Milford chronicle., 1958-07-25

With the cooperation of the Flight
Surgeons Office he initiated a spe-
cial color vision testing program
whereby a base-wide study was
made to determine visual require
ments for various jobs.
TNr. Widder has another office in
DOver, where he resides with his
wife and family. Mrs. Widder is a
school psychologist with the De-
partment of Public Instruction.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Donovan,
Sr., of Lewes, have received word
that their son-in-law and daughter.
Sgt. and Mrs. Robert E. Dymond. OF
Ft. Eustis, Va, are receiving con-
gratulations on the birth of son,
Robert Michael, July 9Th, at the
Riverside Hospital, in Newport
News, Va. Mrs. Dymond was the
former Miss S. Hester Donovan.
Mr.. and Mrs B. Fillmore Clifton,
of Bridgeville. Del, were the din
ner guests of Mr. Clifton's brother,
Hirons R. Clifton and sister, Mrs.
Nellie G. Naylor at their residence
on Mulberry st.
James P. Prettyman Of Whining
ton, spent the weekend here with
his wife and family, who are at
the Graham cottage for the sum-
mer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Weston Ellis and
daughter. Mary Lou, of Odessa, are
occupying their home in PilOttown,
for the summer months.
Mr.. and Mrs. Maurce Amend and
daughter of Long Island, New York,
were the weekend guests of Mrs.
Grace r. Brittingham at her resi-
dence on Mulberry st.
Miss Louise Marshall, of Wilm-
ington, is spending months vaca-
ton here with her mother, Mrs. A.
W. Marshall. Sr., at her residence
on Second Street.
Mr.. and Mrs. James F. Salevan
and their 11-month-old son, Jay,
of Princess Anne, Md, are occupy
ing their beach cottage for the sum-
mer. Mrs. Salevan will be remem-
bered as the former Miss Helen
May Futcher, daughter of Mrs. Ed
WIN >. CuSLlS, OI L0WSo.
Funeral services for the Rev. DR..
William Leishman, prominent MEM
Der of the New Castle Presbytery
and a retired pastor of the Lewes
and Midway Presbyterian churches,
who died of a heart ailment in Bee
be Hospital, last Wednesday, were
held Saturday at p. m, in the
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He was 73.
Members of the Presbytery off,
ciated, assisted by DR.. Leishman's
successor, the Rev. James Arlen
Mays. Burial was made in the old
colonial church yard surrounding
the church.
DR.. Leishman came to Lewes in
1928 having previously served the
Stewartstown, Pa, Presbyterian
Church six and one-half years and
the Eastlake Presbyterian Church,
in Wilmington, two years. On his
retirement last October 20, he con-
tinued as stated clerk of the New
Castle Presbytery. an Office he had
held more than % years.
He was born in Edinburgh, Scot
land, December 13, 1884, coming to
this country when 20 years old to
study for the ministry. He was
graduated from Princeton Theo-
logical Seminary, in 1915. He re-
ceived the degree of Doctor of Di-
vinity in 1885 from Washington Col
lege. in Tennessee. He was first
married to the former Ruth Her
man, of West Pittstown. Pa, the
mother of his four sons and one
daughter. his youngest son. James
M. Leishman. was killed in an
an automobile accident in 1912
when Is. His first wife died in 1943.
His second wife, the former
Blanche Fulton, of StewartstOwn,
died on June 80, 1856 Last May "a,
he was married to Mrs Nell Kill
gore Posey, a retired school tea
cher of Lancaster, Pa.
In addition to his. third wife. his
three surviving sons are Robert w.
of New York City; Walter H. Of
Jenkintown, Pa, and the Rev. H.
Kenyon Leishman, of Ebensburg,
Pa. He also leaves one daugh-
ter, Mrs. Harry B. Massey, Jr., of
500 Silver Road, Wilmington, one
brother. Harry Leishman, of Mt.
Cobb, Pa, aud six grandchildren.