Milford chronicle., 1924-04-11
Lewes News

Hu1 preliminary contest IN the publ
school auditorium on Thursday evenin
April 10th at 7:45. The purpose of tn
contest was to select the student WI
will represent Lewes in the County Ora
tOrial Contest which will be held in III
Laurel school, Thursday evening. Apr
18th.
Charles T. Johnson who has bee
spending several months in Jacksonville
Florida on government contract. ba
returne dtO his home here after cononIet
ing the contract
Mrs. Caleb S. Layton of Wilnninptor
formerly of this town, expects to .,
abroad in the near future to visit her sis
ter, Mrs. George S. Messersmitb. a
Antwerp, Belgium, spending a part n
the early summer in Normandie. Mr.
Messersmith is the United States Consu
at Antwerp and was formerly principa
of the public schools in Lewes
= Funeral services of Mrs. w. Kuehn
aged about n years. We're held in St
Peters Church here Sunday afternoon
upon the arrival of the noon train and
interment made in the adjoining ceme-
terry. The deceased was formerly of tbis
town
Funeral services Of Lillian Iankford
Palmer, aged about 25 years, wife of Al
derson H. Palmer. were held Monday af-
ternoon at the home Of her parents here
on King street. She had been i'll for sew
eral weeks. Rev. Howard Davis. pastor
of the NJ. z. Church here, conducted the
services. Besides a husband she leaves a
father and mother. Mr.. and Mrs. George
H. LankfOrd.
Herman zerden Of New York City is
spending few days with his parents
here. Mr.. and Mrs. Emanuel Zerden.
Samuel N. Tammany of Richardson
Park. Wilmington, spent the weekend
here with his wife.
Funeral services of Mary S. ManIove
aged about "a years, wife of Peter B.
Manlove of Philadelphia, formerly of this
town. died at the home of her daughter.
AIRS Scott III. Hart on Sunday, after an
illness Of several weeks, were held at the
house last Wednesday afternoon. Rev.
Howard Davis conducted the services.
John Cannon, aged about IS years, died |
at his home in Whitesboro about seven
miles from Lewes. He was a patient at !
the Beebe Hospital here for several
months. Upon learning that his case was
a hopeless enc he asked to be moved to
his home to die. Funeral services were
held on Sunday and interment made in
the Beaver Dam ceretery at Harbeson.
He had no near relatives.
Funeral services of Mrs. Theodore
Brittingham, aged about As years, were
held at her home. near here, on Saturday
afternoon and interment made in the
Coolspring Presbyterian cemetery. DR.. !
". c. Little. pastor Of the Midway Pres ]
byterian Church, conducted the services. !
Besides her husband she is survived by i
ten children. {
Rev. William Leishman, pastor of the :
LeWes Presbyterian Church addressed i
the Shoe String Club which consists Of
the men Of the Midway Presbyterian
Church at the home Of William Falkner d
at Midway. last week n
A nice barn on the farm Of William P. G
Smith, near Harbeson, tenanted by Ar \
ley NJ. Tingle, was destroyed by fire last c
week which supposedly originated from y
burning of brush in a nearby field. Be- l.
sides the loss Of the barn the landlord v
and tenant suffers the loss Of a good +
horse and many bushels of grain and dry u
eed. II,
Captain John W. Joseph and family
Who have been spending the winter II
months in Philadelphia arrived at their dc
lome here last week for the summer and Fl
autumn months. Pi ia
A severe easterly storm passed over Il
his section last week, consisting Of rain, Jc
Wind and snow The waves were running AZ
Ugh in the breakwater and a small Fl
loop kept dragging its anchor until the
4ewes coast crew had to rescue it and SS5
ow it out into deep water. Very little L,
amage was done to it. ha
Farmers in this section Of Sussex coun- 44 EI
= are very enthusiastic over the opening Br
the new Nassau Milk Station on April
rst, cooperating with the Supplee-Wills
ones Company Of Philadelphia who built
le plant at a cost Of about $4,000. A I
oecial program was carried out at which h
me visitors were given the opportunity
inspecting the plant. A public recep-
on was to have been given before the PI
oening Of the station on April 1st, a
basket supper was given at
ge-thirty by the wives Of the farmers in
lis vicinity, it was supplemented by ice
cam, cake and coffee furnished by the
lpplee-W Wills-Jones Company. The pro- Y
am started at three o'clock in the af- at
rnoon with Thomas R. Ingram, cashier 4
the Sussex Trust Company at Lewes q
chairman. Among the speakers were mo
D. Davis, in charge of the scientific T
'rk for the Supplee- Wills-Jones Com Mr..
ny; C. l. Cohee, an official of the In eve
rstate Milk Producers Association of He,
liladelphia; Dean C. A. McCue Of the Ora
iiversity Of Delaware and ex-Congress- #
IN Hiram R. Burton of Lewes. Com soci
unity singing and orchestra music was or
feature Of the program. The output Of get
TX produced by the local farmers to =,
te is not very heavy because Of such =
ort notice Of the opening of the plant,
many OF the farmers are buying ad-
ion cows and are getting their COW
Lbles put into first class shape so that
sir milk will be classed as "A" milk.
c. Dayton Of Philadelphia is in charge
the plant at the present time.
rev. Howard Davis, present pastor Of
Lewes M. E. Church who has been
pointed pastor Of Trinity M. B. Church
Wilmington. arrived here together
h his wife on Tuesday evening They
be here until after Sunday and he
fill the pulpit on Sunday throughout
day. The new pastor, Rev. M. S. An
VS. will be here some time next week
win preach his first sermon ON this
rye on April 18th.