Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1938-09-30

D. Ceilings. manager OF the meat de
; partment OF the A. & p. Company, 1.
Il now on vacation.
5. Mr.. and Mrs. T. r. Ingram have
e closed their cottage on Lewes Beach
: and are now living at their residence
y on Market street,
e Lee Cahall and nephew, Hirons
! Clifton, motored to Wilmington on
y Tuesday.
Raymond Atkins and children are
0 spending some time in Wilmington
e with Mrs. Atkins parents, Mr.. and
3 Mrs. Lemuel Russell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Davis and
: family of Philadelphia spent the
week end here with Mrs. Davis
! mother, Mrs. Frank MacIntire.
Mr.. and Mrs. Virden Bryan motor
ed to Berlin, Md, on Sunday to spend
, the day with Mrs. Bryan,s parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Fisher.
Mrs. Winfield Birmingham is
spending some time in Philadelphia
end Atlantic City visiting friends and
relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Virden Burton, Mrs.
Ida Morris, Henry Ennis and Will
liam Walls are spending a few days
in Lansdowne, Pa, as the guests of
Mrs. Frank Markle.
Mrs. Molly Carey is spending two
weeks at Oak Orchard, visiting
/ friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Preston Joseph and
family have moved from their beach
cottage to their home on Market st.
Messrs. Frank and Sam Schapiro |
have returned home after spending a |
few days in Baltimore, Md.
Carlton Wingate made a business
trip to Wilmington on Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Knight and |
family. who have been occupying the
cottage on Lewes Beach owned by
Mrs. Ella Hazard. have returned to
their home in Wilmington.
Mrs Harold Grier of RehobOth,
entertained a number of her friends
at bridge ON Friday evening. The
guests were: Mr.. and Mrs. Virden
Burton, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Maull,
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Pierce, DR.. Ev-
elyn Gettys. Mrs. Clayton Belson and
Mrs. Robert Hayes of Lewes; Mr..
Houston Wilson and Mr.. Fred Whit
ney of Georgetown.
Miss Louise Marshall of New Cas-
tie. is expected home today to spend
the week end with her mother. Mrs.
Arthur Marshall. Sr.
The legend of the old Iron Pier"
at Lewes and the six Inflated horses
has been revived here by a painting
Of the pier now on exhibit at the
studio of the Rehoboth Art League.
The pier, on which more than a half
million dollars was spent, and on
which work was never completed
during the course of 20 years, juts
)ut into Delaware Bay on Cape
denlopen. slightly east of the Con-
Fisheries Company. Con-
yress appropriated $225,00O in 1870
or the pier, which was to be used
~ the government in cases of emer-
,ency. According to the legend.
york on the project was halted when
teamster. employed in driving the
ron pilings. became tipsy and drove
lis six horses off into the water and
hey drowned For a number of
ears the Maritime Exchange was
Ocated on the pier. Later it wa.
old to he .Lewes Sand Company,
nd afterwards to a Detroit sand
rm which planned to go into bust
ess here. but didn't.
Mrs. Charles L. Kenworthy spent
Lst week end in Baltimore, Md. with
er husband Mr.. Kenworthy, who
sturned home with Mrs. Kenworthy
a Monday, and who expects to leave
thin a few days for Texas. Mrs.
and daughter Edith Bur-
m KenwOrtby. will remain here
it'll her grandmother. Mrs. Fred
urtOn.
DR.. and Mrs. Leland Fox OF Norris
wn, Pa. are expecting to move into
e house now occupied by Mr.. and
rs. Raymond r. Atkins, the first of
e month. Mr.. Atkins expects to
owe his family into the SalmOns
operty ON Savannah road, which is
w being remodeled. DIR. Fox is on
e Beebe Hospital staff
DR.. and Mrs. William Leishman
We returned home after spending a
W days in Maryland with Mrs.
ishman's sister, Mrs. Clarence
lsley.
DR.. Augusta Nichols entertained a
OF nef iFletIuS AT a uiuHef party
the Tammany residence on Tues
y evening. Her guests were Mrs.
uis P. Evans. Mrs. J. Donald
ohm, Miss Anna r. Nichols and
s. Virginia Cullen.
Mrs. Louis Chambers. who has
en- confined to the Clifton Springs
in New York, for sew
Il weeks. is improving rapidly, and
pected home the first of October.
Miss Carolyn Leishman of Will
ngtOn, spent the week end here as
guest of Miss Shirley Cullen,
ring the absence of her parents.
IS Cullen returned to Wilmington
h Miss Leishman for a few days.
After the Coast Guard had been
led into a search for Maurice Co
!, 55-year-old variety store owner
Milford. he was found dead on
esday morning behind the wheel OF
fishing truck on the beach. The
ok in which he had gone out for
I casting on Monday night, was
ged in sand. Capt Harry NJ. Der
kson, head of the Lewes Coast
ard, who notified Coroner Howard
Hardesty of the death, said there
) evidence Mr.. Cohen had attempt