Milford chronicle., 1959-01-23

ington, spent the weekend Wit
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Esngene
| Sharp.
Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice Blessins
and Mr.. Francis Webb visited tn.
Harrisburg, Pa. Fair last week. Rev
Kirwan and Mr.. Charles Pearson
were also visitors last week.
Mr.. and Mrs William Ward arr
receiving congratulations upon tn,
birth of fine son in Milford Mem
orial Hospital, on Thursday, Janu
ary Is. Mrs. Ward and her new sol
returned to their hons on Monday
The Wards have two other children
Donna Faye ard Sandra.
Mr.. and Mrs. Obey +. Sapp have
returned from a two weeks vaca
ton in Florida. After spendins
Christmas Eve and Christmas Day
with their sons, Frank and Hum.
mel and their families. they left
Friday, December 26, for Daytons
Beach.
On Sunday, they stopped in Jesup
Georgia, and attended the morning
services at the First Methodist
Church.
The next stop of interest was al
st. Augustine, Florida, America E
Oldest city Here they visited the
old jasHl, DE oldest school house and
the oldest house. Then crossing the
Bridge of Lions to st. Augustine
Beach, they visited the Mystery
House. Here the law of gravitatior
appears to have gone haywire and
your idea of equilibrium is entire.
~ upset-so upset in fact that ever
the law of gravity has gone com.
pletely berserk. Here person
seems to shring a foot before your
very eyes. Toss a ball in the all
and it travels away from you and
then returns. You can step on ar
average size dining table with the
ease of stepping onto a three inch
curbing. The really amazing part ol
it all is that this is a natural mys.
terry no tricks, no mirrors, nothing
moving. Designed primarily for
entertainment, the Mystery House
is never the less bringing up {
lot of scientific speculation.
At Daytona Beach, they visited
with Mr.. and Mrs. G. Walter Whar.
ton and together they visited many
places of interest in and around
Daytona Beach.
On Friday. January 2, the foul
started on a three day trip around
Lake Okeechobee. Their first stoI
was to visit with Mr.. and Mrs
Phillip Marvel in their lovely neN
home at Winter Park. They found
them quite well and they asked tC
be remembered to their many
frinds and relatives here.
The next stop of interest was q
visit to the Florida Citrus Tower
at Clermont. Here, from the OBJ
servation tower, may be seen the
breathtaking panorama of 1900
square miles of orange groves. The
Schulmerick Carlton Bells rine
at regular intervals adding to the
magic charm and beauty of the
tower.
On the way to Clewiston, they
visited a pineapple plantation and
saw pineapples of all sizes grow.
ing.
They made guided tour of the
Sugar House" of United States
Sugar Corporation at Clewiston. L
is the largest raw cane sugar
house in continental United States
1t take a let of. sugar cane over
$500 tons daily to produce ths
million pounds of sugar shipped
daily from the Sugar House. The
sugar cane fields stretch east and
west around the southern shores oi
Lake OkeechObee to cover more
than 100000 acres. Lake Okeechobet
is the largest man made lake in the
country and serves vast system
of water control.
On Sunday, the four visited Bible
land featuring the Garden of Life
This is located about six miles
south of Orlando on the world fam.
Gus Orange Blossom Trail. Here
the life of Christ is depicted In
500 foot panorama showing 81
panels of scenes taken from the
New Testament. Each panel is IA
wide and g. high with depth Of
feet. Here in the lovely garden
setting are live fiamingos and beau.
tiful peacocks. Bibleland is "a non,
profit project and no trip to Florida
is complete if you don't see it.
The four returned to Daytons
Beach, Sunday night and Tuesday
morning the Sapps left for home
They were quite pleased that they
found no snow when they arrived
as such was the case when they
and Mr.. and Mrs. William Johnson
came home last winter.