Milford chronicle., 1939-03-31
LEWES

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lyman at their residence on Null
berry street.
Douglass Fleming of Philadelphia,
spent the weekend here with his
wife and mother-in-law. Mrs. w.
Hance Chambers.
Mrs. Grace Brittingham spent Sun
day in Philadelphia with friends and
relatives.
Interest is being aroused locally
in the discovery Of an old sailors
burial ground near the Lewes Coast
Guard Station where seamen of the
by-gone windiammer days, who sail
ed the seven seas of the world died
at this port and lie buried in un-
marked graves.
Only a few remaining residents
remember when sailors were buried
there, but recently the finding of hui
man bones disinterTed by heavy seas
against the shore, has recalled to
them that the spote is the sailors
burial ground. II is suggested that
fitting monument he placed on the
spot to mark the last resting place
of these unknown selfarlng men.
The Presbyterian Society for
missions of the New Castle Presby-
terry will meet On April 4 AZ the
Lewes Presbyterian Church. There
will be three sessions.
Captain William Teal, Sr., who is
wintering in Philadelphia, is having
some repairs and improvements
made on his house on Beebe avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. Teal hope to return
home by Easter.
Mrs. George Sima and her son,
George, Jr., of New York, left last
Thursday after a weeks visit as the
guests of Mrs. Sima's mother, Mrs.
Robert Sumwalt and Captain and
Mrs. Harry W. Chambers.
The Lewes Board of Public Works !
has applied to the War Department
for permission to lay an armored
2,30O volt submarine cable across
the Lewes and Rehoboth Canal, 1870
feet northwest from the highway |
bridge. The plans provide for the I
cable to rest on the bed of the canal
for a distance of about 40 feet be-
tween water lines.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel West enter
tanned the Mizpah Sunday school
class of the Methodist Episcopal
Church on Monday evening at her
residence on Mulberry street.
Miss Miriam Summers of Phila-
delphia, has entered the Beebe Hos
pital School of Nursing. She is
frequent visitor here as the guest of
her aunt, Mrs. Fred C. Wolfe.
Mrs. Raymond R. Atkins, who has
been visiting in Pittsburgh, with Mr..
and Mrs. Fulton B. Flick, summer
residents, has returned to Whining
ton, where she will spend a short
time with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Samuel r. Russell, before returning
home.
Mrs Earl E. Ewing will entertain
at a bridge luncheon on Friday af-
ternoon at her residence on Savan-
nah Road.
Among local folks who attended
the sessions of the Wilmington
Methodist Conference at the Asbury
NJ. E. Church, are the Rev. and Mrs.
Otis P. Jefferson, the Rev. and Mrs.
Howard Davis, Thomas P. Scott,
Miss Marie Scott and Edison c.
Lodge. Sr.
Robert Stott of the lighthouse ten
der Lilac, spent the weekend with
his mother, Mrs. Harry B. Stott.
Mrs. Grace Lloyd of Wilmington
and James Gray of Philadelphia,
were the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Lloyd over the weekend.
Mrs. Hannah H. Morris spent the
weekend in Philadelphia as the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Adam Ruth.
James Leishman, son of DR.. and
Mrs. William Leishman, who is a
student at the West Nottingham
Academy, in Colora, Nd, is here for
a ten-day vacation with his family
at "The Manse."
Gilbert NJ. Wiltbank, Jr., who is a
student at the University of Della
ware, is spending his spring vaca-
tion here with his parents, DR.. and
Mrs. Gilbert NJ. Wiltbank, Sr.
Mrs. Mary Marshall of Lewes Gel
ebrated her 73rd birthday last Fri
day at a dinner in her honor, given
by Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Thomas.
Mrs. Clara Johnson also celebrated
her 77th birthday last Friday. Those
from out-of-town stopping in to wish
Mrs. Johnson happy returns" were
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Miller and their
sons, Jay and James, and her daugh-
ter-in-law, Mrs. Emma Johnson, of
Lancaster, Pa; Miss Betty Glenn
ments, of Rawlinsville, Pa, Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Derrickson, of Har-
rington, and Mrs. John Beach of Re-
hoboth. Mrs. Marshall Is well-loved
by the people of Lewes and vicinity.
AS a nurse she came over into this
country several years ago from
Denmark, and later married the late
Samuel Marshall. a long time fish ,
erman. Mrs. Marshall's daughter, .
Mrs. Agnes Simpler, of New Jersey,
Is here visiting her for a short time,
at her home on Ship Carpenter ,
street. ,
John Wine of Philadelphia, spent ,
the weekend here with his wife =,
and family at their cottage on Lewes ,
Beach. ,
Mrs. John w. Joseph and her ,
Miss Ada May Joseph, who .
have been at the Caesar Rodney :
Hotel since their return from Phila- :
ielphia several weeks ago, have re- d,
opened their home on Fourth street. .
or the spring and summer seasons.