Milford chronicle., 1958-04-25
LaLeview Elementary
School News
Grade Miss Sara PoIIock's


Section )
March was really windy this
year, and so good time TO fly
kites. Some of us made rhymes
about kites. Here are two of them /:
Once had kite,
That was nice and bright,
And it had a string
Which was strong and long.
1t is fun to fly kite,
Specially when the sun is bright.
But when the wind doesn't blow
Then my kite cannot go.
Many people in the community
lelp us every day We have been
talking about the different ways in
which they help US and how we
can help them. Mrs. Bennett
taught us songs about them Mrs.
kunkle showed us how to dress
clothespins to look like the differ
ent helpers. We made boxes to put
them in. One box represents a
farm, one hospital, one a city,
one a food store, and another is
for the fireEnen.
Our Music Festival was on April
8. We were glad that our parents
came to see and hear us.
Grade Mrs. Ruth March's
The History of Early Delaware
Our class is studying the history
of early Delaware. We think it is
very interesting. We have learned
lots of things. We have studied
about Lewes and Wilmington. Here
are some of the historical stories
/ early Delaware.
Martha Montgomery
The Visit of the Strangers
One day in 1851 two indian girls
named BlOssum Bud and Laughing
Water were out in the woods gath
ering nuts and berries. Blossum
Bud said, "My Mother told me
queer story last night. She said
that when she was girl she was
standing by the Big Water. She
was alone and wished something
would happen.
Suddenly she saw something
sailing across the water. At first
she thought it was a bird with
huge white wings. Then she saw it
was a sailboat. The people got out
of the boat and tried to talk to
Mother. She said they made the
strangest sounds. Mother couldn't
understand them. They gave her a
string of beads and sailed away.
No one has seen them since"
"Oh," said Laughing Water
Wouldn't it be fun to lave some
thing like that happen? Let us go
down to look"
They won't be there now " said
Blossum Bud, that was years ago"
But they will come back some
time. / know they will. Come on
begged Laughing Water. The two
girls hurried down to the shore.
They stood looking out across the
water. Suddenly ship did come
in sight. 1t was sailboat, De Wal
Wis, which means THE Whale.
The man in charge OF it was a
Dutchman named Peter Heyes.
The two Indian girls ran back
10 the village, little scared but
excited.
The Dutch boat landed. eve
shall name this stream HoornkiH, |
after the town of Hoorn in Hol-
and, said Peter Heyes. The ship |
sad twenty-eight men on board
They had brought supplies with |
them and planned to settle there. |
They built homes and planted |
crops. They called their settlement
Zwaanendael. Capt. Heyes went
back to Holland leaving Giles Hos
set in charge.
The Indians were curious and a /
little afraid of these white men.
They said they were going to kill
the white men, and they did.
Martha Stanley
Places of Interest in Lewes
Some interesting places in Lew
es at the present time are the
Iwaanendael Museum, the David
Hall House, the Thomas Maull
House, the Fountain of Youth, and
the DeVries Monument. Inscribed
on the Monument are these words.
Erected by the State of Della
ware to Commemorate the Set
tlement on This Spot of the
First Dutch Colony under De-
Vries, A. d. 1881. Here Was
the Grading of a State. That
Delaware Exists as a Sep
arate Commonwealth Is Due to
this Colony.
Stuart Mast |