Milford chronicle., 1924-02-15
Lewes News

Inc women FOrelgn MlSSlOnar
Society of the Lewes Methodist Epis
copal Church met last Thursday al
ternoOn at the home of Mrs. William
F. Marshall on King street.
Funeral services of Mrs. Prudenc
DOdd, aged about 80 years, wife of j
Ralph DOdd were held at their hOm,
at Midway last Wednesday Afternoon
and interment made in the Lewes M
E. cemetery. The deceased leaves
husband, two daughters, father anC
mother, Mr.. and Mrs. Cornelius F
Joseph and several brothers and sis,
ters.
Mrs. William F. Burton who was Op-
Grated upon at the Beebe Hospital
several days ago for gall stones, is
rapidly improving.
Harry J. Schmierer has accepted a
position on the Fenwick Island light
vessel, No. 50.
Edward w. Wiltbank mOtOred to
Philadelphia during the week to spend
a few days with his daughter, Mrs.
William T. Manning.
John Withers of Baltimore, Nd, has
moved his family here in the Dodd
apartments over Emanuel Zerden's
department store.
William J. Warren who recently pur-
chased the Lewes Packing Company's
plant here, las moved from the Geo.
w. POynter property in PilOttOwn to
the Charles H. Lynch bungalow on
South street, recently vacated by RO-
land J. S. Marsh who moved into his
new home on King street.
Local fishermen are catching only
very few fresh fish now, which are
principally small winter founders and
q rock once in a while; owing to the
prevailing easterly winds this week
very few razorblades have been caught
during the week. They can be caught
only at low water when the sand bars
are bare.
DR.. William R. Messick, deputy tax
commissioner for the State of Della |
ware has been in the Beebe Hospital |
here for several days on account Of
Illness.
Miss May Sharp of Wilmington, for
merly of this town, is spending a few
days with friends here.
Mr. and Mrs. Anderson H. Palmer
who have been living in Philadelphia
for several months have come to
Lewes on account of Mrs. Palmer's
health. They are at the home of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George H. Lank-
ford.
Charles T. Nelson and William P. ,
Carter who were recently appointed to f;
audit tie books of the town Lreasur- ]
er, William J. Carson, have performed /
that duty and the report is ready for {
publication.
.Quentin Schmierer who for several I
months has been located in Texas is
spending a few weeks here at the I
home of his mother, Mrs Mary 3.
Schmierer on Mulberry street. v
1t is reported that the Beebe HOspi-
tai here is filled to its capacity at the f
present time. Many major operations t
have been performed there within the E
last few weeks.
Harry Barker who has been em- n
ployed in Baltimore for some time has
come to Lewes for employment. @
Kenneth White who has been at d
tending the University of Delaware
since September has discontinued end f;
is working in his fathers store here, h
William w. White. p
The fire alarm was sounded about
o'clock last Friday morning on ac- a,
count of a chimney on CammOmile Re
street being afire. The fremen soon
and the flames were ex- A
-inguished.
The fourth quarterly conference of
he Lewes Methodist Episcopal Church
was held here on Friday evening in
he Sunday school room with DR.. w.
.. Gunby, district superintendent Of sc
his district, presiding.
The MillsbOro High School basket tn
all team defeated the local team bere Fe
q the auditorium of the new school Of
uilding on Friday evening by a score pa
80 to %. ge
The Ladies' ZWaanendael Club met qu
asst week to observe their nineteenth biz
irthday anniversary. Mrs. Lille v. ch
tkins, vice president, opened the Lii
leeting with appropriate remarks - Th
liking for the subject of her address, tuI
Man Proposes, While God Disposes." the
fter which she read, Greetings" att
ON the president, who was absent ont
scause of illness. Mrs. Georgia Hook wa
:, second vice president, introduced low
RS. H. M. Waller, of Delmar In clos the
lg she asked for the audience to for
and in reverence, while she led in su1
'ayer as tribute to the late ex- GeC
resident Woodrow Wilson. "Ameri- bos
J." was sung as a memorial. nm
Hattie L. Cannon, five-mOnths-old ed
lid of DR.. and Mrs. John G.. Cannon, Ma
this town, died at their home here, the
rly Saturday morning. dep
Herman c. Short returned here last w.
eek with his bride who was former sew
Miss Elizabeth B. Lank, also of this ged
wn, after spending a weeks honey pur
Jon at Salisbury, Md. They are both spoI
the graduating class of the Lewes ties
gh School and were star players on mad
, boys and girls basket ball teams T
re. boal
coleman willard who is employed ligh
the Pennsylvania Railroad Com bea1
ny in Wilmington, is spending a dere
Y days with his parents, Mr.. and TT
s. J. Horace Willard at the Quar- clas
inc Station here. cate