Milford chronicle., 1939-09-22
LEWEs

end eere with his mother, Mrs. Fred
erick G. Clifton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chester Dickersol
and son of Seaford, were town visit
ors during the past week.
Lou Richards, who has been con
fined to the Beebe Hospital becaus
if illness, is able to be out again.
L. L. Chambers, Lewes resident
and retired member of the U.
Navy, was recalled to active duty il
the navy yard last week. He was or
dered to Lakenurst, N. j., Naval All
Base.
Harold w. Hooker, of Lewes, ha.
received notification that he is he'll
to family heirloom, an ancien
Grandfather's clock, which, it is be
lieved. came to America with hi:
forefathers early in the 1600's The
legend of the clock is that it is al.
ways to go to the oldest son of the
oldest son of the branch of the
Hooker family to which it belongs
1t was recently in the possession OF
a cousin of Mr. Hocker's, the late
Mrs. Althea j. Carnell, of Philadel-
phia, whose mother was a Hooker
Just why the clock did not go to ].
William Hooker, Sr., many years ago
is not clear as Mr.. Hooker, the ia
ther of Harold Hooker, is the Oldest
son of his family. Documents report
ed to have been received from Bis
marck, requesting a member of the
Hooker family to return to Germany
are in Philadelphia, and Mr. and Mrs.
William Hooker, Sr., spent last week
there tracing them up and endeavor-
ing TO learn more of the family his
tory. Thirteen soldiers by name of
Hooker are reputed to have served
with General George Washington at
Valley Forge during the American
Revolution.
Mrs. ". Hance Chambers has re-
turned home from a visit in Balti
more with Mr.. and Mrs. William
Fitzsimmons, who are former Lewes
residents.
The Rev DR.. William Leishman,
pastor of the Lewes Presbyterian
Church, and Mrs. Leishman have re-
turned from vacation in Freeland,
Md, where they visited Mira Leish-
mans sister, Mrs Clarence Measley.
Miss Elsie II. Gray, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Asher E. Gray, former
Lewes residents, but now of Will
mington, and Paul R. Riggs, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Riggs, were
married recently in ST. Stephen s
Evangelical Lutheran Church, by
Rev. Park W. Huntington. Miss Bea-
trice Gray, sister of the bride, and
Joseph Julian attended the couple.
After a wedding trip, Mr.. and Mrs
will in, iY1e
Mrs. Ella Brereton Twilley has
returned to her home in Philadel-
phia, after spending the summer
months with her sister, Mrs. A. H.
Baker at her home on Savannah
Road
The Youth Fellowship Club of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, met at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert
Allen last Thursday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs Thomas ]. Ryan, Jr,
of Wilmington, spent the weekend
here with Mrs. Ryan's mother Mrs
Virginia F. Cullen, at her home on
Second street. Mrs. Ryan may be
remembered as the former Miss
Shirley V. Cullen.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard o. Green
have returned home from a week IS
visit to the Worlds Fair. Mr.. Green
is manager of the American Store
here.
Fred Burton has moved his fam
lily from the cottage on Lewes Beach
to their home on Second street.
Mrs. Charles Hickman, who has
been i'll in the Beebe Hospital for the
greater part of the summer is i'm
proving, at this writing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Ackerman, of
Washington, D. c., spent the week
end here with Mrs. Ackerman's mo- /
ther. Mrs. Thomas S. Brown, at her
residence ON Mulberry street
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Thompson
and their children, Buster and Bet /
ty, who have been spending the sum
mer months d. their cottage in Re-
hoboth Beach, have returned to their
home ON Kings Highway
Joseph l.. Marshall and his fam
lily, who have been occupying their
beach cottage since spring, nave re
turned to the home of Mr.. Marshalls
mother, Mrs. Thomas r. Marshall
on Canal Drive for the winter
months.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey T. Baker and
their daughter, Miss Estella NJ. Ba-
ker, who have been living in the
bungalow, which Mr.. Baker con-
strueted on Dewey avenue, a few
years ago, have moved back into
their property on Savannah Road.
Mrs. Curtis W. Atkins is spending
some time in Trenton, N. j., with
her son-in-law and daughter, Mr..
and Mrs Robert L. Patterson and
their son, Robert, Jr
E. P. Brown. who was formerly
employed at the Consolidated Fish
cries Plant, has accepted Il position
as bookkeeper with the same firm at /.
their Office near Cape Henlopen.
George E. Chambers, Jr., son of II
Mr.. and Mrs. George E. Chambers,
Sr., of Lewes, has returned to Mer-
cersburg Academy, in Pennsylvania,
for the fall semester.
Miss Hannah Marshall is spending
some time in Capon Springs, w. Va,
as the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Lee Aiken.
Edward Simpson, of Delaware
City. was the dinner guest of Lieu
tenant and Mrs. Justus B. Naylor
last Tuesday.
The funeral for Harry Andrew
Frazer, age '55 years, of Lewes. re-
tired U. S. Coast Guardsman, who
lied at his home here last Friday,
was held on Monday afternoon at 2
o'clock, from the Atkins Funeral
Home The Rev. Otis p. Jefferson,
"a ctot of PetheI Methodist Nhurch