games. The girls from
Lord Baltimore defeated the Milton
I girls by ono point in hard fought
game, score 25-2i and the boys
from the Lord Baltimore school won
from the Milton boys by two points
score 2l-l9. These games were
hOtly contested and not until the
final whistle was the game decided.
/ After these games the Milton and
! FELTON, town teams met and Milton
won by the l0psidcd score of ~ to
%.
| Another snow storm visited this
! section on Saturday and Sunday.
snow beginning to fall about eight
o'clock Saturday morning and con-
timed until afternoon Sunday, COW
cring the ground to the depth of
eight inches. Business in Milton
was at a standstill on Saturday, and
on Sunday there was very little
travel. The highway workers got
busy with snow plows and by night
the concrete roads were passable
John T. Mildly. aged - years. died
suddenly at his home on Mulberry
street. this town, last Sunday after
noon. Mr., MILKY. after eating din
nor, lighted his pipe and sat down
10 enjoy a smoke. as was his Gus
tom. in a short time hc became i'll
and before q physician could he So
cured death came. He leaves an
aged wife and sister, Mrs. Hay
ward, Of Philadelphia, To mourn their
loss. After retiring from the farm
about twenty years ago he worked
at various labOring jobs until four
teen years ago he was made supervi-
SOr of streets and held that position
until his death. Funeral services
were held at his home on Wednes-
day afternoon and interment made
in Whites Chapel Cemetery. Ilav-
lug no children, Mr.. and Mrs. MILKY
adopted two hays Eugene Thurdun, I
now OF Philadelphia aud Owen la
Wis, ul Milton, and raised them Ia /.
manhood.
Mrs Mary Massey. Mrs. Elsie !
Lynch and George Clark. of dream
City. Md spent Monday with MIS-.
NdSSey'S sister. Mrs Lulu lhng, I
and family. near Milton.
MI. and Mrs. Ralph Carey are the :
proud parents of baby boy. Mis-. ,
Carey before her marriage was Miss
Helen EdeintOn.
Dickey Richardson. of Chester
own. Md, is visiting his grand par
'nts. Mr.. and Mrs. j. T. Martin
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Drifting
lam and son. Leon. spent the week
nd with relatives near Laurel
Helen Obrion, of Philadelphia.
vas the guest last week ol Mr. aGd
.lrs. Alfred Roach
Leon Massey, after spending
hrcc weeks with his aunt. Mrs.
.uln Long and family. near town.
cinrncd 10 his home in Ocean City.
ID, on Monday.
Mrs. Sallic RhoadcS is spending
ONE time in Florida. having lett :
mr. the Sunny South last week 10y
utnmobiir.
Mr.. aud Mr. Drlillr Banning. of
were guest, on sunday
( Mr. and Mrs. Charles l.. Jackson.
y st. Patrirk's Social" will be-
cid in the Social Hall on this Sat
relay evening by the Christian En-
cdv0r Society of Milton VI. T.
hurch y royal good time is prom
sod by the young people aud the
nhlic is urged TO be- present
The committee in charge of the
rpgram for EIstcd Sunday al Nil
IN NJ u. Church is hard AT work
raining the young people in th"i!
arlS' M unusual feature of the
rOGrdm Is that the younger schnl-
RS viii present their program in
nc morning, consisting of rccita-
0nS. singing, dialogues, etc. The
'ehlnG program will be Il pageant
resented by tho older scholars.
Mrs. Clayton Hastings. who has :
cen quite i'll at the home of her
inghtcr, Mrs. William Mitchell.
ear RchOboth. is much improved.
John IL. Mcgee. Of Milton. spent
'vcral days last week with his
granddaughter. Mrs. Leonard Nit
nell, at WcScOat's Corner. near
ewes.
MISS Mary Ilildcbrand has moved
10 The Atkins property at the cor
'r OF Broad and Union streets. I
IN Wednesday evening the adult
lucation class of local farmers met {
the agricultural room of our new
;hool and studied the analysis of
fertilizers. This class
Ieets each Wednesday evening at
'Ven-thirty All citizens of the COM
unity. interested in agricultural
laSes are invited to attend
Friday evening, the vocational az
culture boys will hold their March
Pa meeting at seventy-tbirtv in