Milford chronicle., 1939-05-12
MILTON


purpose will be presented at the mex
meeting. In that two-thirds of the
members of council are among the
signers there is no doubt that prompt
and favorable action will be taken
The space which will provide parking
for one hundred and fifty cars, is To-
Gated in the center of the business
district and less than one minute OF
the new theatre.
Widening Union Street
The first step toward widening the
streets in the downtown section will
be made this week when the pave
ments in front of the firehOuse and
the theatre building will be. reduced
two feet in width and placed at street
grade. Completion of the entire prof.
ect will result in the removal of the
sheds in front of the business houses
and the poles of the telephone and
electric lighting companies and serve
largely to reduce the congestion of
traffic in the section.
Asking Survey Of River
The Chamber of Commerce has pc
iitiOned the United States Army En-
Fineers to make q complete survey of
the BrOadkill river this summer to
determine the approximate cost of
ten-fOOt channel from Milton to the
sea with wing ietties from the mouth
of The river to the twelve-fOot curve
in the Delaware Bay. A statement of
The volume and tonnage that will be
handled when proper navigation is
afforded is being prepared and 1t will
lie such as will warrant the eXpendi-
tuTe necessary.
The wet weather has retarded the
growing pea crop in this section of ,
Sussex county and the pack is ex /
pected to be somewhat short. The |
packers are expecting that better
prices will prevail as the acreage has
heen curtailed and the carry-Over of
the 1898 crop has been reduced to
forty per cent. The acreage planted
n tomatoes in this section will he
ab0nt equal to that of 1888
Carnival Date Set
President Charles s. Barker of the
Milton Volunteer Fire Company has
announced that the firemen's carnival
will be held August 25th thru Sep
tember 3. The committee is now
hooking attractions for the event
which promises To he the most elah-
in Milton.
Garment Factory ReOpenS
The lessees of the Edmnnds gar
ment factory in Milton reOpened their
plant on Tuesday, giving employment
to fifty operators. Other machines (
will he added to provide for addition ;
al help as fast as il can be Sc
cured.
New Theatre To GpPn
Decoration Day
Work on the new theatre "AliltOn"
has advanced 10 such a stage that the
mana agement is assured that il will BE-
completed and ready for opening on I
Decoration Day. Two shifts of work
men are employed and the interior
decorators will start this week. The !
marquee has been completed and IL
lighted nightly.
Despite the low prices being real ,
i7ed for poultry AZ this time. Irving
Burton, a prosperous farmer OF this
locality has just marketed crop of
twenty thousand brOilers which net
ted him profit of S26S9 Al at fifteen
weeks old. n
Surprise Party
A surprise birthday party was given {,
Mrs. Earl Reed on Saturday evening. a
Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Il
James H. Donovan and Mr.. and Mrs. A
Clarence Spicer Of Ellendale. MIR. and |;
hIrs. Ge0rre ElliuesWOrth. hlr aud
Mrs Harold Moore and willard Short g
NJ Milton and Master Thomas Lin .
dale of Milford. "A
Filed
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Company, William b. MagamOn and j.
Henry &. WagamOn, trading as the Il.
Diamond State Roller Mills. and
Clyde Belts have brought an inyolnn- t.
Iary bankruptcy petition in U. $. Dis 81
Irict Court against the Milton Cream di
ary Corporation, manufacturers OF To
aheese. Their claims against the pl
,Ieamcry amounts To $l.052.16 III
Mothers Day Services So
Special Mothers Lay gerViceS will III
le held in the churches of the town H.,
IN Sunday. Al Goshen Methodist
'hui ch a program is being prepared Sc
Of The evening Bouquets of flowers W
sill be awarded the oldest mother en-
nd the youngest mother present at Cl
he morning service. A bouquet will NJ,
,e presented To the mother present m,
With the largest number Of children CIR
I the Sunday School service.
Al The NJ. p. Church, special ser sp
ices will be held al the morning and me
vening sessions A pOtted plant will tn,
'e given the oldest mother with the
argest family present at the morning WI
Aryice. A plant will also be given at o.
he evening service. AT the Sunday ma
chOOl session an Every member
will be observed An effort MS
. being made to have every mem Mi
er of the Sunday School present. So Ma
you are a member of the school
Iake a special effort to be present. We
he public is cordially invited To be TIL
resent at all these services. S:G
ere and There VIII
William W. Smithers. Esq, and TIL,
ife, of Philadelphia, were the guests O'cl
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Russell over Do
le weekend. T
H. D. Roberts of the U. s Navy, and
1t last week 10 resume his duties 7
board the U. S. S. Philadelphia after al
'ending the past ten days with Mrs v
Oberts in Milton. han
Mrs. Emma Summers of Philadel- tina
lia, is spending some time with her ktal
other. Mrs. Mary Belts, on Union Y
rect. out
Miss Mary wilkins of Milton. was wht
nOng the graduating class of nurses nov
the Homeopathic Hospital. Will G