Milford chronicle., 1937-02-19
-LEWEs

Hotel Caesar Rodney in connection
with the February dinner meeting
of the Sussex County Dental Society
DR.. Gilbert M. Diltbank, president
OIL the society presided.
DIR. J. r. Schwartz, of Brooklyn,
N. Y, conducted the clinic an dwas
the only speaker at the meeting. DR..
w. F. Nowland of Milton, presented
an entertainment feature. The next
meeting of the society will be held
i'll Georgetown, March 18th. Those
present in addition to DR.. Wiltbank
and DR.. Schwartz were: Drs. Char
les r. Cannon, Georgetown; Russell
]. Emory, Harrington; Clyde A. Nell
son, Milford; w. B. Atkins, Mills
boro; George w. Elzey, Seaford;
James A. Bounds, Laurel; w. F..
Nowland, Milton; H. E. Dunn, Sea-
ford; S. James Kriger, Dover; Floyd
p. G. Moore, Dover; r. B. Jones,
Smyrna; Martin Schwartz, Brook
lyn; L. Hamburger, Baltimore, Clyde
A. Nelson of Milford, were laymen
present.
Plans for the Lewes Spring Mer-
chandise Exhibit" to be held in the
4Idi I'll anu VIII OC
presented to Lewes merchants Mon
day evening at the meeting of the
Chamber of Commerce. The cham
ber is sponsoring the exhibit which
is expected to be the most complete
ever held in Sussex County.
The w. c. T. U. sponsored Eel
lowship supper" on Wednesday eve
ming. February 18th, at the Bethel
NJ. f. Church. After the supper. the
group was entertained by a world
wide radio broadcast by DR.. E. Stan
ley Jones.
Quite a surprise to their many |
friends came the announcement of
the wedding of Miss Gladys Bradley |
OF Lewes, and Mr.. Samuel C. Pierce, |
Jr., also of Lewes. The marriage |
took place two years ago in Ellicott |
City, Md. Miss Bradley is graduate
nurse of the Beebe Hospital and also
a graduate of the fredericksburg, Md, |
High School. She is the daughter
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Wright of
Federalsbury, and has been making
her home in Lewes with her uncle
and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin
Bradley. Mr.. Pierce is a graduate of
the Lewes High School. and is in
the employe of Mr. Arthur H. Morris.
here in Lewes. Mr.. and Mrs. Pierce
are now occupying one of the apart
ments of Mrs. J. Frank Macintire on
Second street. The marriage was
performed by Rev. Allen and took
place on January 11th. 1895.
Daniel Tarr, surfman. one of the
Lewes Coast Guard crew sent TO the
ohio River Valley. underwent an
operation Friday. February 18th for
appendicitis in a Cincinnati hospital.
It was reported here Wednesday by
Captain Harry Derrickson on his ar =
'ival back at Lewes.
Captain DerricksOn is recovering =
rom an attack of influenza which I
llso brought down a number of
)ther coast guardsmen working in
he flood area. Returning with him
we're Charles Aydelotte, motor ma
lcinist. and Theodore Mitchell. surf
nan. Five other Lewes coast guards .
men are still in the flood zone.
Samuel T.. Samus, 55 years old, of
2lainfield, N. j.. construction. engi-
ieer for the Robert F. Engler Com s
)any. Wilmington. who has been i
lere several weeks, working on the j
lew Beebe Hospital unit. died Tues
ay at the hospital from double pneu-
nonia. He was stricken Saturday :,
yhen he tainted at the wheel of his - =
utomobile and crashed into tele- y
hone pole on Mulberry street. His d
ody was sent to Plainfield n. j. for
lterment. Mr.. Samus had been p
lentified with the building indus
y in Delaware since 1928. He was
lperintendent of construction in the -,
uilding of the State House at Do ~ -
er; Homeopathic Hospital wing, =
and many large private
ontracts. He is survived by wife
nd daughter living in Plainfield. In
Funeral services for Hazel Eliz-
1eth Ritter, six-year-old daughter =
Mr.. and Mrs. Lynn Ritter, of
ewes, who died Sunday of spinal
eningitis after being i'll only four
lys, were held Monday at 4 p. m.
it'll a private ceremony at the
ethodist Episcopal Cemetery here.
ne Rev. William d. Wilson officiat-
|. The child attended school last
ednesday in good health. and on
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ins. Her condition grew steadily
Orse and she was taken to the
aebe Hospital, Saturday. Besides e
II parents she is survived by
other. John Ritter. Jr.. and
unger sister, Helen. .
Paul l.. Blankenburg, 26. of Will
ington, who was injured Sunday
hen he was trapped beneath his
boat i'm the Lewes-RehobOth
ndition at the Beebe Hospital
here he was taken after being res
ed by dredging crew. The hos
tai said Wednesday morning that
e extent of the mans injuries are
III undetermined. His brother
car, also of Wilmington, who suf- lO
red from exposure when he was
rmed to jump into the canal to IL
cape the falling house-boat, was G.
I to bed in the hospital to avoid >
eumonia.
Eighteen members of the Delaware
C Camps. under the supervision
Wilbur S. Corkran, are expected =
return to their camps tomorrow
,rning after spending three weeks
ing rescue work in the flooded
10 Valley. Three members of the
pup, John Spiers. William VanSant
d william Jennings returned last n,
,ht. .
IN addition, four members of the IO:
ives Station of the Coast Guards
o have been in the flooded section IL: