Milford chronicle., 1923-02-02

Pursuant to a call of a meeting
of the citizens of Lewes and RehO
both hundred in the interest of i'm
proved roads, one hundred citizens
of Lewes and Rehoboth hundred as
sembled at the Hotel Rodney las
Friday evening and effected an or
ganizatiOn by electing Thomas R
Ingram, chairman and Percy B
Vickers, secretary. On motion thu
following committee was appointed
to prepare a brief to present be
fore the committee of the Hous,
and Senate and the Highways Com
mission.
The committee is as follows:
Thomas r. Ingram, DR.. Walter p
Robinson, Harland M. Joseph, JOSEPH
L. Marshall, Frank S. Carter and Viii
liam J. Thompson. On motion Charles
T. Nelson, Robert ]. Walton, Jr., and
George E. Chambers were appointed q
committee to procure placards with a
suitable inscription to decorate those
who attended the meeting of the leg
islative committee and the HighW dy
commission at Dover on Tuesday,
January Both. The following were
appointed al boosters 10 see that eV-
eryOne who possibly could, would ar
range to be in Dover on Tuesday at
noon and to arrange for the transpor-
tation of those who haven't autOmO-
biles. From RehoboCh Beach, DR.. Wal
ter P. Robinson, 7. 2. Killen and J..
Fred Hudson; from Midway, former
State Senator Harland M. Joseph 0nd
William Falkner; from Five Points,
Edgar M. Baylis; from COolsp1ing,
Clifford M. NAPLES and Thomas w.
Turner; from Nassau, Ollie L. Carey
and BeaufOrd Warrington, from
LeWes, George E. Vickers, William E.
Walsh, Roland J. S. Marsh, William A.
Russell, DR.. William r. Messick and
James T. LanK. Out of the one hun
dred present at the meeting 68 pledged
themselves to be ct Dover on TUESDAY
and 80 pledged the use of their auto
mobiles for conveying those who Lad
no means of attending. DR.. U. W.
Hooker was made treasurer and pass
ed the hat and received $26.0O which
will be used to defray expenses Of
telephone calls and printing &C. Mr..
Buck, the State Highway Engineer,
was present and brought out some
very helpful and interesting points in
his address and assured us that if the
legislature appropriated any funds for
road building that the missing link
from Harbeson to Lewes and Reho-
both Beaches which is needed to con. :
meet the interstate highways of New
Jersey and Delaware would surely be
built. Capt. Harry Y. Lyons had the
chairman read letter which he had
recently received from Mr.. Taylor of
Cape May who is interested in the
May Ferry line, saying
that they had their appropriations
made for the use of the Jersey High
way Department in effecting the ferry
service between Lewes and Cape May |
and asking the people Of Lewes to
take care of their end of it, namely the /
construction of suitable pier for the
ferry to land and one that would ac-
commodate the transportation of auto
The following committee was
appointed to get full details OF what is
needed in the way Of pier and find
out what the same would cost and
have Senator Jacob Prettyman pre-
pare a bill to be presented for the ap-
Of such funds as is need
ed for the purpose so as to be ready
when the time comes to open up the /
ferry line, in order that the Jersey
people won't have to wait on us on ac-
count of not being on the job. On mo-
lion the following committee was ap-
pointed: Chairman, Captain Harry V.
LYONS, DR.. Hiram R. Burton, former
Insurance Commissioner Charles H.
Maull, former State Senator Harland
VI, Joseph, DR.. William R. Messick,
DR.. Walter P. Robinson, mayor of Re
noboth Beach; DR.. James Beebe, DR..
J. W. Hooker, George e. Vickers, ,
Fred Hudson and Napoleon B. Regis
.er and Thomas ]. Virden, who are
members of the local Town Council. s
On motion a rising vote Of thanks
vas rendered State Highway Engineer
Buck for his interest shown in the /
Meeting.
Edison C. Lodges Young Mems BIZ {
lie Class will give an entertainment f
nd chicken salad supper on Thurs i
ay evening, February first, in the Ju-
ior Mechanics Hall, on Second street S
rhich is the outcome of a contest for +
membership held during the last three
lonths of the past year, both the win a
ing and the losing sides join in Civ o
lg the supper which is similar to the
ne given just year ago. p
Mrs. Maud E. Lubker is operating l;
le confectionery and pool room which y
ne recently purchased at the admins
'ator's sale of Harry G. Lubker. Il
Harry Paynter, of Philadelphia, for h
erly of this town, accompanied by y
IS wife, are spending a few days with II
Is brother here, Ferdinand S. Payn- h
r. G,
Many of the local sportsmen are W
sing their dogs as result of dis N
mper or some other disease which is is
.evalent among CANNES here. Some al
lluable dogs have died with this dis M
bird and rabbit dogs, and "
any have lost shepherd dogs. When te
icy take this disease they last only al
)Out a week. H
DR.. Joseph M. Martin has been con- al
led to his home for several days lo
ith an attack of grippe, but is able to n,
tend to his Office duties. hi
D. Coleman Jones, the local news al
,aler, who has been confined to his ol
,me for two weeks with the grippe, ot
able to be out again, but his wife W
still suffering with it. W
The local coal dealers are receiving b
little more coal this month than ii
ey have been in the past and most III
the extreme shortages have been te