Milford chronicle., 1955-04-29
LEWEs

Three Sussex County artists Of
the Rehoboth Beach art colony are
represented in the current Regional
Show of the Baltimore Museum Of
Art, and one has emerged a prize
winner. The exhibitors are from
Delaware. Maryland and the Dis
trict of Columbia The show re-
mains on view until May Is.
The local artists are Howard S
Schroeder, of Lewes, who won 8
$50 prize for the best painting in
any medium" posted by the JOSEPH
katz Company, of Baltimore. Miss
Margaret Kirkpatrick of Rehobotl
Beach. supervisor of art education
for Sussex County state board
schools and Oryille H. Poets OF
Millsboro, prominent Delaware por-
trait and landscape painter.
Howard Schroeder, who is head
instructor of adult classes at the
Rehoboth Art League, won the
Katz prize for his water color
Pumpkin Cutting"
Expenditure of approximately
$4,7O0 this year for the installation
of additional dial equipment in
the Lewes central Office and the
construction of new wire and
cable lines in that locality is plan
ned by the Diamond State Tele-
phone Co.
Harold S. White, local manager
for the company, said about $2.10d
is being spent for new central Office
equipment, and that this work is
scheduled to be completed by the
end OF April. The remaining sum
will be required for additional
lines to serve the growing needs
of the community.
The Lewes Office now serves
some 1,760 telephones compared to
only 1872 ten years ago, the man
ager said
The Lewes Veterans Drum and
Bugle Corps has disbanded and
the question arose in both the
Legion ana the VFW as to what
should be done with the instru-
struments would be donated to the
Lewes School at the last regular
meeting of the Lewes PTA. Pres
ton Foskey, Robert Faust and Will
liam Spooner carried the instru-
ments to the meeting and pre-
scented them to the Lewes School
At their last regular meeting of
the Lewes Post No. II eight new
members were accepted into the
Post. They were: John Oddly, Mer-
lin Huber, Maurice Evans, Theo-
dore Polite, Scott Jeck, Jr., Phil
lips Cox, John Mauller, and Robert
Doerner. This makes Lewes needing
only two more members to reach
their quota for 1855 membership.
Nominations were also held at
this meeting for officers for the
coming year. Nominated for Office
were: Clayton Melvin. Commander
Clarence Edgens, Jr., Vice Comman-
der; Curtis Rooney, Jr., Vice Com
mander; Jessie Duckworth, Finance
Officer: Guy Hall, Chaplain: Curtis
Rooney, Historian; Thomas Orr,
Service officer; Jack Martin. Sgt-at-
Arms. Nominated on the Execu-
tive Committee were: Walter Dono-
van. Preston Foskey and William
Spooner
Gov j. Caleb Boggs, Delaware
representatives in Congress, and
Mayors of Lewes and Rehoboth will
be among the specially invited
guests al Fort Miles officials at a
luncheon on the post May 21, in
connection with an Armed Forces
Day observance.
Among those invited by the COM
handing officer. Colonel Sterling
B. Howard, to the luncheon al
noon in the Officers Club, in addi-
ton to Governor Boggs, are u. s.
Senator John j. Williams, u. S.
Senator ]. Allen Frear, U. S. Repre-
sentative Harris B. Mcdowell, State
Senator Thomas L. johnson, Col.
Riley E. McGarraugh, former COM
manding officer of Fort Miles now
living in Lewes; Mayor Otis H.
Smith, of Lewes, Mayor Robert D.
Thompson of Rehoboth Beach and
other prominent residents and
municipal heads of Lewes and Re-
hoboth. and retired Army and Navy
officers.
Captain c. w. McCance, in charge
of the Officers Club and post ser
vice officer. says the post will main
tain open house for the public that
day to visit all parts of the fort on
guided tour of the Harbor of
Defense reservation. The tour will
be from to p. m. This will fol-
low the luncheon which is by spe-
cial invitation only. as guests of
Colonel Howard. The post COM
mander and his staff will start the
dav with hriefing of the days
activities at II a. m. at the Officers