Milford chronicle., 1955-11-25
LEWEs

On December 9Th, at S:15, in the
Lewes High School Auditorium,
Mrs. Kelly's Sunday School Glass
will present an all-female Old
Fashioned Minstrel Show. Tickets
are now on sale by the members
Of the class at $1.00 for general
admission and $1.25 for reserved
seats.
If you want an evening of fun,
reserve this night. This is not the
first appearance for these ladies as
they have been doing these min
strels for the past 25 years.
The cast consists of the follow
ing. InterlOcutor, Jessie Lewis;
Ends, Lula Wingate, Florence Rus
sell, sara Shut, Ruth Bryan, Ger
trude Tharp and TheOdOsia Hooker.
Special entertainers with vocal
selections and dances are: Louise
Burton, Fran Stevenson, Patsy
Yost, Arzie Powell, Cathryn Sharp,
Dorothy Marsh, Peggy Wyatt and
Ned Maull. Edith and Bonnie Car
penter, Bonnie Farrin and Sara
Phillips, pianist.
On this Wednesday, November
23rd, the LeWes Lions Club will
sponsor a Thanksgiving Day Dance,
beginning at 300 p. m. The dance
will be informal and will be held
IN the Lewes Fire Hall, with music
being furnished by Tommy Morris
Orchestra. Tickets are $500 per
couple and may be secured from
any member Of the Lions Club or
at the Office Of the Delaware Coast
Press.
About 200 women from many
parts Of Sussex County attended a
fashion show and luncheon in the
Lewes fire hall Thursday afternoon,
sponsored by the Lewes Zwaanen-
dael Club as a benefit for the res
tOration Of the John Dickinson
Home near Dover.
The affair began with a luncheon
at 1880 D. m. 1t is expected that
more than $3.50 will be realized for
the benefit. Mrs. Nellie Clifton Tay-
Tor and Mrs. Davis S. Peck we're
cO-chairmen, and club hostess we're
the president Mrs. Irven S. Maull;
Mrs. James Beebe, ST., Mrs. George
z. Chambers r., Mrs. Elverson In
gram, Mrs. William T. Atkins, and
Mrs. Edwin S. Custis. Miss Ada
Joseph played for the luncheon, and
music for the fashion promenade
was provided by Mrs Florence Sal
in, pianist, and Mr.. William Hays,
cellist, both OF EehObOth Beach.
The manneQuins, who modelled
fall apparel, provided by Benja-
MINIS Store Of Salisbury, Nd, were
women and teen-age girls Of Lewes,
RehObOth, and other Sussex County
towns, also Salisbury, Maryland.
The money raised by the Lewes
Club, a unit Of the Delaware Fed
Grafton Of WOmen's Clubs, will go
toward the restoration Of the IL
brary in the home Of the famed
Delaware statesman. Those assist
ing with the benefit affair we're
Mrs. Roderick Scott, Mrs. Bayard
Coulter, Mrs. Frank Dickerson, Mrs.
Henry BuckalOO, Mrs. Carl F.. Bar
ley.
Paul +. Carpenter was elected
president Of the Lewes Chamber Of
Commerce at the groups annual
meeting in the local school last
Thursday night. Mr.. Carpenter had
previously held the office for Is
years
1T was during Mr.. Carpenters
terms Of Office, once for 10 years
and again for FIVE, that he instiga-
ted the construction Of the first
boardwalk for the town on the Del
aware Bay Shore, and the building
Of the first road from South Street
(now Savannah Road out to Cape
henlOpen.
N 1897, he promoted the largest
historic Homecoming celebration the
town has ever held, featuring the
restoration and dedication of the
Fountain of Youth on Pilot Town
Road. It was during his admins
tratiOn that the town got its first
hosiery mill, 100000 plant erect
ed on a plot donated by the town.
Mr.. Carpenter also served as
chairman Of the Beebe Hospital
campaign to raise money for the
construction of the Mary Thomp-
son Annex, completed in 1888.
While inactive in the trade body in
recent years, due to poor health,
he served as Democratic commit
teeman at Lewes, the second pre-
cinct of the 10th Representative
District of Sussex County.
AS president of the Chamber Of
Commerce he succeeds Homer. B.