Milford chronicle., 1938-06-10
MILTON
Fire Destroys Barn

Gated within a short distance of the
Draper canning factory. Alvin Biede-
man, caretaker of the cattle, dis
covered the blaze in the loft and
hurried to give the alarm. In the
meantime Mrs. Biedeman and Clar-
enee Reed succeeded in getting the
score or more cattle out TO a place
of safety before the arrival of the
fire company. They succeeded in
confining the blaze to the barn. Sew
eral tons of hay were destroyed. 1t
is thought the fire was caused by
spontaneous combustion from the
hay.
ChiIdren's Day
Children's Day services were held
in Milton M. P. Church on Sunday
evening before a large eOngrega-
ton. The following program, in
charge of Miss Annie Madiarosy and
Miss May EllingswOrth, was pre-
sented: Recitations by Chatta Mae
Ellingsworth, Charlotte Reed, Sarah
Messiek, Norma Banning; dialogue,
by Harold Belts and Billie Banning;
recitations, by Helen Carpenter, |
Jean Chandler, Donald Clifton, Jean |
nette Messick, Gladys MadjarOsy; !
dialogue, by NeVa Crouch and Doris |
Kincaide; dialogue, by Ann Reed, !
Ruth Campbell, Ruth Ann Hopkins;
recitation, Frank C. Johnson and
Doris Chandler; dialogue, by Ber-
nice Johnson, Jeanette MarVil, Betty
Belts, Delema Banning and Elmira
Reed. The pageant AN Open Door"
was presented by Mary Betty
Crouch, Marguerite wilkins, Norma
Spencer, Grace Kitchens. Auretha
Hastings, Dorothy Postles, Catherine
Messick, Ray Dodd Richard Chesser
Ann and Almira Reed, Gladys Nadia
rosy, Auretha Walls, Jenet and Ge-
neva Rogers, Doris Reed. Gaylon
Ross was at the piano.
Home Coming
The homecoming committee Or
ganized on Friday evening as fol-
lows. Mayor F. W. Pepper, presi-
dent; Joseph NJ Lank, chairman; .
Charles S. Barker, secretary, and
Charles B. Porter, solicitor. The
committee announced the dates for
the home coming celebration would
be August IL, 13 and IA, and will be I
held on the old schoOl-hOuse grounds
as usual The committee on speak t
ers, j. NJ. Lank and Mayor Pepper; s
parade, W. Layton Reed and George
B. Atkins; lights, w. A. Johnson and
Owen Davis; general manager, Chas.
B. Porter. The "Broadkiln Revelers"
are expected to be present on FRI v
day evening, and the Coast Guard @
Band will lead the parade on Satur- s.
day evening. Speakers and prizes %
for various parade contestants will T
be announced later. II is expected q
that on Sunday the churches of the A
town will make their own programs, a
which will be announced. /,
Deaths \
Mrs. Annie e. Brittingham, wife OF
John Birmingham. aged 81 years.
died at Beebe Hospital, Lewes, on =
Tuesday, May 81, where she was re- Il
ceiving treatment for a fractured q
hip, sustained several days before.
Funeral services were held at her G
late home on June 3rd. Rev. G. S. I
Ross, pastor of Milton NJ. P. Church, t
officiating. Interment was made in I
Unidn Cemetery. Georgetown. Mrs. s
Brittingham's maiden name was
Macklin. She was twice married. Her '
first husband was the late Fred =
Lindale, and by this union there was :,
one son, William V. Macklin, a "
Georgetown restaurant owner. She II
is also survived by one brother. II
Horatio s. Macklin. a Georgetown q
merchant. Ill
John Huff Mcgee. an aged resident m
of Milton, died on Saturday at the ca
home of his granddaughter, Mrs. m
Edith Mumford Mitchell, near Dover.
Funeral services were held in Mil be
ion M. P. Church ON Sunday after Fl
noon by Rev. G. S. Ross, and inter-
nent made in Zoar Cemetery, near Of
Millsboro.
Exercises m
A class of nineteen was graduated -,
from Milton High School on Tuesday "a
evening, June T. with impressive ex- =,
Those i'm the class were: -l
Florence A. Barker, A. Nelson Ben ny
nett, Russell H. Bennett, Mary Black, NJ
Pearl n. Burton, Linden R. Britting- IN
nam, Alfred H. Carey, j. Carl Glen 10
ianiel, j. Kenneth Douglas, David CT
W. Dutton, Jr., j. Harold King, E. m;
Jessiefy Macklin, Harry B. Pretty
man, Jr., Gaylon S. Ross, Edgar L. mC
Rust, Lillian P. Sackett, Horace E. tn,
Short, Betty A. Smith, George Steele, a
Ir., and Rena Mae Tucker. no
On Sunday morning, Rev. j. B. u
Vaughn, pastor of Goshen Nj. E. to
delivered the baccalaureate
iermon to the graduates. 1t was a 81,
plendid discourse and much enjoyed " "
" the relatives and friends of the " !"
lass that filled the school auditor M M,ol
um. ne
The class, accompanied by Mr.. and me
lrs. Herman Brittingham, will leave da
N Sunday for a trip to Niagara Ne
'alls and other points of interest in Ha
yew York State. thr
chOOl News ant
A contest sponsored by the Cham del
er of Commerce for naming the /
axes in Milton, came to close with pri
be following names being decided we
pom: "Wagamon's", ''Lavinia Lake" too
nd Diamond Lake" Those who Do;
ron prizes of $10O for naming the ATn
ikes were Louise Benson, I'd grade; Ia Ia
ma Reed, Sd grade; Virginia Reed, us
th grade; William Reed Evelyn Vi
IeGee and Robert Stevenson, 7th tiol
rade.
Our school closed on Tuesday the
ith the commencement exercises in arr
le evening. II has been most ma
Ieasant semester and we are look era
Ig forward to the vacation days con
nd hope to come back full of pep c
nd determination to advance in our Fit