Milford chronicle., 1920-07-16
LEWES

drying out on a reel IN front OF the
seine house, destroying it and serious
" damaging four others; swept away
the seine house and drying rooms.
and burned all the surrounding pier.
The five seines We're all new equip
ment, each valued at $1,000. Those
burned have not yet been examined.
but if beyonl repair will bring the
loss to $4,000, for seines alone and
other losses on property and pier.
Each seine is six fathOms deep and
17J fathOms long, made of linen
coated with tar to make them i'm
pervOus, and are delivered in an un-
finished state, TO which has to be
added rope suspenders and cork TO
float them, involving additional
charges for labor and material. Two
seines are allotted to one boat.
Three or four steamers were un-
loading at the time, but were safely
gotten away from the fire. The oil
companys force ought the fire in the
absence of the local fire department.
there being no roadway along the
beach to the factory by which appa-
ratus could reach them. Old seines
held in reserve are being patched
and mended to keep the fish boats at
work out at sea. as new seines have
TO be ordered long in advance. Resi-
dents of Lewes viewed the beach al
Illumination from attic windows
Fish were running heavily and fish
from four steamers was being unlOaded
and sent along the rails to the factory
when the alarm sounded.
WilliaLs c. LOfiand Of Lewes is !
president of the Lewes Oil and Chem
ical Company.
Lewes School Board Organizes
The School Board has elected Ma
poleOn b. Register, president; DIR. I
James Beebe, vice president; Prof. I
H. F. RaUsch, secretary and super
intendent of schools; Miss Isabelle /
Ross, vice principal: Miss Gladys .
Rust, teacher of sciences in the high
school; Miss Ann Beebe, a graduate
of Delaware College this year. teach
er of English: Miss Eta Futcher. as
signed to Seventh grade; Miss DOrO-
thy Rust, to the sixth grade; Miss
Bertha PettyjOhn, a graduate this
year of West Chester, Pa, State Nor
NAL Schools, and a graduate of Lewes
Union Schools. will teach the fifth
grade; Miss Mary E. Register, fourth
grade: Miss Ethel BOokhammer, third
grade: Miss Mary L. Magee, second
grade: Malcolm r. Young, teacher Of
agriculture. These appointments are
for the ensuing school term. Nacan-
cies vet to be filled are a domestic
science teacher; teacher of CONNER
cial course; home economies, eighth
grade and primary department. Luth-
er T. Salmons was appointed janitOr ;
Of the white schools. Appointment
of teachers for the colOred schools {
will be made at next meeting of
board
The assessed valuation of Lewes
is S1,06j. 800. and the per
,apita tax on each person possess
ng property is Sc. Taxes from this !
source make M the latest census fig .
lres give Lewes 2.074 in population. =
The rate Of seven mills, the same as -
asst year. is the school tax on prop =
,rty of this special district, to which y
he state adds 500 a pupil as an al :,
owance. provided there are not over =
i. 600 pupils in the schools. = :,
Lewes Canal ri
Substantial progress on Lewes H.
anal. which will connect Rehoboth b,
}av with Delaware Bay and be one ci
# the most important waterway con- el
tructions in the lower part Of the
state. is promised by the United Q,
,tates engineers Office, which will s
pen bids Thursday for continuing le
be dreging of the canal. The funds is
vailable at present amount TO S39,- fl
90 and the contract will call for IN
redging. as far as these funds will ia
ermit. a channel six feet deep at
lean low water. "
The dredging will begin where for &c
ler contractors have left off and
Dntinue the channel at a width of vi
D feet through the town of Lewes to ve
no d. NJ. & V. railroad bridge, a Sc
istance of about 5000 feet. From so
oint about 2000 feet north of this be
ridge the dredging viii continue at Y,
width of 40 feet for a distance of It's
bout three miles to RehObOth Bay. ha
Under previous contracts the work
as been completed from the junction wi
the Broadkin and Lewes rivers up w,
ewes river to the northern limit of tn
le town of Lewes, southwark across
le marshes to Gordon Lake and do
rough the highland to point de
DOut 700 feet south of the railroad
.idge at RehOboth. 10,
Mrs. Anna X. Morton has sold her .s' %
ock of millinery and dry goods TO h,' ~,
syndicate who are dis :.
,sing Of the goods at reduced prices II
+ ten days sale. ~
George A. Wilson and wife of Wil- ~.
;:;s-.;,,::: tha former heing emnlOved ~
the dupont Company have been I tra
ending a few days with his mother ~, ~,
Wilbur A. Lank and wife of ms
.idgeport. Conn, and Rowland b. ~
gram and wife of Wilmington are ~
ending a few days with Mr.. and m l"l
rs. Peter a. Lank. n
Mrs. George A. Rollins of Mem a,i' '
is, Tenn. is spending few days 40, ,,a'
tn her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Jer- ga.
Ie C. Phillips.
Harold Brittingham, a local base nee
Il pitcher of this town, met with pee
nv painful accident in a game Of 100
Il on Monday, July 9TH. at Middle the
vn. when he attempted to slide at tw'
ird base and landed on a spike the
lich was used to hold the base,
lging hi sleg almost to the bone, he eau
5 unable to continue in the game, the
is able to walk around with his are
me leg Brittingham is consider fac
one of the best pitchers in the ach
lte. vOU
lew Castle defeated the local base are
team here on the fifth in both is
nes. hut
Hiss sara Maull of the Fidelity teef