Milford chronicle., 1931-08-14
LEWES

bOlH at 0SOIS6lOWu, on June 80
: 1861, but lived most of her life il
= Lewes. Miss Dunning never mar.
ried but lived happily in her owr
= home, surrounding by all desirable
D comforts and was of a cheerful dis.
position, which won for her many
S friends who mourn her going. She
/ is survived by one brother, Edward
= H. Dunning, a prominent and sue
cessful business man of Shanghai
/ China, where he has made his home
: for many years. The funeral serv-
. ices were held at her home, Rev.
William Leishman, pastor of the
/ Presbyterian church of which Miss
Dunning recently became a com
municant, being i'll in the hospital.
The services were conducted by Rev.
DR.. John S. Littell, rector of the St.
Peters church. The body was in
tered in the Kitchens lot in the
Presbyterian graveyard.
Mrs. Sallie Robbins, wife of Mr..
Eli Robbins, died at her home on
King street, Saturday, August 8,
1881. Funeral services were held
Wednesday afternoon at Barratt's
Chapel. Interment was made in the
adjoining cemetery.
Thomas Morgan, of Wilmington,
and Arthur Morgan and sister, EIiz-
abeth Morgan, of Philadelphia, spent
the weekend here with Mrs. Annie
c. Morgan.
Miss Violet Chamberlain, of Phil
adelphia, spent the weekend here as
the guest of Miss Margaret Vessels.
John Egan, Jr., son of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Egan, of Philadelphia,
was appointed as an apprentice on
the pilot boat by the Board of Port
Wardens in Philadelphia on Tues
day. He was appointed to replace
the vacancy caused by retirement of
George Wallace, of Cape May, N. J.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford M. Fields
and daughter Eleanor Jane, and Mr..
and Mrs. George Burgstrong and
son Danny, of Wilmington, spent
Sunday here with Mrs. William H.
Fields.
Mrs. Ella Barker, of Milton, who
has been very i'll at the home of her
sister, Mrs. John Jones, on Mulberry
street, is much improved at this
writing.
Don't forget that the Lewes Fire
men are preparing for their Annual
Carnival to be held at the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Park. Every year
the firemen hold a carnival which is
well attended and we'll patronized.
This year they expect the same sup
port from local residents and they
will receive it because the local peO-
Pile are we'll aware of the merit of !
tie organization.
\ Mr.. and Mrs. Simon Peter Cross, |
Of Gatesville, N. G., announce the |
engagement of their daughter, DR.. |
Catherine Parker Cross, of Lewes, |
Del, to Thomas J. Gray, Jr., of |
Lewes and BridgevilIe, Del. No date
has been set for the wedding.
Mrs. GlenwOod Harrington is con-
fined to her home due to illness.
The East Side Chicks baseball
team of Wilmington crossed bats
with Lewes Saturday, Aug. g. Lewes
was crippled on account of several
of their players were out of the
game. In turn the manager re-
placed them with some of the local
boys. The fans razzed them until
even the visitors became disgusted
Palmer, for Lewes, pitched wonder
full ball and deserved credit for a
win, instead of loosing by the score
of to 8, with the help of the local
fans.
Lewes baseball team travelled to
Nd, Sunday, August 9th,
and played very interesting game,
although the score was larger,
Lewes winning in the ninth inning
by slugging in four runs. Lefty
pitching for Lewes,
with his old teammate, VIM. Clifton,
1n the receiving end, showed they
still had some of the old time base
Dall left in them. Lefty struck out |
Is of Ridgley stars and getting two |:
wO-base hits and a single, while
Clifton duplicated the same, leading
he Lewes team to a victory of 1878.
On Thursday afternoon Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur Reynolds, of Salisbury,
Y c., were with the Misses McKein
n Lewes, reviewing historic points
here and dining with these two la
lies at the Caesar Rodney" in the
Albert Burch and Miss Elizabeth
3urch, of PaulsborO, N. j., are
pending two weeks here as the
uests of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward G.
Phillips.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Davis, of
N. j., spent the week I
nd here with her parents, Mr.. and
Irs. j. Frank MacIntire.
Allen Joseph, of Philadelphia, was
town visitor over the weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Lewis, Ed =.
ard Wyatt and Miss Edna Watt
lotored to Harrisburg, Pa, on Sun
ay.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Haverbeck,
f Wilmington, spent Sunday here
18th her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Jas.
rettyman.
Misses Elizabeth Dodd and Nellie
lifton motored to Selbyville on
unday. II
Mr.. and Mrs. George Baylis and
lughter Charlotte spent the week. :,
Id here with Mr.. and Mrs. Sanford
Clifton.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Wilkins and
of Milford, are spending
me time here with her father,
1uis Murray.
John M. Vessels, Jr., who is en- -
Dyed by the Bell Telephone Com
my, of Philadelphia, spent Sunday
re with his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth
Vessels.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Y. Martin, of al