Milford chronicle., 1920-06-11
LEXVES

d Fire of unknown origin broke out IL
the barn of William Falkner this weel
y at Midway completely destroying it. Mr.
e and Mrs. Falkner left home in tho
morning about nine o'clock and the fire
- broke out at noon, very valuable
S tractor which was entirely new was
O burned.
The fortieth annual commencement
Of the Lewes High School was held at
; the auditorium on Monday evening
!. The program was as follows: Invoca-
5 tion by the Rev. /. Mench Chambers,
+ pastor of the PRESBYTERIAN Church sal
utat0ry. "The Education That We Have
Received From Our Ancestors" Bessie
= Gutowitz: class grafton, For Value
e Received 1 Promise to Pay" Margaret
D Richards: valedictOry, "The Cultivation
of the soil a Patriotic Duty Elizabeth
AlacIntyre; address, DR.. Samuel Chiles
Mitchell. president of Delaware Col
] lege: presentation of diplomas, Thomas
r. Ingram, president Of the Board Of
Education benedictiOn, Rev. Howard
Davis, pastor of the NJ. Z. Church.
The Parish House Sewing Circle met
at the home of Mrs. Thomas J. Yirden
last week.
Doctors James and Richard C. Bee
be have purchased an X-ray machine
for their hospital.
Miss Lillian Marsh has accepted a
position with the Lewes Journal Print
ing Company.
The Misses Marie and Dorothy Hick-
man and grandmother, Mrs. Charlotte
Il. Hickman of Ocala, Florida, are at
their cottage on Lewes Beach for the
season.
At present there are no vacant hous-
es in town or on Lewes Beach and it is
1 also reported thar all the cottages at
Rehoboth Beach are rented for the sea-
} son.
Mrs DIVA Prettyman has gone to st. /
Josephs hospital in Philadelphia for
treatment
Mr. and Mrs. Charles d. Schellenger
of Frankford visited the formers par
ents here, Captain and Mrs. William A. I
Schellenger.
Roland J. s. Marsh has purchased 3 I
building lots at the corner Of Fourth .
and King streets from William II. Vir-
den of Philadelphia and expects to
erect 4 fine dwelling on it in the near
future. Mr. Marsh has rented the VIII
liam F.WilsOn property on South street
and has moved his family there this
week
Z. o. Willis of Dover, representing
the Continental Life Insurance Com
pany, was in town several days this
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Lyons Richardson Wis
ited the formers parents in Georgetown
during the week.
Rev. l. Mench Chambers and wife
have returned after ten days visit to
Philadelphia and Merchantville. n. J.
visiting her mother, Mrs. Charles Keen
Mrs. Annie X. Morton who has been
in Ocean View has returned.
J. B. Warner, district manager Of the
Equitable Life Assurance Society, was
in town during the week
The Lewes baseball team defeated
the RehObOth team here on Memorial
Day by a score Of to in the tenth
inning. The Lewes cOlOred team de-
feated the Seaford cOlored team by a
score of 16 TO >.
Mrs. Elizabeth Russell has opened =
larlOrs for shampOOing, marcelle wave
ng and manicuring in the building
next door to the American Stores.
Thomas r. Ingram and DR.. William
,. Orr. Jr., made a business trip to New
FORK City during the week
Harry V. Lyons and Napoleon B.
Register were Georgetown callers dur
ng the week.
Theodore r. Bryan has contracted
nth the Lewes Ice Manufacturing Co.
or the supply of ice to the local people
Or the coming season and expects to
i've first class service.
Lewis B. Graves, son of Mr. and Mrs.
William Z. Graves and Miss Marion NJ.
overdale, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
gorge w. Coverdale, all of this town.
ere married on Wednesday afternoon
/ the Lewes NJ. E. Church by the Rev.
oward Davis. Mr. Graves is mem
ar of the firm, William +. Graves and
Ons, who conduct a garment factory
the old NJ. Z. Church building here
nd also have a factory in Milton. Miss
overdale was formerly employed at
Ie Sussex Trust Company here for the
lst three years The young couple
i'll make their future home in this
W'n
Owing to the large increase in the
ltput of water for the coming season
ire due to the purchase of the local
'AliiS lldulS ny lilt uILis Hayes anu
nderton of New York, who propose to
'erate more steamers here than has
'en operated at those plants at any
rmer season, the Board of Public
'orks has ordered eight additional ar
sian wells bored at their plant here.
ight were also drilled two years ago.
velve thousand dollars was apprOpri-
ed by the town commissioners for
is work. and in addition to the wells
200-hOrse power boiler building, ASK
feet will be erected as an addition to
e pumping station. at a cost of 81
600. A new set Of pumps will also
pslt in for use with the new wells.
@ pumps now controlling the old
Ills have been in use for twenty wears.
ne price realized on the water sold to
Q fishing plants here is 10 cents n
ousand gallons, and last year the
wn received over $4,000 from the sale
water to the fishing plants while the
Mount received for the water supplied
e town residents was about $1,000.
his is a source of revenue that most
WINS do not enjoy.
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