Milford chronicle., 1939-05-05
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now am doing il again. for
here l am at Golden Beach with
the George Drapers. between the
Inland Waterway and the Ocean.
a lovely spot. Last year the
train brought me-this year |
came by automobile with Mr..
Townsend and. Mrs. Elmer Will
liams. The ride down was in
teresting in many ways. | had
never seen tobacco growing be-
fore. although | had seen it i'm
the mature stage in the COnnec-
ticut Valley. We were contin-
ually amused seeing folks sit
ting with great lapfuls Of pea
nuts-and were shelling them in
preparation for planting. which
is done very soon. We will never
forget the miles and miles of pine
forests through which we came,
and will always associate lumber
yards with North Carolina
where all of the counties are be-
tween 20 to 80 per cent forests.
All of the winter crowd is gone.
and Miami has settled down for
rest after one of the busiest
seasons. The natives probably
enjoy being left alone for while,
although the modern trend is
toward busy life. where every
one and everything moves.
Many shops and hotels are
boarded up. We had a trip by
boat down to Miami yesterday
along the lovely Pine Tree drive.
and saw many palatial homes
closed until next season. Some
of the signs we read coming
down said "Stay Through May"
because il is supposed to be a
very good month here. but
great many have gone north or
elsewhere. J.. is the weather that
makes folhs come to the south.
and in my opinion there was no
cause for the hurry nOrthward.
for it is still delightful. The
days are warm, but the nights
are cool enough for blanket to
be necessary.
Golden Beach is growing by
leaps and bounds. Last year
there were only a few homes.
This year there are several
more, and they get to be home
almost overnight. OF course that
is exaggerating a bit--but they
are so quickly completed-house.
lights, telephone. grass, SHRUBS,
flowers and trees. A house next
door to the Drapers will have a
beautiful lawn-with all of the
palm trees and planting com
pleted at the same time that the
house is ready for occupancy.
They work late at night and
Sunday to complete the job.
We visited an orange grove
the second day we were here. and
had a grand time looking at aud
eating oranges. They have de-
veloped a summer orange, which
will soon be ready for picking.
So the orange season is now on
all year season. They are GER
tainIy better when you can pick
your own. think it is just by
accident that we have sweet
fruit, because they are picked
early and not allowed to come to
maturity. The fruit here Is all
sweet and juicy. We have tried
some new varieties of fruit since
we have been here. but these
crossed species have to have
taste for them cultivated before
they are entirely enjoyed. 1t Is
nice, however. to try all Of them.
The Draper boys are all well.
The youngest. Frank, has grown
and is walking all over the place.
Dicky is a big boy. We only see
Steve in the evening. because he
goes to school before we are up
and does not come home for
lunch. SO we do our visiting with
him at dinner time-for lessons
claim him after that. They now
pIap to be back in Delaware next
month.
News from home tells OF the
cold. rainy weather you are now
having. am glad | am missing
some of it. for we have had an
unusual amount this winter and
snripe I should like TO look In
on my girls each evening-if
could be here in the morning to
20 on with my visit. But with
all of the modern inventions
there are a few things that are