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Milton Fire Dept. Ladies Auxiliary hosts annual crab eat

Hundreds of people pick all the meat they can eat at sold-out event
Lester and Joyce Beebe are among the hundreds who attended the Milton Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary crab eat Aug. 28. CHRIS FLOOD PHOTOS
Chris Flood
September 1, 2021

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Milton Fire Department
116 Front Street
Milton, DE 19968
United States

The Milton Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary hosted its annual all-you-can-eat crab feast Aug. 28. The sold-out event was held in the recently renovated Milton Fire Department’s second-floor hall. The cost was $50 per person, which included crabs, corn, hot dogs, burgers, fried chicken, beer and soda.

Near the end of the three-hour crab eat, and with a big smile, Auxiliary President Mary Ann Warrington said there were 29 bushels of crabs ordered for the event, and they ran out of chicken.

Joyce and Lester Beebe were still picking crabs with less than an hour left. In between bites, Joyce accurately summed up the consensus among those in attendance when she said, “This is delicious. This is my kind of food.”

Auxiliary President Mary Ann Warrington said there were 29 bushels of crabs ordered for the event.
Milton Fire Department Chief Johnny Hopkins is happy to keep people hydrated, but he also has his radio strapped on just in case a call comes in.
Lindy’s Seafood out of Maryland provided the crabs.
Trash bags full of crab shells, chicken bones, corn cobs and crab-juice-soaked newspaper are heavy, which is why Milton Police Chief and Milton Fire Department Deputy Chief Derrick Harvey puts a little extra effort into getting this bag to the dumpster.
As the pile of shells shows, members of this crew were there to get their $50 worth. Pictured clockwise from left are Dean Leach, Rachel Leach, Jeff Elliott, Jenny Norwood, Patty Elliott, Patty Lewis and George Lewis.
These beers aren’t fancy, but they still get the conversation going among strangers.
Having a good time are (l-r) Rena Molina, Damalier Molina, Suzette Flores and Bob Carr.
Mckinley Tyson, 2, gets a big kiss from mom Courtney. They made the trip from Annapolis to visit family.
A pile of claws will make someone a nice batch of crab soup.

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Chris Flood has been working for the Cape Gazette since early 2014. He currently covers Rehoboth Beach and Henlopen Acres, but has also covered Dewey Beach and the state government. He covers environmental stories, business stories and random stories on subjects he finds interesting, and he also writes a column called Choppin’ Wood that runs every other week. He’s a graduate of the University of Maine and the Landing School of Boat Building & Design.

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