Milford chronicle., 1942-03-20
LEWES


Red Cross chairmen, who ar,
functioning under the intensive
program of the Lewes branch due
to the war emergency, have beer
announced by the branch chair
man, the Rev. N. w. Rightmyer
Mrs. Erwin L. Stambaugh, wife ol
DR.. Stambaugh, physician in charge
OF marine cases, is chairman of the
Nurses Aids Corps, and Mrs. Han
nah Morris is in charge of the
Home Service Unit. Mrs. Herman
Short has been placed in charge OF
Red Cross junior work, and Har-
old Stevens is vice-chairman of
emergency clothing for rescued
seaInen landed at Lewes. Mrs.
Harry B. Stott is canteen chairman
and Kenneth Givan is vice-chair-
man of canteen in charge of emer-
gency feeding. Other heads of the
Lewes Red Cross service are:
Serving, Mrs. Lavina Lynch; knit
ting. Mrs. Edwin C. Marshall; roll
call. Mrs. William T. Atkins; audi
tor, Edison C. Lodge; treasurer,
Miss Elizabeth Virden; secretary,
Mrs. G. Clifton Maull. Mrs. Will
liam d. Collins is vice-chairman
of the Lewes branch and also chair
man of the war chest fund.
st. Patrick's Day was celebrated
by the Rotary Club members Mon
day night with a dinner meeting at
the Sequoia Inn. Mr.. and Mrs.
Kenneth Givan were in charge of
decorations. DR.. N. w. Hooker was
program chairman Col. Edgar S.
Slayer of Rehoboth was the speak
er of the evening. relating his ex-
periences while serving with the
U. S. Army in the Philippine Is
lands.
DR.. and Mrs. James Beehe, who
have been spending the past three
weeks in Miami. Fla, returned
home this week. While in the
South DR.. and Mrs. Beebe visited
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Felix DUPONT, Sr..
at their South Carolina plantation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles M. Lowe
and daughter, Janice, have return
ed from Cambridge, Md. where
they have been spending some
time with Mrs. loves parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Virden Burton.
Lieut.. Edith S. Downes, who is |
stationed at Tilton Hospital, Fort
Dix, has returned to the post after
a visit of several days in Lewes
with her mother. Mrs. George A.
Downes, and sister, Miss Marcella |
Downes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sanford Clifton |
and daughter, Jeanette, were Sun
day dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
r. l.. Coulter of ChestertOwn. Md.
Lieut.. and Mrs. Justus b. Naylor, /
of Camp Upton and Patchogue, l..
l., are visiting Mrs. MAYORS moth
er, Mrs. Frederick G. Clifton, Sr.,
and family, on Mulberry street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred T. Hart
have returned to Lewes after
the winter in Miami,
Fla.
Mr.. and Mrs. Douglas Fleming
and daughter Kay were weekend
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Edison C.
Lodge, on Lewes beach.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. Olin Melvin
have moved into their new home
on Pilot-town road, which they
recently purchased from Col. Ralph
G. Rust.
Three soldiers were injured Sat
urday night when their automo-
bile struck two trees at a turn at /
the entrance of Rehoboth. The in
jured are: Corp. John Carpenter,
son of Walter S. Carpenter, Will
mington, who received possible
cOncussion of the brain; Sergt.
Ralph German. Laurel, internal in
juries, and Private William Lamb.
of Smyrna, shock. Corp. Carpen-
ter and Sergt. German are in the
Beebe Hospital; Lamb was treated
at the hospital and discharged.
Corporal Carpenter was on his
way to see his wife, the former
Miss Fay Lauritsen of Wilmington,
at her Rei1oboth home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick G. Cliff
ton, Jr., have moved into the Sea
Cliff cottage on Lewes beach. They
have been making their home in
where Mr.. Clifton is
of the A&P store.
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Danrow
and daughter Phyllis, of Washing
ton, d. c., visited Mrs. Danrow's
mother, Mrs. Thomas Brown, over
the weekend.
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