Milford chronicle., 1958-03-28
LEWE.S


Two annual contests among wo-
men of Henlopen Grange, one for
pie-baking and another for dress
making were announced at tie
Grange meeting last Tuesday night
in the hall in Quakertown.
The pie-bakiEg contest will take
place at the next meeting on April
/. Women of the Grange are eligible
to enter and provide their concoc-
tions from favorite recipes. The men
will pass up and down the board
and taste each pie and will then
serve as judges, announcing their
decisions later as to the best en-
tries.
Mrs Bertha Lank, home eco
nomics chairman, announced the.
| the deadline for entries in the Ma
tional Grange Dressmaking con-
test will be April 80. Entries, she
said, will be judged on four points
general appearance, styling, selec-
ton of design, color and fabric
/ and basic construction with en-
phasis on accuracy of cutting, sew
ing and finishing details. The con-
test is open to al, subordinate
oranges in the state. Winners will
be announced June z.
The grange voted to make pay
ment of it's share of the State
Grange assessment for the Scholar
ship Fund, toward the annual
scholarship for one boy and one
girl to the University of Delaware.
Worthy Master Richard A Wahl,
on behalf of Henlopen Grange mem
bers, presented the Past Masters
Button to the outgoing master,
Carl Prettyman. A quiz program
was conducted by the lecturer, Mrs.
Florence Stauffer.
Further plans were made for
Grange fried chicken
dinner to be given Saturday, April
IL, in the Lewes School cafeteria
as benefit for the new rural fire.
fighting equipment of the Lewes
Volunteer Fire Department. The
dinner will be open to the public
with servings from 4:30 to p. m.
Men of the grange will serve as
WdlL0FS IOT Tie ulIl1l0T.
The Colonel David Hall Chap
ter, Daughters of the American
Revolution, of Lewes-Rehoboth Hd.,
has set up several window displays
in the town of Lewes in observance
of National Wildlife Week.
They have been arranged by the
Col David Hall, regent, Mrs. George
S. Chambers, with material provided
by the National Wildlife Federation
of Washington.
The main exhibit is in the window
of the Morris Drug Store on Second
Street. AS a background in the win
dow the regent has placed copy
of the proclamation issued by Della
| wares Governor, ]. Caleb Boggs.
Featured is large painting de-
picting duck hunter and their e.
quipment, executed by Mrs. Helen
Lafferty OF the local chapter. There
are also framed prints of wild fowl
by Lynn Bogue Hunt.
Two samples of migratory birds
| familiar to residents of the Cape
Henlopen area are mounted speci-
men of the Canvas Back Duck and
the Canadian Goose. These were
| loaned for the display by d. ]. Gall
agher, of Lewes.
Mrs Chambers says "the pur-
pose of the weeks observance is to
focus public attention on the i'm
portance of natural resources, and
on the broad and pressing problems
of conservation"
other Lewes establishments
carrying colorful posters calling
attention to Wildlife Week are the
Franklin Hardware Store and Bell
Shade Shop.
The Lewes Special School Dis
trict presented a concert featuring
the High School Band, the Junior
High School Choir, and the Sixth
Grade Choir in the high school audi
torium, Tuesday at p. m.
The executive committee of the
Lewes Parent-Teacher Association
at a special meeting last week con-
sidered a proposal that the Lewes
School sponsor a foreign student
next semester 1t was the con-
sensus of the committee that it
WOQlu D0 d FdIudOlC SAoCIiOlCC lOi
the exchange student as well as for
the school.
Plans were discussed for the 1858
state convention of the Delaware
Congress of Parents and Teachers
to be held April IL and II in the
Springer Junior High School.
The theme of the meeting will
be Education in Today's World.
The keynote address will be given
by DR.. Lawrence G.. Dertgick. u. S.
Commissioner of Education.
A large delegation from the Lewes
school is expected to attend. Lun-
cheon and registration will be paid
by the local PTA organization. All
who wish to attend are asked to
notify the Lewes School Office by
telephoning Lewes 1921.
1t was also announced that Brad