Milford chronicle., 1958-04-18
LEWES

AT mo contest" election of the
Lewes Board of Public Works re-
Gently, Arthur II. Morris, presi-
dent, was reelected for another
two year term, and a new member,
Thomas b. Morris. as elected re-
placing Cornelius G. Marshall. Mr.
Marshall retired after serving IS
years as a board member.
Arthur H. Morris, a Lewes drug
gist, has been ON the board since
1916. Holdover members with one
more year to serve are DR.. Gil
berl VI. Wiltbank, Daniel H. c.
Littleton ard Joseph l.. Marshall.
Because there was no contest the
polls remained open only one hour
in the Mayors Office.
Only ten voters cast ballots.
A 25-year-old theological semi
marian, James Arlen Mays, of Green
vile, Tenn, has been called by
the congregation of Lewes Pres
byterian Church to fill the va
cancy caused by the retirement of
the Rev. DIR. William Leishman
DR.. Leishman, 70, who served "a
years, has been carrying on as
pastor emeritus in the Lewes
church and for the Midway Presby-
terian mission since last October
81. He continues as stated clerk of
the New Castle Presbytery.
The young Mr.. Mays conducted
the services in the Lewes church
and at Midway, Sunday. The ac-
ceptance of Mr.. Mays as perma-
nent replacement, he says, is sub
ject to formal approval by the New
Castle Presbytery. The congrega
tion has investigated his qualifica-
tions and agreed TO invite him to
fill the post long held by DR.. Leish-
man.
At present Mr. Mays is under the
care of the New Brunswick, N. j.,
Presbytery. He is currently attend
ing Princeton Theological Seminary
at Princeton, N. j.. working for his
degree of Bachelor of Divinity. He
received his A. b. degree from
Maryville College, Tenn, in 1866.
He expects to settle in Lewes in
June with his wife and two-year-
old son, after his ordination and
installation In the Lewes church
Whether he will also assume the
Midway charge will be determined
by the Presbytery.
AT present the new pastor and his
family will occupy temporary quar-
ters at the old Manse on Kings
Highway, next to the Lewes Church,
is being raZed for a new dwelling
for the incumbents. DR.. Leishman
vacated the Manse, last October
and has taken an apartment in the
Stan-Moore Arms on Savannah Rd
The church committee, appointed
to select a new minister, consists
of Capt. Edwin c. Marshall, Lewes
River pilot, as senior elder; Joseph
l.. Marshall, president of the Lewes
Trust Company, and DR.. Leishman.
Leslie G.. Knapp is president of the
Board OF Trustees OF the Lewes
Presbyterian Church.
The unanimous election of Minos
T.. Conaway and son, at Lewes, to
membership in the Ayrshire Breed
ers' Association has been announced
by the National Secretary, David
Gibson, Jr., of Brandon, Vermont.
The ancestors of the herd of dairy
cows owned by Conaway and Son,
trace back to the heather-covered
hills of County Ayr, Scotland, from
which the breed derives its name.
There are now more than 10000
herds of Ayrshires in the United
States.
Charles w. Futcher. Jr., formerly
of Lewes, and the son of Mrs. Ed
win s. Custis, has been made gen.
eral manager of the Westinghouse
Electric Company in Boston, and
has moved there with his family.
Mr.. and Mrs. William p. Clifton
will spend this weekend in Bridge
vile, Del, as the guests of Mr.. Cliff
toms brother and sister-in-law, Mr..
and Mrs. Fillmore Clifton.