Milford chronicle., 1920-04-16
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both Beach, met with a serious acci
dent last week at the saw mill o
George E. Shockley, located along tn
Lewes Rehoboth Canal near Reho
both. when the large circular saw sev
cred his right hand just above tn
wrist. He was Immediately taken Z
the Beebe Hospital at Lewes wher
medical aid was given.
Mr.. and Mrs Samuel N. Tamman,
Of Newport, both formerly of thh
town, are spending a few days will
relatives here.
Thomas II. Hayes Of New York City
of the firm Hayes and Anderson
which recently bought the Coast, Fish
OIL and Fertilizer Company, and tn,
Breakwater Fisheries Compan,
plants here. is spending a few day.
! here looking after his interests, A
large number of men are employed a
both plants and they are endeavOrinl
to put them nthe best possible shape
for the coming season, which prom
ises to be a bumper one. This firm
has about twenty fishing steamers
and when they all get to fishing al
the two local plants, it will mean o
great deal OF money turned over in
Lewes and should be wonderful boon
to the town. This firm also proposes
10 build a large fertilizer factory on
the same premises, and manufacture
all the scrap that they produce into
fertilizer, which will mean a tre-
mendous amount of fertilizer to be
made at this point.
Rev Howard Davis who was ap-
pointed pastor of the Lewes NJ. +.
/ Church, succeeding Rev. Omar q.
Jones who has been assigned to Ches-
tertOwn, Nd, filled the pulpit on Sun
day morning last for the first time.
John 0. Davidson of Angola, pur-
chased the Tilghman L. Robinson
farm of so acres, which was sold at
public sale on Saturday at the Hotel
Rodney, for s2250.00.
Chief Engineer Charles H. johnson,
Elmer o. Mitchell and Walter S. Rob
bins of the light-vessel, No. So of Fen
wick Island, are spending shore leave
here for ten days
]. Russell Lynch, of HazletOn, Pa.
is spending a few days with his par
ents, Captain and Mrs. John S.
Lynch. The captain has been con-
fined to his home for the past three
weeks with the grippe. He expects
to return to his duties at the Coast
Guard Station in a few days
Among those who attend Endeavor
Lodge No. II on Thursday evening Of
last week on the occasion of the
Grandmaster's official visit were: Mas
ter of the local lodge, Edward w.
Wiltbank, Napoleon B. Register, Will
liam o. Nelson, DR.. Gilbert NJ. Wilt
bank, Charles 7. Nelson, Frank NJ.
Williams, Captain Edward Tracy,
Thomas w. Turner, Percy G. Holmes,
Prof. Herbert S. Rausch, Samuel NJ.
Williams, Charles N. Howard and
Charles A. Lofland
The Girls Friendly Society gave a
play in the auditorium on Thursday
evening of last week which was
largely attended.
Rev. G. W. Prettyman who about % 1
years ago was pastor Of the Lewes /
Methodist Episcopal Church, is spend /
ing a few days here with Mrs. Ruth /
He had charge of the pray .
er service in that church on Wednes-
day evening in the absence of their
new pastor, Rev. Howard Davis, who
will not be able to get settled down 4
lere until about the 10th of the
month.
w 4AAAdl4 ACeAA " III ID dALGuuluE
ichool at Annapolis, is spending two
weeks vacation with his parents
lere.
The Ladies Aid Society Of the NJ.
g Church met last week at the home
# Mrs. Anna Hazard.
The roads in this section which
lave been almost impossible for the
iast three months now show decided
as they are being
craped and ploughed.
Farmers in this section state that
heir scarlet clover has almost been |
killed by the extreme hard
Tinter. The sleet which lasted so 1
lng was very hard on clover and 4
Theat. Red clover is said to be look
lg very good considering the severi-
z Of the winter. This clover is SOW
in the spring, and has a more
rm root than the scarlet, which is
owed in the fall, enables it to with II
and the winter much better. Wheat II
reported to be looking good, and a
luch better crop than was realized II
lst season is looked for, although III
lie acreage in this neighborhood is
Ot quite so large as it was last sea-
IN. III
Mrs. Anna K Morton, who has
zen spending the past two months in
lorfda has returned.
The Lewes high school base ball
am defeated the Frankford high III
hool team last Saturday by a score III
16 to 6. The features of the game III
as the good playing by Zerden and
illey. Clifton who played short stop III
r the Queenstown base ball team iii
st summer in the Eastern Shore
ague pitched good game for Lewes.
T. Veasey, a well known Iii
.izen OF Lewes and Rehoboth Hum III
ed and for several years proprietor
the Virden House in Lewes, died at II
e Jester Hotel in Milton on Satur-
y morning, April 3, aged Y years. =
one time he conducted the hotel at
tits Hammock Beach, Kent Coun-
For some years past he had been
ing at Red Mill, near Nassau. He
ives one son, William E. Veasey,
d a large family of relatives and
ends. His remains were inferred
the family burial lot in the Pres
terian cemetery at Lewes on Tues
y, April 6.