Milford chronicle., 1944-06-23
MILTON
New Pumps Ordered

pumps, the capacity of $50 gallons
II per minute each, have been order
II ed by Town Council, to increase
\ the pumping capacity of the sta
ton. The new engines will be in
q stalled as soon as they arrive, and
after being put in operation they
will take over the load while the
pumps now in. use will be rebuilt.
The pumps now in operation have
given satisfactory service for more
than a quarter of a century. The
addition of the new pumps will in
crease the pumping capacity of the
station to about 1000 gallons per
minute.
Milton Wins
The Milton baseball team on
Sunday defeated the Milford team
by the score of 81 to 1. Britting-
ham, Milton's hurler. held the Mil
ford batters under his thumb dur
ing the entire game, while the Mil
ton sluggers hit the ball hard and
often.
Guest Speaker
Rev. Luther Pool, of HurlOck.
Md, delivered a splendid Fathers
Day" sermon at Grace Methodist
Church on Sunday morning. There
were no services at this church on
Sunday evening, due to the illness
of its pastor, Rev. Milton Elliot.
Electric Power on
A wind storm of high velocity
that passed over this section about
noon on Monday, disrupted the cleo
trio system here for several hours.
The dust blown from the dry fields
west of town enveloped Milton dur
ing the length of the blow"
Weekend Visitors
James White and. Paul Parsons
of the U. S. Navy visited relatives
in Milton last weekend. Z
Returns Home
Mrs. Harry Smith who has been /
spending two weeks with friends in
Chester, Pa, returned home on
Sunday evening much improved in
health.
Home From Hospital
Mrs. Eliza DuttOn and Mrs. Ro-
berta Reynolds, who underwent op-
erations at the Milford Memorial
Hospital several weeks ago. are
now convalescing at their homes.
Mrs. Bullock, another patient. is
improving and is expected home
soon.
Returns To job
David Quito. of the U. S. Mer-
chant Marines, who has been spen-
ding the past three weeks with his
family here, returned to his ship
on Monday.
Improving Property
Frank o. Bryan is painting and
redecorating his property on Behr- !
niger avenue. i
Real Estate Sales
Mrs. Clara Reed has sold her
home property on Chestnut street {
to John Leverage. Immediate pos |
session was given. Mrs. Reed has
purchased from Mrs. Alice Dicker- {
son the property now occupied by s
DR.. VIM F. Nowland. and will {
make her home there.
Milton Wins Seven Straight
On June is, the town baseball 4
team pushed over the Milford boys
u l. W illdhG II - nlu0 dSdAlAol I
losses. Jesse Millman, manager !
of the team. said the boys have ]
plenty of baseball spirit and hope !
for a good season. There will be J
game at Milton on Sunday after I
noon with Laurel. Come out and '
cheer the boys.
Here and There I
Mr. and Mrs. Horace Frank and {
Mrs Evelyn Workman Garfield at
tended the funeral of their niece. a
Mrs. Ethel Workman DeLucce. in '
Philadelphia. last week. Mrs. De- J
Lucce was the daughter of the late
Ottes Workman. formerly of near S
Milton. c
Herman Black spent the past
week in Philadelphia visiting his II
brother and relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Stover of e
Harrisburg. Pa. spent the week. Il
end as the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. S
David Donovan. +
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Johnson, V
of Milford. and Mr.. and Mrs. Cor 5
nelius Wiltbank of RehObOth and n
Mrs. Oliver Hazard of Milton were T
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. J. Leon c
Black on Sunday evening. 7
Mr.. and Mrs. David w. DuttOn, s.
Jr., were dinner guests of Mr.. and T
Mrs. Julius Gorlich of Georgetown d
on Saturday.
Professor and Mrs. A. ]. Bolin
were recent Dover guests. c
Joseph Black of Philadelphia, d
spent the weekend with his par +
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Leon Black. b
Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin Beideman and
daughter of Chester. Pa, spent the G.
weekend with his parents, Mr.. and d
Mrs. Oliver Beideman at Broad fC
kill Beach. "
Mrs. Maggie Collins and Mrs. p
Emman spent Saturday in Milford q
with their sister, Mrs. Winfield r
Wright. NJ
Mr. and Mrs. Preston Naylor and j
family visited friends and rela- e'
tives in Milton last week. W
Mr.. and Mrs. Milton Graves and T
daughter Sue visited friends in S
Milford Sunday. c
Mr. and Mrs. John Donovan en-
-ertained Jack Warren of George m
own last weekend. iT
Miss Betty Smith of Wilmington Ell
S spending two weeks with her II
mother, Mrs. John Smith. in Mil
on and Broadkill Beach. T.,
Miss Marian EdgintOn of New II
Jersey. spent the weekend with lii
Miss Edith Massey.
Mr.. and Mrs. Webster Jefferson "
lave been entertaining their nice, II
Miss Grace Schimer, of Newark, n. W
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Mrs. Viola Reed, of Philadelphia, j..
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