Milford chronicle., 1953-02-20


Avenue, LeWes. He had been in i'll
health for some time and had been
Monday from the Beebe
He was So. Born in HOus-
ton, he was the son of Mrs. Bessie
Ingram of Lewes and the
late William w. Ingram. Surviving
are one son, Capt William A. In
gram, Jr., Philadelphia, a Delaware
River pilot; one daughter, Mrs.
Holmes Martin of Philadelphia.
Funeral services were held at the
Atkins Funeral Home, Lewes, last
turday at 2 p. m. The Rev Will
liam Leishman of the Lewes Pres
byterian Church officiated. Burial
was in the Lewes Methodist Gene
terry.
SIMMONS
Benjamin F. Simmons. 79, foun-
der and publisher of the former
Delaware Republican, Dover
weekly newspaper, died last Sun
day morning, February 18th, at his
home, 426 South State Street, Do
ver Active in civic and Republican
political affairs, he also was a for
mer postmaster of Dover, and a
former state senator and state rep
resentative. While Mr.. Simmons
had been in ill health, his death
was unexpected. Mr.. Simmons, who
was born in Wilmington, November
19, 1873, entered the printing field
on May 20, 1889, when he was IS
years old. He started with the for
mer James Kirk and Son printing
shop at 1924 The Green when all
typesetting was by hand At that
time, the Kirk establishment did
most Of the states printing. In
1902, he purchased the Kirk busi-
ness and five years later ne started
the Delaware Republican, which he
published until February 4, 1949,
when he suspended publication on
advice of his physician, due to his
health. However, he continued his
printing business. He was post
master of Dover from 1927 to 1885
was a member of the House of Rep
.resentatives in 1897 and was a
member of the State Senate in 1893
and 1941. He was a member of the
Kent County Department of Elec-
tiOns. In addition, he was a mem
ber of the Dover City Council from
1906 to 1910 and cast the deciding
vote which in that period launched
an extensive street improvement
program. Musically inclined, Mr.
Simmons was a member of the fam
Gus Simmons band of many years
ago. He is survived by his wife, the
former Miss Lena Phillips; a daugh-
ter, Mrs. Jestine Gehrke Of Penns
Grove, N. j.; two sisters, Mrs. S
H. Carig, Ridley Park, Pa; Mrs
Annie Mazingo, Washington, D. G.
and several nieces and nephews
Funeral services were held from
the Simmons home Wednesday
afternoon at 4 o'clock. The Rev
Robert w. Duke, pastor of Peoples
Congregational Christian Church
Officiated. Interment in Lakeside
Cemetery, Dover
HOLLOWAY
Funeral services for Mrs. Mabe
Conner Holloway, of Dover, wife
of DR.. H. V. Holloway, former state
superintendent of public instruc
ton, were held in Christ Church
Dover, Monday at 2 p. m, with in
terment in Christ Churchyard. The
Rev. Paul A. KellOg officiated. Mrs
Holloway died suddenly at the Hol
loway home on Kings Highway
Dover, about 3 a. m, last Saturday
She was the daughter of the late
State Senator Alvin B. and Mrs
Eliza Conner of FELTON, and she anC
DR.. Holloway were married June
18th, 1906. She lived in Delawart
all her life with the exception o
nine years when her husband wa
superintendent of schools in Bor
dentOwn, N. ]. She always took 1
keen interest in the Palmer Home
the Kent General Hospital, ant
Christ Church. Besides her hus
band, Mrs. Holloway leaves thre,
children, Mrs. Mary Ellen Young
Dover; Mrs. Alice B. Shellady, Viii
mington, and H. V. Holloway, Jr
SwarthmOre, Pa.
BAUMGART
Mgs. Addie H. Dyer Baumgari
so, of 10 Chestnut Street, Marcu
Hook, Pa, died at her home Febru
ary 7th, after several weeks i'll
ness. She was the daughter of tn
late William G. and Mary F. Hous
ton of Greenwood, Delaware. Sh
was employed as a school teache
| in Delaware. Later in America
Viscose Corp, in Marcus Hook, 70
the past twelve years. She was not
ed as a good pie baker in the cafe
terra. She is survived by her hus
band, Joseph T. Baumgart, an EN-
ployes of Chester Materials Co
one daughter and a son, by a for
mer marriage, Mrs. Betty Dye
Jackson, and Stanley Dyer, both a
home, one brother, Philip w. Hous
ton of Glendale, Delaware, tw
sisters Mrs. Mary E. NAPLES o
Lincoln, Delaware, and Mrs. Flov
ence Dolbow of Harrington, Della
ware. Funeral services were hell
February 10th at the George Max
well Funeral Home at p. m, 9S
Market Street, Marcus Hook, witt
Reverend Stanley A. Hanson, pas
ltor of Cokesbury Methodist Church
officiating. Burial in Chester Rura
Cemetery.