Milford chronicle., 1943-12-31
MILTON


dressing, gravy, cranberry sauce
rolls, coffee, ice-cream, etc. This
is an annual event for this concern
and was much enjoyed by the guests
and their host.
Daughter Born
A daughter was born to Pvt. and
Mrs. Harry Schmierer at Beebe
Hospital on Thursday of last week
Mother and daughter are doing
nicely, and will be ''at home" in
Milton in a short time. Congratu-
lations!
SerYicemen Home
Among the service-men during
the holidays were Lieut.. Wilmer
Casson, John Hastings, David King.
Earl Argo, Charles Blizzard. Sam
Shapiro, Chester Marvel and Rich
ard Wagamon.
Dinner Guests
Mr.. and Mrs. John d. Smith. of
Milton, and Miss Betty Smith. OF
Wilmington. were dinner guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph LOfiand. at
their home in MillsborO. Mrs. Lof-
land is the former Miss Elsie kath-
eryne Smith. of Milton.
Gave A Turkey Dinner
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Leon Black en-
tertained at dinner on Christmas
day the following guests: Joseph
Black, of Philadelphia; Miss Mary
Black, of WinstOn-Salem, n. C.;
Mrs. Margaret Dutton. Mrs. Eliza
Dutton. of Milton. and Joseph
Smith. of Middletown, Conn.
Cables Mother
Mrs. Eliza Dutton received a ca
blegram from her son. David w.
Dutton. from a foreign port, wish
ing Merry Christmas and reporting
"all we'll" The cable arrived, on
Christmas day.
Wilbur Reed Ill
Wilbur Reed is seriously i'll at
the home of his sister, Mrs. Luther
Shockley on Mulberry street. He is
suffering from a heart ailment.
Purchases Two Farms
Clyde Belts has recently pur-
chased of Samuel Lockerman the
property formerly known as the
John Hevalow farm, near town. He
also bought the Horace Hood farm,
in the Williams School district.
Moved to New Farms
Noah Smith has moved from the
H. +. COnwell farm to the Clarence
Dickerson farm in BrOadkill Hun
dred. Larry Baker has moved to
the Conwell farm.
Traps Being Set
Owners of the large Broadkill,
Prime Hook and Slaughter Necks
muskrat marshes are now laying
their trap lines. While smaller
marsh owners and renters set their
lines at the opening of the trapping
season. the larger trappers wait
until the muskrats are full grown
and the fur is thick-abOut the end
of December.
Sunday-SchOOl Entertainment
Grace Methodist Sunday-schOOl
held its annual Christmas enter
tainment and treat on Tuesday eve
ming with the following program:
Opening song by the congregation;
recitation by Doris Spencer; dia-
IkOnlllt JthtlCOll anu 4NGlANg
Hopkins recitatiOns by Tillie Scott.
Catherine Parsons and Donna
Belts; dialogue. jeanne DickersOn
and Connie Darby; duet. Loretta
and Caroline Clendaniel recita-
tions, Charles Carey. Truitt Jeffer-
son and Caroline Clendaniel; song
by choir; "A Christmas Prayer"
by Loretta Clendaniel; recitations,
Dolorea Savage, Gladys Jefferson,
Eleanor jefferson. Norma Jane
Carey; Offering and talk by the
pastor. Rev. j. L. Jones; song by
choir: reading. Helen Mae Carpen-
ter; reading. Doris Reed; solo. by
Martha Clendaniel; dialogue. Wan
da and Emily Clendaniel. Follow
ing the program gifts were distri-
buted. Closing song by the con-
gregation; benediction.
A Near Flood
A terrific wind and rain storm
hit this section on Sunday evening
and flooded fields and bitches. In
Milton the rain fell in such tor
rents that the sewers on Union
street were unable to take it off,
with the result Union street, near
the bridge. was covered with sew
eral inches of water. causing traf-
1ic to slow down. Ice skating on
the lake came to an abrupt halt by
reason of the deeluge melting the
ice.
A Calm
After the rush of Christmas bust
ness, local merchants are back to
the hum-drum of normalcy. Mer-
chants report good business despite
the fact that Christmas goods were
almost impossible to secure for
sale. Homes have settled back to
regular routine after entertaining
during Christmas many guests.
Here and There
Miss Mary Black. of Winston 1
Salem, n. C., is spending the Christ
mas holidays with her parents, Mr.. ;
and Mrs. J. Leon Black.
Pvt. Nelson Webb is spending the
holidays with his parents, Mr.. and [
Mrs. Harry Webb, on Mulberry
street. i
NJ. c. Walls. of Yeadon. Pa. spent ,
a few days last week with Mr.. and
Mrs. Ira T. Walls.
Miss Norma Prettyman, a stu
dent nurse at a Wilmington hos
pital, is visiting her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Carl Prettyman, on Broad I
street.
Mrs. Nancy Jones is spending a {
few days with her daughter. Mrs.
Della Clayville. near Wilmington. !
Mrs. Fred Kelly and Mrs. Hor- I
ace deAncona of Philadelphia. |
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