Milford chronicle., 1933-03-17
LEWES

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2 sidered by the commissioners g
t their last meeting. Nothing coul
be done about the above because G
: the fact that the bonds Outstandin
: at this time have no redeemable fea
ture. They cannot be called. in b
} the commissioners until maturity.
Mrs. Maggie b. Wilson has ar
J rived home after spending the win
ter months in Cape May, N. ]. Mrs
Edward Berrell came home will
her for a few days.
The many friends of Mrs. Ethe
Krider Miller were shocked to hea
of her death in the Episcopal Hos
pital in Philadelphia on Februar!
9th. Mrs. Thomas C. Wilson anC
son Harold attended the funeral OF
Thursday, March End.
Mr.. and Mrs Edwin F.. Wilson are
spending a few days here with theil
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. Ferris
Wilson.
Miss Marcella DOwnes has return
ed home after spending some time
in Philadelphia with friends and
relatives.
Miss Edith Downes. of Whining
/ ton, and Nelson LittletOn, of Phila-
delphia, spent the weekend here
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.
Downes at their residence ON State
street.
Louis Y. Schermerhorn, Jr., of
Springfield. Mass, is spending few
days here as the guest of Miss Emily
Murphy.
Louis c. Maull has sold his house
on Park Avenue and it is to be mOv-
ed to the country where it will be
remodeled and used as a farm resi-
dence.
Joseph Paynter, of Wilmington, is
spending a few days here with his
mother.
N. B. Register. local postmaster,
is still confined to his home on State
street. His condition at this time
shows much improvement.
Miss Martha Maull has been sub
stituting for Charles Atkins, super
intendent of the Glendale school,
at the request of the State Educa-
tion Board in Georgetown.
Allen L. Lauritsen, of Wilmington,
has sold his home near Wilmington
to william D. Luke. Mr.. Lauritsen
and family will occupy one of the
Rossford apartments while he is
building a new home at Brandywine
Hills. His new home will be of the
New England farm house type.
Miss Thelma Chambers, who has
been confined to her home due to ill
ness, is able to be out again.
Harold Hickman, student at the
University of Delaware, spent the
weekend here with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. George Hickman, at their
residence on Kings Highway.
Mrs. j. ]. Downs, of OverbrOok,
visited the local school during the
past week. She went into several
classes and gave demonstration of
the processes through which wool
passes. Having brought her own
spinning wheel, carders and raw
wool the pupils were able to see the
actual carding and spinning. This
experience was of great value to the
children.
Irwin Kekner, Byron Fillmore
Clifton and Scott Pierce motored to
Wilmington on Saturday to purchase
some equipment for the coming
baseball season.
Plenty has been said about the
orgy of building which took place
during the boom years providing
more dwellings than there was any
need for. But now that several years
have passed, this Overproduction has
been we'll averaged down. A few
years ago we were building several
hundred thousand homes a year
undoubtedly too many. But last
year we built only about $4,000. |
of these newer homes, as |
we'll as millions of older ones, have
been allowed to deteriorate to the |
point of needing extensive repair or |
There never was a
better time to do either, than now.
Lumber, cement and other basic ma
Lerials are selling at rock-bottom |
prices. So are electrical and plumb
ing and roofing supplies. There is
an abundance of labor, skilled and |
lnskilled. The citizen who builds
a home today, or repairs the old one,
not only obtains a bargain but
strikes a blow at depression. Money /
spent for construction and main
.enance of property covers wide
area and alights in many pockets.
It has a powerful stimulating effect
Oh the national purchasing power.
II you are able to build home and
need one, do it now. If you aren't
you can probably spend a few dol
lars or few hundred dollars on
repairs and requirements. You'll
save money, and yOn'll be doing your
bit in the greatest war of modern
imes-the war against unemploy-
nent and distress. Investment and
are chaper than char
ty.
Mrs. Hance Chambers is confined
o her home on Mulberry street due
o illness.
Miss Murtice Holt spent the week.
md at her home in Clarksville. She
lad as her guests Misses Hilda
,hambers and Helen Raleigh.
Considerable anxiety has been felt
" Lewes residents because of de-
aged reports regarding the safety
f relatives now residing in the en-
angered areas of California af-
ected by the recent earthquake.
lieut. and Mrs. Alber Click were
nally communicated with on Sun
ay, through a radio message sent
Y Lieut.. Click to Washington, and
elayed to Mrs. Clicks father, S. P.
IcInnis, in Lewes, saying they were
afe as the family had moved aboard
ne U. S. S. Bridge, in San Pedro
lay, and that although the shocks
'ere felt in their cottage, the only
amage suffered was a broken cup
rat toppled from the sideboard.