Milford chronicle., 1921-02-04
LEWES NEWS

remain so anu uOI SSI IL SUN
as they were in last winter and spring
This time of the year last Februar.
they were almost impossible IN I'M
section, mail carriers were compelle'
to put away their autos and use I"'
horse team. o,
d. L. McCOullough, agency manager
of the Equitable Life Assurance Soct
etv. Wilmington, was a town Vlsltol
during the week. =,
w. Virden Marshall of Trenton, N
J.. visited his parents here during tn'
week, Mr.. and Mrs. William f. Mar
Tohn M. Vessels and Thomas R. In
Gram made a trip to Wilmington, PnlI-
adelphia, and New York during tne
week. ,,,.,.....,,+o,7
visited friends and relatives here dur
ing the week. III, .
Archie Taylor is suffering with d
carbuncle on the back of his neck.
Expressman Thomas P. Scott lost
another valuable horse last Week.
which makes the seventh one he mas
lost since he has been here IN the eA-
press business. 49, .,.,o
boon ~ goine. on at the NJ. E. Church
here are meeting with great success
A number have already been convert
ed. - -1,o hoe
been in New York City for seVeraI
days has returned.
William J. Brereton who is employ
cd in the clothing store OF Thompson
&, Martin has gone to Philadelphia 10
take a course in window dressing.
William H. Bookhammer, president
of +be Lew Court Commissioners, mas
baen confined to his home for several
days suffering from la grippe puI IS
improving slowly. .,,.
John M. Lynch who is aIIenuIne
Delaware College and the only sur
vivor of the three boys VINO look W
phoid fever at the College ieW
months ago, has been spending 1e"
days' vacation with his parents mere
Miss Esther c. Register VINO mas
been attending West Chester State
Normal School has been called mere
to teach certain studies In the hlSn
school. 4.5
Esmau D. Hudson has accepted a
nosition as fireman on the tug boat'
Arabian, with Captain Willard II. Col
Inns. -4,,o,,
Albert NAPLES is erecting another
dwelling house on his farm near
Coolspring.
A number of local marine engineers
are spending the winter months win
their families here because OF their
inability to get work. So many tugs
and steamers are tied up at this time
hut it is expected that in the early
spring many of them will be out, ana
iobs will be plentiful in the engine
room. even the labOring man mere
finds it hard to keep employment. This |
is the first time for several years that
labor has been so plentiful, the labor
ing wages have fallen off some, yet
thev still receive about $4.0O per day
and. carpenters are still receiving
100 a day, and the most of them are
busv when the weather is permissible
for them to work outside.
Funeral services of Mrs. Anna Eliz-
abeth Gingham, aged about so years,
were held in the undertaking parlors
of William T. Atkins on Wednesday af-
ternoon. January 26, conducted by
Rev. T. Mench Chambers, pastor OF the
lDrGSDYIGIldu
made in the Presbyterian cemetery.
The deceased died at the home OF her
daughter. Mrs. F. w. Freeman at Eas-
ton, Pa, and is survived by two other
daughters, Mrs. LaVergue Clark OF
Waterbury, Conn, and Mrs. ALVIN
of Stroudsburg, Pa.' and
one son, William T. Gingham, OF
D. c.
The $4,000 bonds voted at the spec
ial election in December for the new
school building were sold last week
TO the Sussex Trust Company OF this
town at a premium of $25.00. They
will bear $40 interest, the proceeds
of these bonds together with the S22O-
900 from the Delaware Auxiliary
Fund will be used for erection of the
new school building on South street.
The first assistant cook on the Ital-
ian steamer, Marianne, fell down an .,
1pen hatch on Wednesday night Of last !
week and broke his neck. The steam :
9r was outbound from Philadelphia to
New York at the time. Upon reach
ng the Capes they blew for a physi-
,ian. and DR.. William f. Orr, Jr., was
aiken aboard, and on examination dis
covered that his neck was broken. He :
ived for about four hours after the
accident happened. He was an Ital-
an and had served in the world war,
where he was twice wounded. He has
,nlv recently been discharged from !
me of the Philadelphia hospitals af- I
er having recovered from an attack
# typhoid fever. The remains were p
aiken to New York for burial. Il
Captain and Mrs. Clinton Long have
losed their residence and gone to a
Iarcus Hook, Pa, where they will u
pend the remainder of the winter.
On Saturday afternoon, January 22,
t 2:3O. Mr.. J. Linford Truitt, form a
rly of Lewes, and Miss Susan E. Ste n
ems of Bellewood, Pa, were united
4 marriage at Grace Lutheran Church I;
v the pastor, Rev. H. R. Shipe, with u
he use of the ring ceremony. The
reddfng march was played by Mrs. d d
.uth Kask and the ceremony was 2
vitnessed by the immediate family d. =
nd a few friends. The bride is the 4,
ldest daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. W. T. ~, :"
tevens, 50S Stewart street. She is ''
raduate of the Altoona high school e.
nd Of Zeth Business college. For the
asst three years, she has been en- si
loyed in the General Foreman's Of n.
ce of the Car Shops. The groom is N
le son of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Truitt
Lewes. He is a graduate of the G,
ewes high school and of Penn State M
Ollege in the class of 1920, and is
ow employed in Altoona as a spec of
j apprentice of the Pennsy.. He is ST
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