Milford chronicle., 1937-11-19
LEWES

anna NICHOLS nave closed the
summer home on Second street an
moved to Philadelphia for the viii
ter.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Wolfe
Philadelphia, formerly of Lewe
were town visitors on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Lawson {
Wilmington, spent the week-en
here as. the guests of Mr.. and Mr.
Hance Chambers, at their residenc
on Mulberry street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Barney @
Centreville, Md, were town visitor
on Sunday.
Mrs. Henry Rowland entertaine,
her bridge club at her home on Sa
vannah Road last Friday afternoon.
Mrs. Cora NJ. Clifton and sol
Frederick G. Clifton, motored tt
Milford on Tuesday.
Walter Collins has purchased {
new Plymouth sedan.
Mrs. Marshall Coverdale motoret
to Cambridge, Md, on Tuesday tC
spend the day with her husband, who
is chief engineer on the tug boat
"Cirene," which is anchored there
this week.
Mrs. Harvey Baker who has been
confined to the Beebe Hospital at
Lewes, with an injured wrist and
arm, which she received from a fall
last week, has returned to her home
on Savannah Road, and is doing
very nicely at this writing.
Mrs. Edgar Ingram and daughter
in-law, Mrs. Wilson Ingram, motor
ed to Salisbury, Md, on Saturday
Mr.. and Mrs. William Hill of Bal
timore, spent the weekend here
with Mrs. Hills mother. Mrs. Grace
Brittingham, at her residence on
Mulberry street.
Douglas Fleming of Ardmore, Pa,
is spending some time here as the
guest of Miss Hilda Chambers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Hagedine of
Wilmington spent the weekend at
their cottage on Lewes Beach.
Charles Flick of Pittsburgh, Pa.
is spending some time here at his
cottage on Lewes Beach.
MISS lodDCAAC AtOo0 VI OPPNA O0A
by Pa, spent Sunday here with her
mother, Mrs. Ella Ross. at her resi-
Gence on Savannah Road.
Mrs. Clayton H. Nelson entertain
ed at bridge at her home on Savan-
nah Road on Monday evening. Her
guests were: Mrs. Clayton Ellis,
Mrs. A. w. Marshall, ST., Mrs. James
Marvel, Miss Pauline Graves, Mrs.
Boyce Larrimore, Miss Marjorie Vir-
den, Mrs. Justus B. Naylor. Mrs. Ir-
win Kepner, Mrs. John Branmer, |
Miss Janet Walls, Miss Louise Mar
shall, Miss Margaret Ringler, Mrs. |
Virden Bryan, Miss Lillian Cover
dale, Mrs. Nelson Waite Rightmyer,
Mrs. Habrick Hill, Mrs. Gilbert Wilt
bank. Mrs. William Collins. Mrs.
Charles Futcher, Mrs. Irwin l..
Stambaugh, Mrs. Virden Burton,
Miss Catherine Smith, Miss Marion
Ableman. of Lewes, and Mrs. Chas.
Horn of Rehoboth Beach. Prizes
were won by Mrs. Virden Bryan,
Mrs, Claytons Ellis, Miss Margaret
Ringler and Miss Janet Walls.
The Delaware Board of Pilot |
Commissioners reelected its presi- !
dept, Capt. Harry V. Lyons, to a
fourth term at the annual meeting
or Monday in the Chamber of Com
merce Building. Major Clarence NJ.
Dillon ives reelected secretary and
registrar for his sixth year. Colo
mel Horace Wilson, Captain Thomas
J. Virden and Captain Lyons were
appointed as a board to examine
candidates for initial pilots license
and to examine pilots seeking pro-
motion.
Solicitors for Lewes in the cur
rent Red Cross roll call have turned
in to the chairman, a total OF !
$11975 through Saturday.
The revival meetings at the Beth
el Methodist Episcopal Church in
Lewes are going into their second
week. The Rev. Charles w. Strick-
land preached last week. During Z,
this week the following pastors will /,
be heard: the Rev. Howard McDade. :,
the Rev. Omar E. Jones, the Rev.
J. P. George and the Rev. Ralph ;,
ZONES. The revival is in charge of :
he pastor, the Rev. A. B. Frye.
The members of St. Peters Guild II
Of the Episcopal Church., held
bake last Saturday at the home of -
Mrs. H. V. Lyons on Savannah Road. \
A Christmas business campaign. ~
With a goal set at 100000 to start
December |, and extend through .
christmas Eve, has been decided -
Ipon by the merchants division of =,
he Lewes Chamber of Commerce. y,
The merchants of the town held "'
Meeting on Monday night to dis -,
,uss the holiday business and set NJ NJ
heir goal after being told by JOS "
'ph L. Marshall, cashier of the ~
ewes Trust Company, that business 4.
n the town was 80 per cent better &c
his year than last. The Chamber ~
S now concentrating on their first ~
tep toward the campaign, which is @s@
n elaborate Yuletide decoration s-s
cheme throughout the town to be III
ponsored by the women of the
Club. Prizes will be
iven for the best decorated homes
nd business places. A large Christ
las tree will be erected on the town
)t back of the Zwaanendael House,
1e lights to be turned on by Mayor
avid w. Burbage on December IL.
he merchants will give $500 in
ash as prizes in the buying cam
aign, to be awarded on certain ev-
nings before Christmas. Raymond
. Atkins, president of the Lewes
otary Club, mas been appointed
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