Milford chronicle., 1920-09-10
LEWES NEWS

Fire of unknown origin caught in
the barn of Mrs. Sarah c. Wright
about half mile from Lewes and
completely destroyed it. with all the
other outbuildings on the farm. Had
it not been for the timely arrival Of
the Lewes Volunteer Fire Department
with their auto truck, the dwelling
also would have burned as the wind
was in the direction to carry it that
way. One of these Outbuildings has
been used by Lewes butchers for sew
cral years as a slaughter house. The
crop of wheat which was housed in
the barn was also lost.
During the heavy thunder storm
which passed over RehOboth Beach
and nearby vicinity last week light
ming struck the barn of Edward c.
Phillips, Jr., about mile from RehO-
both Beach and killed three of his best
thorough bred hOlstein cows instantly.
which We're valued at $1,000. Several
other cattle and horses were in the
same building but were not harmed
The strange part of it was that those
that We're killed were in different
parts of the building. One end of the
barn was very badly damaged it is for
tunate that it didn't catch aiire. as the
loft had just been filed with hay the
day before Only just few drops of
rain fell in Lewes and the thunder
storm wasn't even nOticeable-while at
Rehoboth and Coolspring many re-
marked that it was a terrible thunder
storm.
The Lewes NJ Z. Church held their
second quarterly conference on Fri
day evening in the Sunday School
room with District Superintendent DR..
William r. Mowbray presiding. Att
this meeting the official board decided [
TO install three pipeless heaters as a /
means of heating their church, for |
several years they have been operating 1
hot air heaters which have now given +.
out
Miss Annie II. Dunning is suffering
from a splintered bone in her leg.
sustained when she fell off the front
steps at her home on Market street.
Miss Helen L. Carter of Philadel-
phia, who is visiting her grandparents
here, Mr.. and Mrs. William c. Lofand
met with what might have resulted in
fatal accident when she fell from
second story porch at the home of
pilot William Teal. a distance of over
eighteen feet landing on a cement
pavement. She was badly bruised but
no bones were broken and is now able
to be out again.
The cOlOred people will hold a ten ,
days camp at st. Paul's NJ. e. Church
in PilOttOwn, beginning September 10. T
Clifford NJ. Fields of Wilmington =
visited his parents Mr.. and Mrs. Viii :
liam II. Fields over the weekend
Charles d. Beebe and family and !
William F. Wilson and wife of VIII
mOtOred TO Lewes and spent =
the weekend with relatives here.
Thomas r. Ingram and family mo- Z
tOred TO Wilmington on Thursday and :,
ON Friday evening accompan-
led by Mr.. and Mrs. Rowland b. IN
gram of Wilmington.
NAPLES Paynter and family Of VIII
mingtOn are visiting his parents here,
Mr.. and Mrs. William c. Paynter.
Mrs. Donald r. Evans Of st. Thomas y
Virgin Islands, is visiting her mother u
n-law, Mrs. Mary Il. Evans here for Il
/ few months. r.,
Mrs Job W. DerrickSon. Mrs. Ebe f.
7. Lynch and Mrs. NAPLES Paynter, ~
IN Wilmington, We're called here
Turing the week on account 0f the y
serious illness of their father WcCley =
Joseph. " ~
Charles S. Richards who is in 3
.harge of the engraving shop of
Bailey, Banks and Biddle, of Phila- ei
lelphia. is visiting his parents here, L
,Ir. and Mrs. Alfred l.. Richards. y
Captain Ralph II. Salmonds and Is
wife Of Philadelphia, are visiting the
ormers mother here, Mrs. Theodore ~
". Salmons. u' m
The Nassau Produce Association is ~
folding tomatoes for SOC a basket and ~
% far have been unable to dispose of
ny. The local Gamers, a. i. Ander-
on and Lewes Packing Co., have been III
bile to buy all that they could handle "
Turing the week at zoe a basket. The
annery at Nassau. owing to the fact :.
hat they have been canning corn for ,,
he past three weeks, have never open y,
d up for canning tomatoes and there ~
$ some question as whether they will u
an any tomatoes this season. Far a.
lers claim that owing to so much wet g..
reather which prevailed here for sew %. -
raj days, caused tomatoes to rot very :, p
apidly; and, none having been picked "
rom the vines caused the rotten ones -
0 destroy the good ones. that only W
cry few are left on the vines. ~ ~
Local spOrtsmen are enjoying fine "
shing at the Brealwater. George VI
nd Charles HOrner and William Rick ~ ~
rds caught ninety large trout; some ~
-eighing as much as ten pounds in a ~
bout two hours. -,