Milford chronicle., 1923-02-16
ALIVE BUDGET OF NEWS AS
REPORTED FROM LEWES

The local high school boys basket
pail team defeated the Milford boys
I hlgh school team here last week by a
score OF 20 to IL. The Milford team is
considered one of the best teams in
the county and beat our boys badly
the other game they played several
weeks ago, but our boys who have
been training hard for the past three
weeks found them an easy mark last
week. The Milford girls defeated the
local girls by a score of Is to z.
Charles H. Lynch, chief engineer at
the power house here has been con-
fined to his home for the past week
on account of illness, but is improv-
ing.
Pilot Louis Bertrand, aged about 60
years, died at his home in Pilottown,
early Friday morning after three
months illness of several complaints,
the first being typhoid fever. The de-
ceased is survived by a wife, three
sons, William M. Louis, Jr., and Dr.
Elmer Bertrand and one daughter,
Mrs. Elwood L. Wescoat. Funeral SER
vices will be held at the house on
Monday afternoon at two o'clock and
interment made in the Lewes M. 3.
cemetery.
Professor Ira S. Brinser, superin-
tendent of the public schools who has |
been confined at the Beebe Hospital
for two weeks with a sprained ankle,
sustained in a basketball game, is able
to attend his duties at school by the
use of crutches.
Owing to so much snow in the coun-
try roads, the jitney drivers who
bring the country children in to the
high school, were unable to cover
their entire routes last week.
William H. Virden, of Germantown, !
Pa, is spending few days here as
The guest of Mrs. Eugenia D. Marshall. G
DR.. James T. Thompson, mayor of s
Lewes who has been confined to bis t
home on Second street for several I
weeks suffering with broken bone in a
lis foot is able to be out now with the s
assistance of a cane.
Funeral services of pilot Louis Bert a
and were held at his residence in W
'ilottown Monday afternoon at two o. v
lock and interment made in the N
ewes M. E. cemetery. D
Mrs. Catherine Mayher, daughter of "
[rs. Ida M. Lank is the happy mother sc
son born last week at the home F,
Mrs. Lank on Second street. de
Captain and Mrs. Charles S. Norris ne
ave returned to their home here af- In
# having spent a month at Wellesley CT
ills, Mass, where they visited their te
lughter, Mrs. Lewis w. Mustard, Jr. WI
Fred W. Haynie, of Reedville, Va, N.
spending few days here with MI
lends. Mr.. Haynie was employed MI
IRE last season on one of the Lewes ph
9rtilizer Company's fishing steam
Clifford M. Fields who is employed
the car shops of the Pennsylvania
lilroad, Wilmington, is spending a ,
" days with his parents here, Mr..
d Mrs. William H. Fields. Te'
Captain Thomas 3. Brown has ac- ion
pied the position as master of one rim rin
the Diamond State Fish Products ~
mpany fishing steamers for the n
ming season; fishing at their plant, scI
ar Milford, which was formerly sio T.
ned by the Milford syndicate. ce, %
". Herald Brittingham has been Chi
as village mail carrier MAJ
several days while William 0. Fra
ettyman, the regular carrier was one
ing a weeks vacation. ser
Ir. and Mrs. Orr Nelson spent the my,
9k-end with the latter's parents, Sun
and Mrs. E. c. Blackstone in S
lsbOrO. ing
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