Milford chronicle., 1916-02-11
LEWES.


Last Tuesday the quarterly meeting OF
the directors from the different branches
of The Sussex Trust Company was held
at the Lewes banking rooms. to discuss
and plan for the general welfare OF the
company. The report of earnings for the
quarter and the growth in deposits we're
stated very commendable. The state
ment of the company as of January 3lst,
showed loans and investments OF 81 $685.
SAG 66 banking houses (three of them
costing originally nearly $4,000 now
SlS. 500 90; due from banks and cash Of
Sl04, 482 %, or a total Of Sl,5lS, SIS. "a
in assets. Liabilities; capital stock,
$3.50, 900 90; undivided profits, sos, $780,
03 deposits and trust funds, 81 ,239, go =
SO; due to banks Si9S 03. The quarterly
was marked by the absence of Colonel
Robert Arnell, who is convalescing at
his home from an attack of the grippe.
Col. Arnell is one of the original Board
of Directors. He has seldom, If ever,
before failed to be present at the general
board meeting and was only deferred
Tuesday by the weather conditions.
The Lewes High School boys won the
most hotly contested game OF the season
from the Georgetown High School quin-
Get by one point last Friday night before
the largest crowd of the season. They
were tie at the end of the first half, l3
70 IS. The Lewes boys outplayed the
Georgetown boys on field goals and if
they had had a dependable foul tosser
they would have won easily. Final
score % to p.
The preliminary game Friday night
between the Lewes High School girls
and Georgetown High School girls was
another hotly contested game. The
I,ewes girls got in the lead by a few
points in the early part of the game and
by hard playing were able to keep it.
Both teams played an excellent game.
Final score, II to Is. Manager Fredonia
White was on the job, coaching and urg-
ing her team on and had the girls to a
point where they were always full of
pep"
Or. Page P. A. Chesser, Charles L. |
Moore, Albert North, Norman Jones and
Fred Blackstone, Misses Margaret Rich /
ardson and Alberta Pyle we're among the
Georgetown rooters.
Rev. o. 4 Jones, pastor Of the NJ. E. /
Church, who has been quite i'll with the
grippe, is convalescing. On last Sunday
the pulpit was filed by Rev. w. D.
Wilson, who delivered a fine sermon.
Sunday School was above the ESQ mark
and the attendance contest goes merrily
on,
E. c. Lodge entertained his Young
Mems Bible Class on Wednesday even
ing. In spite of the weather there was
large attendance and all reported very
pleasant and profitable evening.
Mr.. EnOs' class of young ladies' known
as The Builders, will hold a bake at
Ffn f.ne nNTwa Cafta~r1asr of f
beginning at noon. Benefit Missionary
Fund
A festival will be held by the Ladies'
of the Mite Society, of the NJ. P. Church,
in the Tabernacle on Saturday, February
18th. Chicken salad, oysters, ice cream, ]
cake and other things will be on sale.
Rev. George Allen, of Nassau who ,
such successful meeting in his
church last fall, has been assisting Rev. !
of HarbesOn, il his revival z
and also assisting on the Zoar
Circuit, where they are all having good {
meetings. !
Charles Veasey, of Coolspring. a pros
porous farmer and lumber and piling
hauler, lost a very valuable mule in the /
woods where they were getting piling, /
N Monday morning He had six head 3
IF mules to a wagon, when one of the I
arge trees fell on the mule, killing it Z
instantly, and came very near killing its '
nate. Mr.. Veasey said he never owned h
pair mules before 30 we'll matched as !
hat pair were, and he only refused $500 '
or them last week.
George r. Walls also lost his fine
irving horse last week, Of some un-
.nown disease.
William ]. Wescoat and son near town,
AVE just completed an up-to-date gar a
rye and automobile repair shop; they s.
lso conduct there a large wagon factory