Milford chronicle., 1927-02-04
Lewes News

Episcopal C0uIcn IOr U1e mOnJE OIL
February: MOrning---William j.
Carson, George W. COverdale, ].
Edward Wiley, George w. Robin
son; evening, Martin l.. Webb, Sam
uel Maull, Fred G. Marshall and
Edward C. Phillips.
Thomas r. Ingram, president OF
the Delaware State Bankers Assocl-
alton and DR.. William p. Orr, Jr,
made a business trip TO Dover dul-
ing the past week.
Captain Edwin {. Marshall took
command of the pilot boat Philadel-
phia last Saturday for the coming
two weeks relieving Captain Arthur
w. Conwell of Philadelphia who has
been in. charge for the past two
weeks. >~@
Pilot Donald N. Douglas of Phil
adelphia was a town visitor mere
during the past week.
The Lewes High School basket ball
teams were defeated by the Selby-
willie teams at SelbyVille last week,
whilel the Lewes girls found the
Selbyville girls an easy mark just
as they do most all other girls bas-
ket ball teams.
Edward w. Long, retired light
house keeper who has been Ill for
some months has returned after
spending three weeks with his Sis
ter, Mrs. Ella G. Rockefeller in Will
mington. The trip did him much
good and he was able to get down
town during the past week for the
first time in about four rlOnths.
William ]. Warren of the firm, W.
J. Warren & Co., Inc, Gamers and
II. Gilbert Ward of RehObOth Beach
manager of the Silver Canning Co.
plant at Nassau, attended the an
nual Gamers Convention held last
week in Atlantic City. N. J.
Mayor James T. Thompson and
William P. Carter. secretary of the
Fowl COuncik made 4 business trip
to Georgetown during the past
week.
The cOldest spell of winter reach
ed this section last Wednesday eve
ming and the thermometer on Thurs
day, registered eight degrees above
zero, which was two or three de-
grees colder than the cold snap
which occurred about three weeks
ago.
The Fourth Quarterl yCOnference
of the Lewes Methodist Episcopal
Church was held last Friday eve
ming in the Sunday school room.
District Superintendent w. E. Gun
by of Dover presided Captain John
S. Lynch was elected lay delegate
and William J. Carson alternate to
attend the annual conference to be
held in Salisbury in March.
Mrs. Thomas r. Ingram who was
operated upon at the Beebe Hospl-
tai here about three weeks ago is
rapidly improving and was moved
to her home last Saturday after
noon.
A very enthusiastic meeting OF
the Lewes Chamber of Commerce
was held on Monday evening in the
town hall in the interests of the
new community and commercial
hotel. The room was packed with
members and non-members eager to
hear what was to be said about the
new project. Everybody was IN
svmpathy with the movement and
EXPRESSED their desire to see the new
hotel which our town is badly IN
need of. The first speaker of the
evening was Marshall H. Dean OF
the HOckenbury System, Inc, WHO
spoke on the value of a Champer
Cemmerce.-t0- a community when
if functioned as a live organization.
Mr.. Dean is a very fOrceful speaker
and spoke from actual experience,
having served as president of the
Chamber of Commerce in the city
of Harrisburg and as president Of
the Rotary Club, also of that CITY.
The next speaker was DR.. U. W.
Hooker. chairman of the hotel COM
mittee, who explained in detail the
hotel situation from the time it or
iginated in the Chamber of Com
merce until the present moment. He
said from the outlook at present ne
could see nothing in the world that
would prevent the hotel project
from going over, for at least eighty
per cent of the people of the town
were giving it their support, and
when a bunch of people get back OF
a project of this kind it can't DO
anything but go. Henry W. Conant,
Dresident of the RehObOth Heights
Development Company, made very
glowing address in favor of the no.
tel. Among other things that he said
was that he was absolutely certain
that people who put their money IN
this new hotel need have no rear
whatever but what they would get
their interest regularly on their in
yestment. Mr. COnant was the hrst
person to sign a subscription to the
new hotel. No subscriptions were
asked for at this meeting. Mr.. Con-
ants subscription was taken long
before the meeting was held. This
is a mighty fine spirit for man
from a neighbOring town to show.
Mr.. Conant is known as the man
with a vision who came here from
Chincoteague, Va, about four years
ago and put on the development IN
Rehoboth Heights which at that
time seemed like bad judgment to
the business men of this cOmmun-
ity. but that didn't at all discourage
him, he kept plugging along and to-
day as a result of his struggle Re
hoboth Beach is enjoying the great
est boom of any town or summer re-
sort along the Eastern Shore. Mr.:
,-Conant said that he had personal
knowledge of several hundred dol
lars that would be spent in Reno
both Beach this season in building
alone. A number of others spoke IN
favor of the project and promised
their support financially and other
wise.