Milford chronicle., 1943-10-29
LEWES

MIS-. ElludI rainier anu Hei
daughter, Jean, have returned
home after spending the weekend
in Philadelphia with friends and
relatives.
Reds" McGOvern, former EN-
ploye of the Lewes hosiery mill.
and who is very well known among
local residents, has written to his
brother and sister-in-law, Mr.. and
Mrs. John +. McGOvern, of his
promotion to the rank of sergeant.
Sergt. McGovern is with the 56lst
and is now on maneuvers near
Nashville. Tenn.
DR.. Erwin l.. Stambaugh left for
Chicago this week where he will
attend the conference of the Ameri-
can Medical Association. Dr.. Stam-
baugh is on the Beebe Hospital
staff.
Mrs. MollOy c. Vaughn, Jr.. who
has been spending some time in the
East. was the guest of Lieut.. Vau-
ghn's parents. the past week.
Mrs. Fanny Thomas. of Toms
River. n. j.. is spending some time
in Lewes visiting friends and rela-
tives. Mrs. Thomas is former
Lewes resident
Aviation Cadet Herbert NJ. Haz-
zard has been transferred from
San Antonio. Texas. to Muskagee,
Okla. where he is pursuing his ad-
vanced flight training.
Mrs. Ella Hazard is confined to
the Beebe Hospital because of ill
ness. Her condition at this writing
is very serious.
Edward H. Dunning. Jr.. 10 years
of age. son of the late Edward H.
Dunning, of Lewes, is among the
passengers on the Swedish eX-
change ship "GripshOlm'. now
bound for the United States. Word
has been received by his sister
Miss Peggy Dunning, now stu
dent at Beacon College, from the
State Department. The late Ed
ward H. Dunning was for many
years a merchant in Shanghai.
Pfc. Frank H. Stevens. Jr.. 10
years old. winner of the Silver Star
for bravery in action on Tulagi Is
land, British Solomon Islands. has
reached California and will soon
arrive in Lewes for a visit. The
boy, only child of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Fl. Stevens, who enlisted i'll
the Marines % months ago and
who was 1917 months in the South
Pacific, telephoned his parents
from San Francisco and told them
he would be home in about two
weeks" being first sent to San
Diego. We are the happiest peO-
pie in the world today" his mother
said. I'VE didn't go back to sleep
the night Frank called" On Aug.
Z, 1912. Pfc. Stevens was awarded
the medal for meeritorious action
with the Marine Raider Battalion
on Tulagi Island" The youth. a
of the Marine Band, was
as messenger runner.
one of the assignments for band
members. Stevens Joined the Ma
rines when he was II years old as
he result of a boyhood ambition.
The ambition started before he
was old enough to enter the Lew
IS school band, in which he be-
;ame top drummer. Stevens re-
NAMED in the band until he was .
graduated from the Lewes High
school. and was rated as one of
he best high school drummers by
he State Music Department. He [
wanted to become drummer in
he Marines shortly before Pearl {
IarbOr, and so he was one of the '
rst Lewes boys to join the SER !
ice. When the U. S. entered the
var, he asked for line duty, his I
mother says. but they kept him in {
he band and taught him to be an
xpert bugler as we'll. He went to
he Pacific zone as a Marine Band l
ugler He will be the first Ma
inc from his town to return with ,
he honor. His father. a first |
World War veteran. saw action
verseas. with several major bat t
les of the A. E. F. His mother '
as spent the greatest part of her !
nxiOus vigil since her son went to !
he Pacific behind headphones at a
he Georgetown center of the Dia- {
lond State Telephone Co., where /
he is a long-distance operator.
Mrs. Grace Brittingham is spend
1g some time in Philadelphia Wis q
ing friends and relatives.
Lieut.. Harry Frazer. Coast Guard, c
nd Mrs. Frazer. the former Miss
stella Beebe. daughter of DR.. and I
Irs. Richard c. Beebe. and their 7
on. Dicky. have gone to New Or
cans. where Lieut.. Frazer is sta I
Oned. c
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