Milford chronicle., 1936-11-06
LEWES
Toast Guards AID III Man

Coast Guards Aid IN Man
A red light that was interpreter
as a distress signel on a lumber
barge anchored in the Delaware
Breakwater, was investigated by the
LeWes Coast Guard Station late Sun
day' and two members of the crew
were found in need of hospital at
tention. Robert Williams, 20. a deck
hand on the barge, and Cant. Robert
Hastings, pilot of the barge Pacific
Williams was removed from the yes
sci to the Beebe Hospital at Lewes
believed suffering with pneumonia
Because of the low tide the coast
guard power boat was not taken ont
ana the station crew used a small
SKIN to row the i'll man ashore. Can
taln was also brought to the hos
pltal Tor treatment Of an injured
hand. The captain had two fingers
severed a few weeks ago in an acci-
dent in Norfolk, Va, when another
barge collided with his vessel AT the |
dock.
Lewes Chamber of Commerce is
making plans to hold a civic cere-
mohy on the banks of the Lewes-
hehoDOtn canal to celebrate the
starting of the new $23O,OOO inlet. a
federal and state project recently
approved, and worked for by Mayor
David Burbage. The occasion will
De marked with appropriate cere-
monies, including short speeches bv
prominent citizens who were instru-
mental IN securing the inlet which
Lne town has been negotiating for I
the past fifty years. Dredges and /
1ther excavating equipment have al q
'eady arrived at LeWes. The Droiect r
Includes the construction of a Yacht Il
'asln and waterway six feet deep /,
u mean low water for safe nayiga- Z,
ION OF small boats. Local fishermen o
'ho operate motor boats will figure h
in the ceremonies. 7,
llt.Run Victim Buried -
The funeral of Frank DerricksOn .,
D, house painter, of Lewes. who was :,
1und dead Sunday night ON the q
tate highway two miles from here u
as held wednesday at 2 p. m. The -
eV' william Leishman, pastor of u
he Presbyterian Church officiated. N
lterment was made i'm the Meth al
INST Episcopal Cemetery. 1t is be- OF
eyed Mr.. DerricksOn was struck by on
hit-and-run driver. He was found de
ing in the road by the principal vi
the HOllymount School, who re- ne
'rted the accident. Police are in su
stlgatlng report received We'd
sday that man was seen inspect
z the running board of a car with re
d wheels near the scene of the tol
cldent shortly after 7.3O d. m last -
nday.
oman Voter 81, Recalls Garfield ID
conspicuous at the Lewes polls on 10
lesday were a number of aged -
TX, many of whom voted for the
st time in their lives. Mrs. Ma
ia Peterson Westefdahl who will
So in December, and who remem-
rs the hue and cry at the time
esldent Garfield was assassinated
1881, cast her vote for the first
ne III the "a years she has been in
s country. Il thought | was too
to vote" she said. but they told
my vote was as good as the rest
native of DragO. Denmark. she
ne to America I'm 1872, settling
I IN Wilmington and PHILADELPHIA.
lie she was in Wilmington. Gar
was shot. Mrs. Westerdahl has
n living in Lewes for fifty years
tory Parade
he Democrats of Lewes staged a
e celebration Tuesday night and
" wednesday morning. topping
festivities with a parade on We'd
lay evening.
lillian Anderson Lynch. jackson
lynch and Mr.. and Mrs. Wilfred
ms and Edward Adkins attended
Laurel, Md, races on Monday.
lther Vessels mOtored to viii
gton on Sunday with his mother
friends.
iss Helene Carter has returned
a months visit in Connection
re she was the guest of the form b
lenrietta Rood. frequent visitor III
the Carter cottage on Lewes u
III. "
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