Milford chronicle., 1922-05-26
Some Breezes From Lewes

DR.. and Mrs. Rowland G. Paynter oi
Georgetown were guests of DR.. Hiram
r. Burton during the week.
J. E. Marsh, Jr., auditor for the Vir-
ginia Fisheries Company and the Tay-
lOr Reed Fishing Company of Reed
vile, Va, was a town visitor on Sat
urday. Mr.. Marsh was formerly sta
toned here for several weeks in the
year 1920, when these fishing com.
panies operated their boats in the To-
cal fishing plants.
Frederick B. Stevenson who return
ed from the Presbyterian Hospital in
Philadelphia several weeks ago is
slowly improving.
Miss Elizabeth w. Virden, one OF
the clerks of the Lewes Post Office
was operated upon in the Beebe Hos
pital on Thursday by DR.. Bland OF
Philadelphia, and is doing nicely
since the operation. Mrs. J. Arthur
Downing of Rehoboth Beach was also
Operated on the same day.
Y Harold Lefty Brittingham jour
neyed to Greensboro, Md, on Satur-
day and pitched his first game of the
season for Greensboro against Mary
del. He closed the game by striking
out the last six men that faced him,
and had 10 strike outs for the entire
game. The score was 6 to 4 in favor
of Greensboro, and the four runs
which were scored against Britting-
ham were made by batters who man
aged to get to first base through er-
rors of the catcher on the third strike.
The Town Commissioners are hav-
ing South street plowed as it was bad
ly in need of it.
A play entitled plum Valley" was
given in the Blue Hen Theatre, at Re
hObOth, on Saturday evening for the
benefit of the RehObOth Public School.
Miss Efie M. Truitt, postmistress of
the RehOboth Beach Post Office, is
spending her vacation in New York
City.
Pilot Thomas R. Norman has been
confined to his home for several
weeks with rheumatism.
Brs. Blanche Wilson who has been
confined to the Homeopathic Hospital
in Philadelphia for the past three
months, came to her home here dur
ing the week very much improved.
William H. Roach who recently
moved his family here from Wacha-
as engineer at the Lewes Fertilizer
Company plant here.
]. T. Pratt of Wilmington of the B.
F. Shaw Company who had charge of
the plumbing at the new school build
ing here, was a town visitor here on
Thursday and Friday.
William Clyde and wife of Pitts
burgh, Pa, are at RehObOth Beach for
the season.
\/Stephen G. Pierce, proprietor of the
Hotel Rodney here, has established an
auto-bus line between Lewes and Re-
hoboth Beach, for Tuesdays and Sat
urdays, making four trips each day.
When the season gets further advanc-
ed the bus line will be operated every
day in the week. This line is a great
asset to the people of RehObOth Beach
during the summer months; especially
for fishing parties, which come here
daily in the summer to take fishing
trips to the Breakwater.
Sarah L. RittenhOuse of Washing
ton, D. c., who is summering at Re-
hoboth Beach was town visitor on
Saturday.
The Lewes Fertilizer Company's
steamers expect to begin fishing on
Monday, May 10Th, and very good
season is expected according to the
reports from many of the older fish
ermen.
DR.. Bland, of Philadelphia, was at
the Beebe Hospital last week and per-
formed several operations during the
day. The hospital has several patients
and five extra nurses had to be en-
gagged for few days. DR.. Hearn was
at the hospital on Tuesday and also
performed some operations.
Mrs. James R. Kelly went to Phil |
adelphia this week for a short visit. I