Milford chronicle., 1924-06-27
Lewes News

the COQSOllQaLeQ tlSu6IleS OOIupdl.
have arrived here and are fishing fol
their plants which were formerly
the Coast Fish, Oil and Fertilizer
COMPANY and the Breakwater Fish
cries Company. Only small catches
OF menhadden thus far by any of the
fishing steamers have been made
Fishermen claim that the cool wea-
ther is reason for it,
Mrs. Mary A. Howard who has
been confined to her home for sever
al weeks on account of illness is
slowly improving.
The moving picture, Lest We
FORGET" was shown in the Lewes
Methodist Episcopal Church here
last Wednesday evening, owing to
the stormy night the church was
only about one half filled.
Benjamin S. AlbertsOn, Jr., has
been appointed village carrier for
Lewes Beach for the summer months
he went on duty June l. Hereto
fore this service was rendered by
one of the rural mail carriers, with
-. service once a day. Now they re-
ceive the mail service twice daily.
Strawberries in this section are
still very plentiful, the cool, rainy
weather has helped wonderfully to
keep them on. They are selling here
for two dollars and a half crate.
J. StOckley Ingram has purchased
the old school building at HOllyville
which has been discarded since the
new school building in that section
was recently completed. He intends
to remodel it for a dwelling and
store house, and will move his fam
lily there in a few days and open up
a store.
John T. Jones, the largest peach
grower in Lewes and RehobOth Hun
dred says that the outlook for a
good peach crop is fine.
Roberts Paving Company of Clara,
Nd, who has the contract to build
the improved road from WescOat's
Corner to RehobOth Beach, will COM
plete the stretch of road from the
Mary Grange property, just the
other side of Midway, to the farm of
Theodore w. Palmer, which is about !
a quarter of a mile from the county |
bridge soon, and to load their equip
ment on the freight train and have |
it hauled to the RehObOth Beach |
railroad station. From this point |
they will begin laying concrete, COM
ing towards the canal, and if the
weather permits they will lay this
stretch in a weeks time. When this
stretch is completed they will begin
at the farm of Carpenter Brothers
and work towards Midway, until
they arrive at the farm of William
3. Thompson where the new road
leaves the old one. When this is
completed they will begin again at
Wescoat's Corner and run through
to Carpenters farm.
Funeral services of Richard p.
Morrix, aged about IS years, were
held last week at his late residence
in Pilottown and interment made in
the Lewes Presbyterian cemetery.
Rev. William D. Wilson, pastor of :
the NJ. P. Church conducted the ser
vices.
H. Clay Drexler who just recently
graduated at Annapolis, Md, the ]
Naval Academy, is visiting William
P. Tammany here, who is spending ]
a few days with his mother, Mrs. !
Roman Tammany. Mr.. Tammany al
so graduated from that Academy this t
June. Samuel N. Tammany and wife l
of Wilmington are also visiting at {
the same home. I
Many seashore visitors and cot n
tagers are beginning to make their
at Lewes and RehOboth t
d
DR.. R. C. Dayton, field agent for
the Supplee-Wills-Jones Company, f
who operate the cooling station at
Nassau, has moved his family into b
The new house of Thomas POynter f
On Beebe avenue.
The graduating class of the Lewes [
High School left here last week for F
D. c., and vicinity S
where they spent few days which fl
las been the custom of the classes
or years heretofore. t,
The gasoline motor driven rail- Y
'oad train of the Maryland, Della S
ware Coast Railway Company came t,
o Lewes recently and made several V
giving passengers a
rec ride. The company expects to h
establish service here in a very
hort time. it
Miss Maggie Norman and mother fC
If Philadelphia, formerly of this
own, are spending a few days here tt
It the home of Samuel B. D. Mar G
hall on Second street.
Mrs. Jennie Coleman WHO has been "
confined at the Beebe Hospital here
or the past five weeks, has been re- tC
moved to her home and is improving d;
lowly. W
The local base ball team was de- tH
Gated on Saturday afternoon by the
team, at Georgetown, w
" a score of 8 to Z. pl
Miss Ruth Pierce of Philadelphia r.
pent the weekend with her parents
ere Mr.. and Mrs. Stephen G. Pierce da
t the Hotel Rodney. he
Charles Richards of Nashville,
'enn.. formerly of this town, is Pl
pending a few days here among M
,iends. fO
Professors Stewart E. Poole and
Irnest R. Peterman who taught at ed
ne local public schools this season, tn
1T last week for their respective RI
ONES.
Samuel c. Pierce and mother, Mrs. NJ,
lvira Pierce left last week for Will cd
lington where they will spend a an
w days.
Captain William E. Tunnel, for
Ier superintendent of this coast lei
1ard district, now holding similar
1sition at Wakefield, Rhode Island,
spending a few days with his wife
ere at their home in ellis Neck.