Milford chronicle., 1921-07-08
LEWES NEWS

The new scheduled express tral
from Philadelphia to Rehoboth Beacl
on Saturdays, arriving at 5.35 o'cloc
D. M, is very popular and largely pat
ronized. Many city visitors, who az
here over the Fourth speak very favv
orable of the express train and 1t l
believed to be a wonderful thing t.
Rehoboth Beach this season If it con
tinues.
Iewes base ball team defeated tn
strong team of Ellendale, which wa
padded for the occasion, by a scor
of 5 to 2. Brittingham pitched in
nings for the local boys and did tin'
work, Nelson pitched the last inning
for little practice.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ellwood K.S Bond, o.
Philadelphia are here over the Fourth
Mrs. Bond was formerly Miss Fannie
Baynum, of this town.
f. Irving Walls and family, OF VIII
mington, are at their cottage or
Lewes Beach for few days.
Lynn Ritter, who is employed by
the Chincoteague Fish Oil d Guano
ompany, at ChincOteague, Va, is here
for the Fourth with his parents.
The regular song service which is
held every year during the summer
months in the Lewes M. E. Church,
from seven until eight in the evening,
went into effect on Sunday evening
uder the leadership of Thomas r. In
gram.
spent the week end with his family,
who are here at the Erickson House
in Pilottown for the summer months.
Emil Wallard Willard and John
Richards, of the U. S. S. WOOdbine,
which is stationed at Edgemoor, Del,
spent the Fourth with their parents
here.
William M. Manning, of Philadel-
phia, is spending the Fourth with his
mother, Mrs. Arzelia E. Manning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Marshall and
family, of Wilmington, are visiting
the formers brother here, Samuel b.
Howell F. Pipino, of Wilmington,
who has the contract to do the brick
work at the new schol building and
the Beebe hospital, has rented An
thony P. Ingram's house on King
street for the summer and Ingram has
moved his family on Lewes Beach to
the Rowland cottage.
Early apples are very scarce IN this
section, some appeared IN the local
market during the week and sold for
a dollar a basket. Only a very few
orchards have any prospects for late
apples, the large orchard farms near
Town have only few on.
A. J. Hambleton, of Wilmington,
who is employed by the B. F. Shaw
Company and has charge of the
plumbing of both the school building
md the hospital, has rented the Ralph
Tones property on King street and has
moved his family here.
Albert R. Mccullough and Miss
Dorothy Boehner, both Of Phlladel-
,hia, who were recently married in
hat city are spending their honey
noon here at the Hotel Rodney. Mr.. .
was formerly attached to
he U. S. Naval Base here during the
var; he is now employed as teller, IN
he West Philadelphia Bank. :
The drought was broken for fair
ast week by heavy rain. At Reho-
9th Beach the thunder and lightning
vas very severe; a frame house of
tephen P. Hudson on Rehoboth ave- +
ue was struck and the roof badly I
amaged. No one was hurt. While I
le rain came too late in this section 5,
, help early potatoes it has been a =
onderful help to lima beans and sug- y
, corn and other growing vegetables.
ome of the farmers who are intend
q to put out tomatoes for the fac d
ries have been unable as yet until b
e rain came to get them out. Ii