Milford chronicle., 1959-02-13

ceiving the nations top award in
driver safety every year for almost
decade, he said, achievd princi-
pally through tn state wide school
driver education programs
Attendance banners at the PTA
meeting were awarded by the vice
prsident, Samuel M. Sloan, to Mrs
Whites fourth grade for the second
time in a row and to Mrs. Ellis
eleventh grade homeroom.
The LeWes High School Glass OF
1853 has chosen a play entitled
'Headin' for the Hills as its class
play. Faye Roach, Jackie Horner
and Jack Vessels have the leading
roles in the production which CEN
tersN around Geolus General Store
in Lone Mule, Tennessee.
The play will be presented on
Thursday and Friday, February 26
and q at 8:15 p. m, in the school
auditorium. Tickets may be pur-
chased from any member of the
senior class.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Teal, Jr.,
are spending several months in
Florida with relatives.
Mrs. A. w. Marshall, Sr., is under
observation at the Beebe Hospital.
/ Mr.. G. C. Marshall is also a pa
tient at the Beebe Hospital.
Donald S. Dillon, son of Mrs.
Viola Dillon, of Lewes, is a student
at the University of Delaware,
where he is majoring in Business
Administration and Psychology.
Donald has been employed by The
White Packing Company, since he
returned from overseas duty in
Germany with the u. s. Army last
summer.
Miss Elizabeth Hill, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Habrick Hill, is en-
ployed in Georgetown, as a secre-
tary
Mrs. Louis Bertrand, Jr., has re-
turned to her home in Pilottown
after being confined as a patient
in the National Naval Medical Cen
ter, Bethesda, Md, where she un-
underwent surgery.
Ernest Lynch, SO, of Lewes Beach
a retired building contractor and
farmer, died last Wednesday night
in Beebe Hospital, here, after an
illness of 12 years.
He leaves nine children, five sons,
Elmer G. and Roy 2. Lynch of Es-
|sington, Pa; Felix w. and Ernest
r. Lynch, of Lewes; and Leonard
G. Lynch of Essington. Also four
daughters, Mrs. MIME M. Wilkinson
Villas, N. j.; Mrs. Clara Elwell,
Miami, Fla; Miss Augusta L.
Lynch, Philadelphia, and Mrs.
Blanche A. wills, Lewes, and one
sister, Mrs. Carl Short, Lewes.
Services were held Saturday at
L2:30 D. m, in Atkins Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. Robert e.
Green, pastor of Bethel Methodist
Church of Lewes, and burial was
made in the churchyard of Whites
Chapel, near Lewes.
| Funeral services for William
Hayes Bookhammer, 80, prominent
Lewes business man and active
in Republican circles, were held at
1870. D. M, Sunday in the Atkins
Funeral Home. Mr. Bookhammer
who resided at 116 East Third St.
died in Beebe Hospital following
a heart attack.
The Rev. Robert E. Green, pas
tor of Bethel Methodist Church Off
ciated at the services. Interment
was made in Lewes Methodist
Cemetery. Grandsons of Mr.. Book
hammer served as pallbearers.
Honorary pallbearers at the SER
vices were: Daniel j. Layton, Sr.
former chief justice of the Della
ware Supreme Court; Harry David
son, James Mackey, Charles Nit
chell, John Warrington, Cornelius
G. Marshall, Joseph L. Marshall, w
o. Warrington, and Carl Davies.
Mr.. Bookhammer at one time was
president of two fish firms the
former Lewes Fisheries Company
and the Diamond State Fish Pro-