Milford chronicle., 1955-05-06

year as it may be necessary to
restrict the size of the enrolment. y
Announcement had been made
of the sale of the Caesar Rodney
Hotel, only midtown hosiery in
Lewes. to Mr.. and Mrs. George
Schroeder, of Georgetown.
The sale was made by Mrs.
Samuel j. Cooper and her brother
in-law, Alvin E. Simpler of Reho-
both Beach, who acquired the hotel
in April 1854.
Mrs. Cooper, the former Miss
Grace Shockley, who operated the
Avenue Restaurant at Rehoboth
Beach for many years, said she
and her brother-in-law decided to
sell the 2S-room hostelry after
the death of her husband, Captain
Cooper, on Feb. /.
| The new owners, Mr. Schroeder
and his wife, Mrs. Bertha Schroe-
der, took immediate possession
after the sale was consummated
on Monday. They will continue to
operate it as year round hotel
as well as the public dining room.
Mr.. Shredder has had number
of years experience in the business
having formerly been manager
of the Old Brick Hotel in George
| town.
The Caesar Rodney Hotel was
bought last year by Mrs. Cooper
and Mr.. Simpler from Clarence
Hill, whose late father, John E.
| Hill, bought it in 1910 after having
operated it under lease from the
Lewes Hotel Company, since 1928,
| when the hotel was erected.
The hotel property includes a
large office at the corner of Second
and Market Streets, formerly the
| town office of the Lewes Board
of Commissioners, and two adj
jacent store rooms.
An announcement has been made
of the recent marriage in haywood,
ILL.,, of Miss Marilyn Jones 'daugh-
ter of Mrs. Joseph A Medin of
Columbia S. c., and the late Mr..
Benjamin F. Jones of Georgetown,
| S. c., to Mr. Evans Roberts Webb,
son of Mr.. Willard Nelson Webb,
of Lewes.
The former Lewes man and his
bride will make their home in New
York City where they will per-
form with their own recently or
ganized company The Evans Webb
Marionette Theatre.
The bride is graduate of
Dreher High School, Columbia, S.
c., and took drama courses at
Columbia University in New York
City.
The couple is currently playing
touring Wisconsin and Michigan
for the University of Wisconsin,
and on completion of the tour will
open their own treatre in New York
City.
Mr.. Webb has been interested
in theatricals the past seven years,
since his high school days in Lewes
where he was born and reared.
He left the Lewes High School in
Ibis junior year and enrolled in the
Bessie " Hicks School of Dra-
matics, in Philadelphia. For some
time he toured the country with
the Glare Tree Major Children's
Theatre. He also played several
season in summer stock companies,
and for two seasons with the New
York City Opera Company.
The double ring ceremony was
performed by the Rev. Lester
Springer, pastor of the haywood,
Ill, Church, in the presence of a
few friends. The bride wore
ballerina length dress of blue lace
over taffeta, made with a short
jacket, and matching blue Access
series. After the ceremony Mrs Fay
r. Coleman entertained the couple
and guests at a buffet dinner in
her home in haywood
At the April meeting of the Board
of Education of Lewes Special
School District, contracts of all
administrators -and teachers were
renewed for the next school year.
Mrs. Katherine T. Schneider was
granted leave of absence for the
1896 school year. No other resig-
nations have been received.
The Board has voted to add two
elementary teachers and one high
school teacher to meet present and
expected enrolment increases. 81
children have already enrolled for
next year's first grade
!. Mr.. William Jefferson, Miss Edna
M. Short and Miss Florence VIM
rate were anpointed to officiate at
the annual School Board election
to be held on Saturday, MAY IA
1855. from until p. M, DIST,
in the Lewes School.
1t was announced at the meet
ing that Judge Elwood F. Nelson