Milford chronicle., 1922-02-10
LEWES NEWS

0NNAAANAA
Monday evening for the building of
boardwalk and a large pavilion on Lewe
1t Beach with the idea of improving tn
l. beach and help make it a famous sum
nler resort as it has all the requirement
II OF a real summer resort, such as goo
e bathing, good fishing, nice clean beach
no undertow. already has a pier that ex
n tends out several hundred yards owe
l. the water, and with the proposed ferr,
e to and from Cape May there is no rea,
e son why Lewes Beach couldn't be mad,
e first class summer resort.
p. Demarest Lowe, of New York City
h was in town during the week gauginl
+ some fish oil for the Hayes and Ander-
y ton Fishing Company.
s Mrs. Edgar w. Ingram. who has been
1 visiting her son, Wilson Ingram in Will
mington. who was confined to his home
: for several weeks with scarlet fever, has
returned to her home here.
Miss Elizabeth Hazard, the tubercu-
losis nurse for Sussex county. has been
confined TO her home for several days
with an attack of grippe.
Joseph B. Lekites who was employed
as carpenter on the new school building
here, has gone to Winston Salem, N. c..
with the DUPONT Engineering Company.
to work on the new school building
which they are building there.
The heavy rain which came last week.
helped considerably to drive away the
huge snow banks which have been lying
around for about a week. The roads are
still in a deplorable condition. They are
not only filled with snow in some places
now but they are soft as well.
George William Wilson, track foreman
of the d. NJ. & V. Railroad here, had
the misfortune to break his leg when
/ he slipped and fell while at work. This
7 is the second time he has suffered with
a broken leg in the past two years and
has also been in the Beebe Hospital
three times within two years. He was
confined there several weeks. not many
months ago, when their power track car
jumped a track.
Carl Harrison, manager of the Lewes
Gas Company here, and Frank Derrick
son, who is also employed by the Gas
Company, were gassed recently when
they attempted to stop a leak in an I'M
derground pipe. They We're taken to the
Beebe Hospital where they remained un-
conscious for several minutes They are
improving, but are still at the hospital.
Justice of the Peace Napoleon B. Reg
lister received a telegram from the Fed
eral Bonding Bureau recently that the
Senate had confirmed his appointment
as postmaster of the local postoffice here.
succeeding Mrs. Fredonia c. LofIand
whose term of four years expired over
year ago.
The rural mail carriers here are still
unable to make their routes on account
of the heavy banks of snow in the roads
Some of the farmers. near Midway, hitch s
ed up thirteen mules to a snow plow
and managed to open the road from
Lewes to Rehoboth Beach so that it
would be passable for teams only. Auto
mobiles can hardly get out of town on c
account of the snow, and unless the j
weather comes exceedingly warmer I
within the next several days the couh- 1
-ry roads will be blocked as far as au- y
are concerned for sometime to 1
,Ome. L
These ushers have been appointed at '
he Lewes NJ. E. Church for the month '
If February: Morning-Irwin b. Steele, \
calvin A. Evans, John J. Wilson, J. Pen a
ose Murray; evening-Charles H. How
rd, Martin L. Webb, Charles w. Pal
ler and Samuel Chambers.
Some of the new furniture is being in
tailed in the new school building, and
or the first time the entire building was NJ
GIFTED up on Thursday evening. 1t is a,
expected that in a very short time the
uilding will be all completed and turn II;
over to the local board of educationy III
Justice of the Peace Napoleon 3. Regis 10
er has been confined to his home for ~
he past three days on account of ill .
ess, but is now able to he out again. no
The pilot boat, philadelphia" went to We
ape May for a supply of coal on Fri Se
ay. 70
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Pratt, of Mar on
lalltOn, are here again for awhile as in,
r. Pratt is employed at the new school
Hiding, succeeding Arthur Hambleton. f.,
no has been sent to Cuba in charge of III
large contract for the b. +. Shaw Com -
my of Wilmington. CT
Miss Margaret Atkins is visiting in dc
hiladelphia for a few days. lao
Wayne Brewer who is employed here no
T the H. A. Stone Co. made a motor ro.
ip to Wilmington and Kennett Square dr.,
ring the week. va,
Roland D. J. Raught who is attending an
llege in Bethlehem Pa. is spending a we
W days with his mother here. clio
The U. S. S. Iris is inspecting the bnt
and buoys in the Delaware la c
" since the recent storm, and during am
= week took some of the lighthouse en- hin
'yees to their stations and up the bay 90,
d brought back the ones eligible for Y
ore leave. bei
Walter 3. Webb, a contracting car rue
nter of Philadelphia, spent the past q h
ek with ms brother Luther ). webb GOV
Robinsonville. ove
'Irs. Virginia Mason, widow of Charles II
son, formerly of this town, died at sob
) home of her son, Charles II. Mason, will
Nehnetr SQUARE Fa'' on Wednesday Lat
last week. Funeral services were held Geo
Friday and interment made in a Ken ctr,
t Square cemetery. The deceased is bor,
vived by two sons, Charles and Ar will
r Mason and two daughters. is i,
Ir. and Mrs. Luther T. Salmons who TOW,
re both been very i'll, at their home nIet
e, for several days are slowly inn Oak
wing. Will
he ladies of st. Peters p. E. Church Brif
meet for sewing next Wednesday af- wav
loon at the home of Mrs. Clinton this
e. TT
l. "illiah X. MesslcK' one Oh the tax a ro
missioners and his deputy, were kept New
pusy mere all day last thursday for
ing their sitting at the Office of JUS
of the Peace Napoleon B. Register.