Milford chronicle., 1940-05-31
MILToN
Industrial Project
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( The Milton Chamber Of Commerc
: has announced the purchase Of
tract OF land containing is acres OF
! the south side OF the Broadkill Rive
: adjoining the corporate limits Of thu
town. Tie property, known as th'
BlackE Landing Farm" has
. frontage Of about two thousand fee
, on the river. and Is available foi
! sites for industrial projects that con.
! template establishment In Milton.
!, Increasing Size of
{ Hosiery NH
} Owing 10 Increased demands fol
! their products the Dosier Hosiery
Mil ii South Milton has found Il
necessary 10 enlarge their plant
Materials are being delivered for the
new addition and work VIII start i'm
medlaseiy.
AIRmal Association
EiiapeF Dance Held
The eleventh annual reunion and
dinner dsnee Of the Alumni Associa-
tion Of Milton was held on We'd
nesday evening in the school audi
forium. II was a very enjoyable az
fair and was well attended
carpeaiers In Demana
With every available mechanic en-
pioyed the local contractors are Sc
curing additional help from neigh
boring towns 20 enable them TO pro
vide for the many building activities
in progress in this section.
Anather nattan shap
With six button cutting plants
already located In Milton a large
force Of wprkmen started on the con
atrucli0n Of a new plant on Monday
morning. The building Is located on
East Front street extended. on the
property recent acquired for indus
trial siles.
Increasing BrRoder PlaRt
The Henlopen Game Farm Is max
ing extensive additions and improve
ments. including the erection Of IL
brOodsr houses to their reservation.
five miles east Of Milton.
Here and There
Among the graduates at the Beebe
Hospital School Of Nursing at Lewes
on Friday, May "a, was Miss Marian
Wells, daughter OF MIR. and Mrs.
Harvey Wells. OF Milton. Miss Wells
was claag historian. Many MiltpnianB
attended the commencement exer-
cises.
Mrs. Cleye Clifton celebrated her
ilftieth birthday anniversary on May
%. She entertained the following
guests: Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Jetfer-
son, AR. and RIrs. Clarence johnson
and children. Mr.. aud Mrs. Otis
Clifton and children and Chester
Marvel Ice cream and cake were
served.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester E. ClendanieI
and children spent Sunday with
friends in Wilmington.
Mr.. ana Mrs. Clarence Dickerson /
and daughters, Mrs. Harold Bene- I
dict and Miss Helen Dickerson, have
returned home after spending some
time with relatives in Virginia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey D. Wilson Of
near Dover, were dinner guests of /
Mrs. David Dutton on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Scott and son of
CarneY's Point, N. j.. visited Mrs.
Lulu Long over the weekend
Mf and Mrs. Theodore ". Mes
sick of Camden. N. j.. spent the week
end with Mr.. and Mrs. W. A. John
son.
MIR. ana Mrs. Nelson Rogers and
daughters visited Mr. and Mrs. John
at Lewes, on Sunday
Mr.. ard Mrs. Warren Coffin and
son, Homer. of Wilmington, spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Herschel
Dodd ard mother.
Grace Church Services
Services at Grace Methodist
Church on Sunday will be as fol-
lows: Sunday school at 10 a. m.
Morning worship at II o'clock. Ser
mon by the pastor. Rev. G. S. Ross.
Young Peoples meeting at 7:15 D. m.
Evening worship at 7i30 o'clock.
Sermon by the pastor. The public is
invited to all these services.
Sermon
Rev. Day. of st. John s p E. Church
will deliver the baccalaufeate SER
non 70 the graduating class Of Mil
on High School in the school audi
orium on Sunday morning at $3.50
iclock.
Building Home
Mrs. Laura Robinson White is
lafAuS cttAAcu DH a tut uNIuAhtuE tAAC
Iome OF Clyde Belts. on Union
treet. dwelling, to which she will
move - soon as completed.
'chOOl News
The Milton High School commen-
ement exercises Of the class of 1910
'ill be held Thursday evening. June
at clock in the school audi
Drium. The program is as follows:
school orchestra; invo-
alton, Rev Gilbert s. Ross: salu-
ltory, Elwood Tucker; vocal solo,
ichard Wagamon; oration. Kather-
le Adkins; transfer. Of seniority, Joe
lack 20 Rae Russell; trumpet duet.
ichard Wagamon and Joe Black:
for graduation, A. J,
olin: conference Of graduation, w.
/. Welch; Valedictory, Betty Ste
snsOn; class song, benediction. Rev.
B. Vaughn; recessional. rchool or
lestra.
Members of the graduating class
re: Katherine Adkins. Joseph Black,
ladys BurtOn, Mary Galloway. JOS
III Galloway, Paul Edginton, Grace
itchens, Richard Hudson. Dorothy
aacs. Anna Jefferson. Holland
,hn5On, Albert Lank, James Nell
i'm. Lydia Messick. Josephine Nit
lell, Marie NoyOtny. Sarah Reed.
-ice Snyder. Betty Stevenson.
ltherine Stevenson. Marie Thomas.
wood Tucker, Richard Wagamon.
iris Walls, Virginia West. Marie
0rknan, and two post-graduates,
lrbara Bennett and Jeanne Marvel