Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1944-09-29
MILTON

ness of the town by ordering the
payment of one $1,000 bond, leav-
ing a bonded debt of: $4,000. In
addition to the payment of the
bond, council has recently install
ed two electric pumps at the water
works station, together with erect
ing shelters for them, at a total
cost of $1,7O0 and all this (together
with the operating expenses OF the
town. was done on a tax rate OF 6O
cents on the 500 assesse valuation
of property. We believe this to be
the smallest tax rate in the State
of Delaware, yet council has not
met the expenses and improve
ments. No sane person would be-
lieve that such low rate is SUI
ficient, but that something has
been neglected or improvements
held back. 1t is vitality necessary
that a new charter for Milton be
enacted at the next Delaware legis-
lature that will be fair and equit-
able.
Mayor Robbins is having the
debris from the recent hurricane
removed from the streets where
Diled. as swiftly as the town truck
can do 1t and he asks that citizens
be patient. The town owns but one
truck and unable to hire others.
The State Highway Commission
will be asked to assist in the work,
but help from this source is doubt
full as that department has its
hands full in cleaning the rural
districts.
l.. A. Darby of the Navy, located
at cambridge, Maryland, spent the
week end with his family in Milton.
The annual Rally and Promotion
Day will be observed at Grace
Methodist Church on Sunday, Octo-
Der 8th. Promotion Day services
will be held at the Grace School
session at 10 A. NJ. A Rally Day
program is being rehearsed and
will be presented in the church at
1880 P. NJ. Former church school
members and those not affiliated
with other schools, are urged to
sttend the 10 o'clock service. The
public is cordially invited to at
tend the evening exercises.
MIR. and Mrs. Clyde Belts enter
tanned to dinner Thursday evening,
q Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Dickerson and
Private and Mrs. Thomas DECKER
son.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Blizzard and
Mrs. Sue Danish of Georgetown.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alton Carey and son
Joe of HarbesOn and Mr.. and Mrs.
George Simpler were guests OF Mrs.
Ida Fox on Sunday.
George NambletOn, of Whining
ton, attempted to lure the bass III
the local lakes over the weekend !
with some success. He hooked
several large bass and several
pickeral.
Frank o. Bryan is having rebuilt
a chimney on his residence on
Behringer avenue. tOppled by the
recent wind storm.
Edward Walls who has been i'll
for several months at his home in
North Milton. shows little if any
improvement. 81
Fire of unknown origin early
Sunday morning destroyed barn
on the Jacob N. Richards farm
near Overlook, on the Oyster +
Rock Road" causing a loss of (
about $4,000 Milton and. Lewes re- ,
sponded to the call for help and /
succeeded in saving the residence
and a silo which had just been re-
paired after the hurricane had
damaged it. The fire was discover
Il l. cf TQinha pdO a hnIIf
2 A. NJ Members of the family
managed to get a COW out of the
barn but were unable to save any
of the $50 bushels of wheat and
about fifteen tons of hay that had
been stored in the lofts of the
building.
Nancy Lee Davidson, of HaFbe-
son, was Il dinner guest of her
grandmother, Mrs. Willie Belts, on
Monday.
MIR. J. Harold King of Whining
ton, son of Mr.. and Mrs. l. c. King
of Milton and Miss Jane Brewer,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Rowland
Brewer, of Lewes, were married on
Saturday afternoon, in the Lewes
Presbyterian Church, by the Reve-
rend, Doctor Leishman. The Bride
Groom is employed by the DUPONT
Company, in Wilmington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Delmar d. Reed ell
tertained at dinner on Wednesday
in honor of their son, Corporal
Clarence N. Reed, the following
guests: Miss Fayetta Short, of
Millsboro, Mrs. Fannie Davidson.
Mrs. Ella Pettyjohn and Mr.. and
Mrs. Hall d. Reed and children of
Milton.
A memorial service will be helda
on Sunday afternoon at . o'clock
at Reynolds Church in remem-
brance of Private William Marvel
who was killed in France recently
The community is cordially invited
to attend.
A surprise party was given Mr..
William T. Johnson at his home
near town on Tuesday evening, the
occasion being his 10Th birthday
Mrs. Joseph NJ. Walls and daugh-
ter, Miss Clara Walls, spent Sun
day with Mrs. Catherine Argo in
Mrs. Margaret Marsh, of Phila-
delphia, was the guest of Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Decker over the week
end.
Mrs. Robert Black and Mrs. AL
ton Long spent Thursday of last
week in Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Postles, re-
siding near town, came to Milton
o attend the evening worship at
Grace Methodist Church on Sunday
evening. Their car was parked on
Union street, near Broad. When
hey came out of the church they
we're surprised to learn that their
Ear had been stolen. Mr.. Postles at
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