Milford chronicle., 1942-12-18
LEWES

listed in the service in the early
part of June. Mr.. and Mrs. Maull
have another son in the service,
Clayton Maull, U. S. A., who is
stationed at Camp Davis, N. C.
Pvt. Maull is expected to visit his
parents within the near future.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert o. Hayes
and son, Robert Virden, of New
Jersey. formerly of Lewes, will
make their home in Wilmington
during the winter months. Mr..
Hayes is employed by the DUPONT
Company. ..-
Mr.. and Mrs. Mervyn Lafferty
and children, Suzy and Buzzy, have
as their house guest at their home,
Mrs. Lafferty's father, p Crosby
Morton, of Swafthmore, Pa.
. Mr.. and Mrs. William P. Orr, III,
of Wilmington, are being congratu-
lated upon the birth of a son, Will
liam P. Orr, 4th, who was born in
Wilmington few weeks ago. The
Orrs have one other child, daugh-
ter Amy. The new arrival is the
grandson of Mrs. Claudia Orr of
Lewes and the late DR.. William P.
Orr.
Mrs. Charles Morris and her sis
ter, Mrs. Gertrude Maull, have left
for st. Petersburg, Fla, where they
will spend the winter with Mrs.
Alice r. Smith and Mrs. Elizabeth
Turner. '.
Capt. G. Clifton Maull, Sr., Lewes
pilot and former State Senator, has
been appointed custodian of ALI fed
eral government fire fighting equip
ment which has been allotted to the
Lewes Fire Company for emergen-
cy use should the cempany's own
equipment be subjected to sabO-
tage. The equipment consists of a
300-gallon capacity skid pump, ex-
ira hose, fire helmets and other
necessary pieces, which will be |
housed i'm the fire hall.
The Lewes firemen, at the annual |
meeting last week, authorized the /
directors to purchase a lot ada.
cent to the fire hall. The lot will
serve as an entrance for police
cars to reach the town jail back of
the firemen's building. A side door
will be cut in the building. The
lot was bought from William E.
Watson, former mayor of Lewes.
The firemen announced they had
bought $500 war bond with money
realized in the sale of scrap metal
collected in town. George H. Dut- +
ton was elected president of the
fire company to succeed Magistrate
]. Suthard. Other officers
elected are: Vice-president, Walter
H. Smith; treasurer, Samuel G. I,
Pierce, Sr.; secretary, Walter c.
Feaster; fire chief, Thomas P.
assistants, w. x. Thomp-
son, G.. Rodney Warren, Theodore
R. Bryan and Kline Pepper. George
was named chief engineer
and his assistants are Elmer Smith
and F. Harold Stevens. Kenneth
White was elected superintendent
Of supplies, and Leo Scheetz was ;
named fire recorder. Directors are
George Dutton, S. C. Pierce, Sr., W.
G. Feaster, George Hartman and
Thomas P. Hazard.
Inc 16WG5 L uDliC OCnOO1o nclfO
been forced to put women teachers
IN several positions formerly held
by men. The latest addition to the
faculty. is Miss Kathryn Albense, a
graduate of New York; University,
who has become physical education
instructor. She replaces Irving c.
xepner, who resigned the first OF
he semester after serving in the
Lewes school more than ten years.
Mrs. Harry H. Rowland and
nother-in-law, Mrs. Henry Row
and, are spending a few days. in
and Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Carpenter
ire being congratulated upon the
birth of a son, born in the Beebe
Hospital III
Mrs. George Route, who has been II
to the Beebe Hospital be- II
,ause of illness, is much better, II
nd now convalescing at the home II
# her sister, Mrs. Daniel H. Little
on. -.-. ..- II
Mr.. and Mrs. Chester Dickerson
nd son, of Laurel, spent the week.
nd in Lewes with Mrs. Dickerson's
arents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Graves,
t their residence on Fourth street. ii
John Wine, of Philadelphia, spent
he weekend in Lewes, with his II
rife and son, John, Jr., at their II
ome on Lewes beach. n
Samuel Marshall, patient at the
Ieebe Hospital, has greatly i'm
roved at this writing.
Arthur Bryan, manager of Har-
ington's grocery store, is con-
ned to his home on Beebe avenue IT
nth injuries of the leg which he
eceived a few days ago when a
ullet rifle was fired accidentally. III
Capt. Levi Lynch, 81, last sur XII
living member of the original crew III
( Cape Henlopen Coast Guard sta III
on, died on Tuesday at the home III
{ his daughter, Mrs. William x.
thompson, on Market street, Lew III
). Captain Lynch, who had been Hi
several weeks, recently had be- iii
0me totally blind. He retired in III
Dis at the age of 67, after serving
I years with the Coast Guard in Hi
lis area. When the Lewes station
as built and manned in 1884, Cap
lin Lynch was transferred from
ape Henlopen. Surviving are one
IN, Levi, Jr., of Philadelphia and
three other daughters,
rsy Catherine Lynch Reed and
iss Emily Lynch, Wilmington,
nd Mrs. Fred Hudson, of Reho-
9TH, and two brothers, Capt. John
Lynch, also retired from the
ewes station, and Archie Lynch,
18th who live here.
Mrs. Frederick G. Clifton, Sr.,
I'd daughter, Mrs. Justus B. Nay
II, motored to Wilmington on