Milford chronicle., 1924-05-30
Lewes News


ware Bay and River, Garwood
1homas and Clarence E. Richards y
the Lewes Coast Guard Station ana u
w. townsend of Ocean City Coas
Gudrd Station have been promoted +,
lotor-machinist mates, first class
ana sent to New York for instructor
IN The operation and installation nj
sas-englnes such as are going to he
USED by the Coast Guards in their new
speed-boats in an endeaVor to break
up the rum-Tunning in the Sixth Coact
tiuard district. Captain James =. Pill.
ups superintendent of the Sixth (,ast
GuarG District, has enlisted thirty adj
dltlonal surfmen to be distributed for
uuIy at the various stations in the dis
trlct TO I'LL vacancies caused bv pro-
motion. ~ PiO-
WORK was resumed last Friday by
tne ROBERTS Paving Company, in Law
ing concrete on the road from Midway
70 Rehoboth Beach, after being held
up Ior three or four days on account
oI rainy weather. If the weather re-
mains good for just a few DAYS thew
VIII nave the stretch completed from
the Mary Orange place where thew
began laying concrete to the farm of
theodore Palmer where the improved
road leaves the main road and makes
shorter cut to Rehoboth Beach. This
sIretch is only about a mile and a
quarter in length. After this has been
completed it is expected that they will
then begin at the farm of Edward
thompson and lay that stretch I'D to
the carpenter farm. These are the on
ly TWO stretches which the new road
follows the old road. After they have
been completed then concrete will be
laid in those places where the road
crossed the different fields.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert J. Walton. Jr..
VINO spent the weekend in Philadel-
phia, have returned.
A commission consisting Of the fol-
lowing named gentlemen, Harrington
Messlck from Bridgeville; E. e. Woot-
ten of Laurel; ]. Gordy of George
town; William White of Millsboro.
and w. Deputy of Milford, met here on
Friday, and viewed the proposed road
to be built parallel with the Pennsyl-
Vania Railroad from LeWes to Reho-
both Beach. About two thousand dol
lars has been spent on this road al
ready, but it has been held up for
some time A commission a few
months ago were unfavorable towards
It, 1t is not known yet what the re-
cent commission decided upon.
A. D. Teeters of Pittsburgh will op-
crate line Of amusements in Reho-
both Beach this season, near Horns |
pavilion on Rehoboth avenue.
The colored school building on Cam
mOmile street, was recently sold at |
public auction to Isaac Burton, color
I'd for $480.00.
The Lewes Fertilizer Companys
ishing boats were expected to arrive
lere today enroute from Salisbury,
Nd, where they have been laid up
ince last November undergoing re-
'airs and getting in shape for this
eason. After getting their nets and
ther equipment and provisions they
re expected to set out to look for
he menhaden. Other fishing plants in
his vicinity don't expect to begin fish
1g until about June End.
T. c. Collins, of Milford, represent
1g the Equitable Life Assurance So
iety of New York was a town visitor
ere on Saturday.
Professor Ira S. Brinser, superin-
endent of the public schools here,
1ade a business trip to Wilmington
lst week.
Captain Thomas E. Brown has ac-
epted position as master of the fish
lg steamer God" which is owned by
le Consolidated Fisheries Co., here.
asst season Captain Brown was mas
# OF one of the Diamond State Fish ]
roducts Company boats, near Mil j
'ro. About June second the different
snlng plants will start their boats {
1t fishing for the menhadden.
Mrs. Marie Hickman Bray and hus-
and OF Lynn, Mass, are spending a ]
w days with Mrs. Charlotte B. Hick- I
an, at her cottage on LeWes Beach.
rs. Bray who was just recently mar t
ed was formerly Miss Marie Hick- s
an and for many years has been
lending the summer season on
yves Beach. T
Mr. and Mrs. Norman p. Sloan who n
we been spending the winter months
Tallahassee, Florida, were town ]
5itors here recently. They will spend Il
few months at the PineWater Farms v
Angola.
Arthur E. Rowe, local barber, who II
S been confined to his home for sew
Al weeks on account of illness, is is
lie to be out again.
work is being held up on the new +,
1crete road, running from Wescoat !
rner TO Rehoboth Beach, on account I
the rainy weather, concrete was | a
d on Monday for the first time and
ce then the weather has been wet r,
work of all kind has been held w
The road leading from Midway to
hoboth, with the detour along the
of the road while the work is 60 n
ON, is almost impossible. Dozens
machines have been stuck there,
ing the rainy spell. AS soon as the
ds dry off again it. will at least
passable.
| called meeting of the Ladies Aid
'iety of the Lewes M. E. Church..
held last week in the Sunday
oOl room. "
hief Engineer Charles H. Johnson
5he Fenwick Island lightship, is
nding ten days shore leave with
family here. v
harles w. Futcher, proprietor Of
Lewes Cash Store, has purchased
business of Thompson A. Schuler
Milford, who for some time has.
4 buying eggs from nearly all the
j merchants and trucking them to