Milford chronicle., 1923-06-08

The forty-third annual commence
ment week of the Lewes High Schoo
was ushered in with the baccalaur
cate sermon to the graduating class
Sunday morning. The services were
held in the spacious auditorium of the
new school building. DR.. c. H. B
Turner, rector of st. Peters Episco-
pal Church, delivered the sermon tt
the graduates. The Lewes orchestra
and a special choir assisted with the
music.
Monday evening, June fourth, at
o'clock, the Senior Glass presented
Daddy Long Legs a comedy in four
acts. The proceeds of this play are
to pay the expenses of the Senior
Glass for the annal trip to Washing
ton.
The annual Glass Day exercises
were held Thursday evening.
The forty-third annual commence
ment exercises will be held this Fri
day evening, June Sit, at eight o'clock.
Alien Property Custodian, Colonel
Thomas w. Miller, the honorary ora
tor, will deliver the address to the
graduates.
The graduates are: Delema Carey,
Thelma Davis, Margaret Ellis, Mildred
Frying, Florence Holmes, Dorothy
Holmes, Margaret Massey, Helen Muir
ply, Alice Joseph, Martha Teal,
Maude Phillips, Margaret Mustard,
Clinton Smith, Bayard Paynter, Ken
meth White, Jeddie Button, Leroy
Simpler, Henry Gibble, Louise Mar
Tn1 onH EIifahonc
The class officers are: President,
Clinton Laws Smith; vice president,
Thelma Davis; treasurer, Leroy Sim
pier; secretary, Bayard Paynter.
The class motto is: Character is
the cornerstone of all success"
The annual Alumni meeting will be
held in the school auditorium We'd
nesday evening, June 18th, at eight o.
clock.
The class flower is the Iris. The
Glass colors: Old Blue and Gray.
The last school movie of the year
will be shown in the school auditor
ium next Wednesday evening, June 1S,
at 1880. Mutt and Jeff getting ready
for vacation, Less Miserable, and
Whittier's School Days are film pro-
ductions which will be shown for the
evening.
These ushers have been appointed
at the Lewes M. E. Church for the
month of June as follows: Morning, |
Charles W. Palmer, Martin L. Webb,
Joseph S. beaverton, William c. Payn-
ter; evening, Kenneth White, Bayard
Paynter, Anderson Lynch, and Thomas |
Arterbridge.
A nice rain visited this section Mon
day evening which was appreciated by |
all the farmers; many of them have
been waiting for two weeks for it, so
that they might plow the ground from
which they recently cut scarlet Glow
er No plants in this section so far
have been Z for tomatoes for the
canneries, because of dry weather; but
now they are hustling, getting their
tomato and sweet potato plants out.
The cut worms have been thriving in
this vicinity for some time on account
o fthe cool weather, but now that the
warm weather has appeared, it is
likely that they will begin to disap-
pear. Many fields Of corn had to be
nlanted over again-tbere being GO
many missing hills o.
easier to plant outright ens
plant.
Commissioners of Deeds Howard M.
Long and family, of Philadelphia,
spent the weekend at his cottage on
Lewes Beach.
The Loyal Helpers Of the Lewes M.
E. Church netted over fifty dollars at
a strawberry festival held in the
store building, adjoining Mrs. Otis
store on Second street.
Charles T. Johnson, Of New York, is
spending a few days here with his.
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles W.
Johnston.
S. Gray Coverdale of Wilmington,
formerly of this town, was called here
on account of the death Of Mrs. David
Sr.
Fredonia C. White is spending
few weeks in Philadelphia. /;