Milford chronicle., 1920-07-23
LEWES NEWS

I " party OF lo BdltlmOre girls VIII
attend high school in that city. Will
at Lewes they were piloted by Rev
! Z. II. B. Turner. rector of st. Peter
( P. q. Church, who showed them in tn
cellar of the church, a British cap
tain's chest. which was used by threl
men in 1872. when Lewes was bonn
barded by the British, on which t
escape. They also viewed residenc,
once chartered by William Penn as
tavern, as well as the landing plac,
OF Capt. DeVries. where the Swede.
first established a colony.
The total enrolment Of school pu.
pills in Lewes this term is estimated
at between 400 and 470. with 400 a.
the highest number in actual attend
ance at any one time Complaint is
heard of the cramped quarters in the
schoolhOuse, there being few cloak
rooms for the wraps of children and
not enough seating capacity to COM
fortably take care of the pupils. The
school board has found it an expen-
sive proposition running classrooms
all over town. as the expense is great
er than if centered in one building,
where pupils can accomplish better
work and have better care taken OF
them.
At present the primary department
is located in Odd Fellows Hall; the
agricultural classroom in the Town
Hall, and the Commercial Depart
ment in some place not decided upon.
Much time is lost on account of pu-
pills moving to and fro between class
periods.
Miss Louisa II. Thompson, a gradu-
ate of Howard University. of Wash
ington,'D. c.. was appointed Saturday
an advanced grade teacher in the col
Ored schools. The lower grade teach
ers of colored schools are still unfll-
ed. Many applications have been re-
ceiyed but none can qualify under the
amended rules. About 100 to lis col
ored pupils receive their instruction
from two teachers; three were en-
ployed the last half of last year.
Lieutenant Commander c. H. Cobb,
radio superintendent of Fourth Naval
District, is here from Philadelphia,
supervising the final work of relocat-
ing the radio base station. The Fed
eral government is now in possession
of a naval reservation, leased for SO
years from the town of Lewes. On
this property quarters for the person.
mel are being erected at a cost of $10,-
900 on the site of the old army quar-
ters, consisting of two family houses
and barracks; $500 will be required
to fit up an old power house and 5000
10 build a small house in which to
odge operating instruments. Gunner
U. S. NJ will be in charge,
assisted by a force of one chief cleo
rician; three first-class electricians;
me third class electrician; one
ihip's cook, pharmacists mate and a
nachinist's mate.
Edward Rogers, seven year old
,hild of John B. Rogers, a local mer-
.hant, was drowned while bathing on
ewes Beach yesterday afternoon.
he young lad and his nine year old
,rother went over to the beach for a
,ath with a life preseryer, and it was
While the younger one was floating
round on the life preserver without
laving it made fast to him when he
vas drowned, a number of people
we're in bathing at the time and sew
raj spectators were on the beach
ut no one happened to see the little
elbow floating around on the life
a distance of about fifty
ards from shore, but his older bro
her and he being so grief stricken at
he time failed to say anything about
. to anyone for some time and some
f the other lads who were in swim
ling thought the boy was grieving
yer the life preserver which was
Dating away and they managed to
ct it for him and still he mOurned
ntil at last he told the story of his
rOther slipping Off the preserver, it /
at three o'clock in the af- I,
ernoon and every effort was made to I
ecover until eight o'clock in the I
vening it was found by one of the (
oast guard boats manned by George /
hase and Clarence Richards by (
leans of a clam rake, number of /
auls were made with seines over the /
anne spot but to no avail.
Very few farmers in this section
ave threshed their wheat yet owing
, the scarcity of threshers. there are
lree which have just arrived in this
and have begun to Il
lresh. It is reported that all thru
and Harbeson that every
ody was threshed out because of the
lct that several threshers were own
/ by people in that section.
Mrs. Emma L. Hammond of Will
lington who is summering at Reho-
9th Beach was town visitor dur
lg the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick L. Myers of
ancaster, Pa, formerly of this town
re spending a few weeks at RehO-
9th Beach and were town visitors
n Friday.
Miss Catherine C. Maull of New
nrk city is spending a few days
ith her mother, Mary Q. Maull on
ewes Beach.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. Nirden Burton OF
are spending a few days
ith relatives here.
Harry w. Viven Of Bridgeville was
town visitor during the week.
Herbert S. Rausch, superintendent
I the public schools, and family are
bending a week at the Cape Hen
men lighthouse as the guests OF Mr..
nd Mrs. Harry H. Palmer.
Charles Morton and wife of Cleve-
nd. Ohio, who have been spending
few days with the formers mother
ave returned.
Mrs. Raymond Armstrong OF Phila-
,lphia has returned to her home af-
r spending two weeks with her un-
o here, Ellis H. King.
Miss Mary Morris of Dover spent
,e weekend with Miss Mary Mes
ok.
William F. Kitchens who has been
,sistant engineer on the pilot boat
for some time has re-