Milford chronicle., 1957-05-10

proud parents of a daughter, born
on Wednesday, April 18th, at the
Delaware Hospital. The new arri.
val has been named Sabra Leigh
Her mother is the former Miss
Joyce Marie Carpenter, daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. William d. Car
penter Of Birdsnest, Va. Mr.. ON.
wake is the son of Mr.. and Mrs
4. Geiger Omwake, now Of Della
ware City.
Mr. and Mrs. Halsey G. Knapp
and their children, Debbie, Halsey
and George will spend the week
end in Swarthmore, Pa, with Mrs
Hnapp's mother, Mrs. George E
Davidson and her grandmother
Mrs. Austin Allison.
Mrs. j. Wright Rowland, Mrs
Donald Evans and Mrs. Otis Smith
entertained at a bridal shower on
May 3, at Bay Manor Farm f0I
Miss Judith Atkins who will be-
come the bride of Mr.. James Shall
cross Roberts in June.
Mrs. H. H. Buzee, the former
Miss Corinne Riley, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Carson Riley of Eas-
ton, formerly of Lewes, sailed from
Bermuda to spend a month with
her parents. Mr.. Buzee is with the
U. S. Counsular Service in Ber-
muda.
Roller skating at the Bethel
Methodist Fellowship hall has
been arranged as follows-chil-
dren up to years old Thursday
afternoon from $3.50 to 500; 9 to
10 years old, 6:15 to 7:45 p. m; IL
years and up 500 to $3.50 p. m.
Saturday evening, IL, IL and 1S
year olds from $3.50 to $3.50 p. m.
The new Lewes Community
Playground, sponsored by the
Lewes Civic Club, The Jolly Jills
Club and the Lewes Junior High
F'arent-Teacher Association. will
be dedicated on June 1, featuring a
parade and program of activi-
ties.
The area is being developed on
a plot of land leased from Mayor
and Mrs. Otis H. Smith in the
vicinity of the junior high school.
The Jolly Jills have bought and
installed a swing unit, see-saw
and sliding board, and the Lewes
Civic Club is laying out a ball dia-
mond and erecting lavatories.
A $50 contribution toward equip
ment has been received from Rich
ard Deming. president of the clam
Smelling plant on Pilot Town Road.
The Doxsee Company, Inc. Other
donations and special equipment
are being sought. The president of
the Civic Club is Frederick d.
Thomas.
A 60-year-old grandmother, Mrs.
Elva Rust Warrington, who was
fatally stricken Friday night in
the Lewes School auditorium while
watching her small granddaughter
competing for the Junior Miss
Lewes crown, and was taken to
Beebe Hospital, died Saturday at
II a. m. of a cerbral hemorrhage.
The wife of the we'll known
Lewes farmer, Oscar H. Warning
ton, learned just before she died
that 5-year-Old Cathy Hill, her
daughters child had won second
prize among 20 children entered in
the junior section of the Lewes
pageant to select two queens for
the June finals of the Miss Delmar-
va Contest in Laurel.
Born at Overlook near Lewes
she was the daughter of Mrs. Exa
Hart Rust and the late William E.
Rust Prominent in club and civic
affairs of LeWes, she was a former
Lewes Democratic cOmmitteewo-
man, and a former president of the
Nassau Home Demonstration Club.
Besides h er husband and mother.
she leaves seven children. They
are Samuel G. Warrington, U. S.
Mrchant Marines; Mrs. Robert A.
Escott, of Wilmington, Mrs. John
P. Joseph of Angola, Del; Oscar
H. Warrington, Jr., Lewes; Mrs
Paul Kaminsky, of Fort Dix, N. J. /;
Mrs. r. Roland Hill, of Lewes RID;
Roland P. Warrington, Lewes. She
also leaves nine grandchildren.
The funeral was held Wednes-
day, May s, at p. m. in the Mel
son Funeral Home. The Rev. A.
Edward DOugherty, pastor Of
Bethel Methodist Church officiated
Burial was made in the Cool
Spring Presbyterian Cemetery.