Milford chronicle., 1941-09-12
MILTON
They Merit Your HeIp


which opened on Thursday evening
Of last week, will close on Satur-
day evening The firemen, who
serve the call of this section, both
town and rural. employ this means
to raise funds for new equipment
and maintenance and deserve the
loyal support of every Individual
within the Broadkill area. Large
crowds are attending and receipts
were fairly large on Saturday and
Monday evenings, but other nights
did not draw so we'll. There are
several rides and one that is at
tracing much attention is known
as THE Octopus new and diff
ferent ride in this section. The
firemen's parade on Monday night
drew the largest crowd of visitors.
Fire companies from all sections of
the. Delmarva Peninsula were in
line with several bands enliVening
the event. Tonight friday there
will be held the annual, '.Commun-
ity Parade" and it il expected to
bring into town several thousand
people from the eastern side of the
two counties-Sussex and Kent. A
visit to the carnival will serve the
double purpose of providing inter
esting entertainment and also aid
ing this most valued adjunct to- the
community Vell-being and safety.
Underwent Operation ,oi,a
Charles A. Conner twas taken
suddenly Ill at his home, on Sat
urday and rushed to the JBeebe Hos
.pital. Lewes, where, lhei Was oper-
ated upon for appendicitis His con-
dition is pleasing to his, family and
friends. ,gc lsgn+a :,
Entertained Friends ,ni,ia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Russell en-
tertained over the. weekend Mr..
and Mrs. Willoughby Black, of New
York City. avs hafs.
Give ,Em A Chance ,.,,,zi,s..
Now that the mayer and council
have completed large Part of the
program of improvements they
were elected to perform and at
cost which has proved to be much
less than for similar work being
done elsewhere, it is believed that,
if given another opportunity, the
citizens of Milton. would change
their votes, cast In the referen-
dunn held some months ago, and
support the further aims and pur-
poses of the town government.
1t is possible that the holding of
another election would result in a
favorable expression, investing the
towns officials with the authority
to complete their program and
bring Milton to level of its more
modern neighbors, stimulating bus
mess, attracting new trade and in
iiSstries.
in Default a.
The balance of the bonds, more
than fifty per cent Of the original
issue of 1915, payable in twenty
years, and used in payment for the
construction of the water works
system are, and have been in de-
fault for about six years. During
this period no. curtailment Of them
has been made nor, is any reduc-
ton likely to be made in the near
future. In the meantime, the town
is obliged to pay a rate of interest
VI dpplOA1iudpcAy LWASC dS huSA 40
is necessary, based on what muni-
cipal corporations. who have re-
funded their indebtedness are
paying on their obligations.
The present officials desire to
remedy this Wilful wasteful con-
dition. it being one that affords no
comfort or profit to any one, ex-
cent the bondholders.
This state Of affairs has been
created by the failure of previous
administrations to apply the earn
ings of the utility toward the liqui-
dation OF its cost but who used
them in the yearly operation of the
towns general expenses thereby
establishing the belief that their
actions were such that the tax
rate was kept down which the pub
lie has now found to be a COM
pletely false assumption. The pres
ent state of its financial status
casts a discrediting reflection on
Community whose credit is the
peer Of any town in the country.
The better element of the, citizens
sho6ld promptly rally to the sup
DOIl ch Inc CuutlCAAs tudDllu6 tucti
to correct q situation, created by
their predecessors and, to which,
they are no party, in any manner. |
Construction Notes
The new brick residence being |
erected on Federal street by AL
fred H. Lofand, is a distinct ad-
dition to that section of the town.
Ralph Stegner has, started the
building of a new home on the
Milton -Broadkill Road, just be-
yond the north limits of town.
William H. Jefferson is improv-
ing his property on North Union
street by side-walling it with as
bestos shingles. 'U"'
Frank Lawrence has purchased a
portion of the Joseph Moore farm
near NAPLES Mill and is erecting q
dwelling which heawilE occupy on
January /. .'w 81
Alfred Roach will REMOVE to his |
recently acquired property on Fed !
eral street upon completion of the ,
improvements and additions which j
are now being made. "ont''
The new broiler' plants now be-
ing built and under contract in ,
this locality will increase the pres :
ent production BY 100000 birds
Here and There st,6,,..
Horace Wiltbank, of Washington,
ID. c., was recent visitor of Mil !
ton and Harbeson relatives.