Milford chronicle., 1927-01-21
Lewes News

two or three years fell here on Sat
urday. 1t showed the entire day and
a part of the night and drifted very
badly causing some of the country
to .ecome impossible for automo-
biles Prior to the snow the roads
in the country were so soft in some
places that they were almost impas-
sable.
Funeral services Of Aaron S. KIM
mey, aged about So years, were held
here on Sunday afternoon in the
Methodist Protestant Church. Rev.
William d. Wilson and Rev. Milton
S. Andrews officiating. Mr.. KINNEY
died very suddenly last week of
heart failure. He was lighthouse
keeper at one of the shore light sta
tions near Wilmington.
Funeral services of John NJ. Yes
sells, aged 62 years were held at his
residence on King street last Wed
nesday afternoon and interment
made in the Lewes Presbyterian
cemetery. Rev. William Leishman
conducted the services. The officers
and directors of the three branches
of The Sussex Trust Company at
Lewes, Laurel and Milton were the
honorary pallbearers. Mr.. Vessels
was one of the original directors of
The Sussex Trust Company and had
acted as treasurer of the company
since the death of Colonel Robert
Arnell.
A meeting of the Ladies Aid So
ciety of the Lewes NJ. E. Church was
held on Monday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. Irwin B. Steele on
Mulberry street.
Captain Arthur w. Conwell of Phil
adelphia took command of the pilot
boat Philadelphia for the coming
weeks on Saturday relieving Captain
RAYMOND c. Forster who had been in
charge for the past two weeks.
Considerable ice has been in the
breakwater and bay and river dur
ing the past week but the fog on
Friday broke it up and carried most
Of it out to sea.
The pilots are still being worked
very hard owing to the fact that so
many vessels are going up and down
and many of the pilots lay off dur
ing the winter months. Sometimes
they land here in the morning and
called to go off before night.
1t is being rumored that a freight
line will be established between New
York, Lewes, Wilmington, Chester
and Philadelphia by the New York,
Philadelphia and Southern Steam
ship Company and in the near fu-
ture they propose to place in COM
mission a twin screw steamer of
1900 tons on the route. If the venture
proves a success they intend, so they
state, to supplement the one boat
with two additional steamers.
The Lewes Chamber of Commerce
has elected the following officers for
the ensuing year: President, Charles
T. Nelson; vice president, Joseph L.
Marshall; secretary and treasurer,
Rowland H. Brewer.
John R. Lawton, rural mail car
rier who has been confined to his
home for three weeks on account of
several fractured ribs sustained
when a pony he was riding, raked
him off when it ran out the barn
door, is slowly improving. Arthur E.
Walls of near Lewes is carrying the
mail in his stead.
Miss Elizabeth w. Virden, an en-
plee of the local post office had her
tonsils removed at the Beebe Hos
pital here last week.
Samuel B. D. Marshall has been
to his home for several days
from a severe cold.
Mrs. Benjamin R. Chamberlain
who was operated upon in Phila-
delphia Hospital last week by DR.. I
John Deaver is slowly improving.
Chief Engineer Louis G. Maull of
the pilot boat Philadelphia spent the
past week at his home here.
A number of Lewes people attend
ed the game of basket ball last We'd !
nesday evening at Milford between
Milford and Washington College.
Thomas Palmer has moved from
his farm near Nassau in town on
Jefferson avenue. Herbert Moore is
the farm of Mr.. Palmer.
Mr.. Dean of the Hockenbury Sys-
TEN, Inc, of Harrisburg, Pa, came |
here last week and is getting in read
mess to put on the campaign for the |
new community hotel which the town
of Lewes is badly in need. The site
committee and the hotel committee
met last Friday evening at the town |
hall and unanimously selected the |
corner of Second and Market streets |
for the site for the proposed hotel. |
Three other sites were proposed at
that time.
Mr.. Dean has located his Office for
this campaign in the Library Build
ing which was formerly used by The
Sussex Trust Company and has en-
ployed Mrs. Marjorie Pryor as stem
ographer.
The monthly meeting of the Pres !
byterian Mems Association was ad-
dressed by the Rev. William Now
bray. The address was well received
by a most enthusiastic body Of men.
Following the address an hour Of So
cial intercourse was enjoyed. Cap
tain William e. Tunnel, in whose
home the association met, and Geo.
P. Tunnel, were the hosts of the oc-
casion.
On Sunday morning at IL o'clock
the Rev. Frank G. Colvin of Column
bus, Ohio, will preach in the Presby-
terian Church. Mr.. Colvin comes as a
representative in connection with the
evangelistic convention to be held
next week in Dover.