Milford chronicle., 1940-06-28
MILTON
Home Coming
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Home COming
Committee Organized
The Milton Home Coming Com
mittee met on Wednesday evening
and organized as follows: Joseph M
Lank, chairman; Charles S. Barker
secretary and advertising solicitor
Mayor Fred W. Pepper, Charles B.
Porter, William B.. Wagamon and
Dr. Robert B. Hopkins, managers.
The annual home coming will be
held on August 9, 10 and II. Nightly
programs will be held at the old
school house on Chestnut street. AL
ready the committee Is lining up
various events and special speakers
for the occasion. The attendance Is
increasing each year and this year
a larger crowd of former Miltonians
and visitors is expected. There will
be instrumental music, community
singing, stunts, quartet and solo
singing, aside from the speech max
ing. Reserve these dates for a visit
to Milton.
Bass Season Open
The bass fishing season opened on
Tuesday and the lakes around Mil
ton were literally alive with fisher
men. Some large ones were hooked
and no one come home empty hand
ed. The three lakes to the west of
Milton-WagamOn, Lavina and Saw
mill-pToduced many fine catches. |
These lakes were recently stocked /
with these game fish and have been |
carefully protected from the pot |
FISHERMEN during the winter and |
early spring months
Early Potatoes
Very Promising
The early potato crop in Broad
kiln Hundred is the most prosper
GUS one, at this time, for years.
Should a rain come within the next
few days the crop will be above
normal in yield, but this rain must
come in few days or the crop will
be greatly lessened
Special Sermon
Sunday at Grace
Rev. Gilbert S. Ross, pastor Of
Grace Methodist Church, will le-
liver a sermon on Sunday morning
in cOmmemOration of independence
Day. Special music and singing will
be rendered. The public is urged to {
be present at the morning worship
hour, II o'clock. {
Here and There {
Mrs. Charles Wilson, of Philadel- '
phia, spent several days with her !
brother, George EllingswOrth and 8
family, near town. She was the |
guest of her niece, Mrs. Annie {
Crouch, at dinner on Monday.
The Misses Wanda, Emily and \
Martha Clendaniel are spending the \
week with their aunt, Mrs. Zelda
Wolfe, near Philadelphia. d
Mrs. Nancy Jones spent several '
days this week with her son, Robert \
Jones, in Prime Hook Neck.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Spencer
and son Dyson, and Mr.. and Mrs. G
W. W. Crouch and daughter, Miss +
Mary Betty, were RehOboth Beach
visitors on Sunday afternoon. '
Miss Dorothy Reed has returned
from visit with Philadelphia rela-
tives
Misses Ruth and Ethel Wilson, of
Boone, N. c., are the guests of Miss (
Mary Black.
s, Mr., and Mrs. Davis Hazard, of
Wilmington, were the guests over
the weekend with Mr.. and Mrs J.
o. Hazard and Mr.. and Mrs. Rob
ert B. Black.
Mr.. and Mrs. William r. Wilkins q
and Mrs. Elizabeth Potter were din
ner guests at the home of Mr.. and s
Mrs. Philip Reed on Thursday.
John Pettyjohn and daughter Dor J
Othy Of Sand HILL spent Sunday with q
Mr.. and Mrs. Marvin Wiley.
Master Radke, of Norfolk, Va, .
was the dinner guest of Miss Sue II
Graves on Saturday evening.
Miss Elmira Reed spent the week.
End with Miss Viretta Wilson, at
Sand Hill y
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Kimble, of Will M
ningtOn, spent the weekend with
Ter parents, Captain and Mrs Ru- Il
us Reed. 10
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Warren. of Mil aa
ord. spent Sunday with Mr.. and
drs. Milton Graves. lai
Mr.. and Mrs. George Wilson, of en-
Dover, MI and Mrs. Woodrow Will
on and daughter, Mrs Minos Will sp
on, of Cokesbury, Donald LoAand an
nd Miss Dorothy LOfland, of Green We
wood, spent Sunday with Mrs Eliza =
button. SIC
Miss Doris Kincade is visiting rel Ell,
tiVes in Washington, d. c. i
Miss Edith Wilson, of Philadel- e9
'hia, spent the weekend with her IN
mother, Mrs. Charlotte Wilson. =
Mrs. Rilla Evans and brother,
Harry Lekites. of Philadelphia, spent inv
he weekend with relatives here. ing
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Stout and wa
on, Franklin, were Rehoboth Wis
tors on Sunday. mo
ierVieeS at Grace Church !
Services at Grace Methodist ins
'hurch next Sunday will be as fol- wo
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