Milford chronicle., 1953-01-30

isociation, Alden Short. The addi-
] tion Of Mr.. Dorman's herd brings
to the total herds now on test in
the county to SO and the total num-
ber of cows to 1856.
/ Recruit DOnahue enlisted in the
U. S. Coast Guard on November 4,
1852. Prior to his enlistment he
was employed with the dupont
Company in Seaford.
/ Mr.. Short has stated that the herd
improvement program, designed to
provide records on each COW, as
well as an overall record on the
dairy enterprise, coupled with the
Artificial Breeding Program, offers
dairymen a very practical and eco
nomical means of increasing the
efficiency of milk production on
their farm.
/ Mrs. Joseph L. Marshall is
spending few days in California
this week.
Mrs. Edwin Custis of Lewes and
Mrs. Carlton Moore of Rehoboth
Beach, attended the New Century
Club luncheon in Wilmington on
Wednesday of this week.
Mrs. Samuel West, who has been
spending some time in Edgemoor,
as the guest of her son and daugh-
ter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Dodson
West and family, has returned to
her home on Mulberry street, in
/ Lewes.
Mrs. Otis H. Smith is confined to
her residence on Savannah Road
because of illness.
M. Harvey Baker of Lewes is
seriously i'll at the Beebe Hospital.
His many friends wish him a speedy
recovery.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold E. Wallin
and daughter, Miss Norma Wallin,
spent the weekend in Ceilings
wood, N. j., as the guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Lester Lynch. Mrs. Lynch
was the former Miss Margaret Fish
er of Lewes.
Mrs. George E. Chambers, Jr.,
was hostess to her bridge club on
Wednesday evening at her home on
Lewes Beach.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Charles Nit
chell OF Baltimore, formerly of
Lewes, are receiving cOngratula-
tiOns upon the birth of a son, TheO-
dore Wade, born on January 16.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles William
Sewers, Jr., Lewes, are receiving
congratulations upon the birth of
a daughter, Vera Ellen, born on
January 20.
A benefit variety show for the
March of Dimes will be held in the
Lewes High School Auditorium on
Wednesday, February 4, 1858, start
ing at 8 p. m. Admission six dimes
for adults and three dimes for
children.
The Beebe Hospital Alumni AS
sOciatiOn will hold a bake sale
at the store of Electric Services,
Inc, on Saturday, February IA,
starting at 10 a. m.
Mrs. Anime Morgan, formerly of
<Lewes, who is now making her
home in Philadelphia with her son,
Arthur Morgan, was the guest of
I Mr.. and Mrs. William T. Atkins this
week, at their home on Fourth
street.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Layton of
lis Jefferson street, celebrated two
family events on Monday Of this
week. 1t was the couples twenty
fifth anniversary, and Mr.. Layton's
ffty-fTst birthday. They have a
son, James Cooper Layton, III.
Mr.. and Mrs. Layton were mar
ried on January 26, 1928. in the
parsonage of the Bethel Methodist
Church of Lewes, by the late pas
tor, the Rev. Milton S. Andrews
Mrs. Layton is the former Miss Mil.
dred Cooper of Milford. Mrs. Sofa
Andrews of Wilmington, widow Of
the pastor, attended the bride.
Mr.. LaytOn's best man was Ed.
son c. Lodge, Sr., of Lewes, who
attended the silver anniversary and
birthday celebration.
Born in RehObOth Beach on Jan.
uary 26, 1902, Mr.. Layton grew uI
in Lewes and attended the Lewes
/ High School. He is the son of Mrs
Annie R. Layton of Lewes, who
lives with him, and the late George
R. Layton. Since 1928 he has been