Milford chronicle., 1921-09-16
LEWN NEWS

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Lewes M. E. Church. The ceremon
was performed by the Rev. Howar
Davis. The bride was attended b
Miss Isabelle Blackstone, as maid O
honor and Miss E. Carey as brides
maid, both of Millsboro. The groom
was attended by William Orr Melsol
, as best man. The ushers were Edsol
C. Lodge, Samuel c. Pierce, Charlie
T. Nelson and Robert B. Byron. AT
ter a short honeymoon they will Ie
side in this town where the groom il
employed by the Town Commissioner
|. as electrician.
F. Irving Walls of Wilmington
spent the weekend with his family
who have spent the summer at theil
cottage on LeWes Beach.
Harvey Hickman and family o.
Chester, Pa, are spending a few days
with friends and relatives here.
J. S. Furniss has accepted the posi-
tiOn as commercial teacher in the To-
cal public schools, succeeding Miss
lone Hopkins.
These ushers have been appointed
at the Lewes M. e. Church for the
month of September: Morning, ThOs
P. Scott, James E. Wiley, Lee A. Ca
hall, Penrose Murray; evening: Chas.
w. Palmer, Martin L. Webb, Charles
H. Howard and James T. Lank.
Farmers in this section, on account
of the drought which has prevailed
for sometime, fear for their late pO-
tatO crop which is badly in need of
rain and unless their is some rainfall
in few days the crop will be total
failure here. The early crop was al
most a failure for lack of rain. Late
corn also is in need of rain as we'll
as the clover fields and the pasture
fields.
Wayne C. Brewer, who is connected
with the H. A. Stone Co., of Philadel-
phia, is spending a few weeks with
his parents here, Mr.. and Mrs. F. H.
Brewer.
Mrs. and Mrs. J. SandersOn Trump
of Philadelphia, who are at their cot
tage in RehOboth Beach for the month
of September were town visitors on
Saturday.
Charles and Edward Webb of Phil
adelphia who have been visiting rel
atiVes here for a few days have re-
turned.
Edward and Roy Collins of Phila-
delphia spent the early part of the
week with their parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Irwin S. Collins, near town.
The local base ball team crossed
bats with the Lincoln City team here
this week with a double header. The
visitors took the first game by score
of to and lost the second game by
a score of II to 0 in four inning. The
game being so rotten that the crowd
began to leave in the fourth inning,
and it seemed almost impossible for
the visitors to put the side out in
that inning, ten runs were scored in
the fourth inning.
Mr.. and Mrs. George A. Salmon of
Philadelphia are spending few days
with the latters mother here, Mrs. H.
G. Bohm.
James A. Aull, Jr., of Philadelphia
was a town visitor during the week
at the home of Mayor James 7.
Thompson.
Captain Ralph R. Salmons and wife
of Philadelphia are with his mother
here for a couple of weeks.
George o. Smith, of Berlin, Md,
formerly of this town, was a visitor
during the week.
Professor Robert J. Kelly, Of Phila-
delVhia, formerly of this town, was in
t0#n during the week.
" The Lewes Oil & Chemical Com
pany's fishing steamers all came in
loaded on Labor Day. The total catch |
for the four boats was 607S barrels
They have been making good catches
since each night. These fish are max
ing fine scrap and turning out oil a |
little better than the average at this
season for the past three years.
The monster whale which has been
drifting around from one resort to an
other has landed at RehOboth Beach
and is going into large pieces, scat
tering over the beach. Humor had it
that it had been cremated by the peO-
pie of Rehoboth, but this was not true
as no effort whatever was made to
cremate it.
Burton E. Clark, of Baltimore, Nd,
S spending a few weeks in town rep
the beneficiary degree of the
Junior Order of the American Me-
,hanics and is meeting with success.
B. F. Johnson, of Dover, who rep
'esents the Equitable Life Assurance
society was town visitor during the
week.
Mrs. R. Henderson of Baltimore is
pending few days with her sister
lere, Mrs. Howard Davis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas R. Ingram and
Ir. and Mrs. Napoleon B. Register re-
urned last evening from Plattsburg,
I. Y, with their sons, T. R. Ingram, {
r., and N. B. Register, Jr., who have
een in the training camp there for
he past month. They made the trip
y automobile.
School opened here on Monday, Sep ]
ember 18th with Professor Ira S. 9
'rinser as superintendent of the
chOols. No doubt that when the next
erm begins the new school building
7ill be completed and an up to date
uilding and all equipment can be
njoyed by the local pupils.
Local spOrtsmen are making large
atches of trout on the Queen Anne
ier here. A party of four one night
lst week landed 11O nice ones. They
re biting better this season on the
zeal pier than they have for several
ears, as usual they are still making
ood catches at the Breakwaters.
Local sportsmen report squirrels
carce this season. The season open
j here in the first of September and
cry few have been bagged as yet,
wing to the scarcity of them.
SUNNYSIDE