Milford chronicle., 1920-03-05
LEWES

J. Santhlante, e,vice-president of the
Seminole Fertilizer and Oil Company
of New York was in town during the
week
Z Henry F. Conwell, aged 70 years,
{ died at his home on South street on
/ Tuesday morning, Feb. "a. 1920 after
a long illness of Bright's disease. Flu
neral services were held on Friday
afternoon The deceased was for a
number of years engaged in the un-
dertaking business here but had to
give it up about year ago on account
of i'll health. He was a member of
Lewes Council No. IA Jr. o. U. A NJ.
and of Oklahoma Tribe No. 26 |. o.
r. NJ. and of Brotherhood of America.
Louis Lynch of Collingswood, N. j.,
formerly of this towns was a town Wis
itor during the week.
Robert G. Wolfe of Wilmington
spent the weekend with friends and
relatives here.
John E. Maull who has been con-
fined to his home for several days on
account of illness is able to be out
again.
Napoleon B. Register has been
elected for the third term as superin-
/ tendent of the Lewes Methodist Epis-
copal Sunday school and during the
past two years which he has served
in that capacity he has made a rec
ord second to none having answered
to the roll call every Sunday during
that time.
A public meeting of the citizens of
this town was held on Monday even
ing for the purpose of meeting an
out-of-town party who in reference to
establishing a newspaper and print
shop in this town, very few citizens
were present and nothing definite was
decided upon. Everybody seems to be
of the opinion that a newspaper in
this community is something badly
needed and would be a paying prop
osition to a live man.
Clifford E. Iszard a certified public
accountant of Wilmington was in
town during the week.
W. ElwoOd Wright of Georgetown
was a town visitor during the week.
Stephen G. Pierce of this town has
purchased the Hotel Rodney through
the Sussex Trust Company and ex-
poets to have it in shape in a few
days so that he will be able to take
care of dodgers and in a short time
have the dining room open, this ho-
tel has been closed for several months /
leaving the town without a hotel or
public boarding house, there are 1
number Of private boarding houses in .
the town which have been overflow
ed with business, as Mr.. Pierce is a
hustler there is no doubt but what he
will make it go.
Fresh fish appeared in the local
market this week such as black perch,
the first fish that has been seen in
the market for several weeks owing
to the fact that everything has been
froze up.
Charles C. KINNEY Of Middletown,
formerly of this town, was town Wis
itor during the week.
William H. Virden of Philadelphia,
Caleb S. Layton, of Wilmington, and
Thomas c. HOrsey, of Dover, attend
ed the meeting of the stockholders of
The Breakwater Fisheries Company
here during the week and the follow
ng directors were elected: John NJ
Vessels, DR.. William p Orr, Jr., Ed
gar w. Ingram, William H. Bookham-
ner, John R. Baylis, Thomas R. In
gram, Thomas c. Horsey, Albert W.
Robinson, William H. Virden.
The roads in this section are still
llmost impossible and the rural car i
'iers are still making their routes by
cam as it is an impossibility to get
through the country with an autOmo- b
,ile. Physicians are also compelled
o make their rounds in the country t
" team. 4
Alfred B. Nelson has sold his prop
rty on Dewey avenue to Lee A. Ca 4
lall, a railroad conductor of this e
own, who will move his family there o
n the near future from the Peter v
'hambers property on Mulberry
treet which was recently sold to Cap o
ain Thomas E. Brown.
u. S. Government Inspector John
iault who was here for several weeks il
lst autumn inspecting some work at
he jetty is spending a few days here. a
Some of the farmers say that the L
Dads show some improvement over
that they have been for the past N
lonth, the heavy freeze which we 5
ave had during the past week have u
ut them in such shape that it is N
Ossible to find some bottom to them, b.
lany of the farmers claim that ow-
lg to the condition of the roads for W
lie past two months they are very
uch behind with their work and only p
very few have their wood cut for is
lie year as it was impossible to haul
1er the road, and they have also been ne
lable to haul out their manure and NJ
,read on their ground for the COM
g crops. Pl
Local trappers are still making su
,Od on the muskrats even though the
eezing weather is very much against
EN- the price which they realize a
such that they are making more
oney than if they had an open sea-
n and caught many more with the
ice like it has been in the past.
The Coast Fish, Oil and Fertilizer
and the BreakWater Fish
les Company are having their ac-
UNITS audited by a certified public
countant of Wilmington.
Miss Otille Hazard has accepted
sition in the office of Maull & In
am succeeding Miss Edna Ennis, re-
med, who expects to sail on the
rs of matrimony in the near fu-
'e.
A marriage license was issued at
6ton, Nd, last Saturday to Edward
rpenter and Elda Blizzard, both of
ives.
Mrs. Ida Moore, aged 4S years, the
fe of Isaac H. Moore, died at her
ne in Seaford on Sunday morning,
b. %, 1920, from a degenerate aceu-
Ilation of the blood after a two
eks' illness. She was the daugh-
of William Beech of Lewes and
YES two sons and two daughters.
e funeral services were held in Mt.
vet M. p Church of which she was
active member, Wednesday after
N, and interment made at Odd Fell
IS cemetery, Seaford.