Milford chronicle., 1921-08-12
LEWES NEWS

spring, was returning from Lewes an
car owned by Harry L. Paynter, {
Nassau, was coming from RehObOt
Beach. Warrington saw that he wa
going to collide with the other autC
so he steered his car into a ditch.
turned turtle, damaging the car an
he suffered slight injuries. The othe
collision happening on Sunday, whel
Colonel Edmund Mitchell of Whining
ton, collided with Thomas B. Morris
of near Lewes. They were on tn
same pointed roads that the fOrme
two were using. Mitchell's car wal
badly damaged and Morris car was
wreck. No one was seriously injured
The cause for these two accidents
is, that the autOiSts were unable tC
see each other until they collided, on
account of the corn which is growing
in the adjacent field. Drivers should
be more careful in their driving
where corn fields obstruct their view.
Thomas R. Ingram, Jr., left here on
Saturday morning for Plattsburg, ~
Y, to spend five weeks in a training
camp there He is the fourth from the
Lewes high school to go to this camp
within the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. Holmes Martin of
Philadelphia, formerly of Lewes are
visiting friends and relatives here for
a few days.
Mrs. Frank Laucirica of Whining
ton is visiting her parents here, Mr..
and Mrs. Garrison T. West, for two
weeks.
Stanley Phillips who is employed at
the Cape Henlopen Coast Guard Sta
ton, is confined to his home on Ar
nell avenue with typhoid fever.
George Holston, U. S. Lighthouse
Boatsman, has moved his family from
the Chase property on Arnell avenue
to the bungalow at the Greenhill
light.
Howard NJ. Long and family Of Phil
adelphia are visiting his parents, Cap
tain and Mrs. Clinton Long here.
w. Virden Marshall spent the week
end at Trenton, N. ].
George E. Vickers & Son received
the contract to furnish the coal for
the different coast guard stations in
this district.
Former Insurance Commissioner
Charles H. Maull made trip to Wash
ington, D. c., during the past week.
The Sussex Trust Company with
branches at Lewes, Laurel and Mil
ton held its regular quarterly meeting
at the Belhaven Hotel in RehobOth
Beach last week. Statements showed /
that all three branches were in a
condition.
Miss Ella B. Twilley, of Philadel-
phia, formerly of Lewes, is spending a 4
months vacation with her sister here,
Mrs. Andrew H. Baker.
Urbon P. Wingate has moved from
his fathers property on Chestnut
street to the Thompson chicken farm
in Gill's Neck, where he proposes to
enter into the chicken business on a
arge scale.
DR.. Harry B. Hickman of Philadel-
)hia and wife are spending the month
If August at their cottage on Lewes
Beach.
William B. Morris of Philadelphia is
listing his brothers here, Captain
Charles S. and Jacob Morris.
The yacht, Onward" under the
Command of Captain Thomas E.
Brown, of Lewes, made a trip from +
ape May last Friday and brought :
bout rs passengers. The owner of the
acht had intended to make regular
rips between here and Cape May dur !
ne the summer, but found that it was +
lore profitable to take out fishing par
les from Cape May, so has been en- =
aged in that line. Among those who $
1ade the trip from Cape May was !
FRS. Thomas B. Schellinger and +
aughter, Mrs. Matte Smith, formerly I
f this town. {
Napoleon B. Register, Jr., Henry c. s
ibble and Vernon Brewer, all of this !,
lace, left last week for Plattsburg, +,
. Y, where they will undergo five p
eeks in the U. S. training camp. g
Captain Hall Hazard of the tug, Fl
Atkins Hughes" spent couple days II
ith his family here during last week. Fl
Mr.. and Mrs. J. SandersOn Trump, n
Philadelphia, are at Rehoboth
each for a couple of weeks. o.
Mrs. Allen L. Lauritsen and daugh- W
r, of Wilmington, are visiting Louis W
auritsOn here for few days. nj
William D. Kenney of Philadelphia ci
spending his vacation with Mr.. and o,
rs. John w. Phillips Of Angola. q
Mrs. Eliza Pierce is visiting Elias ar
)verdale in Cape May. in
William W. White has been cOnfin- III
to his home for several days on p,
count OF illness.
Local fishermen are making good fa
tches of fine trout, both with haul ic
ines and >hook and line, especially in
the Breakwater. 18
DR.. Fuller L. Davenport and family of
Wilkes-Barre, Pa, are spending the m,
onth of August with Mrs. Daven- in,
rt's mother, Mrs. Victoria W. Maull, ov
Lewes Beach. ab
James D. Wilson of Philadelphia, tn
'merly of this town, is visiting his tr;
lighter, Mrs. Ebe T. Palmer in town. WI
Scott M. Hart, who for the past 20 co
ars has been employed at one of the we
al fishing plants, left this week for Sc,
, Promise Land Fish Factory of CO.
yes & Anderton at Long Island. be
ne of the local plants are being op- civ
ted this season. an
Charles w. Futcher who is employ sta
on the tug, Arabian" is spending Co
weeks vacation with his parents wr
e, Mr.. and Mrs. James T. Futcher. CIR
frank Wiltbank, of Philadelphia, alo
merly of Lewes is spending a week ica
h friends and relatives here. "
liss Catherine Maull of New York sul
Y is spending the month of August cal
b her mother, Mrs. Mary c. Maull O00
Lewes Beach. vel
luther T. Salmons has returned clil
N a trip to Philadelphia visiting ira
brother, John W. SaImons. tbe
irden HU9heV Of Wi1uin ptOn is l..