Milford chronicle., 1921-07-15
LEWES NEWS

: Register and Henry COggeshall Glib
! BILE, and are both high school boys.
: Mrs. Lottie Burton and William L
Hancock, both of this town, were mar
ried this week by the Rev. Howard
; Davis at the home Of the brides mo-
ther. Mr.. Hancock is employed. at the
Lewes Coast Guard Station. They will
make their future home here.
William Hooker. a local base bal
player, is suffering with two bursteC
fingers, sustained while playing bail
Charles f. Wolfe of the Fred L. My
ers Co., Inc, made trip to Philadel-
phia during the week.
W. Walter White, superintendent Of
the Burton Orchards Co., Inc, of
Prettyman's Corner, who was recent
ly married to Miss Effie Bell, of Marys-
vile, Pa, has rented rooms at the
Downs property on King street and
are housekeeping there.
William F. VOgel, a Philadelphia
druggist, is spending a few days with
his parents, Captain and Mrs, Fred G..
Vogel at Dewey Beach.
George w. Coverdale and family are
occupying their cottage on Lewes
Beach for the season.
/ Herman Zerden who has been Wis
iting his parents here has returned
to his duties in Philadelphia.
The local base ball team defeated
the Georgetown team on the Fourth.
here by a score of 10 to 2. The visit
ors were all padded with extra good
players, but the local boys had them
out-classed when it came to batting.
Brittingham pitched the first seven
innings for the local boys and the Wis
itOrs could do nothing with him.
Norman P. Sloan of Philadelphia
who is spending his vacation at his
farm in Angola was a town visitor
during the week.
Alton Harrison of Wilmington, for
merly of this town, spent the Fourth
with friends and relatives here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Webb and
daughter, Miss Elsie, and Lewis D.
OrtOn of Philadelphia, spent the week
end with relatives here.
Owing to the farmers in this sec
ton taking the Fourth for a holiday
they have been unable to thresh any
wheat for several days, the latter part
of last week they were held up on ac-
count of rain.
Thomas r. Ingram and wife made
trip to Philadelphia during the week.
Peter B. Martin who has been con-
fined to his bed for several weeks is
able to be out again.
Miss Zena Coulter is confined to her
home on account of illness.
Herbert Shuts and his sister, Mary, |
have moved from their property on
Market street and Front which they |
recently sold to John w. Hill to one
of Mrs. Elizabeth Martins properties !
on Market street. Mr.. Hill has moved |
to his new home from DR.. Orr's brick
house on South street and Louis B.
Graves has moved to the brick house.
Urbon P. Wingate has rented
bungalow and chicken farm
in Gillsneck from Mrs. Moriah Daisy
and will occupy it in the near future
with the intention of going in the
chicken raising business.
William H. Workman, contractor of
Milton, has begun work on new store
building on The John NJ. Vessels lot
On Second street where his old store
stood before the fire last December.
Mr.. Vessels is the first one to rebuild
hat was burned out.
Phillip Warner and wife of South
Bend, Indiana, are spending a few
lays with the latter's mother, Mrs.
Edith S. Middleton at her farm in An
COLA.
Mrs. Sallie Nelson of Wilmington
pent the early part of the week with
rien1s and relatives here.
Captain Charles w. Johnston who
las been in South Carolina for sever
Il months where he has a government
contract is spending few days at .,
lis home here.
Chandler Hendrickson of Whining
on is the guest of Miss Margaret At
in here.
Rowland H. Brewer and family of
Irack-EX are spending a few days
nh ms PARENTS here, Mr.. a1d MIS-.
'eli L.; rd II. Brewer.
Funeral services Of Mrs. Gideon i.
al aIrenler were held at Ebe1js'r M.
!. ChI rch on "Wednesday morning Of
asst week and interment made in the
cemetery. She is survived
Y three sons, Harry F., Clarence NJ,
nd Walter R. Carpenter, and thre~
aughter, Mrs. Ida V. Collins, Mrs.
gorge A. Fisher and Mrs. Curtis J.
Morris Wright, a respected colored
lan died at his LCme neal town on
uesday after long illness.
Thomas R. Ingram's Sunday school
ass Leld a doggy roast on LeWes
each last week which WIS largely
.tGnded and all reported having had
Eood tine.
Several local carpenters are en-
Cycd a. Dewey Be ach Whi3 IN is lC- /
tied about two miles below Rehr- 4
9TH Beach, building a dance hall Tor f
,hn Wedderburn, of Baltimore, who F
.pects to make an attractive r'' ort F
/, of Tewey Beach. He is also hav-
Q a large garage erected there. |:
Mrs. Virginia Mason and daughter, |:
iss Anna, of Philadelphia, formerly |:
this town, are at the Belhaven Ho-
in Rehoboth Beach for 4 week. |:
Mrs. Custis w. Atkins and daughter, |:
lss Margaret, are spending a few |:
US at their bungalow here on South
rect. |:
William P. Orr, the third, who has II
en- critically ill at the Beebe Hospi- n
here for several days is very much n
proved. n
The Lewes M. E. Sunday school will I
Id their annual picnic this season -
Wednesday, July 9th at Ocean
". Md. This is the third consecu-
e time that they have gone to
can City with their picnic, and be-
Use of the fact that everybody en-
ed themselves so well is the rea- De
l for the third trip.
Or El1noer bertrand of New York m