Milford chronicle., 1924-10-10
Lewes News

Ushers appointed at the LeWe.
Methodist Episcopal Church for the
month of October: Morning-JohI
r. Warrington, Napoleon b. Register
William e. Walsh, Irwin B. Steele
evening" Stewart Z. Poole, Thomas
W. Arterbridge, Fred G. Clifton anC
Isaiah Ellis
The Consolidated Fisheries Com
pany tied up their last three fishing
steamers. the Pelican, Medric and
the Seabird here last Saturday night
The three steamers landed about a
thousand barrels of menhaden, the
first fish landed during the entire
week
The Lewes Fertilizer Company
sent their boats out again this week
with the expectation of getting a
good catch. Just a few boats loads
now would help wonderfully to pay
up some of the expenses which were
created the past month.
Sunday last was rally day in the
Lewes NJ. E. Sunday school, when
the services were changed from
morning to afternoon.
Charles H. Mason of Kennett
Square, Pa, returned Sunday after
Spending a couple days here at the
home of Louis Lauritsen.
Thomas r. Ingram's Sunday school
class met Tuesday evening at the
home of the president, Mrs. Clara w.
Bowser, and elected officers for the
ensuing year.
The warm weather which prevail
oil oI Nv
the farmers, as it helped to Tipen up
their tomatoes.
White potatoes and buckwheat
need more warm weather before they
mature.
The Lewes High School soccer
team played at Greenwood Saturday
afternoon and were defeated by the
Greenwood High School, / to 0.
Local spOrtsmen have begun to
catch large trout at the point of the
Capes with hook and line, by stand
ing on shore and casting out In Oc-
tober and November each year fine
trout are caught in this manner.
Cranberries are very plentiful on
the Capes near the HenlOpen Coast
Guard Station and are being sold
here in the Lewes market at 10c a
quart.
Chief of Police John C. Millman
has purchased a house and lot on
Beebe avenue, from Richard Beebe,
and has moved his family there from
the Register property on Market
street. William S. Walls has rented
the property vacated by NIillman.
The foreign help which A. f. An
derson has had employed at his to- |
mato factory here, left for their |
homes IN Baltimore last Saturday. |
Mr.. Anderson has not closed his !
plant yet but local help will be able |
to handle the balance of the crop.
Arthur M. Mason and John Ferrell |
of Vineland, N. j., are spending a /
few days with the latters parents,
Justice of the Peace and Mrs. VIII |
liam S. Ferreu at RehOboth Beach.
Miss Agnes L. DuttOn of Lewes
and BENJAMIN H. Tenner, of Camden,
N. J., were married on Saturday,
September oath, at Lewes, by Rev.
William D. Wilson, pastor of the
Groome Memorial Methodist PrOtes-
tant Church.
R. Edward Lynch, a farmer near
Loves Creek, fell from load of hay
and broke his right arm.
Broadkill oysters appeared in the
local market this week; as the open
season began on October first. These
oysters are large and have a very
fine flavor. Edward S. Hill has Op- |
ened his oyster shucking house at
Front and Market streets and buys
most of the oysters that are caught
from the local oystermen.
%The county has slagged the road
leading from Lewes to the jackson
Murray farm, and town commission
ers have decided to Stag King street ,
from the town limits, Wher the coun-
ty left off, to DR.. William P. Orr's
corner, connecting the concrete road
there. This will mean much to- those
who have to use King street. 7
Postmaster Napoleon b Register
has been authorized by the PostOtfice 4
Department to add another village -.
carrier, as one was insufficient 10
take care of this delivery. This ,
means that the cottages on LeWes
Beach will have service all the year
round and also gives mail service to
a number of other streets which =
heretofore have been without It.
Among these streets are: Vickers
avenue, Beebe avenue, Park avenue,
and Coleman avenue. w. Herald "
Brittingham has been appointed to
this position. He is known through Il
out the lower part of Delaware as Y
Lefty" Brittingham, the noted base .
ball pitcher. This delivery began on ,
October first. All mail =
deposited in the mail boxes in any 4,
part of the town after p. m. will be u
on the morning train, r,
which heretofore would not be dis l.
patched until the afternoon train. r,
Walter J. Dick of the Rehoboth
Beach Coast Guard Station who has D
been suffering from a paralytic
stroke for several weeks is slowly 5,
improving and is able to be out el
again.
Register of Wills Isaac E. Jones "
las granted letters of administration
IN the estate of Simon D. Walls, Sr.. "
o Simon D. Walls, Jr., of Lewes and NJ
2ehoboth Hundred.
Mrs. Eugene c. Kelly is spending a al
ew weeks with her mother in Ohio. W
Charles H. Howard one Of the 10 "a
al rural carriers, took his vacation
n Wilmington and Philadelphia. Ar sc
hur E. Walls substituted for him. W