Milford chronicle., 1941-02-21
LEWllES

lOfA Salvage nfm, arrived mere las
week and is now salvaging the Brit
ish freighter Ramon de Larringa,
which capsized by the Delaware
Breakwater<in Lewes on Monday Of
last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer, West, of Har.
rington, were town visitors on Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Irving, OF
Denton, Md, were the guests of Mrs
Frederick G. Clifton, Sr., and family
on Sunday.
The marriage of Miss Mary
Louise Darrah, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Alex c. Darrah, of Clayton,
and Captain Franklin c. Maull,
Lewes pilot, whose engagement has
been announced, will take place Sat
urday, %, in st. Peters Church at
Smyrna. The ceremony will be per-
formed by the Rev. Frederick Marks
Barton, rector of the church. Miss
Darrah's only attendant will be her
sister, Mrs. Theodore Brooks, of
Bryn Mawr, Pa. Captain Maull's
Captain William r. Egan, of Lewes.
A reception will follow the cere-
mony at the home of the brides
parents for members of the imme-
diate families. The couple will re-
turn to Lewes after their wedding
trip through the south, to make their
home here on Pilot-Town road. Miss
Darrah is graduate of the Smyrna
High school, and attended Beacom's
College in Wilmington. Captain
Maull, who is the son Of the late Mr..
and Mrs. Arthur A. Maull, is a mem
ber of the Pilots Association for the
Bay and River Delaware, and is one
of the best known members of the
river pilots who make their home
here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore w. Simp
Ter, of Lewes, announce the mar
riage of their daughter, Miss Thel-
ma Mae Simpler, to Mr.. Richard F.
Richards, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
M. Richards of Lewes Beach. The
marriage took place in the Brandy
wine Methodist Church in Whining
ton, February 8, 1871. The Rev.
Ralph C. Jones, pastor of the church,
and former pastor of the Lewes
Bethel Methodist Church, performed
the ceremony. Miss Simpler was at
tended by Miss Rebecca Jones, OF
Wilmington, daughter Of the pastor,
and Mr.. Richards best man was
Mr.. William Prettyman, of Lewes.
After a short wedding trip to Wash
ington the couple returned TO Lewes,
where they are making their home. |
Mr.. Richards is connected with the |
nyIon plant at Seaford.
Mrs. Grace Lloyd of Wilmington,
and son, Wellington Lloyd of Col
lingswood, N. J.y are the guests of
Mrs. Lloyd's son and daughter-in-
law, MIR. and Mrs. John Lloyd, at |
their residence on Mulberry street.
Mrs. Grover Coverdale. who has
been confined to her home on State
street for several days because of
illness, has greatly improved at this
writing.
The piledriving for a 1,S00-ft pier
costing around $150,000, on the west
side Of Cape Henlopen, being built
by the government in connection
with a military rroad- across. the. giant
sand dunes was started this week.
It is reported that this initial work
is the preliminary step towards the
construction of a $2,500,000 army
base and gun emplacements on
Cape Henlopen under the national
defense program.
George e. Shockley, Rehoboth
Beach, has been awarded the con-
tract for driving the test piling. The1
pier, he says, will be located between
three and four hundred feet east of
the old Iron Pier" started by the
in 1870, and never COM !
pleted. The new pier will be so 200
feet in width, made of creosoted
lumber, with an L-shaped end, he
says.
The military road will connect
with the pier on the north side OF
Cape Henlopen Drive, with 1,550-ft. '
stretch, and then extend another TO- !
$50 feet across the sand dunes to a
point near the old Cape Henlopen !
Coast Guard station. It will be con- /
structed of water-bound macadam
and gravel, it is said, to stand up
under heavy loads. Speed-up work :,
On the road will be started as soon
Is the U. S. district engineers Of =
ice at Philadelphia awards the con-
.raet. The lowest bidder was Wal d
er Roach and Sons Company of d
Georgetown, who bid $32,S76.4O. The = =
contract calls for completion in 60
lays, it w;fs learned. Z,
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Deale and =
Virginia Lee, and Theodore +,
IT.. and Mr. Lee A. Cahall have re- r.
urned home after spending a few ~
lays in Rapid-dan Valley, Va. with 9.
Ir. Deale's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. N
'ilas b. Deale. fS
Paul F. Carpenter has been elect q,
d president of the Lewes Chamber G.
+ Commerce, succeeding Samuel c. :
'ieree, Jr., last Friday evening, at a II
Meeting held in the Lewes Fire hall. ~,
fr. Carpenter has served as presi- h,
ent before. Laurance G. Messick,
usliiess manager at Stockley Col n
ny; who lives here, was elected ex- N,
cutive secretary. Mr.. Messick di-
ected the big historical pageant that n
he chamber SPONSORED in 1896. He n
lcceeds w. Herald Brittingham. A w
omplete change of activities was
utilized, including plans for operat- %
lg on sectional basis with various
rohps consisting of clubs, mer- n
hants, fishermen, and the like, who he
i'll work for specific betterments. 81,
ther new officers elected were; IN
lehwoOd Harrington. who replaces -
verett d. Bryan as vice-president, :
nd Weston. H.. Ellis, treasurer, sue
,eding F. Harold Stevens. New di-
.ctors chosen are: Daniel II. C..
IttIeton, farmer; William o. Martin.