Milford chronicle., 1923-09-07
Live Budget of News Communicated
From the Historic Town of Lewes

Tomatoes reached the high waite
mark of several years at Nassau las
week when several different buyers
were bidding against each other on {
one hundred basket load. 1t brough
/ 991ac a basket. Granville 2. Bryan was
the lucky farmer with the load Of to-
matoes. During the day other loads
brought all the way from SIC to 62'
a basket. Fortunately for the farmers
here this season there are a number
of buyers and as yet they haven't got
ten their heads together and fixed
prices as they have been doing for the
past three or four years in this sec
ton and in this way they made the
farmer the goat.
Mrs. James Robbins and son, Will
lard and daughter, Miss Katherine, oi
Wilmington, spent Tuesday with Mr.
and Mrs Eli w. Robbins here.
Rev. E. Allan Parsons, of Laurel
who is spending two weeks at the
clergy house in Rehoboth Beach, was
a town visitor here during the week.
State Senator Harry w. Viven of
Bridgeville, was a town visitor here
during the week.
Lloyd Lekites, of Philadelphia, for
merly of this town, is spending a few
days with his sisters here, Mrs. Will
liam Lowe and Mrs. Arthur E. Lowe.
Mrs. Wilson Ingram and children of
Wilmington who have been visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar W. Ingram here
for two weeks, have returned.
Henry B. Louderman and wife of
st. Louis returned to their home af-
ter having spent the month of August
at the Hotel Rodney. This is the forty
fifth consecutive summer that they
have spent in Lewes.
Miss Margaret Thompson of Phoen-
ixville, Pa, is spending few weeks
with her parents here, Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph D. Thompson.
Rev. Omar E. Jones, district super
intendent Of the Wilmington M. e.
together with his family,
have taken a cottage on Lewes Beach
for two weeks. Mr.. Jones was for
merly pastor of the local M. E. Church
for five years.
Miss Helen N. Carson Of New York
City is spending her vacation with her
parents here, Mr.. and Mrs. William j.
Deputy Tax Receiver for Sussex
county, ]. Clarence Lank, Of Milton,
sat at Justice of the Peace William P.
Carter's office last Friday to receive
county and school taxes.
Mr.. and Mrs. George D. Salmon of
are spending few days
with the latter's mother here, Mrs.
Mary D. Bohm.
Local produce buyers are paying
23c a pound for old chickens and 25c
a pound for young ones. Eggs are
40c dozen.
The R. L. Bonham Company who
contracted to build the road from Har-
beson to Lewes, finished laying con-
crete last week, which means that the
entire stretch from the Hotel Rodney
Lo Harbeson has been laid and they
are now expecting to begin laying con-
crete on Second street here. which
tbey recently contracted for with the
Town Council The stretch is 1890 feet
N length.
The law on squirrels opened last
Saturday and many local sportsmen
we're seen going on the hunt for item
md Monday being a holiday Win
nany game lovers, who spent a part
If it in looking for squirrels.
Vernon Brewer who is employed at
Square, Pa, by Pierre 5. du-
Pont is spending his vacation with his
narents here, Mr.. and Mrs. Ferdinand
Il. Brewer.
Charles H. Mason Of Kennett
SQUARE and Arthur Mason of V1neland,
r. are spending a few days here
1t the home of Louis Laurltsen gnu
enjoying the breakwater trout nsnlns
which is fine at this time.Local sports-
men have been catching some nne
ro1lt. both at the breakwater and at
he Point of the Capes. seine nsner-
men are catching many OF tnose
arge crokers which are selling lot
|0c a dozen. .,- %
awes and Rehoboth Hundred was
leld last Friday afternoon ana even
ng at the Epworth M. e. Church' Oh
2ehoboth Beach.
Joshua Evans, Jr., vice president OF
he Riggs National Bank: OF Wasnlhs
on. D. c., who is with mis- famlly at
2ehoboth Beach, was town Vlsluor
lere recently.
The new concrete road was opened
asst Friday from the colored schooI
ouse to Coolspring and 1t can now
q used from Harbeson to Wescoars
,orner.
Mrs. Sara B. Cooper of Amber Pa''
) spending a few days here. she was
1rmerly Sara NAPLES Of this town.
Edward H. Palmer has been ap-
ointed ianitor of the new school
uilding. succeeding John Cottingham.
rr. Palmer was formerly chief of po-
ce here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Heller, >Mr.
nd Mrs. VIM. A. Owens and baDy anu
[r. and Mrs. G. E. Owens, all OF
D. c., have been visiting
II. and Mrs. L. E. Harrison. MT. and
Trs Heller returned Tuesday, Sep
,mber 4th. The other guests remain
lg indefinitely.
Having spent six weeks in LeWes
nd Rehoboth, I wish to thank my
lends and patients for their warm
elcome, and appreciation of my SER
ICES in their midst. I truly have en-
we'd my six weeks at Rehoboth and
n looking forward to another happy /;
acation in the future. !
DR.. Anna K. Gregorius. ,
is now thought that the yield will
ot be quite so large as was predict
earlier in the season.