Milford chronicle., 1937-03-05
MILTON

Friday morning, February 26th. {
the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Gilpin Massey, In Wilmington. Fl
neral services were held on Monda
afternoon and interment made
Wilmington and Brandywine Gene
terry. Mrs. Driscoll was the daugh
ter of the late William Short, of El
lendaie, and leaves one son, Clev
Reed, Of New Jersey, and one daugh
ter, Mrs. T. Gilpin Massey. of viii
mington. Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. John
son, Mrs. j. Carey Palmer, of Mil
ton, and John Short, of Ellendale
attended the funeral services.
Miss Mary l.. Mcgee, formerly o
Milton, died at her home in George
town, aged "A years. Miss Mcgee
was the daughter of the late NOaf
and Lydia Mcgee, of Milton, and fol
many years was teacher in the
public school of Milton. She later
moved to Lewes where she taught fol
several years in the schools of that
town. Retiring from teaching she
made her home at Georgetown where
she died. She leaves one brother
William M. Mcgee of Newport, Del.
Mrs. Sallie Millman and daughter
Sarah, Everett Elliott of Georgetown,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Millman
of Rehoboth Beach, spent Sunday
with Mrs. Ida Abbott.
Services at Milton M. P. Church
on Sunday will be as follows: Sun
day School at 10 a. M; morning wor-
ship at IL a. m, selection by the
Junior Choir, sermon by Rev. G. S.
Ross. Subject, "A Plea" Luke
23:42-43. Evening worship at 7.3O;
song service followed by sermon.
Subject "a Pilgrim. James 1928.
The public is cordially invited to
attend all these services.
"Penny-A-Meal" banks were open
ed by the trustees of the M. p.
Church on Sunday morning after the
Sunday School service. The amount
received, $500, will be applied to
the running expenses of the church.
Rev. L. A. SeAsmith, d. D.. presi-
dent of the Maryland Annual Con-
ference will be at the Milton nj. p.
Church on next Sunday morning and
deliver an address. Communion SER
vice will be held on the following
Sunday morning.
Midnight Music
How many dogs running at large
in Milton have been licensed? One
night this week there must have been
a couple of dozen dogs serenading
the residents of Broad street, all of
them do not belong on this street
but those that do were sure holding
their own in the bowling. A pecu-
liar thing is that the owners of these
dogs do not hear them. Rats!
Bologna! etc.!!!
Mr.. and Mrs. Emile Touring and
children, of Chester, Pa, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles O'Neal and children of
Wilmington, were guests of Mrs.
Mary Quig and Mrs. Viola DAILY on
Sunday.
Miss Jane Mathis, a teacher at
Caesar Rodney School at Wyoming,
and Miss Carrie Conner of Magnolia
spent the weekend with Mrs. Ida j.
Fox.
Mrs. Marcia Winn and son, Mrs.
Groves and Mrs. Long and daughter
Olive visited Philadelphia on Sat
urday.
Mr.. and Mrs Harry Edginton and
children spent Sunday with relatives
in Philadelphia on Sunday.
Mrs. William r. wilkins has re-
turned from a visit with her son,
Franklin wilkins and wife in Will
mington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Beckworth has
moved from Baxley, Ca, to the
property of r. Davis Lingo at the
corner of Tinley and Union streets.
The muskrat trapping season in
this section closes on Wednesday,
March 10th, at which time all traps
must be removed from the marshes.
The season this year has been an
open one and the weather conditions
have not prevented trappers from
working their lines many days. Thou
sands of rats have been captured,
together with several otter on the
Broadkiln and Prime Hook marshes.
The price of the pelts has been good
all season and trappers have made
money.
Woodrow Ellingsworth and Miss
Betty Morgan, of Rehoboth, and Miss
May Ellingsworth of Milton spent
Win NAAs hha AVA @NOAe
Scott, of near Georgetown.
Word was received here on FRI
day of the sudden illness of Rev.
Clarence True Wilson, formerly of
at his home near Gresham,
Oregon. lie was stricken by a
cerebral hemorrhage and his ply
sicians reported that paralysis had
set in on one side of his body, and
that his condition was very serious"
He has been in poor health for sew
eral months. DR.. Wilson, the son OF |
the late Rev. John A. B. Wilson, for !
26 years an enthusiastic battler !
against liquor as head of the Meth
odist board of prohibition. temper
ance and public morals. Later re-
ports are that his condition is slight
ly improved.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harmon Lewis and
children spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. Elias Bailey at fredericksburg,
Md. They were accompanied by his
mother, who has been spending
week in Milton.
Mrs. Blanche Johnson and son
are spending some time in
florida.
Mr.. Henry McAllister is spending
few weeks with friends at Laurel.
Mrs. Charles Stout is seriously ill
It her home on Broad street.
Mrs. Cleveland James spent few
lays with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
William G. Warren at Rehoboth, who
re both very ill with the grippe.
Mr.. and Mrs. Orvil Banning, of
spent Sunday with Mr..
nd Mrs. Charles L. Jackson.