Milford chronicle., 1935-11-08
LEWES

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q late Mrs. Sarah Martin. 72-year-ol
4. Lewes woman who died last Tue
day, was a petrified Mermaid
= which the woman had often toI
q friends had been IN her family Il
q nearly century The MERMAID
Il was among her household article
o which were put up at public auctio
{ on Friday, but was withdrawn an
II Kept IN the family by a nephew, HaE
n ny StoehB an employee OF the U.
3, Lighthouse Service.
), Mrs. Martins story Of the strang
= relic which resembles the fable
mermaid" of old sea stories, wa
v that it was given to a member o
e her family by an old sea captain VIII
a once visited the home. II is about 1.
D inches In length and the upper bod.
resembles the head and shoulders o.
e a human, while its lower half is that
I of fish. The relic was always kept
! in a glass case, carefully treasured,
: and it is reported that she had been
offered various sums of money for
it by interested scientists and col
lectOrs of curiosities.
The Rev. Thomas A. Williams, d.
D., of the Wicomico Presbyterian
Church, of Salisbury, Md, was the
speaker before a large congregation
in the Lewes auditorium on Sunday
evening. The occasion was a mass
meeting of all local churches in the
interest of the current Back to
Church" campaign. Thomas r. In
gram, choir leader of the NJ. z.
Church, led the singing of old con-
gregational hymns. Pastors of the
Lewes churches assisted with the
service
Weston Ellis who has been con-
fined to the home Of his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Ellis, due to illness,
is able to be out again.
Miss Mary Bookhammer, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. William H. Book
hammer of Lewes, and Wilmer Lee
Mitchell, son of the late Lee Mitch
ell, and Mrs. John W. Lowe, living
near Georgetown, we're married on
Saturday morning, in the NJ. E.
Church, by the Rev. o. H. Connolly. /
Mr.. and Mrs. Mitchell are now liV-
ing in Wilmington.
Mrs. Charles L. Aiken, of CapOn
Springs, W. Va, has returned home
after spending a few days here. as
the guest of Miss Hannah Marshall.
Mrs. Mary c. Rowland is in Phil
adelphia with her sister, Mrs. Emma
Manning and her niece, Mrs. Harry
B. Hickman, for the winter.
Mrs. John H. H. Kelly, of West
T1bsIoI0TrTrf1 fu enandfneF 1nVao Ffuon {
here with her son-in-law and daugh-
ter, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles L. White,
at their residence on the boulevard.
Sanford Clifton has purchased a
new Ford.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rodney Hazel and
family are occupying the Lubker
property next to the Virden home
stead on Second street.
Thomas B. Morris has purchased
lot No. 55 in DeVries Circle. This lot
adjolns the Morris homestead and
Mr.. Morris now has a One-hundred-
foot frontage.
Mr.. and Mrs. Boyce Larrimore
have moved from the Tracy prop
erty on Market street to the Prim- >,
rose apartment on Second street. a
Miss Lillian Coverdale has resum-
ed her work at the Sussex Trust n
Company after a lay-of of some E
months to regain her health.
Miss Marjorie Virden has returned :
home after spending a few days in
with friends and rela-
ives.
Lieutenant Justus B. Naylor of De-
Ruyter, New York, spent the week
md here with his wife and mother
n-law, Mrs. F. G.. Clifton at their
esidence on Mulberry street. Y
Clayton H. Ellis is having his II
ouse on Pilottown road painted
reen with white trim. >,
Mrs. Willard II. Collins is visiting Y
/ the home of her daughter, Mrs. "
.nne Bullock, in Lansdowne, Pa. =
Fourteen dollars, eighty-three and
ne-third cents a pound may seem
record Top price for duck, but one
lree-pound fowl cost James Price,
t Rehoboth, $44, and he didn't have
duck dinner. The duck is being q
eld by State Detective Otto Dono-
-ay as corpus deficit" in a State II
barge against Price for shooting
le duck on State game refuge.
rice was arrested by Game Warden 6
fired Mcgee and taken before Mag
itrate James T. Lank, Of Lewes, on -
averal charges of violation Of the
tate game laws, encompas5ed in
le one act.
It was then that the price of duck
cached the zenith when the magis-
ate placed the following fines -
sainst the hunter: For shooting
uck otu of season, $40 fine and $3.50
,sts; for shooting in game refuge,
IS fine and $3.50 costs, total $44.
rice was given the minimum fine IN
/ each charge. The duck season ~
,es not open until November 20.
The young man pleaded guilty to II
e charges and paid for the duck he 6
Iuldn't cat.
Long and Nick Carter of Z:
liIadelphia spent the weekend
re at Mr.. Longs cottage on Lewes -
zach.
DR.. and Mrs. Elmer Bertrand are
ceiving congratulations upon the
rival of 4 fine son, born Thursday.
.tober 81, 1885. Mrs. Bertrand may
remembered as Miss Ruth Trac-
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Will 8:
m Tracey of Pilottown.
Mrs. Edith LuptOn has returned 10:
me after spending sometime in
w York and Pennsylvania, visiting H.:
ends and relatives. e.