Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1925-06-12
Lewes News

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wees on sunday evening, June 14th
at seven O'CLOCK.
The Milford base ball team de-
feated the local team here on Satur-
day afternoon by a score OF IL to Z.
Although the local boys OutDatted
the visitors more than two to one.
Lefty" Birmingham was credited
with four tWo-base hits during the
game. Birmingham was on the
mound for the first six innings and
the visitors were credited with only
three hits Off of him.
The LeWes Methodist Episcopal
Church will hold their Children's
Day services on Sunday evening,
June 14th at seVen-thirty o'clock.
The forty-ffth annual commence
ment of the LeWes Public Schools
was held in the school auditorium
on Friday evening, June 5th. The
program follows:
Invocation, the Rev. Joseph S.
Kinks, rector of St. Peters Church.
Salutatory and grafton, Sara Fran
ces Ingram, subject, Delaware, the
Home Of Religiosu Liberty"
High School grafton, Mary War
rington, subject, Immigration"
Vocal solo, cat DLaWning," Miss
Dorothy Messick.
High School Grafton, Esther Mus
tard, subject, "The Colonial Period
of American Literature"
Valedictory and Grafton, Allen
Vessels, subject, "Our Second New
Year.
Music by the orchestra.
Mantle Grafton, Allen Vessels and
Helena Zerden.
Honorary address, 1.-THE Twenty
third Psalm" President Gary Of St.
Johns College, Annapolis, Md.
Presentation Of prizes:
1. The Zwaanendael English prize.
2. The James Beebe Spelling prize.
8. The Caleb S. Layton prize abe.
4. Perfect Attendance awards.
5. Presentation of National Honor
Keys to the members of the Lewes
Chapter of the National Honor So
ciety.
Presentation of diplomas and GER
tificates, Napoleon B. Register, pres
ident of the Board of Education.
Benediction, the Rev. Milton S.
Andrews, pastor of the Lewes M. E.
The sI graduateSAweSSSg y as follows
Lillian B. Covehdale, Floris E.
Downing, Isaiah M. Ellis, Paynter w.
Green, Elsie H. Hart, Sara F. In
gram, Derrick o. Lingo, Leighton L.
Lockerman, Marjorie R. Maull, An
ma V. Metcalf, Esther E. Mustard,
Harold M. Prettyman, Fred G. Quill
len, Virginia K. Raymond, Mary S.
Rowland, Villa mAllep Vessels and
Mary E. Warrington/
On Wednesday evening the class
day exercises were held in the
school auditorium and were enjoyed
by all present, in spite of the ex-
IRENE warm weather which has pre-
vailed here during the week. All the
exercises at the school have been
largely attended.
A meeting of the Alumni Associa-
ton of the Lewes High School was
held on Saturday evening in the
school auditorium at $3.50, owing to
the illness of president, DR.. James
Beebe, the vice president, C. T. Mel
son, presided at the meeting. Be
sides short talks from several of
the members Of the alumni, the
eighth grade pupils gave a little
play entitled "a Little Mistake" Su-
perintendent Ira S. Brinser of the
schools, gave a short address on
what the alumni could do to help
make the school more up to the
standards of the best schools and
colleges. The following officers
were eected for the ensuing year:
President, Mrs. Clara Marshall, '84;
vice president, Mrs. Martha S. Lodge
'02; treasurer, Thomas w. AFTER
bridge, '24; secretary, Miss Eliza
beth Hazard, '98. Refreshments
were served in abundance.
Herman Zerden who is in the mer-
camille business in Philadelphia |
spent the past week with his par
ents here, Mr.. and Mrs. Emanuel |
Mr.. and Mrs. James j. Kemp of |
Washington, D. c., who have been
spending a few weeks at their cot
tage on Lewes Beach, near the |
Coast Guard Station, have returned. |
Dodson c. West who recently \
went to Baltimore where he is en-
ployed as a pharmacist, spent
couple of days with his parents here
during the past week.
William H. May of Washington,
D. c., spent several days at the
Breakwater House on Lewes Beach.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. Virden Marshall
are receiving congratulations upon
The arrival Of a fine baby boy. Mrs.
Marshall is at the Beebe Hospital
here.
Mrs. Oliver H. Mitchell of Reho-
both Beach who was operated upon
1t the Beebe Hospital here some
lays ago by DR.. William P. Hearn
S slowly improving.
Francis Massey has been appoint
I'd as coast guard at the Cape Hen
open Coast Guard Station. William
!. B. Bunting has been transferred
rom the Cape Henlopen Station to
he Lewes Coast Guard Station.
Frank Richards has resigned as
lumber one man at one Of the coast
suard stations in New York and
las gone into the lobster and fish
lTIsinesS here