Milford chronicle., 1919-11-14
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LEWES

William II. Roach secretary and
treasurer OF the Bunting Point Fertll-
izer Company OF Wachapreague, va,
and his family are spending a rev
davs with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Mark H. Roach.
Beginning November 1st, the Board
of Public Works has raised the cleo
tric current rate from Sl.0O per month
minimum. to $1.50, and all bills not
Maid nv the 2Oth of the month, the cur
rent will be discontinued. The rate
ner kilowatt was not raised, but only
an increase on the small consumer
of current.
The State School Commission was in
town last week picking a site for the
new colored school building. Several
locations on the western side OF Lewes
we're viewed. A site will soon be Sc
lected and purchased and a modern
four-room school building erected for
the cOlored pupils.
Joseph L. Marshall, OF the Fidelity
Trust and Savings Bank, has been
elected county committeeman OF the
second of the Tenth Representative
District. and Robert ID. Stevenson has
been elected from the Third OF the
Tenth District.
Miss Cecilia NJ Kelly is attending
a business college in Philadelphia.
Rev. Clifford Futcher, Chaplain in
the u. S. Army, filled the pulpit in the
PRESBYTERIAN Church at Midway on
Sunday evening.
Lima beans are still very plentiful
in the local market and are selling for
25c a half-peck.
The first killing frost of the season
visited this part of Sussex on Sunday
morning.
Rev. Clifford Futcher, Chaplain in
the U. S. Army, and formerly of Lewes,
and who has spent more than a year
overseas near the front, filled the pull
Dit in the Lewes NJ. E. Church Sunday
morning.
About ffty-fve members and candi-
dates of the Jr. o. q. A. NJ. attended
the class initiation held at Laurel on
Saturday evening which was admins
tered by the degree team from Eureka
Council, No. 1, of Wilmington. Among
those who gave short talks were Rev.
Chester Wells of Wilmington; Frank
NJ Jones of Georgetown and State
Councillor d. c. Hayes of Dover.
Edgar w. Ingram and wife are
spending a few days with their two
son, Wilson and Elverson Ingram, in
Wilmington.
d. W. Burbage, president of the
Coast Fish Oil and Fertilizer Company,
spent the latter part of the week in
New York
lad be-uew school building project is
Iner -i-ano tneseR.lhy the School Board,
lder dlscussloH-,.'.---i -sref lffiOQm and
Id in view of the needed ions. =.
.e opportunity to procure aid frofh hoi
Ie special building fund of the State, or
le~ Board believes it the part of wis to
lm to build now Data is being COM W
lied with that end in view, but Of
purse there are a few of the older 3
tizens who believe that a school
lilding should be up to date for CEN
iries to come.
Mrs. Maggie Lynch, who has been
lniined to her bed for some time, is ST
Improving. pf
The fishing steamers Peter Stuven,
larry B. Garner and James Clifford ID
Ened by the Lewes Oil and Chemical
D., have discontinued fishing for the ta
sason. Owing to the windy weather NJ
hich has prevailed here for the past NJ
lree weeks, they have been unable M
catch any fish. G.
Matthew W. Fisher has moved from NJ
le Charles E. Marshall property on "
outh street to the John w. Marshall n,
roperty on Third street, which he re-
entity purchased. Arthur e. Hazard dr
as moved to the property vacated by AZ
isher. ar
A public sale was held last Friday p,
lternoon to dispose of the household p
pods formerly used in the NJ r. par
mage in Lewes, which was discard gr
! when the parsonage was newly M
FINISHED this fall. nj
William A. Lynch has purchased the p,
rthur W. Conwell property on Front M
rect formerly occupied by Mrs. Vir-
mia Mason, and will move his family W
lere in the near future from the John IT.
!. H. Kelly property in Pilottown,
hich was recently purchased by Har- be
= A. Ellis of Dagsboro, who is en- o.
loyed as engineer on one of the T ;,
ewes Fish Oil and Chemical Company
pats. Mr.. Ellis will move his family ar
ere about the first of December. NJ
Farmers in this vicinity are busy n
citing out their white potatoes, which Pl
rOmise to be only a fair crop. Local "a
ayers are paying S1.05 a bushel. The NJ
Teet potatoes in this section yielded
lie best for four years and are selling w
n SOC a basket. of