Milford chronicle., 1938-08-19
MILTON
Homecoming

vices in the churches. Rev. C. c
Warrington, Of wilIiamstown, N. j.
delivered the sermon i'm the M. e
Church. and Rev. G.. s. Ross preach.
ed a special sermon at the NJ. p
Church. The affair was the best held
during the five years OF its existence
on Friday evening Zack Wells, OF
Wilmington. was the principal speak
er. Mayor Fred w. Pepper gave an
address Of welcome. Other speakers
were John B. Welch Of Camden, N. j..
and William w. Conwell of Norfolk,
Va. Music was furnished by the
Coast Artillery Band. the BroadkiIn
Ramblers, the Georgetown Revelers
and the Slaughter Neck String
Band. On Saturday evening. Rev.
Charles G. Warrington was the prin-
cipal speaker. Ermon Postles, Of
West Chester, Pa, made a splendid
address. Music by the Milford Band
and the BroadkiIn Ramblers.
One of the outstanding features Of
the homecoming was an address by
William W. Conwell, a former resi-
dent of Milton at the celebration held
opening night. He had been request
ed by the committee to say some
thing regarding the observations he
has made during his stay here and
he left no doubt in the minds of the
crowds who greeted him that he had
been observing closely After pay
ing fine tribute to the past genera
tion he spoke in highly compliment
tary terms of the Chamber Of Com
merce. the volunteer fire company
and the board OF education. He
praised all the good work performed
by the town authorities and pro-
ceeded to reeite other facts. He in
formed the audience that the busi-
ness section of Milton was the poor
est lighted Of any town on the penin-
sula. That the pOrches in front OF
the business houses gave the town !
look of antiquity that it did not
merit. That old dilapidated build
ings that could never serve any use
full purpose were allowed to stand as
a menace to other properties and an
eyesore to visitors. That a large /
number of auto drivers seemed to be
of the mind that the highways lead
ing out of the town we're built for
speedways and that cars running at
sixty miles an hour through the
main streets are not unusual and a
few other things which he termed
as ''fiies in the municipal ointment"
He further stated that the religious
life Of the community was at a very
low ebb despite the hard and earnest
efforts of preachers to revive inter-
est in the spiritual welfare of the
town, and expressed the devout hope
that the day may quickly come when
the six churches of the town will be
as relatively important to their
members on Sunday mornings as are
the local saloons to their patrons on
nights.
The applause that greeted his re-
marks was such as convinced most
If the assembly that Miltonians
concurred in all he had
Iaid.
one of the features of the affair
vas the flower show and community {
exhibit sponsored by the Women's
Jew Century Club.
Flower Show PKlzes,-r -
Prizes were awarded to the follow
ng for flower arrangement: Mrs.
Joseph Black, Mrs. Laura Calhoun,
drs. Ida Deck. Mrs. Eliza Dutton,
v. d. Guy, Marcia Winn, Mrs. X.
}. Hopkins. Mrs. Noah Warren, Mrs. Il
larry Smith, William Conrad, Will
lam Pritchett, Peggy Gray, Peggy v
mith, Sarah Wagamon, Charles
,orn. Eva X. Smith. Mrs. William 3
iced. Mrs. Alfred Edginton, Mrs. y
tewart Steen, lolita Belts, Mary :
Mrs. John Warren, Mrs.
scar Dickerson, Mrs. Cordelia U
adke. Winifred Hopkins, Mrs. W.
Welch. Mrs. c. M. Wiltbank. T
arah Atkins, Mrs. Charles Stuch- "
ok, Helen's Greenhouse, and Mary II
ing.
The Judges were: Mrs. Blaine At c
ms, Millsboro; Mrs. Charles Beh- N
nger, Linden, N. j., and Mrs. 5. r
Campbell. Milton. W
Visitors gave much attention to
Ie special exhibits by Mrs. Charles VI
.uchIick, Sr., Helen's Greenhouse, L,
nth Warren and Elmer Dickerson. M
he latter was a vegetable display H
hich included corn stalks 13 1-2 IT. M
gh. Also on display were: Mexican j..
eakfast table arranged by Mrs. M
arcia Winn; shore luncheon, Mrs. Cl
dora Reed and Mrs. Oscar Dicker- Nj
N. Paintings in oil were shown by de
:. Robert B. Hopkins, Mrs. Harry OF
,binson, and Mrs. A. T. Redheffer; Sn
tier colors, David button and Da- w
1 Chandler; handmade quilts and
gs were by Mrs. Eliza Dutton, Mrs. an
,ah Warren and Mrs. Riley In ph
am. OF
Commercial Division en-
The commercial exhibits were by we
SIS Eva Smith, Mrs. C. M. Wiltbank, B.
orge NAPLES. Davis Lingo. and the
Estate Stores. Handicraft were dal
Dwn by the Future Farmers of the
lerica, the industrial art class, and jof
first grade students, Mrs. ID. Shi- OF
hood, teacher. vol
rhe committee announced the fol- ant
wing prizes were awarded for the mil
-ade Friday: Floats. first, Milton
E. Church, depicting a sequence Mis-
the life of John Wesley; second, we
ton w. C. T. U.; third, Chamber \
Commerce. spe
lest decorated auto, Mrs. Clifford La
lnson; best decorated bicycles, \
iise Hurley, Pearl Belts. William ing
ID and Sarah Wagamon; ponies, del
ward Barker. Jr., and John Hud- n
/. Comedy prizes went to little Lev
ma and William Reed as "Jiggs bor
Maggie" Mrs. Fred S. Johnson n
friend as the "Sunbonnet Sues" Dee
Georgetown Reyelers and the ing
adkiln Revelers. Hal
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