Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1923-12-28
Lewes News

i Garwood ]. Thomas who has been
stationed at the Hog Island Coast
Guard Station for several months has
been transferred to the HenlOpen
Coast Guard Station about three miles
from Lewes with Captain John S.
Wingate, keeper.
Miss Ella B. Twilley of Philadelphia
formerly of this town came here this
week to spend the holidays with her
sister, Mrs. Andrew H. Baker.
State Senator James W. Robertson
of Wilmington was town visitor here
recently.
Turkeys were more plentiful this
Christmas in this locality than they
have been for years and sold any
where from 35c to 45c pound alive.
Last Christmas they brought fifty
cents a pound. Geese were also plen-
tiful and sold at Csc a pound.
Metzner Brothers who have been
occupying Rowland B. Warrington's
farm, near Overlook, for several
years, and who recently sold off their
live stock and farming utensils with
the intention of moving to Lewes have
since rented a farm near Seaford of
Captain Eskridge and will move there
on January first.
Howard Warrington has moved from
the Grover c. Shockley farm, near
Loves Creek to Vicker's farm, near
Midway, which W. Edward Thompson
recently purchased.
Joseph M. Brereton of Richmond,
Va, formerly of this town, was
town visitor here during the week.
Edward Pussy of Wilmington was
a visitor at the Hotel Rodney here
during the week.
Mrs Ida M. Lank whose store was
partly destroyed by fire recently is
having a fire sale which is being
largely attended. Some of the goods
are only slightly damaged and others
not at all. Reductions are being made
on everything.
Arthur w. Maull has rented Louis
Lauritsen's dwelling on South street |
for the winter months, moving from |
his mothers cottage on Lewes Beach.
Miss Elizabeth MacIntire who is at |
tending the University of Delaware
came home for the Christmas holt
days.
John M. Lynch, accompanied by ].
E. Murphy, of Milford, spent the week
end with his father, Charles H. Lynch
at the Hotel Rodney here.
Captain Frederick Burton and wife
are spending the holidays with their
Mrs. F. Irving Walls in Will
mington.
Former Representative Henry c.
Bennum who is employed at the fish
plant here of Hayes and AndertOn,
aged 81 years and Mrs. Emma White,
aged So years, daughter of the late
Thomas J. Wilson, also of Lewes, have
been granted a marriage license by
Clerk of the Peace William ]. Quill
en-. IT
William P. Tammany, a senior at
The U. S. Naval Academy, at Annap-
Olis, arrived home here with his mo-
Their on Thursday evening for the
Christmas holidays.
Frank Euland, James Marks and
Edward Long, all of Bridgeton, N. j.,
md employed in the building of the
lew road, left last week to spend the
holidays at their respective homes.
The young people of Lewes will hold
heir annual Christmas dance, Friday
December %. George Mad
lens orchestra of New Castle will fur
lish the music. Messrs. Frank S. Car
er, G.. Clifton Maull and George E.
Chambers form the committee in
,harge of arrangements.
Mrs. Elizabeth Herold of Salisbury, {
Nd, formerly of this town, will spend
he Christmas holidays here as the
guest of Mrs. William P. Orr, Jr.
Robert J. Walton, Jr., made bust
less trip to Philadelphia during the ,
week, attending a salesmen's meeting :
# the National City Company of which :
lie is representative.
Daniel Littleton and his father, Hen
Y c. Littleton, Pilottown farmers, |
,utchered their large hog recently I
which tipped the beam to $40 lbs. This :
S the largest hog that has been rails :
d in this section for several years. 1t =
vas over nine feet in length.
State Tax Commissioner M. Howard :
ester of Wilmington, who was ser
1usly hurt in an automobile accident
everal days ago at Beaver Dam, is t
till in the Beebe hospital here. He is
with a broken collar bone S
nd is badly bruised. The other occu- o
ants of the car, Mrs. Jester and DR.. h
William R. Messick were only shock
d. Mrs. Jester is making her head Il
uarters here while the Tax Com e