Milford chronicle., 1958-12-05
l YVES

The Lewes Chamber of Commerce
has nominated its new slate o1
officers for the ensuing year. A new
conner IN the trade body organi-
zat1on, G. v. Foley, is the first nomi-
nee for president to succeed Wal
ter S. Howard the 1888 presi-
dent Mr.. Foley is head of the Jan
Electronics Company of Lewes.
All officer posts will be open IN
I'll the next meeting on December
IL, when they viii be closed for the
elections on that date. Other noml-
nees are: for vice president, an
other newcomer. Charles r. Kemp
er: secretary, Henry P. Marshall,
assistant postmaster of the Lewes
Post Once; and treasurer, POST
master, Alton Lee Brittingham.
Four new directors have also been
put up. They are: W. S. Howard.
retiring president: G. Edward
Wyatt, president OF the Lewes Fire
Department; Mayor Otis II. Smith,
and Frank Shapiro. operator OF the
Fox Store.
It has been announced that the
prize money won by the Chamber
of Commerce float In the HALO
ween parades at Lewes and Reho-
both, S25 each time, will be turn
ed over to the Christmas Celebra-
| ton Committee for use in treating
the children of the town. The yule-
tide observance starts December 6
and continues through the month
n r&n ~ -
Claus parade when Old Chris hands
out candies and souvenirs to the
youngsters at his special "home"
set up in the business section of
Second st.
At an open meeting of the G of C
in the school cafeteria, represent
atives of various organizations of
the town expressed their willing
ness to cooperate in securing the
1859 Chicken Festival for Lewes.
Those expressing approval in
Glued DR.. Leon H Farrin, repre-
senting the Lewes School and the
Rotary; Walter Phillips of Cool
Spring Grange; g. e. Wyatt for the
Lewes Fire Department: Comman-
der Curtis Rooney and Earl Par
rish for the American Legion Post,
No. 1T: Lewes Lions Club; Sussex
Trust Company; Lewes Trust Com
pany: DeVries Business and Pro-
fessiOnal Women's Club Of Lewes;
Beebe Hospital Auxiliary. The
LeWes Anglers Association also
offered TO stage one of it's colorfuI
marine parades of fishing party
boats around the Delaware Break
water for the benefit of visiting dig
nitaries. Others who have expressed
their cooperation to date In bring
ing the Festival to Lewes will be
the Sussex Gardeners Club and the
Nassau Home Demonstration Club.
Fashionable old jewelry, worn as
ladies adornment In the 18th cen-
tury, is now the feature exhibit at
the zwaanendael Museum. MANY
pieces, some ornately designer.
other delicately engraved or set with
brilliant stones, were assembled and
will remain on display for several
weeks.
Gifts recently presented to the
museum by Mrs. Lynford Outten, of
Dover, formerly resident OF here
comprise an interesting part of
this exhibit. There are included a
lovely link bracelet, an open fact
keywind watch, a gold breast pin
with hair insets and large
locket, deliberately engraved and
enclosing ambrotypes OF Mary West
Clampitt and her son, John Angus
tus Clampitt. These were made for
Mrs. Outten's great aunt, Mary
West Clampitt, from California.
49'ers mined gold and brought TO
her by her husband, John Clampitt.
Mrs. Outten has also presented her
gold band ring of the Lews High
School Glass OF 1897 Mrs. Walser