Milford chronicle., 1953-04-24
LEWES

trIct Will again be minus a snnar
lntendent at the end of the term
george H. Keen, who held the nos
ID Ior a year, resigned at the Anri
= meeting of the local board of edn
cation last Wednesday,
For about ten years, Lewes ba,
complained of unsettled school af
Lalrs. Professor Keen came her,
from Selbyville. Del, last summer
ochOoI affairs in this 322-year-olf
delaware Bay shore town went
smoothly.
Professor Keen's resignation r.
accept the position as superinten-
dent of the larger Georgetown
Special School District, which has
45 units as compared with SO at
LeWes, came Unexpectedly. Mr..
Keen said he was reluctant to leave
Lewes, but his new position pre-
sented advancement which he felt
he could not refuse.
A dozen applications for super-
lntendent have been received, it
was stated by the president of the
board of education, Mrs. Habrick
H. Hill, Jr. Mrs. Hills term exDires
this year. Only one applicant for
membership to the board, Glenwood
harrington, insurance broker, and
immediate past president of the
LeWes Parent Teachers Association
has filed The school board cleo
ton will be held Saturday, Nav 8.
Girl graduates in the 1858 class
of Lewes High School were the
guests of honor at a dinner meet
ing of the DeVries Business and
Professional Women's Club, Mon
day evening in the Lewes School
cafeteria.
The speaker of the evening was
Miss Irma Ayers, dean of the
School of Home Economics of the
I University of Delaware. Other
guests were: Sup't. George H. Keen.
Mrs. Elizabeth M. Hill, president of
the school board; Miss Beulah
Armour, dean Of senior girls, and
Miss Anna E. Beebe, guidance di-
rector. The meeting was in cOnnec-
tiOn with the national federation
program on education and vOca-
tions.
Physicians of the Sussex COun-
ty Health Unit will be at the Lewes
School on Friday, May 8, to regis |
ter, examine and immunize chill |
dren entering school next semes-
ter. Examination will take place !
between $3.50 a. m. and / D. m, for |
those children who will be six
years old before Dec. 81 of this
year.
Superintendent George H. Keen
of the school has suggested that
parents whose names begin with
A through NJ, inclusive, come in
from $3.50 to IL a. m, and others
from N to 2 report from II a. m.
until 1890 p. m. Birth certificates
are required.
At a meeting of the Mar-Del
League held recently at the Fred
erica Fire Hall, Frederica, Della
ware, the Lewes Baseball Club en-
tered the league, making an eight
club circuit, with season play start
ing Sunday, May 10th.
The following teams entered: I
Lewes, Henderson, Harrington.
Camden-WyOming, FELTON,, Freder-
lea, Viola and EIlendale. The Lewes
team will be managed by w. Hearld
former Baltimore ORR
ole southpaw of 1919. Mr.. Britting-
ham is also a director of the Lea
que. All players of the Lewes-Reho-
both area must sign contract to
play and must contact Mr. Britting-
ham in Lewes, or Gilbert L. Coop
er, who will be business manager.
The LeWes club has prospects of
a very fine team, with 3 college
players added 1t is hoped that the
Lewes fans will attend all games.
Last year the team played inde-
pendent ball, playing some of the
strongest clubs on the peninsula.
They did have success, winning Is
and losing z games. The club de-
Teated such teams as Ridgely, st.
Michaals, Henderson, FELTON,, Mil
ford A. A, Claymont Steelers.
Chincoteague Naval Base, New Cas-
lie Air Base and others. The team
entered the National Baseball Con-
gress at Milford last summer and
played 500 ball, being defeated only
BY the Milford Yanks, one of the
fastest cOlOred teams in the East.
The team last year received their
financial support from local busi-
hess men and particularly Rollins
Ind Associates, who once. again do
mated most generously to the
,leanest sport in America, and that
s baseball.
The Methodist Men of the Bethel
Methodist Church of Lewes will
lave Ham Dinner on May 21st at
he Parish House. There will be
wO servings, 5 p. M. and 6 D. m.
let your tickets early as the men
re limiting the sale~of tickets.
One of the three remaining
;harter Members of The Zwaanen-
ael Club Of LeWes, Mrs. Thomas
p. Virden, was chairman of the an
-ual Bible Day observance of this
lub of the Delaware State Fedora
ion of WOmen's Clubs on Tuesday.
Lpril 2lst, at 2 p. m, at the club
ouse on Savannah Road. The Rev
rend Frank L. Moon, rector of his
Oric st. Peters Episcopal Church
f Lewes, was the guest speaker.
In addition to the speaker there
'as a vocal solo by Mrs. Harold E.
Vallin of Lewes Reach, and an
Antiques Corner" in which several
Id Bibles, prayer and hymn books,
Ome of which date back a century
more, along with other interest
lg American and European arti-