Milford chronicle., 1955-08-05
LEWES

The 287th Army Band of the Del
aware National Guard, under the
direction of c. W. o. Edwin r. Will
liams, Jr., gave a band concert on
Lewes Beach at the pavilion at
o'clock on Monday evening, August
/.
The band gave concerts last
summer and was the recipient of
the Eisenhower trophy at summer
camp in 1854
The concert was sponsored by
the Lewes Chamber Of Commerce.
The appointment of John E. Nc
Govern OF Lewes to serve as Sus-
sex District Campaign Chairman
for the annual Boy Scout District
Drive. has been announced by Ed
ward ID. E. Rollins, of Elkton, Md,
general chairman for the council
wide drive.
Mr. McGovern has stated that the
Boy Scouts of America operates
under a federal charter. granted to
it by Congress in 1916, charging the
movement and making available to
the boys of America, a program of
physical, mental and moral deyel-
opment directed toward the forma-
ton of good character, participat-
ing citizenship and physical devel-
opment.
There are three principal means
through which good habits of con-
duct and right behavior are devel-
oped. Foremost is adult example.
Second is the teaching of adult
leaders, who inculcate to the boys
under their charge the precepts of
good character and citizenship.
Third is the program of activities
through which boys express ma
tural urges in worthwhile ways.
The activities are directed toward
service to others; toward learning
skills, such as first aid, so that a
scout can learn to care for himself
and others in time of need.
Throughout this program are WOW
en- the ideals of duty to God and
country, and the good turn" ex-
pressed through service to others.
Many of the nations leaders have
firmly stated their belief that the
ideals and program of the Boy
Scouts of America provide an ex-
cellent means of combating the
evils of juvenile delinquency. DR..
Martha M. Eliot, chief of the Chill
dren's Bureau, Department of
Health and Education and Welfare,
comments as follows:
'The character building pro-
gram of the Boy Scouts, with it's
emphasis on the best in social and
personal values, has made enor-
nous contributions to the develop
ment of healthy personalities
amongst the youth of America. In
SO doing, it has undoubtedly pre-
vented the development of delin-
quency as well as other symptoms
of maladjustment, amongst the
boys participating in its program.
Mr.. McGovern states that he felt
certain that the public would pro-
vide the necessary funds to carry
on the scouting program in our
communities during the coming
year.
: Miss Rosemary Rainer of the
Show Boat Company, Rehoboth,
was the soloist at the IL a. m.
service Sunday in the Lewes Pres
byterian Church.
Reverend Dalton Meyers from
Perkasie, Pa, was the guest
speaker at the First Baptist
Church of Lewes on Sunday after
noon at o'clock.
Reverend Meyers is a graduate
of Kings College in Wilmington,
and Dallas Theological Seminary
of Dallas, Texas.
Captain and Mrs. Leland Sipple
Burton, who have been spending
the summer in Wilmington, and
their son, Leland, Jr., and daughter
Charlotte, occupied their bay front
cottage over the weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Childs, 33
East New York avenue, Villas, N.
j., announce the engagement of
their daughter, Mary Jan, to Eston
Lane Shaffer, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Floyd Shaffer, 122 McFee street,
Lewes.
Miss Childs is graduate of Cape
May High School, class of 1854
Mr.. Shaffer, a graduate of Lewes
High School, class of 1851, is pres
emily stationed at the u. S. c. G.
Engineering Station in
Wildwood, N. j. No date has been
set for the wedding.