Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1938-10-07


: and James Prettyman Of Wilmington
e were the weekend guests o. Mr.. ana
Mrs. James Prettyman, at their res
idence on Mulberry street.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Hill OF Bal
timOre have returned home. after
spending a few days here with Mrs.
, Hills mother, Mrs. Grace Britting-
ham.
Mrs. Robert Hayes and son Rob
ert Virdeh Hayes, Miss Elizabeth
J vlrden and Mrs. A. w. Marshall, ST.,
motored to Philadelphia on Wednes-
day.
MIR. and Mrs. John CULLEN attend
ed a party at Fenwick Island on
Sunday for the benefit of the of the
telephone employees. in this district.
Hirons Clifton is acting as relief
manager in one Of the A. & p. stores
at Dover. Mr.. Clifton has been man
ager of the produce department in
Rehoboth during the summer
months.
Town owned properties in and
around Lewes are being cleared by
order of the town commissioners.
Mayor William Z. Walsh also has
requested that all residents cooper
ate in the cleanup" program and
have their properties cleared of all
long growth Of grass and weeds, as
well as rubbish. The town lands be-
ing cleared are those on Pillott0wn
Road and near the Pennsylvania
Railroad Park and the residential
section of DeVries Circle. The COM
missioners also are making a drive
against automobile speeds. partieu-
larly in the PilOttOwn streach.
Miss Jessie Morris of Wilmington
spent the weekend here with her |
mother, Mrs. Hannah H. Morris, at |
her residence on Market street.
Douglass Fleming of Ardmore, Pa,
spent the weekend here with his
wife, who was the former Miss Hilda
Chambers, daughter Of Mrs. Ida
Chambers and the late Hance Cham
bers.
The Wednesday Bridge Club of
Lewes has elected Mrs. Earle E.
Ewing, chairman of arrangements OF
the club for the coming season. She
succeeds Mrs. William Teal, Jr.
Mrs. Ewing is the former Miss Eliz-
abeth Workman, daughter of Mfr. and
Mrs. William Workman of Whining
ton. After disseminating meetings of
the bridge club for the summer, they
were resumed last Wednesday at the
home Of the retiring chairman. An
executive meeting was held before
cards. An innovation this year will
be the awarding of a prize at the end
of the first series Of highest score.
This prize will be in addition to the
two prizes awarded at each meet
ing.
There are 16 active members of
the club and two inactive the present
season. Each year the women play
ers give a large party in honor OF
heir husbands and other male
friends and members of their fam
lies. The party is held i'm the late
winter or early spring. At a meeting
asst Wednesday prizes were won by
Mrs. E. Gould MaeIntire and Mrs.
IabFick H. Hill. Mrs. Erwin L.
was hostess to the club
his week
The first meeting Of the Lewes
Association of the
ewes Public School took place on
ionday evening in the auditorium of /
he school. The new teachers were |
Introduced by Supt. Richard A.
hields. A concert was given by the
Ugh school band, under the diree- |
on of Edward II. Watson, music in l
tructor.
Z. Winfield Birmingham was chair =
ian of the meeting Monday night OF =
he Lewes Rotary Club. The subject #
as Fire Prevention" II
At a public sale in Lewes the Sal /
e ]. Tunnel farm Of 479 acres and
Their properties were sold last Sat-
rday. The properties were sold to
G.. Townsend, Jr., and Company. n
&C., for S19,65O. II
The Woman's Home Missionary II
Ociety of the NJ. E. Church will
eet tonight at the home of Mrs.
lmuel West ON Mulberry street at
80 O'Clock.
The Ladies Aid Society OF the NJ.
Church met on Monday evening
this week at Thea home of Mrs.
ola Baker en- Savannah Road. II
On Tuesday evening at 1880 all
nth of the NJ. E. Church in the 7th.
b and 9Th grades OF the public and
urch schools, organized an inter-
ediate Epworth League which will
we departments of work-spiritual.
special service, recrea- U
,nal and cultural-similar to the -
nior Epworth League.
Lodge, Thomas Lodge. and
llmore Clifton, students at Bea-
m College, spent the weekend
re with their respective parents.
Mrs. E. Gould MacIntire and