Milford chronicle., 1955-10-28
LEWES

Francis e. Carey. Of Pilot Town
Road. Iswes and Preston ]. Rogers,
i Jr.. Of Rehoboth Beach, were re-
Gently installed as Noble Grana
of ocean Wave Lodge No. 4S, lOOts T
lRehoboth Beach, by Grand Warren
i John. o. Dickerson, of the Grana
Lodge Of Delaware and bis stan |
at a meeting held October ~, 1898.
IN addition James 2. Deakyne
, and Larry Bowman were Installed
as Treasurer and Recording Secre-
! tary
! The Noble Grand appointed ].
: E7ad Hudson, Right Supporter;
! LANES r. Burton, Left Supporter;
lRaloh L. Watson, Jr., Right 69ene
+ SUPPORTER: James Travis, Jr., LeIL
: scene Supporter; Lee Graham, Con-
& ductor; Charles F. Hearn, Warden
81 Ralph r. Messick, Chaplain, Carr
I Short, Inside Guardian and Joseph
! Thoroughbred. Outside Guardian.
The Vice Grand appointed Flemuel
Lynch his Right Supporter and
Dale Myers his Left Supporter.
N In addition to the installation
ta The DEVELOPMENT and Extension
all Cominfttee Of the Grand Lodge Q
i Delaware, Independent Order Q
odd Fellows, were in attendance 7
" nresent proficiency awards, scroll
IN and pin to Ralph r. Messick, Jr
m and Charles P. Hearn for thel
Iot marked achievement in their know
AL ledge of the work Of Odd Fellow
shin through an oral and write
ad fest. held in the Grand Lodge Hal
lId in Wilmington, Delaware som
n months ago. Their marks were
let mong the highest obtained through
ate out the state.
ss- Plans for the rehabilitation Sn
lid landscaping of the more than thrs
century old Ancient Buryin
if Ground, of Lewes, by st. Peter
The Episcopal Church have been maa
ge, The Oldest burial ground, locate
the at the end of Pilot Town Roal
ice was acquired a few years ago :
5ed the church through the will Of II
he late Mrs. Marshall Bertrand II
lSo described in Old Sussex Count
ar records of 1857 as "the only know
in ancient place Of a burylng grpul
the for the Town Of l4eWes. FOR son
at time it was a family plot where y
led Baileys, Arts, Jacobs and Nav
bur buried their dead. Back IN 1853
t a became part of a farm OF Of
or Jonathan Bailey, but he was fore
nv a court order of 1887 to op'
the road to the cemetery so N
public interments could, be mao
II sell into disuse IN later yea
and sinee st. Peters Church 9
ouired it only one burial has be
- made there. This is the grave
.1.o BENJAMIN S. AlbertsOn, ST. y
49, died on April %, 1851. The origll
~ one-acre cemetery has been
reat Iarged with the purchase Of So
dro- adjacent lssd
For the past three years
Sussex Archaeological Assoclatl
n Of was permitted to conduct ex
are vations in the cemetery to oct
they mine the original side Of the 2
Orld lZ,Saanendael settlement at Lew
lack in 1881. Since then the groui
lysi- we're sown in grass, and Ia
0ssi- scaDe architect, 2. 9. Maufer
ared Greenville. Del, has been
rica. ployed to plant trees and shru
ever, to start around NcV. L
. The The Rev Frank y. Moon, rec
nent Of st. Peters Church, says
Atri- the grave plots have been laid
,race now and are ready for sale. IT
tees Of the cemetery are Con
iates Frank S. Carter. Sr., Harry
hina. Rowland. junior warden and Re
ows: 4. Burton. No more lots will
esia sold in the churchyard Of St. Pet
,wer- church on Second Street, me
form tor says.
: the The Lewes PTA have planpe
rentv Halloween JambDree, 70 Se
is ia On Second Street. in Lkwes,
NV october 81. 1855. at ,. NJ
such Yae evening viii start wit
rhina rarade from the Lewes School
) re- cluded in the parade, win be
rhina ous school bands. floats 60
J and and masked marchers. They
mags parade % Second Street where
/ bst- evenings festivities viii take p
nemic under the stars and myria'
- Of colored lights. The store wind
win also he IN festive mood