Milford chronicle., 1933-11-10
LEWES


illness.
Miss Louise Marshall gave &
bridge party to a number of hel
friends at her home, the Gray Ca
bles, on Wednesday of last week.
Miss Elizabeth Marshall OF
Swarthmore. Pa, spent the week
end here with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. W. Marshall, Sr.
Mrs. Delaware Conwell is spend
ing some time with her niece, Mrs.
Samuel Tammany, and her family
at their home near Wilmington.
Roland D. J. Raught is now living
at the Caesar Rodney Hotel.
Captain and Mrs. Robert Fl. Orr
have closed their beach residence
for the winter and are spending a
short time at the Caesar Rodney Ho-
tel, before leaving for Deland, Fla,
where they will stay until spring.
Willard White of the S. S. Aurora
is spending ten days here with his
mother, Mrs. James J. White, at her
residence near Overbrook.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles L. White and
family have moved from the Welton
Virden property in DeVries Circle
and are now occupying the new Da-
Wis residence on the State Road,
near Wescoat's Corner.
The members of the Lewes Coast
Guard League celebrated their Sth
anniversary at the home of Mrs.
Garwood Thomas, on Wednesday
afternoon of last week. The follow
ing officers were elected for the
coming year: Mrs. GarwoOd Thomas
president; Mrs. Katherine johnson,
vice president; Mrs. Walter Bryan,
treasurer and Mrs. John NJ. CULLEN,
secretary. Mrs. Andy Hoffer was
elected chairwoman of the Welfare
Committee. Reports of the covered
dish luncheon which was held in
the firemen's hall on October 10,
was made and was reported sue
cess. Mrs. George Massey furnished
a birthday cake for the anniversary.
Games were played during the after
noon and refreshments were served.
Five hundred persons have secur-
ed employment through the national
unemployment office for Sussex
county in the last two months, it
was stated this week by Vaughn A.
HASTINGS, relief director. Eighteen
hundred applicants have been inter-
viewed so far in the two months Mr.
Hastings has operated the George
town office.
Mr., Hastings was in Lewes this
week where he consulted with w. 5.
Corkran, State Director of the Della
ware Mosquito control work. on ap-
plicants for construction work at the
Lewes and Slaughter Beach camps,
now being built. All men employed
in the work must be recommended
by the relief directors of the county
from the unemployed rolls as the
work is to provide employment for
needy and worthy men.
The different types of persons
who are coming into the Sussex
county relief Office represent men
and women from many walks OF
life, says Mr.. Hastings. They range
from the day laborer to the college
graduate and executive type, all will
ling to take any sort Of job. So far
5the women have been in the MINOR
ity because, they did not know the
service was extended to their sex.
The willingness of men who for
merly have held executive positions
in better times to do anything that
will bring in an income, is surpris-
ing to Mr.. Hastings. One recent ap-
plicant was a graduate of the Uni
versity of Delaware and an expert
enced engineer.
The office rolls of unemployed is
30 large at this time, Mr.. Hastings
points out, that almost any number
of Jobs can be filled provided an
opening is had. Calls for household
servants are numerous.
Mrs. Ida Joseph Maull, of Lewes,
announces the engagement of her
daughter, Miss Martha Messick
Maull, to William Elwood Lowe, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. William NJ. Lowe,
also of Lewes.
Miss Maull, a graduate Of Lewes
High School, and of the Women's
College of the University of Della
ware, is a member of the faculty of
Lewes Special School District
Mr.. Lowe, a graduate of Lewes
High School and of st. Vincent's
Hospital, is now employed in New
York City.
The wedding will take place
Thursday, November 80, at 8 o'clock |
in the Methodist Episcopal Church,
Lewes.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Jones spent the |
weekend in Milford with friends and |
relatives, |
Miss Helen Marshall and Miss /
Louise Marshall motored to Phila-
delphia on Saturday
The funeral of William Mustard, .
aged 79, retired Sussex county far
mer, who died on Saturday at the
Beebe Hospital here. after a long
illness, was held on Tuesday at p.
m, at the Connolly NJ. E. Chapel /
near Lewes. He was the son of the
late John B. and Elizabeth Burton
Mustard and had resided most of his
life at his country place a few miles
from Lewes. His only immediate
survivor is Mrs. Annie Walls, sis
ter, who lives here, and several
nephews and nieces. His wife died in
1920. They had no children. The
Rev. Ralph Jones', pastor of the
Lewes NJ. E. Church, conducted the
funeral services.
Seven weeks to Christmas.
Three weeks to Thanksgiving.
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