Milford chronicle., 1932-01-08
LEWES

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Clifton mOtored to Milford on Mon
day.
Miss Marcella Downes is spend
ing the weekend in Philadelphia
visiting friends and relatives.
Fred Lubker is seriously ill at his
home on Second street. Mrs. Free
Lubker who has been i'll for severa
months is also seriously i'll at this
writing.
DR.. w. w. Hooker was reelected
Mayor of Lewes for the second term
at the town election on Saturday
William E. Walsh and DR.. James
Beebe were elected commissioners
and John w. Marshall, assessor
There was no opposition to the only
ticket in the field. 1t was estimated
300 votes were cast.
Lewes has record of faVoring
the services of doctors in political
offices. DR.. Hooker, the reelected
Mayor, succeeded the late DR.. James
Thompson, who served as Mayor of
Lewes for about 26 years, continu-
ously, up to the time of his death.
DR.. Beebe, who was elected a COM
missioner, is a brother of DR.. Rich
ard Beebe. The brothers are found
ers of the Beebe Hospital.
Both Mr.. Walsh and DR.. Beebe
have served on the Board of Com
missioners for several years.
Jessie Morris, daughter of Mrs.
Hannah Morris, spent the holidays
in Philadelphia, visiting friends and
relatives.
Richard BlocksOn and sister of
Philadelphia were the guests of
Miss Elizabeth Ingram over the
weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Galloway
and family of Greenwood were town
visitors on Sunday.
The Lewes High School baseball
team will play the Georgetown High
School team tonight, in Georgetown.
The P. T. A. meeting will be held
in the school auditorium on Monday
evening, January IL. Mrs. Harold
Hooker and her committee are pre-
pairing an interesting and educa-
tional program for the evening.
Miss Pearl Macdonald, nutrition
expert, from the Extension Depart
ment of the University of Delaware
will be the speaker that night.
On Christmas Day at 4 p. M, Con-
rad r. Tawes, and Florence H. Bry-
an were united in marriage at the
Lewes Presbyterian Church manse.
The pastor, Rev. William Leishman,
performed the ceremony. The at
tendants were Miss Beulah Bryan of
Lewes and C. Orville Trader of
Greensboro, Md. The bride will be
remembered as former teacher in
the LeWes school.
James Schwenck of Philadelphia |
was the guest of Miss Elizabeth
Morgan over the Christmas holidays. |
Mrs. James r. Kelly has returned |
home after spending the holidays in
Camp Hill, Pa, with her daughter, |
Mrs. L. Leroy Evans.
William ]. Thompson, Jr., has re-
turned to the Valley Forge Military
at Wayne, Pa, after spen-
ding the holidays here with his par
ents on PilOttown Road.
Frank HOwley of Philadelphia
was the weekend guest of Miss
Elizabeth Marshall at her home,
Gray Cables"
Joseph Jett of Reedville, Va, was
a town visitor during the past week
Miss Ethel SturdiVant and Lew
Lenhoff of Wilmington spent Christ
mas Day here with her mother, Mrs.
Roland ]. S. Marsh.
Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin B. Steele and
son, Chester, of Ocean City, N. j.,
spent the Christmas holidays with
relatives and friends in Lewes and
2ehobOth.
Walter Leishman was the guest
If Miss Leona Navas in Scranton,
Pa, during Christmas week.
Mrs. Helen Pepper who has been
VISITING her sister here, Mrs. Fred
Wolfe, has returned to her home in
Mr.. and Mrs. Roland Bones mos
ored to Wilmington during the !
week.
Miss Doris Sumwalt of Philadel-
)hia is the guest of Miss Thelma !
Chambers for a few days.
Sara Thompson, colored, daughter ]
If Mrs. Kate Thompson, died at her :
lome on Fourth street, Saturday, ,
January 2, after an illness of sew
,ral weeks.
Joseph D. Thompson died at his ]
lome on King street in Lewes on {
Christmas Eve, following an illness
If several weeks. He was 70 years {
# age. ]
The funeral services were held ]
londay morning in the Lewes Pres {
,yterian Church with Rev. William !
4eishman officiating. Interment was ]
made in the adjoining cemetery.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. ]
Iary Lingo Thompson, eight chill {
Iren, namely, Mrs. T. Cullen DonO- {
an of Lewes, William e. Thompson {
# Midway, Mrs. Olive Gordan OF
apex, N. c., Mrs. Andrew Thomp' l
on of Philadelphia, Robert Thomp- S
on of RehOboth, Miss Margaret F
oseph Thompson and John Thomp- 1
on, of Philadelphia. He is also sur {
ived by two sisters and four bro
hers. l
Members of Jefferson Lodge, A. F. t
, A. NJ of which he was a MEM I
er, acted as pallbearers and form t
d the guard of honor at the burial
ervices. The numerous floral trib- O
tes were large as the disease had t
lany friends in this community.
Mr.. Thompson was very active in
he community life and was very
rominent in Grange work in this n
ection, as he was a member of the r