Milford chronicle., 1933-02-17
LEWES


Dodd at her home near RehObOth.
Mrs May Kelly who has beer
spending some months with heI
daughter, Mrs. Roy Evans, at Camp
Hill, Pa, has returned home.
Elverson W. Ingram and family
have moved from Beebe avenue to
Front street.
Income tax reports have to be
made out for the State regardless of
size or amount of income. No gov
ernment reports necessary if in
come (net) is less than $4,000 for
married folks and 81 900 for single
persons.
With State income falling off $685.
600 a week appropriation bills will
have to be cut by legislation and ev-
eryone interested will approve such
cuts If they are sincere Delawar-
cans, making offset cuts in the ad-
ministration and operation of the
respective organizations and pro-
lects effected. Let the State Legisla-
ture "cut the clothing according to
the garment" and il looks as if the
State garments should only come to
the knees if income keeps its down
ward trend.
Miss Emily Coverdale of Whining
ton spent the weekend here with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Coverdale.
Mrs. Grace Lloyd and daughter
Cordelia. motored to Baltimore, Md,
ON Sunday.
VIM. A. Lynch is circulating
among his friends asking their sup
port in getting the office of Deputy |
Collector of Port now held by f. w. |
Ingram, when his term expires.
The Ladies Aid Society of the NJ. |
+. Church met at the home of Mrs.
John Elliott on Monday evening.
The Women's Home Missionary
Society of the NJ. Il. Church met at
the home of Mrs. Harry Maull, Mon
day afternoon.
Mrs. Julia Sloan and daughters OF
Philadelphia and Angola, are plan
ming improvements to their Angola
house so as to make it their perma-
nent home, winter and summer.
The new motor life boat assigned
TO the Lewes Coast Guard Station,
arrived recently in the Lewes-Reho-
both Canal. 1t was brought down |
from Custis Bay, Nd, where it was
built by John Warren, motor ma i
chinist mate, of the Lewes Station, {
on test trip.
Another boat of the same type {
was sent out from the Coast Guard &
depot at the same time, but was
found to be slightly defective after
making half of the trip and was
sent back to the depot for further
inspection. The other boat was as
signed to another station in this
district. a
The new boat is the latest type of t
motor life boat, and replaces an n
other of obsolete type at this sta n
ton. It will be used in the Della
ware Breakwater and vicinity in e
place of the patrol boats now locat- Ii
ed at Chinccteague, Va, the new
headquarters for vessels of the Il
Sixth District. Lewes, now a part of (,
the Fifth District, is the first station s
10 receive one oF tliese newsmodels. -
Each station will receive one even p
tually. IL
The officers and staff of the Beebe 81
Hospital of Lewes have issued invi
tations to an anniversary dinner at P
the hospital, Friday, February II, in re
of the generosity of fiji
Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin Shaw and tn
their associates in building and
equipping the, hospital. is
Donald Johnson and Miss Betty dr.
Johnson, of Washington, D. c., spent
the weekend here with their sister tn
and brother-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. he
Walter Bryan at their residence on tn
street. tel
Mr.. and Mrs. William. B. Tracey of
I.ewes, kaye announced the mar ev
riage of their daughter, Clara Ruth, ab
to DIR. Elmer Bertrand, son of Mrs. an
Louis Bertrand and the late Mr. -.
Bertrand, on Wednesday, February ol'
l, at Elkton, Md. Both DIR. and Mrs by
Bertrand are natives of Lewes and :
have a great many friends among clt
the young people here. Mrs. Bert :
rand has been night operator at the clo
local telephone exchange for the va
past five years. DR.. Bertrand gradu-
ated from Jefferson Medical College
in Philadelphia with the class of IN
1920 and has been practicing in De'
Lewes for the past ten years. =;
DR.. and Mrs. Bertrand will make 4Wiu W
their home at the Bertrand resi- I
ience on Pilottown road IT.,
Miss Bertha Brittingham of Will Iia lia
nington spent the weekend here oiu u
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. En- "o
cry Brittinsham. -
Due to the persistent efforts of as'
he members of the Lewes Relief -
Committee in cooperation with L. L. ,i'e
layton of Georgetown, a sewing ha,
init was opened in Lewes, giving ,,a' ,,e'
he needy of the community
,hance to earn a few dollars each an.
lay on,
At the present time there are 25 ri
aides employed in the Federal 20,
Mrs. William A. Lynch is hos
he forewoman. Both white and col INV
red employees are working at the ha,
Tesent tlIne: trit
Benjamin Frisch, manager Of the me
Iotel Caesar Rodney of Lewes. sped aItl
early $50 miles Friday night from I
ewes to the bedside of his son The CHI
dore Frisch, who was suffering cal
rom internal hemorrhages. ]
Mr.. F'riseh that night received thr
hone call from Rockville Center, L. yea
, stating his son was very i'll. as
The father went by motor and
,ain to the hospital, arriving early =
morning. His blood was T
ssted and accepted and at 10 o. for