Milford chronicle., 1926-05-28
Lewes

Miss Florence S. Holmes, daugh-
ter of Percy Holmes, of this town
and Lynford o. Russell, son of VIII
liam A. Russell, also of this town.
were married on Thursday morn
ing in the Lewes Presbyterian |
Church by Rev. William Leishman:
They left by auto to spend several
days on their honeymoon. MISS
Holmes was a graduate of the Lew
es High School and for sometime
has been employed as secretary 10
Prof. Ira S. Brinser, superinteno-
ent of the schools. Mr.. Russel is
a graduate of the Delaware Univer-
sity in Agriculture and for some
wears has been in charge of his
fathers farm in PilOttown where
they will make their future home
The Alumni Association of the
Lewes High School will be given
one day, June 10th, for celebra-
tion in the commencement eXercis-
es of the school. The entire day
will be spent in meeting the grad
yates and in hearing suggestions
for the betterment of the assocla-
tion. after which a banquet will be
given at 8 o'clock to which only
fhe alumnae and the alumni OF the
school and the current year grad
uating class will be admitted. The
president of the association is MISS
Clara Marshall and the secretary
Mrs. Mamie Suthard.
The second annual commence
ment exercises of the nurses tram
ing school of the Beebe Hospital OF
Lewes was held on Monday evening
Nav oath in the auditorium on
South street. The graduates were;
Miss Mary Wiltbank, Miss Marion
f Gardner and Miss Ann Elizabeth
Dodd. The programme was as FOL
lows: Invocation, Rev. James II.
Gardner; Address of Welcome, DR..
Hiram R. Burton; Glass History,
Miss Marion E. Gardner; Soprano
solo, Mrs. William Teal, Jr.; ad-
dress to the graduating class, Hon.
Robert G. Houston, Presentation Of
Diplomas, DR.. James Beebe, presl-
dent; Presentation of Hospital Pms
Miss Ethyl S. Maull, R. N. Supt.;
Case of instruments presented by
Rev. Disston w. Jacobs for Mr.. and
Mrs. B. F. Shaw, Donators of the
Hospital; Benediction. Rev. Joseph
S. Kinks. Music was furnished by
Bob Arthurs Orchestra.
The improved mail service be-
tween Harrington and Rehoboth
Beach will be inaugurated by the
Postoffice Department on July 1st,
bids have been advertised for the
contract, which contemplates mo-
tor delivery between the two points
As miles and back, six times a
week, Sunday not included. From
Harrington the route will take in
Milford, Milton, HarbesOn, Cool
spring and Lewes, ending at Reho-
both Beach. This service will mean
much to the business people of the
towns, whereas they are now get
ting their newspapers and mail in
Lewes at II o'clock under the new
schedule they will have their mail
and morning newspapers at 7.3O in
the morning. 1t will also mean
much to the business people Of the
towns in being able to dispatch
their mail late in the afternoon.
The new Rehoboth-Lewe Canal
bridge was thrown open to the pub
lie on Saturday at noon as well as
the new stretch of road which has
been under construction since last
September and was held, up all
winter on account of the freezing
weather, automobiles used the new
road and bridge on Sunday by the
hundreds, Rehoboth Avenue was
lined with automobiles. With THIS
little addition to the improved
highway, one can motor from the
PENNSYLVANIA railroad station in
Rehoboth Beach to Wilmington and
never get off the stone road.
Mayor Willard H. Collins, Thomas
R. Ingram and Benjamin R. Cham
berlain motored to Dover the first
of last week and interviewed some
of the members of the State High
way Department in reference to
getting the improved road from the
county bridge to the Lewes beach,
they were assured that the road
would be built this summer, prob
ably commenced about July 1st.
William H. Bookhammer, presi-
dent of the Diamond State Fish
Products Co., has returned after
spending several days in Norfolk,
Va, where they are having new
engine installed in one of their
fishing steamers.
Professor Ira S. Brinser and S.
B. D. Marshall attended the con-
vention of Tall Cedars which was
held in Providence, R. l., last week
they featured in the Tall Cedar
Band.
John R. Baylis who has been suf-
fering with an attack Of pneumonia
for several days is slowly improv-
ing.
Postmaster Napoleon B. Register
Daniel H. C. Littleton, Ralph Jones
and Leon Register motored to Phtla
delphia last Tuesday and returned
on Friday.
The class initiation of the Junior
Mechanics of Sussex County which
was to have been held last week,
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