Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1923-11-30
Lewes News


Beach, who operates a large garag,
there on RehOboth avenue, who sew
eral days ago received serious injur!
) to his knee when an automobile driv
en- by Calvin Paynter struck him, hal
been at the Beebe Hospital here since
that time and it is feared that h
might lose one of his legs.
The ladies of the Lewes Presby
terrain Church held a supper in the
basement of their church on Thurs,
day evening. Over three hundred tick
cts were sold.
DR.. Hiram R. Burton has returned
from the annual convention of the At
lantic Deeper Waterways Association
Harry 7. Wilson, a farmer, neal
COnley's Chapel, will dispose of his
live stock and farming implements at
public sale on Thursday, December
9th, after which time he will move to
his new bungalow on Dewey avenue
recently vacated by Harry j. Schm-
ierer. David NJ Warrington will move
to the farm vacated by Wilson, NOV
ing from the Benjamin M. Donovan
farm, near Conley's Chapel.
Chief Engineer Charles H. Johnson
of the Fenwick Island lightvessel is
home on a ten days shore leave.
Lighthouse keeper Theodore w.
Simpler has been detained from his
post at the light house for two weeks
on account of his wife and child suf-
fering from the measles.
The ladies of the Midway Presby-
terrain Church held a festival in the
house recently vacated by Mrs. Ehie
H. Warrington, this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward J. Gray who
conducted the Breakwater house on
LeWes Beach this summer, have re-
turned after spending three weeks
with their children in Philadelphia
and Warren, Ohio.
Charles T. Johnston is spending q
few days in New York City.
Many local boys and girls attend
ed a dance held in Seaford last week.
D. w. Burbage and Company, ship
brokers and many others are SAL
vaging the deck load of lumber which
was washed off the barge "Clare Nc
Nally" during the recent gale Of wind
off Cape Henlopen.
Williams and Baker, Of Dagsboro,
are loading potatoes here in carload
lots. They are paying 69c a bushel
for red skin and zoe a bushel for the
white skin. They are the only buyers
of white potatoes who have been in
this locality this season. Many of the
farmers are holding their crops with
the expectation of getting a better
price than 60c for them.
The bake recently held by the ladies
Of the Lewes Presbyterian Church
netted them about $4,000.
Miss Fredonia C. White, formerly
employed in the Delaware Trust Com
pany here is convalescing at her home
in Overlook after serious illness.
Scott M. Hart who received a very
painful accident several days ago at
the Coast Fish Oil and Fertilizer Com
pany plant, when he had his feet
crushed, is now able to get around on
crutches.
Miss Elizabeth w. Virden, one Of
the clerks in the local post Office, is
spending part Of her vacation in
John E. Legates who occupies one
of DR.. William P. Orr's farms in
ellis Neck, brought basket of white
potatoes to the Sussex Trust Company
Bank for exhibition which contained
thirty potatoes and weighed IS IL
pounds. They are of the Prosperity"
William H. Virden brought in
a basket grown on his farm, tenanted
by Ernest E. Mcgee, which contained
only q potatoes. They are the red
skin Irish potato. So far the potatoes
grown on Mr.. Virden's farm hold the
record for size.
Frederick G. Wolfe and William ].
Carson are attending a session of the
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows this
week which is being held in Whining
ON.
Thomas R. Ingram and DR.. William
?. Orr, Jr., were visitor at the county
seat recently.
Louis B. Graves has moved from the
Richard Beebe property on Beebe ave-
Tue to the James c. Hudson property
N Market street. Harry P. Hazard ,
# Angola, has moved into the proper ,
y vacated by Graves. Mrs. Clara w.
Sowser moved from the Hudson prop 7
rty to the John M. White property on
Arnell's avenue. !
Elmer o. Mitchell has sold his prop S
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lmith. T
Mayor James T. Thompson has a
Orce of men laying concrete in the 6
our corners on the street at Second /
nd South streets where the improved +
Dads have been built. o
David Hazard is improving his {
arm near Angola by new dwelling
ouse. Il
Thomas M. Reeves, of Cape May, N. f.
J., who isemployed by the Government 7
uilding a dock on the new break n
alter spent the weekend with his n
lmily. z
State Masonic Instructor Harry S.
ewlin, of Wilmington, made his Off II
al visit to Jefferson Lodge, No. Is, 8
1 Saturday evening. il
The R. l.. Bonham Company Of "
ridgeton, N. J., have finished laying
)ncTete on the road leading from Il
arbeson to Milton, during the win n,
r months. They expect to have the
and culverts all completed. f,
ley have a force of men at work on
e road from Harbeson to Lewes fin If
hing up the shoulders and putting in
e culverts.
Paul F. Carpenter, the local Ford
aler, has returned from Philadel-
ia with a new model two door sedan