Milford chronicle., 1931-02-20
LEWES


seph and James Bones, have return
ed home after a two weeks visit il
Rising Sun, Md. with friends ant
relatives.
William Clifton is confined to his
home due to illness.
Mrs. Howard Birmingham is con
finsd to her home with case OI
pneumonia.
Miss Cathryn Quillen. of Selby-
vile, spent the week end here as the
guest of Miss Marcella Downes.
Mrs. A. G. Raught is confined to
the Marshall Hospital in Milford due
to illness.
Miss Nellie Clifton and friend mo-
tOred to Annapolis on Thursday.
Delphia Hickman and son, of
Dagsboro, spent Sunday here with
his sister, Mrs. Clara E. DOwnes.
Captain Arthur Conwell spent the
weekend here with his mother, Mrs.
Emma Conwell, and sister, Mrs. Anna
Morgan.
Revival services are now going on
at the Lewes M. i. church. Pastor
Jones is conducting the services.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Paynter have
moved to Philadelphia to spend the
balance of the winter period. They
will then move to Seaside Park.
where Mr.. Paynter conducts an
amusement place,
Mrs. Harold Creadick is confined
to her home with a slight attack of
grippe.
The Sussex Trust Company has
sold to Scipio Tessadri the William
d. Johnson property in Pilot Town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tessadri will move
from the Bingham property which
was recently purchased by the Town
of Lewes and which will be moved
from its present location.
Howard Brittingham, who has been |
confined to the Beebe Hospital for |
some time, did not show any inn
provement during the past week.
| Theodore Brittingham. of near |
Lewes, is in the hospital with a Sc /
kere case of pneumonia.
v George Herbert OrtOu, Jr., son of |
Mr.. and Mrs. G. H. Orton. of Lewes,
was appointed an apprentice on the
Pilot Boat, at a meeting of the
Board of Pilot Commissioners held |
in Wilmington during the past week.
Harold D. (Three Gum Wilson,
deputy prohibition director for Del
aware, will speak in Lewes on Sun
day afternoon, February 22nd. in the
Lewes auditorium, at 2;30 o'clock.
Miss Ada Joseph, who is residing
in Philadelphia with her parents
during the winter months, spent the
past weekend in Washington, d. c.
While there she attended the Irwin
S. Cobb dinner and the Kentucky
ball at the Willard Hotel.
Moses Marshall and brother, Sam
Marshall are confined to the Beebe
Hospital due to illness. Moses Mar
shall is in a critical condition at
this writing.
A property belonging to the Lewes
Trust Company on Bank street was
seriously damaged by fire on Mon
day evening. The fire started in the
pool room of the building, whichwas
operated by William Ennis. II is
thought that a cigarette stump was
overlooked before the pool room {
was closed for the evening.
Miss Edith Downes entertained |
a number of her friends at her home
on South street last Wednesday
evening. Those present were: Miss
es Emily CoveTdale, Jessie Phillips,
Pauline Graves. Lettie Marvel, Sara
Webb and Edith Downes and Jack
Poke Carey, Harry Roland,
lanes Prettyman, Edward Maull, f.
Scott Pierce and Henry Beach. n
Mrs. Eta Wilson Mathis, wife of =
Richard C. Mathis. died at her home 7
Early Monday morning, following an I
illness of several months, aged 81 :
,ears. She is survived by her hus-
Dand and mother, Mrs. Margaret II
wilson and two brothers, George C
wilson of San Francisco, and E. B. n
wilson, of Wilmington. Del. Flu n
leral services were held at her late
lone on South street, Thursday af- g
ernoon at o'clock, by the Rev. NJ
ralph Jones. Interment in the NJ.
}. cemetery.
Thomas Carl Steele died Thursday -,
February 18th, following :,
everal years of illness from heart y
ffection. Funeral services were :
onducted at his late home in Re :,
oboth on Sunday afternoon, by Rev. :
I. Cherry. He is survived by his 4
rife, who was Miss Calara Dutton, -
lother and two brothers, Captain .
rvin Steele, in the Coast Guard Il
ervice of Asbury Park, N. j., and D
'. H. Steele of the Coast Guard Ser CO
ice also. W
A surprise party was given for II
ara Webb on Tuesday evening in OF
onor Of her 18th birthday. Quite Il
number of her friends were pres cs
lt. Games of all sorts were played j
nd every one had an enjoyable even it
lg hC
Coming ALL TALKING ATTRAC- 81
IONS at the AUDITORIUM, Lewes, of
el RCA Sound Saturday, Gary be
ooper and Marlene Dietrich in
Tuesday. February a.
obert Montgomery, Anita Page in ty
VAR NURSE" Thursday, February
), Emil Jannings and Marlene Die
ich in "THE BLUE ANGEL" Two
lows, 7:15 and 900. Admission: -
dults, doc; children under Il, 25c.
sal