Milford chronicle., 1942-06-19
LEWES

did a fairly good business the pas
weekend considering the draw.
backs of the wartime summer sea.
son. All fishing so far is done in.
side Delaware Bay with good
catches running mostly to croakers
and few trout
A donation of $1,000 in war bonds
has been made to the Israel Metho-
dist Church of Lewes by James F.
Adair, real estate and insurance
broker of Brooklyn, N. Y The gift
is in memory of his wife, Mrs. Laura
A. Adair, who died on July 13, 1910,
and who had expressed the desire
+ that a contribution be made to the
Lewes Church after her death.
Miss Mabel Jones of Greenwood
is the house guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
i Frederick G.. Clifton, Jr., and their
son., Frederick G. Clifton, III, at
their beach cottage, Sea Cliff" f"
this week.
Miss Virginia Larrimore left for
Alabama this week where she will
j visit with friends.
3 A 23-year-old divinity student,
Kenyon Leishman, son of the Rev.
DIR. William Leishman of Lewes,
made his first appearance in the
pulpit on Sunday when he preached
the sermon in Midway Presbyterian
Church, one of his fathers charges.
The young man was graduated two
weeks ago from Maryville College,
in Tennessee, and has been accept
90 % D.sfva
logical Seminary, the alma, mater
of his father. DR.. Leishman is stat
ed clerk of the New Castle Pres
bytery. The son was one of the
guest speakers at his fathers two
churches during his absence. In
the Lewes. Presbyterian Church on
Sunday morning the sermon was de-
livered by Captain James H. Bish-
op, chaplain at Fort Miles, Cape
Henlopen. -
Miss Kathleen Baynum, of near
Lewes, left this week for Ceilings
wood, N. J., where she will spend
I, the summer vacation with her un-
Gle and aunt, Mr., and Mrs. Ernest
A. Ansert, and her cousin, Miss
Ruth Lowe.
Master Jackie Lynch, grandson
Of Mr.. and Mrs. John r. Warning
ton is spending some time in Sal
isbury, Md, with his father, Alton
Lynch.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. P. McCracken of
Lewes, announce the marriage of
their daughter, Miss Fedonia Me-
Cracken, to Kenneth J. Miller of
Salisbury, Md. The wedding took
place on Monday, April 6, at New
port News, Va.
Mrs. Ida M Chambers, has re-
turned home after spending week
in Selbyville as the guest of Miss
Murtice Holt and mother. Miss
Holt returned home with Mrs.
Chambers for a short visit.
Mrs. John Millman has returned |
home after spending some time in
Philadelphia with her daughter and
son-in-law.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel West were
the guests of their son, Dodson
West, and family in Wilmington
over the weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Bryan of
Wilmington were the guests of
their son, Virden Bryan and wife
on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Futcher of
LeAaes are receiving congratulations +
upon the birth of a son, born June
Is, in the Beebe Hospital. Mrs. Fut-
cher may be remembered as the
former Miss Margaret Massey of
Lewes. ~
Carl B. Bayliss is confined to his
home on Kings Highway because
of illness. His condition at this
writing has somewhat improved.
w. Virden Burton, 46 years old.
well-known Lewes yachtsman and
government inspector of small
craft, was drowned in Chesapeake
Bay, between Oxford and Cam
bridge, Nd, on Sunday. Charles
NJ Lowe, of Lewes, his son-in-law,
who with his wife, Jane, had been
spending the weekend in Cam
bridge with the Burtons, was a
member of the party of 20 men
aboard the boat. Lowe said his IA
ther-in-law had been steering the /
boat when he suddenly fell over
board. The party Immediately
threw him line, but Burton failed 8
to catch ii, he said, and disappear /
ed at once under the water. His
body was found on Tuesday. An ex-
cellent I yachtsman, Burton was
thrice champion of the Lewes Yacht I
Club until he gave up sailing and
took the government job more than t
! year ago. He was resident in \
spector for the U. S. Quartermaster i
3orps and was attached to the h
Shipbuilders, Inc, plant. 7
He resided in Cambridge. The de- +
ceased was buried in Lewes in the
cemetery. Besides his h
wife, Mrs. Helena Morris Burton, +
ie is survived by two sons, Private r
Tohn G. Burton, III, 26lst G. G.;
William v. Burton, Jr., and daugh- :
er, Mrs. Jane Burton Lowe; his u
mother, Mrs. John c. Burton; three G.
listers .one grandson and his G