Milford chronicle., 1920-08-27
LEWES NEWS

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out from London, with a carso o
chalk. bound for Philadelphia, strand
ed in thick weather one mile off Capi
. Henlopen light at 10:45 o'clock Tues
day night. Her official tonnage il
given as 1923, with a crew of twenty
four and no passenger. Van Hemel
ryck & Co.. of Antwerp, Belgium. arr
owners. The crew of Coast GuarC
stations 139 and 14O. Lewes Beach
remained with the schooner, render
ing assistance until floated Wednes-
day morning last Food was taken tC
the boat by the guards; A tug was
commandeered in the harbor and the
work of handling hawsers and direct
ing the schooner's course was done
by Coast Guard men. When fioated
the schooner was given a berth be-
tween the breakwaters and piloted to
her anchorage by the Coast Guard
The estimated value of cargo and
/ schooner is not known. Thick wealth
er caused the vessel to go ashore,
/ lights from the shore not being dis
( cernible through a heavy fog. The
Z schooner had all appearance of being
hard aground and of ultimately going
Il
the approach of dawn had ebbed out
about four feet and later to deep wat
er.
Captain John R. Price of Philadel-
phia, formerly of this town, is visit
ing friends and relatives here for a
few days.
Rev. I. Mench Chambers of the
Lewes Presbyterian Church and Rev.
U. Franklin Smiley of West Presby-
terian Church of Wilmington ex-
changed pulpits last Sunday. Rev
Smiley is spending few weeks va
cation at the Breakwater House on
Lewes Beach.
Mrs. Cassie ]. Scott is spending a
few days with her brother, Esma D.
Johnson in Akron, Ohio.
Mrs. Harry H. Palmer is spending
few days in Philadelphia and At
lantic City.
Charles c. Hickman, manager of the
American Stores Co., who recently
fell and broke his shoulder blade and
three ribs is able to be out again.
John Buchanan of Philadelphia has
been appointed second assistant keep
er of the Cape Henlopen Lighthouse.
Harry L. Paynter and family have
moved from their cottage in RehobOth
Beach to their new home which they
recently built at Nassau on their
farm.
Miss Linda D. Jefferson of Milton
and Harry J. Schmierer of near
Lewes, son of the late Emanuel Sch
mierer, were married in Milton last
week by the Rev. T. o. Grouse.
S. T. Baldwin and family of Wash
ington, D. c., are spending the sum-
mer months here.
Jack Beach of Pittsburgh is spend
ing his vacation with his mother, Mrs.
Bessie C. Beach, here.
Joseph NJ. Paynter and wife of Will
mington are visiting the formers par
ents at Nassau, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
L. Paynter.
Dr. Harry B. Hickman, DR.. S. NJ
Louis c. Maull and F.
Irving Walls are making fine catches
of large trout at the Breakwater each
morning. Some of them weigh ten
and twelve pounds.
DR.. Fuller L. Davenport and family
of Wilkes-Barre, Pa, are spending a
few weeks with Mrs. DayenpOrts mo-
ther, Mrs. Victoria w. Maull at her
cottage on Lewes Beach.
Mrs Carl Keener and daughter of I
Md, are visiting her aunt /
Mrs. Henry c. Fish on Lewes Beach. /
Miss Ethel Maull, a student or JEFF
iersOn Hospital, who has been visit
ng her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. David I
\Tart1 has returned
Miss Margaret c. Richards has ac-
eepted a position as clerk in the Sus-
sex Trust Company succeeding Miss
Leah Carter who resigned to teach
he primary department in the local
public schools. Miss Richards re-
Gently graduated from the Lewes
nigh school.
Dr.. William p Orr, Jr., and John
". Vessels of the Sussex Trust Com
)any, attended a meeting of the Della
ware State Bankers Association held
n Georgetown this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. George D. Batey are
congratulations upon the
.rrival of a fine baby boy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel N. Tammany
# Newport, both formerly of this
own are spending two weeks with
elatives here.
Clifford NJ Fields, employed in the
'enna R. R. shops in Wilmington
pent the week with his parents, Mr.. 8
nd Mrs. William Fields. t
Albert Joseph of Philadelphia, for /
lerly of near Nassau, visited friends l.
nd relatives here for a few days. t
Howard NJ. Long and family of t
are spending a few r
-eeks with his parents, Captain and t
Lrs., Clinton Long. {
Quite a few peaches have been in C
le local market this week and have d
cen selling very readily at S1.50 and p
..f5 a s6sRet; SwiIs to the short Il
'op of them in this section the o
ice is not expected to decrease a
uch. e
John Titus of Wilmington has been {
town during the week checking up a
me of the local merchants to see if O
ey are paying sufficient license ac- Il
riding to the amount of business h
ey are doing. h
Captain Hall Hazard of the tug c,
at, Atkins Hughes, and Engineer
lillian F. Kitchens and Steward So
,uis Lauritsen, all of the same Sc
at, visited their families here for d,
couple of days during the week as n,
cir boat was tied up here during 81
e easterly rains. be
Cove S. Nelson, Jr., and wife of a
mden, N. J., who were just recently W
lrried and who have been visiting or
e formers uncle, Alfred B. Nelson,
We returned to their home in Cam C'
n.
P. B. Manlove of Philadelphia, for
,rly of this town, is spending a few