Milford chronicle., 1921-07-01
LEWES NEWS

had a SIrOhe OIL pdTd4y SIS anu 10 S'AA
confined to her home.
Mrs. William Walls of Philadelphii
is visiting her parents here, Mr.. ant
Mrs. William E. Ennis.
Mrs. Elizabeth R. Macdonald o
Washington, D. c., is spending a lev
weeks on Lewes Beach.
The Wescoat Auto Company ha
lust recently disposed OF a carloau U
Hupmobiles to local people,
Cantain John R. Price of Philadel
mia is spending a few days at TN
ocean House on LeWes Beach,
William Clifton a local base bal
,,1aver is now playing as a reguId:
piayer with the Georgetown base pal
team.
oliver Walls Of Georgetown has ac
cented a position as mechanic III In' I
garage of Roland J. S. Marsh mere u
South street.
Handy NJ. Long who is employed az
DRUGGIST in a drug store in Federals'
hurg, Md, visited his family mere uul
ing the week. o,
String beans appeared in the loeal
market the uISC VI 0AAO NJ. =. 10
brought 25c a quarter peck lney "19
now down to 15c.
George c. Prettyman and vile OF
Philadelphia, formerly OF TINS toWn'
are spending a few days with IrleHus
and relatives here.
The town authorities are golng ~
ston speeding. On Sunday 10 autolsIs 81
were "pinched" for speeding anu lalI-
inc tn sound horns at street crossings
Edward V. Holland and family Oh
Philadelphia, formerly OF MlumoS lH,
enent the weekend with ms LlOIneI' 5i
Mrs. Laura Holland in RehoDoIn
Beach. .,
Mrs Eugene Manning and son, VII
liam r. Manning, of Wilmington, nave
onpned their cottage on LeWes Beach
and have as their guest, Henry Foru'
formerly of Wilmington.
Contractor Joseph E. Virden has mad
q force of carpenters at work on 81
Poters p. E. Church during the week,
during which time they have shlngIeu
tI,o eteenIe with asbestos shingles.
Miss Ethel Naull who recently grad
rated from Jefferson Hospital, Phlla-
6elnhia. as a trained nurse is spend
no a few weeks with her parents
here. Mr.. and Mrs. David M. Maul'
Cantain Irwin B. Steele, assistant
s,,nerintendent of this Coast Guard
Dietrict with offices in the Federal
BniIding here has purchased the cap
tain John R. Price property on Mul-
berry street which he now occupies.
Jobn S. Rossell, president OF the
coo,,7.itv Tr1st and Safe Deposit Com |
pany of Wilmington and BenJaIltn ~, =
Shaw, also of Wilmington were CoMn ., .
visitors during the week, drlVlnS oVel
from Rehoboth Beach Where Iney ai0
spending a few days vacation.
The single men defeated the mar
ried men here on Saturday in game
of base ball by a score OF 1O 10 o. 4ne
oa,,1n went along in favor OF the mar
Rod men until their pitcher WeaKeneu
in the latter part of the game Wheh
thew scored 5 runs in one inning
/Tbese ushers have been appointed
1T the Lewes M. E. Church for the
month of July-Morning: George w.
Coverdale, Carl B. Baylis, Irwin B.
steele. Walter E. Wyatt; evening: Ma
noIeon B. Register, Edison G. Lodge
William w. White and John K. war
ringtOn.
Local fishermen are making large
catches of Holsters at the BreakWater
which are being shipped to the city
markets by local buyers who are real
izing good prices. No large catches OF
-ront are being made but seacroakers
are very plentiful. Anglers are catch
ing many of them. off the piers.
At the school election held here
Thomas R. Ingram was reelected as
school commissioner. The other TWO
members are Napoleon B. Register
and DR.. James Beebe. Robert ID. !
Thompson was elected commissioner
# Midway in a bitter contest. The ]
,ther candidate was William S. Ayde- {
otte.
The grape vines are showing signs
If a small yield. .Quince trees nave
,een hard hit and also apple trees
The big orchard at Nassau which was
/ beautiful sight this time last year,
With every tree loaded with fruit, is
showing no red apple bearing trees
md only a few early transparent ap-
lies, many of them falling to the
,round.
Unless there is more rain in a short Y
ime it is feared that the vegetables
uch as lima beans and corn as well
IS watermelons and cantaloupes will =
,e very short as they are needing =
ain very badly. Early potatoes are a
allure, the most of the vines are dead $
nd the yield has been cut to about 7
ne-ffth of crop. Corn is also show :
ng signs Of the need of rain. .
Many of the farmers in this vicinity
ave their wheat cut and the pros {
ect for a crop is not very promising, il
many of them say that the
rop is considerably better than it ]
yas last year as last season was a C
oor one for wheat in this section. Old f,
yheat is selling for $1.40 bushel.
t is not known, as yet, just what the C
ew will bring direct from the thresh- a
r.
The DUPONT Engineering Company M
-ho have the contract to build the
ew hospital and the school building Il
ave just completed the laying of a q
ever pipe from the residence of DR.. ts
ames Beebe to the new school build
lg, the depth of the sewer was about III
or 19 feet. Rapid progress is also Sc
eing made on both the school build
g and the hospital, as there is about te
ty or more men employed there. VI
The local farmers were in high glee Il,
st week when the drought which nc
I'd prevailed here for almost a month in
as broken, rain fell for several min a
es in hard showers, and is shower
off and on during the night, while 70
It hardly enough has fell to make the III
ound ploW good LOT !ate potatoes' it