Milford chronicle., 1939-04-07
LEWES

Mr. and Mrs. Ernest s. Ratledge
! are being congratulated upon the
birth of fine girl in the Beebe
= Hospital on March 81. Both baby
and mother are doing nicely.
,, Miss Elsie Trader, a student nurse
at Beacon College in Wilmington, is
confined TO her home here due to ILL
ness.
Charles Futcher, Jr, son OF MIR. and
Mrs. Charles Futcher. Sr., has won a
trip to the Worlds Fair in New York,
through the Wilmington Morning
News Agency.
Lieut.. and Mrs. Justus b. NaylOr,
Mrs. Frederick G. Clifton, Mr.. and
Mrs. Herbert Allen and son Franklin
Allen, motored to Seaford on Sunday.
The recent discovery of burial
ground for sailors on the Delaware
Bay shore at Lewes on the approx
mate site of the proposed new fish
plant of the Reedville company OF
Virginia, has caused another flare
up in the smOuldering fish house"
war.
Residents have appealed to u. S.
Senator John G. Townsend, Jr., to in
quire whether the town of Lewes has
a right to lease a public burial
ground. The town leased the site
last fall for a third fish plant here
over the protest of residents and out
of-tOwn owners of local property.
! Senator Townsend has written the
| Chamber of Commerce that he is in
I Quiring into the legality of the towns
act with reference to the leasing of
public lands once designated for bur-
ial plots. Older residents say the
seas dead were buried on the plot
near the Lewes Coast Guard station
for more than 100 years.
Mrs. Samuel Ewing of RehOboth.
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. James X.
Rowland of Lewes. is confined TO the
Beebe Hospital because of illness.
Mrs. Robert Fielder of Philadel-
phia. spent the weekend here with
her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Massey. at their residence on Null
berry street. Mrs. Fielder will be
remembered as the former Miss Ha-
eel Massey
Henry Howard seaman, of Stan
ford, Conn. was removed from a
barge last week to the Beebe Hos !
pital. his leg nadly crushed when IL
became caught in the heavy tow line. |
The barge in tow of the tug Battle |
borO, was enrOnte from New York 10 |
Norfolk. Va. The tug put in here |
after Capt. James Davis decided |
Howard needed immediate attention. !
Mayor and Mrs. William +. Walsh.
who have been spending the past !
three months in Miami, at the resi-
dence of the mayors brother, Capt.
James s. Walsh, of GranOgue. are
expected to return to their home this
week.
The Beebe Hospital junior auxili-
ary held its April meeting on Tues
day afternoon at . O'Clock. in the
hospital building on Savannah road.
Captain and Mrs. Marshall Ber-
trand, who have been wintering i'm
Philadelphia, have returned to their
home on Savannah road. for the
summer months.
Miss Evelyn White. daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Lew. F. White. has ac-
cepted a position in the Graves gar
ment factory.
The engagement of Miss Grace Vir-
ginia Lockwood, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Raymond Lockwood. of Days
boro. to William j. Beltz. son of Mr..
and Mrs. W. c. BeltZ of Freeland.
Pa, has been announced. Mr.. Beltz
&c a member of the stan of the L. ).
Naval Radio Compass station at Cape
Henlopen. Following their wedding
on July .. the couple will make
their home in the Chambers apart
ments on Mulberry street.
Mrs. Louis p. Evans, who has been
spending several months in Allen
town with her son. l.. Leroy Evans
and his family. has returned 10 her
home on Second street.
The Lewes Presbyterian Church
held special holy services this week
on Wednesday and Thursday even
ings. and will be concluded this af-
lernoOn. Special Palm Sunday mn-
sic will be heard today.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Wells. who
have been spending the winter
months in Florida. are now here
with Mr.. Wells sister. Mrs. MOllle
F. Carey.
Rev. and Mrs. Nelson W. Right
myer are being congratulated upon
The birth of baby hoy. born at the
Beebe Hospital. Rev. Rightmyer is
pastor of the st. Peters Episcopal
Church of Lewes.
Funeral services for Mrs. LOttie
|. Coverdale. wife of James G. Gov
,rdale, Sr.. who died last Thursday
night in the Beebe Hospital. here,
we're held at 2 p. NJ. in the Atkins
Home. Interment was made
IN the Lewes NJ. +. cemetery. The
Rev. Otis p. jefferson. Bethel N. +.
pastor, offciated. Mrs. COverdale
lied on the twenty-frst birthday an
liyersary of her only son. James G.
|oyerdale, Jr. She has been i'll in
he hospital two weeks as the result
If a diabetic condition. Besides her
husband and son, she is survived by
daughter, Mrs. John Maull of Lew
IS; sister, Mrs. NOrah Webster of
Point, Md, and two grand
Robert and Carol Lee
Iaull.
DIR. and Mrs. Fox are being con-
,ratulated upon the birth of a baby
10Y. born March 81 in the Beebe Hos
,ital.
Mrs. Lena Richards. OF f4ewes
Beach, is confined to the hospital
because of illness.
Mrs. Vinal Shockley is confined to ;
.er home on Lewes Beach because
# illness.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Burton. of
;eaford. were the guests Of Mr.. and
Irs William Craig on Sunday. at