Milford chronicle., 1915-05-28
LEWES.


The Ladies' Prayer Meeting will
hold services at the home OF Mrs
Jacob Morris on Thursday evening.
The Queen Esther Circle of the
Methodist Episcopal Church will pre-
sent a Society Circus, presenting a
most spectacular and stupendous
spectacle at the Church Hall, Friday
evening. May 2S.
The Guild of StPeter's PIE. church
held their annual picnic on the Sand
Hill. at Cape Henlopen, Saturday.
The Lewes Red Men mOtored to Re-
hobOth last Sunday morning to hear
/ Rev. Kelso, who preached a special
| sermon to the members of that order.
The Rev. o. f. Jones on Sunday ev-
ening, read a very interesting letter
to his congregation in the Methodist
Episcopal church, from the bishops
at Washington, d. c., who are head
of the Methodist Episcopal church, en-
treating the members to pray for
peace in this time of war.
The Rev. Clemens of Washington,
D. c., preached in the Presbyterian
church last Sunday. Rev. Fred E.
Andrews. of McVeytown, Pa, will
preach this evening.
The graduation class of the Lewes
Union school will present the three
act farce. THE SisternOOd of Bridget"
on Friday evening, at the auditorium,
for the benefit of the class funds.
Lewes Council Jr. o. U. A. NJ, No.
IA, is endeavOring to obtain the larg- J
est council in the state and during
the last few weeks has secured a |
score or more of new members. The |
now totals about 155.
The fire department was called on |
Saturday night to 90 to the assist |
ance of MillsbOro The fire truck and |
chemical engine and members of the
fire department started, but owing to
The conditions of the road were OBJ
Iiged to abandon the trip; they also
learned that the Millsboro fire com
Dany had the fire under control.
A cottage prayer meeting will be
held at the home of Lemuel Palmer
IN Tuesday evening, at his home near
he railroad.
William Howard has been appoint
ID a coast guard at the Lewes station
o ill the vacancy caused by the re-
irement of Joseph Draper, who has
'een placed on the pension list.
Unless the membership of first and
econd class pilots is cut down to 80
pprentices will have a hard row to
Oe, as President Virden says no
lore apprentices would be taken on
ntil the list was cut down to that
umber.
Both Lewes and Milton are assured
a boat line between Philadelphia
nd New Jersey points this summer.
aptain Thomas Brown has chartered
le sloOp W.F.Wahl, and makes daily
'ips to Jersey points. He will start
ext week making trips to Philadel- 4
hia. Both boats are fitted up to
airy passengers and vegetables.
The new torpedo boat DESTROYER
built by the New York ship
Hiding company, arrived at the Del
ware Breakwater Tuesday for her
ficial trial
The tug John F. Lewes left the
reakwater Sunday FOR Philadelphia
tow of the tug Enterprise. The
ewes YVES disabled owing to the rud-
r and propeller becoming d7rang-
The Federal inspectors of steam
ssels began Monday an investiga-
Jn into the collision of the pilot
Iat Philadelphia and the Dutch
La Flandre, OH Nav 2. on q
e Delaware Breakwater. Captain
I'M Kelly, of the pilot boat, assumed
responibtiislyfe vbgkqj ETAOI
responsibility for the accident as
r as his vessel was concerned. but
ptain Claude OF the La F'landre. did
{ appear.
One night last week John Jones. q
10 lives near RODinsville, heard a q
ise in the hen house went TO inves-
ate and caught Ollie Brittinghan.
e of the Belletowr gentlemen. with
hens in a bag Three of them had
'ir heads pulled of The colored
n begged to be released and offered
Jones $500 if he would let him
and not tell anyone