Milford chronicle., 1921-11-25
LEWES NEWS

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Mrs. Theodore Salmons and Arts
SaImons. of Philadelphia, are visiting
his mother here, Mrs. Oscar Salmons
Mr. and Mrs. Cove S. Nelson OF
Camden, N. J., spent the weekend
with his brother, George A. MelsoH' ~
Georgetown
Frederick c. Wolfe and son. FREQ
erick. Jr., left Saturday for a week
visit with friends and relatives III
philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. T. Atkins OF Milton
who have been spending several Gays
,',i+b their son, William T. Atkins here
have returned.
Miss Clara MauIl, of Sussex Trust
~ and Miss Sara Maul, OF Delaware
TrI1st Co., who have been visiting III
philadelphia have returned.
Rev. w. Kay Lord, of the Delaware
Children's Home Society, OF Wllmlng y
ton was in town during the WeeA'
Locking after interests OF the nome
children here.
Local sportsmen still report that
there are plenty Of rabbits, Dut not 50
many quail; several good bags nave
been made and so far no accidents
have been reported in this sectlon'
Edward Ward, OF Belltown' is be-
;,a hold for threatening to shoot Geo
w Tnnne1. also of BelltoWn, Doth
ooiored. if he found him cunning IN
+be woods. Ward was arra1gned DeIOre
ITs+ice of the Peace E. W. Ryon OF
Georgetown. ,..4
revival services are being conduct
od at tbe Fbenezer M. E. Church. near
SSidwav. M by Rev. W. S. Grant, pastor
~ +be Fpworth M. 3. Church, OF Re-
boboth Beach. Special services are al
90 being conducted in the LeWes NJ
n church by Rev. Howard Davis.
flJ Stewart Donaway, who purcnas-
cd the nlant and equipment OF tne
Ta,ves Journal Company here, at tne
receivers sale several weeks aso' n'I9
heen doing considerable Jop prlnCl4e'
and has now decided to operate a lo-
cal naper to be known as the denIop-
on Light. The first issue IS TO appear
during the coming week.
Mrs. Margaret E. w. King, aged SO
.,oars and one of the Oldest residents
Sf % +bis town. died at her home here
oe Loor+ failure. Funeral services
II-oro ~ conducted by the Rev. c. II. b.
turner. pastor of st. Peters H.
Ct,,rcb and interment was MADE III
tho zion M. E. cemetery, near Milton.
The deceased was a sister OF MARY
Eade and David H. Wlltpank' Oo'n u
Milton. o.,
i The ouoit team of Enterprise Coun-
ci1 No. 16, of Milton, came mere Iasc
week and played the quot team OIL
7 ewes Council. They were defeated Dy
the local boys by a score OF tlVe games
ont of seven, This is the second tllne
tbe two teams have met, Milton los
inc each time. The winners for LeWes
we're: Napoleon B. Register, Char!es
n Nelson. Roland Tindall and DanleI
Littleton.
Thomas w. Ewing, Jr., son Oh MI
and Mrs. Thomas w. Ewing, OF RenO-
both Beach, and Miss Elizabeth H.
Webb. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. K. A.
Webb. of Milford, were married on
Saturday evening at the home OF the
brides parents, by Rev. Disston W.
Jacobs. They will make their future
home in Rehoboth Beach, where the
groom is connected with the Ewing
Construction Co.
Local produce dealers are offering
the farmers 60c bushel for red skin
potatoes, and Csc for white skins.
Some of the farmers are selling at
this figure, while others are going to
bury them and take chance on get
ting more than that figure later on
in the season. They figure that with
only about a half crop and hardly
that, they can't afford to sell at that
figure, and will take a chance on a
heavier loss.
Mr.. and Mrs. John H. Wilson, of
Prettyman's Corner, are receiving con-
gratulations upon the arrival of a fine
baby girl at the Beebe Hospital. This
is the first baby born at the new hos !
pital and has been named Helen Shaw
Wilson, after Mrs. Helen M. Shaw, one
of the donors of the Beebe Hospital.
Mrs. Shaw is still confined to the |
Beebe Hospital, where she has been
for the past two weeks, suffering with |
high blood pressure.
Charles S. Veasey, a lumberman of
this town, met with very serious ac-
cident on Friday while attending the
public sale of William H.. Virden at
the Virden farm. Robert Lynch, son
of Captain Thomas E. Lynch, of near
Midway, ran into Veasey with an au-
tomobile running at good speed. Yea
sey was walking down the road when
struck by Lynch's car. He was taken
home in ean automobile, and at this
time is much improved.
The largest sale of farming imple-
ments and live stock that has been
held here for several years was held
last week by William H. Virden, at
his farm, on the road leading from
Five Points to Rehoboth Beach, which
is tenanted by J. Orton Marshall. AL
most everything was sold unreasonab-
ly low, corn brought 19c a basket
under the hammer. Many were in at
tendance from all parts Of the county.
The Virden farm is the largest farm
in this neighborhood, consisting of
more than two hundred acres. 1t will
be tenanted next year by Ernest Me-
gee, who now occupies William H.
Bookhammer's farm, near town.