Milford chronicle., 1917-11-23

LEWES.

Miss Margaret Burton. daughter
and only child of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.
F.. Burton, died at White Haven, Pa. ,
/ last Monday morning at the age of %
I years. She has been a patient suffer-
er from tuberculosis for the past sew
eral months. Her remains were
brought to Lewes on Tuesday and the
/ funeral services were conducted from
her late home on Thursday afternoon
/ at o'clock. interment being made at
Conley's Chapel cemetery. Rev. o.
E. Jones and Rev. Kullmar conduct
I ed the services. Miss Burton was
popular with the younger social set
of the town. Her floral offerings We're
| beautiful
The meeting of the Zwaanendsel
| CLUB at the home of Mrs. James X
Rowland on Wednesday afternoon
was well attended and very enjoyable.
Mrs. Charles Johnston the president,
gave a very interesting report of the
meeting which she attended in Dover
last week in the interest Of Miss
Mabel Lodge for Kent County School
Superintendent. Mrs. Charles Martin
read the original poem composed by
Delaware woman, which was sung at
the meeting. Miss Sarah Marshall
gave her report on the naval rest
room. as she has been in charge for
the past week. Mrs. Joseph Martin
viii have charge of the room for the
coming week. A letter was read from
Miss Clara Nixon with regards to or
ganizing a Home Economics Glass in
Lewes, in which Miss Clara Blodgett
will give free demonstrations month
ly. Il was decided to take up the
work, and the secretary pro TEN,
Mrs. Jacob Norris, was instructed to
write for more particulars. The pa
per on Government" written by Mrs.
Thomas Carpenter, was read by Miss
Edmunds, and the duties of various
Federal executives were read and the
names of present incumbents men
toned. Current events followed un-
der the Craftsmanship of Mrs. Norris
After refreshments were served by
the hostess Mrs. Rowland, the club
adjourned to meet at the home of Mrs
Charles Martin next Monday after
noon.
The Ushers Union of the NJ. E.
Church was organized last Monday
evening by electing the following Of
ficers for the ensuing year: Charles
Nelson, president; David Brittingham
vice president; W. T. Wyatt, secre-
tary and Samuel Davidson, treasurer.
The Lewes Fisheries Company and
the Hayes and Anderson Company are
shipping their fish scrap and oil just
as fast as they can secure cars. At
both OF these plants a gang of men
is busily engaged in getting the ma
terial away.
DR.. Holmes, of the Methodist Pro-
testant Church, will preach the Union
Thanksgiving sermon in the Lewes
NJ. Z. Church on Thursday morning,
November 29th.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas C. Wilson !
attended the Teachers Institute and |
Corn Show at Milford last Friday.
Miss Eugenia Holland spent last
week with Miss Hettie Shockley at
Milford.
Mrs. George c. Prettyman and
granddaughter, Miss Marjorie Rob
bins, are visiting relatives in Darby, !
Pa.
Miss Ethel Maull, bookkeeper at
Tunnels, has resigned her position |
to take up the work of a trained nurse |
and left on Wednesday morning for |
Jefferson Hospital. where she goes
for a course OF three years.
Edward Russell, OF the Fidelity |
Trust and Savings Bank, has resign
ed his position there, and accepted a |
position with the Benjamin F. Shaw |
Company at Wilmington.
Henry Lank, of Washington, D. C.,
who has just graduated from the ayi- |
alton corps at Princeton, n. j., Wis |
tied his mother, Mrs. Ida NJ. Lank
for the week end.
Miss Reba Poynter Of Philadelphia |
is spending several weeks with Miss
Anna Jones.
Miss Minnie Walls, of Nassau. spent
and Sunday with Miss Ruth
Pierce.
MIR. and Mrs. Jerome Robbins, ac-
companied by George C. Prettyman
and Mrs. Walton Virden, motored to
Md, on Sunday.