Milford chronicle., 1954-07-02
LEWES

The marriage of Miss MARY
Louise Joseph, daughter Of Captain
and Mrs. Preston Joseph, Of Lewes
TO Captain William S. Ingram ,Jr.
Delaware River Pilot took place in
the LeWes Presbyterian Church al
IL a. m, Saturday, June 26th, 1854
The nuptials linked two of the old
est pilot families in Lt,wes, repre-
senting the Pilots Association for
the Bay and River Delaware.
The Rev. DR.. William Leishman
pastor performed the ceremony
The bride was given in marriage
BY her brother, Captain John Pres
ton Joseph, due to the illness of
her father.
Mrs. William T. GiIlinder 3rd, of
Lewes, the former Mary Ellen Teal,
daughter Of Captain and Mrs. Will
lam Teal, was the brides only at
tendant. Mr.. Donald S. Ratledge of
LeWes, q first year apprentice in
the pilots association was best
man. Ushers were, Captain Samuel
Schellenger of Fort Washington,
Pa, another Delaware River Pilot,
and Sergeant Carl L. Jester of
Wilmington, Del, Marine Corps.
Mrs. John NJ. Thompson played the
wedding music. A wedding break
fast and reception for the two i'm
mediate families and relatives
followed in the Caesar Rodney
Hotel.
The bride is a graduate of the
Lewes High School and attended
Cedar Crest College, Allentown, Pa.
She is not only the daughter and
sister of a pilot but the grand
daughter Of the late Captain John
w. Joseph.
Captain Ingram, who received his
pilots commission, in May, is the
son Of Captain and Mrs. William
S. Ingram. Sr., Of Lewes. He is a
grandson Of Mrs. Thomas r. In
gram Of Lewes and the late Mr..
Ingram, president of the Sussex
Trust Co.
DR.. James Beebe, Sr. president
and medical director of the Beebe
Hospital Of Sussex County, Inc,
reports that a meeting of the
Medical Staff recently at the Lewes
Institution, a review of hospital
services was held and officers cleo
ted for the ensuing year.
DR.. Leslie NJ. DObson, was elected
president of the Medical Staff, as
chief-Of-staff he succeeds DR.. Irwin
L. Stambaugh of Lewes and RehO-
both. The president of the Medical
Stan is elected for one year and
is not eligible to succeed himself.
DR.. Stambaugh, was complimented
BY DR.. Beebe on his efficient and
capable manner in which he con-
Quoted the meetings during his
term of Office. Other officers elected
we're: Dr. Paul c. Trickett, Vice
President; DR.. Robert L. Hinzel, |
secretary; Mrs. Margaret w. Bin
der, registered record librarian,
was elected recording secretary.
The executive committee to be |
named will consist Of the chief-Of- /
stan, the secretary, and three mem
bers of the active staff other com
mlttees will be appointed by the
new president.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Haverback
and daughter Mary Joe of Whining
ton, Delaware, are the guests this
week of Mrs. Haverbacks mother,
MRS. Jams P. Prettyman, Sr., at her
residence on Mulberry Street.
Mrs. Anthony Darrow. plans To
spend the first week in July with
her sOn-in-law and daughter, Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Lyons Fisher and
daughter Diana at their home in /
Bloomingdale, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Byron F. Clifton of
Bridgeville, visited with Mr.. Cliff |
tons mother Mrs. Frederick G.
Clifton, ST., and family at their |
residence on Mulberry, st.
Pfc. Thomas NJ. Hooker. son of /
Mrs. TheodOsia M. Hooker, 1913
Front St., Lewes is serving at the /
White Sands Proving Grounds in
Las Cruces, New Mexico. He is a |
radar mount technician in the
9393rd Technical Service Unit at
the proving ground, the Army's
gigantic testing station for rockets
and missiles. PFC Hooker, whose
wife, Irene and family live at So De-
Vries Circle, entered the Army in
May 1858 and completed basic
training at Aberdeen Proving
Grounds, Md.
Jackson Russell Dunlap, Jr., of
Lewes, received a degree in
Bachelor Of Science in business at
the commencement exercises held
on July 18th at Temple University,
in Philadelphia, Pa.
G. Dennis, 81, employed by the
y. S. Lighthouse Service for 90
years died last Thursday in Della
ware State Hospital. He had been
i'll for nine months. Mr.. Dennis
served as keeper at the IA foot bank
lighthouse and others in Delaware
Bay retiring in 1914.
He was born in Maryland, a son
of Mrs. Susan Dennis, and the late
Sewell Dennis. He came to Lewes
in 1928 and entered the lighthouse
service shortly thereafter.
Besides his mother, he is sur
viVed by his wife, Mrs. Emma
Watson Dennis Of Pilot Town Road,
Lewes, a daughter, Mrs. William
Austin Of Lewes, three step-children1
Mrs. Robert H. Maedler Of Lewes:
Mrs. Charles Rose Of PHILADELPHIA
and Joseph DerricksOn of Chinco- +
league, Va, brother, Virgil Dennis
of Lewes; sister, Mrs. Dale Rayne
OF Berlin, Md; and eight grand