Milford chronicle., 1957-03-29
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Mrs. w. w. White has submittet
her resignation as chairman of tn
Lewes Beach property Owners
Committee I'm view of the factor
encountered" in her effort for al
erosion control program at the re
sort.
Her resignation, along with ;
report detailing the committed
activities since its formation lat,
in 1853, is contained in a letter tt
H. Edward Maull of Lewes, VII;
served as chairman of the proper
ty owners meeting at which th'
committee was set up.
Mrs. Whites report makes i
clear that, despite certain successes
she feels her experience has beer
a frustrating one. On the positive
side, she points out that a federal.
state survey of the erosion problem
on Delaware beaches has been com
pleted and three additional jetties
/ have been built at Lewes beach
with funds appropriated by the
1886 General Assembly.
But, she contends the Lewes
town commissioners do not appear
to be following the letter of the
surveys recommendation cover
affect Lewes Beach. She says the
a 4,600-foot stretch of beach--and
even that docs not include the
area considered by the property
owners to be the entire distressed
area"
at is to be noted" she continues
that the federal survey recon-
mends that a stockpile of sand Oh
material be placed at the west enc
to nourish the beach. The fedora
government will soon dredge th'
Roosevelt Inlet under a contrac
of approximately 5000 to the
Cape May Boat Works to dredge The
Lewes and Rehoboth canal ant
the inlet.
"The federal government is will
ing to have the sand pumped OF
the beach near the inlet and the
State Highway Department ha;
informed me that the department
on the beach, but the town com
missioners of Lewes want the sanC
pumped in the marsh near the pro
posed Lewes-Cape May ferry site
"The sand dredged from tn,
canal has been pumped on the
marsh. There should be time how
ever, to take advantage of dredging
of the inlet / have asked Gov. J
Caleb Boggs and U. S. Senator Johr
j. Williams to coordinate the mat
ter.
1.-THE Lewes Beach property
owners pay thousands of dollar:
annually to the town of Lewes anC
the state is expected to pay fol
all the damage to the beach. The
property owners have no voice
in the problem"
The Lewes Softball League helC
its first meeting of 1857, Tuesday
March 10. Officers were elected
and installed. Elected were: Con.
rad Roach as president, Bob Hud
son, vice president and David
Truitt, secretary-treasurer
There will be a board of direc-
tors composed of one representa-
tive from each of the eight teams
The league will consist of eight
teams, seven holdovers from last
year and one new entry. The teams
represented are last years champ
ion Bombers, the Coast Guard, Gull
Service, Lions, Rotary, Methodist
High School and the new entry
from the American Legion, taking
over the spot left open by the Sport
Kraft. Those present at the meet
ing were Conrad Roach, Bob Hud-
son, AL StangO, Richard Dennis, A.
@. Irons, Dick Mitchell, Preston
Foskey, Paul Edison and David
Truitt
On Tuesday evening. March 26,
the League held a meeting to dis
cuss rules and regulations that
they will follow throughout the
season.
The Thespians of Lewes High
School will present an old-time
minstrel. Friday. April 18th, at the
High School auditorium.
Special features include plenty
of melody. fun. and frivolity The
participating talent of Lewes High
School welcomes you and your
friends to attend this jamboree. The
all-student cast will be supported
Nv an all-student chorus.
The Second United States Armv
Headquarters at Fort George G
Meade, Md. has announced that
the Sussex County installation will
be one of the principal training
sites for National Guardsmea of
the seven-state army area during
the annual summer encampment
this year