Milford chronicle., 1936-03-20

Miss Frances Hudson Of Rehoboth
and Fred Clifton Of Lewes motored
to West Chester, Pa, to visit Mr.
CliftOn's brother. Fillmore. who IA
attending West Chester State Teach-
ers College.
Mr, and Mrs. William Paynter. Of
State street. celebrated their golden
wedding anniversary last week.
Many Of their friends were present
and a fine evening was enjoyed by
All
Falling 30 feet through an omen
hatchway to the engine room Of the
Gulf Refining Company's tanker
4 Guif-hawk while the vessel was at
sea, John Ashley, 26. a seaman. was
removed from the ship on its arriv-
al IN the Delaware Breakwater. suf-
I fering from bruises and possible
conclusion. The pilot boat. Phila-
delphia, drew alongside and took of
the injured man, bringing him to
the pier where the Iewes Coast
Guard transferred him 10 an ambn-
lance and rushed him to the Beebe
Hospital. His home Is in Nlississ-
ippi
Mrs. Frank Johnson and Mrs. (
Hannah Morris who have been con. /
fined, by illness, TO their homes on /
Market street, ere able to be out
again.
MahlOn Graves, local merchant. is
launching in a new enterprise Of
raising chickens. His chicken
ranch" will be located in back of his
home on Fourth street.
Miss Virginia Graves and Chester
DickeTsOn who teach school in Lau-
rel, visited over the weekend with
Miss Graves parents, Mr.. and Mrs. a,
w. f. Graves on Fourth street.
The HenlOpen LegiOnnaires. conf 1
posed of players from Lewes and L
RehobOth, won the first game OF {
their five game championship series {
with Crisiied. The game was play I
ed at Crisfeld and the third game a
will find the boys back at RehObOth
on Friday evening. 4
Anthony Potter has returned 1
home after his turn on the pilot
boat, Philadelphia.
The heavy rains and the melting
SHOWS OF last month kept the local =
lire company busy pumping out cell y
lars and streets all over town. This =
week, with more rain, a recurrence
Of this same condition seems IN
Many OF the farmers have =,
lust succeeded in reaching the
owns nearest them for supplies and a,
tate that the roads (dirt) are in the .
worst condition ever remembered. N,
Mrs. Wilfred J. Adkins vase a az
ewes visitor the past weekend,
her father, William A.
4ynch, home, after a visit at her
Ouse in Selbyville.
Mrs. Grace Birmingham, owner of
he Lewes Dairy, has purchased a az
ew truck for the delivery service. ~
Many of the local merchants arc 20
isplaying their spring and summer ~
If Ill indications are ~
rue, 1t seems If everyone will enjoy ~ ~
few months of relief from the hard a.
lOnths Of winter just concluded. ~
Iany men are working on WPA pro- - -
,cts in RehObOth and Lewes, which
ave been idle since the intense cold h,
Gather which frOze the ground too ~.
ard for exeavating. ~ ~
Miss Hannah Marshall returned m,
lie first of this week from a trip in he
lorida, and left the, next day, with To
er mother, Mrs. Arthur Marshall WI
II a six weeks visit in New York an
ate. Miss Marshall's sister Louise m
filling her position in the offices an
the mosquito control
Mrs. Mabel Lewis of SelbyvilIe the
IS been in the Beebe Hospital for VII
past TOUR weeks ana was oper- of
eu upon iast week. she IS lmprov- les
g. Her sister, Miss Sarah Wyatt, the
aches in Newark public school. bu,
d spent the weekend with her ed
rents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter E. ten
yatt' of