Milford chronicle., 1953-10-16
LEWES

The Lewes Lions Club, at a spec
ial meeting October 6th,. voted to
buy an ambulance for the town of
] Lewes, to be maintained and Op-
/ Grated by the Lewes Lions Club.
The committee named to discuss
arrangements and raise the neces-
sary funds is composed of Mr..
Ernest Ratledge, chairman, Mr.
Willard Egan, Mr.. Perry Burton,
Mr.. Weldon Brittingham and Mr..
Stephen Vaughn.
The Lewes Lions Club will hold
a Shoot at Frank DickersOn's farm
in Quakertown, Saturday, October
oath. Prizes and awards will be
made.
The club will hold a formal
dance on Monday, December 28th,
with George .Madden's Orchestra.
in the Lewes Fire Hall, which
will be known as the Lewes Lions
Club Christmas Dance. Mr.. Harry
Heal and Mr. William Egan will
be in charge. $1,000 per bid, which
entities the invitation of another
couple. Bids must be given to male
outside of Lewes mailing district.
The Zwaanendael Museum at
Lewes, with it's store of historic
DelawareOna, is to remain open on
/ a year-rOund basis and not close
as usual for the winter season.
This announcement was made by
the Curator, Miss Catherine c.
Maull. Miss MaUll says the visit
ing hours will be Tuesday through
Saturday from 1000 a. m. to $50
p. m.
The display of teapOts and coffee
pots which have been featured the
nast summer will remain on exhib-
it until November 1st, in addition
to the permanent relics. The Cura-
tor says that any school groups or
other special study groups who
wish to visit the museum during
the Off-scheduled hours may make
appointments in advance by tele-
nhOning her at her home, Lewes
1891, or at the museum, Lewes
1921. The museum is listed under
+ Y II.
This will be the first time in the
history of the museum that it has
maintained a year-rOund schedule
since the Zwaanendael House was
established i'm 1882 as a memorial
TO tho first Dutch settlers at Lewes
i'm 1881.
Mr.. and Mrs. Weston Fl. Ellis
and daughter are exDecting to move
to Odessa, Del. about November
1st, where Mr. Ellis has accepted
n position as Executive Vice Presi-
dent of the New Castle Bank of
Odessa.
Mrs. Samuel P. Eschenbach was
hostess to her bridge club at her
residence on Lewes Beach, We'd
nPsday evening.
! The Colonel David Hall Chapter
Of the Daughters of The American
Revolution held its initial meeting
of the fall season recently at the
residence of Mrs Norman r. Raw
/ lis, on King's Highway with Mrs.
George F. SchmalhOfer as cO-hOs-
tess with Mrs. Baylis.
The Regent. Mrs. Robert Ken
nedy. appointed Mrs. Edison C..
: Lodge. Jr.. as chaplain to replace
Mrs. Fl. Geiger Omwake of Green
wood. who resigned that office. and
Mrs. Mervyn Lafferty as member
ship chairman. The chapter decid-
/ cd to contribute clothing for chill
dren from the first until the ninth
/ grade in two approved schools. and
members are requested to bring
clothing by the end of October to
Mrs. !. Harry Banks at 214 Mum
son Street, RehObOth. They also
voted to make candy and donate
three door prizes to the State OAR
benefit card partv to be held on
Wednesday, October 2tst, at the
LOngwoOd Gardens Conservatory
in Kennett Square. Pa. The pro-
ceeds from this party will he for
the maintenance of tho Delaware
Room in Continental Hall in
Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. William p. Cliff
ton have returned home from a
weeks visit with Mr.. CliftOn's bro
ther and sistnr-in-law. Mr.. and Mrs.
Byron F. Clifton, at their home in
Bridgeville, Delaware.
Miss Carol CYNTHIA Raught oi
Lewes. is one of the So new stu
dents to begin training at the Dnke
University Nursing School this
year This number brings the stu
dent body enrolment to III, the
largest enrolment since the Cadet
Nurses Corps Program of World
War II.
These twelve North Carolinans
and girls from 16 other states will
complete the Nursing Schools new
fOur-year program leading to the
degree of Bachelor of Science in
Nursing Miss Raught. a graduate
of Lewes High School. is the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Roland
D. S. Raught of 2010 Bayview Ave
nue..
Mr.. and Mrs. DOdsOn West OF
Wilmington. spent the weekend
here with Mr.. Vests mother, Mrs
Samuel West, at her home on Null
berry Street.
Mr.. Jack Abbott of Newark, Del
aware. spent the weekend here
with his mother. at her residence
on Beehe Avenue.
Mrs Margaret Davidson of Mil
ton, Snent Sunday in LpWes as