Milford chronicle., 1938-05-20
LEWES


James Prettyman of Wilmington
spent a few days here this week Will
his parents. Mr. and Mrs. James
Prettyman, at their home on Null
berry street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edmund s. Massey OF
Lewes announce the marriage OF
their daughter, Hazel Louise, TO Mr.
Robert Fielder of New York, on Sat
urday, May IA, at the M. p, parson-
age in Lewes. The Rev Otis p. JEFF
ferson performed the ceremony. Inn
mediate families and friends were
present. Their attendants were
Miss Helen Rowe and Mr.. Joseph M.
Futcher. The bride was attired in
blue and carried a bouquet of carna-
tions and snapdragons. Mr.. and Mrs.
Fielder are making their home in
Philadelphia, where Mr.. Fielder is
employed by the Mutual Life Insur-
ance Co.
The Home Missionary Society met
on Monday evening at the home of
Mrs. Carrie King. on Kings High
way, o.. ......... .
Mr. and Mrs. Chester Dickefson of
Laurel, spent the weekend here with
Mrs. Dickersons parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. W. E. Graves.
Mrs. Samuel West who has been
confined to her home because of ILL
ness, is able to be out again.
Funeral services for Private How
ard S. Birmingham of the state pO-
lice, who was killed Sunday morning
were held on Tuesday afternoon at
o'clock from his late home in Lewes.
Officers at the Georgetown station, |
where Birmingham was stationed. !
acted as palIbearers. The Rev. Otis |
P Jefferson. pastor of the Lewes |
NJ. f. Church, assisted by the Rev. |
DR.. William Leishman of the Presby-
terian Church, Officiated. lnterment !
was in the Lewes NJ. +. Cemetery.
The deceased is the son of David l..
Bfittingham and the late Mrs. Hilda
Birmingham Besides his father he
is survived by one brother. one sis
Ter, step-mOther. two step-sisters
and one step-brother.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Collins and
son and Mr.. and Mrs. j. Dorsey o.
Georgetown. motored to Virginia on
Sunday. ..
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Milligan and
family of New Jersey, spent the week
end here as the guests of Mr.. Milli-
gan's grandmother. Mrs. Mary Mar
shall
Lewis l.. Chambers. chief radio
man of the Cape Henlopen direction
finding station, has been appointed
of Troop SO. Boy Scouts
of Lewes. Henry Marshall, Jr., has
been appointed junior assistant
and James Moore was
elected senior assistant scOutmaster.
The war games of the SIND Coast
Artillery started this week with ar
rival of 200 additional men, l2 more ,
officers and eight-inch railway rifles
and 12-inch mOrtars. One hundred {
men arrived here last week to pre- ,
pare the encampment under the com
mand of Mai. Ellsworth Young. The ,
enemy fleet" is expected to be about ,
10 miles off the Cape May. The first
target firing practice will be held ,
the oath
Miss Isabella Ross of Philadelphia
spent the weekend here as the guest
of her mother, Mrs. Ella Ross.
Howard Long and family of Phila-
delphia, spent the week here at their
cottage on Lewes Beach.
Miss Margaret Stercks of Whining
ton, spent the weekend here at her
cottage on Lewes Beach.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Schaeffer and {
family of Philadelphia spent the {
weekend here with Mr.. and Mrs. Jack I
Stokes of Lewes Beach. y
Capt. John S. Lynch who has been ,
aou 6rad in tho Roche HOSDital the |
past nine weeks. is much improved :
al this writing. Russell Lynch. son :
IF Capt. and Mrs. John Lynch. and !
MS family spent the weekend at the
lynch cottage on Lewes Beach. !
Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin Kepner and s
amily spent the weekend at West v
Chester. Pa, as the guests of Mrs. b
Iepner's mother. Mrs. Nellie Bald
vim. d