Milford chronicle., 1959-07-24
MILTON
Walter w. Crouch
Phone: Milton 1885

Mr.. and Mrs. Lester f. Glen
daniel and Mrs. Mary Quig enter
tanned the following guests on SAT-
urday afternoon at a Lawn Picnic:
Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin Barr and dau-
ghter, Beverly Of Philadelphia; Mr.
and Mrs. John Crouch and four
children of Norfolk, Va; Mr.. and
Mrs. Clarence Melvin, Milford; Mr..
and Mrs. Earl King and son, Mil
ton and Mrs. Caroline Donovan and
daughter, Linda.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Giovannozzi
of Wilmington were weekend
guests with her grandparents, Mr..
and Mrs. Reed Leverage. During
the past week, the BEVERAGES guests
were Mrs. Ralph Stogner and fam
lily of Florida, Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Lank and Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Smith of Milton.
Mrs. Margaret Rogers and chill
dren, Susan and Lynn, Mrs. Eliza
Dutton and Mrs. Ida Johnson at
tended the Rogers reunion on Sun
day at Sandy Landing.
On Monday Mr.. and Mrs. David
w. Dutton and son David arrived
home after a 10 day vacation
through several of the New Eng
land States. Their trip took them
through Conn; Mass. and Maine.
While in Maine they called upon
Mr.. Carrow, former Merchant
Marine buddy Of Mr.. Dutton.
Mrs. Raymond Spencer spent
Monday near Milford with her dau-
ghter, Mrs. Emma Sockriter and
family.
Mrs. Catherine Schweizer and
daughter, Kathy and niece, Bonnie
Graham, returned to Philadelphia
on Saturday after vacationing with
Mr. and Mrs. William c. Crouch
for the past two weeks. On Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon Lucke and
children, Russell and Doris also of
Philadelphia arrived in Milton to
spend the next two weeks with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Crouch.
Mr.. and Mrs. Delbert Williams
and son Kenny of Chester, Pa,
spent Sunday afternoon at Tolches-
ter, Md. On the return trip they
visited Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Will |
Jams at Greensboro, Md.
Mrs. Mary Reed accompanied |
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Kimberly on the
trip to Wilmington early Monday |
morning. Mrs. Reed will spend |
several days there with the family.
Mrs. Elizabeth Richards Porter,
76, died Sunday evening at the home |
of her daughter, Mrs. Reuben Will
kerson. A daughter of the late
William and Mary Richards of
Harrington, she had lived in Mil
ton 29 years. She is the widow of
the late Charles B. Porter, former
Mayor of Milton. An invalid for
many years she is a past president
of the WCTU and a member of
Grace Church where she was a
Sunday School Teacher. She was a
past president of the former Milton
New Century Club. Surviving are
two daughters, Mrs. Reuben Will
kerson and Mrs. Mary E. Carey; a
son, William r. all of Milton; a
brother William Richards of Brigh-
ton, Colo; four grandchildren and
six great grandchildren. Services
were held Thursday at D. m.
from the William Short Funeral
Home. The Rev. Milton r. Elliott
OF Seaford conducting the services
and assisted by the Rev. Emerson
Ross of Grace Church. Interment
was held in Harrington at the Hol-
lywood Cemetery. Members of the
local chapter of the WCTU conduc-
ted a service on Wednesday even
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry r. Metzler
of Lancaster, Pa. spent days
last week with E. Nj. Jefferson. Mr..
Metzler is a former roommate of
Mr.. jefferson when both were
members of the Pennsylvania State
Police. Mr.. Metzler, a former Coun-
ty Commissioner of Lancaster, is
now a director of the Nationwide
Insurance Co. of Columbus, Ohio.