Milford chronicle., 1958-12-26
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A Christmas Midnight Service
with candle light was conducted in
Bethel Methodist Church on We'd
nesday evening at 11:30 p. m. The
solosists were Mrs. Bayard Coul-
ter, Mrs. Donald Anderson and Har-
~ Moore. The Chancel Youth Choir
led the services with professional.
\ Christmas Carol reading was Civ
en- by the choir. During a service
III dimblue lighted atmosphere
Tableau Nativity was given. The
Rev. Robert Greene gave brief
Christmas meditation at the close
of the service.
At the Bethel Methodist Church
on Sunday. December 28, at II a.
m, there will be a Student Recon-
Citation, when students who are
home from the various colleges and
universities will participate in the
service. Following the service
here will be luncheon in Fellow
ship Hall for the students by the
WSCS.
Benjamin F. Shaw, II, head of
the Benjamin Shaw Company, VIII
mington, and a member of the
board of directors of the Beebe
Hospital, recently contributed $5.-
100 to the hospital to purchase new
dishwashing equipment.
The order for the dishwasher has
been placed with the distributor,
and it probably will be delivered
and installed within the next two
months.
Eight Delmarva Peninsula Girl
Scouts have been chosen to repre-
sent this area at the second annual
roundup next summer in Colorado
Springs, Colo.
They are Brenda Johnson and
Jeanne Matthews of Salisbury, Pat
Swiderski of Oxford, Emily Nor
sis of Lewes, Gerry Wall of Dover,
Miss GiGould of Cambridge, Phyl-
lis Wilkerson of Pocomoke City and
Pat Kelly of Berlin.
The Roundup in Colorado will
bring together 5000 Girl Scouts
and 1,5O0 adult leaders from five
continents. 1t will be held July
S-12. The Girl Scouts will live in
5000 tents.
The eight who will attend from
the Peninsula Council were chosen
by adult leaders and their friends
in Scouting, based on their quail
fcations.
Fort Miles, Lewes, established in
1912 as one of the largest Army
bases on the Eastern Shore, is los
ing ground despite all efforts of
Army personnel and local citizenry
to the contrary. During late sum-
mer the Fort post personnel for
he third time was drastically re-
duced and its civilian employment
curtailed sharply, as part of the
Governments budgetary limita-
tions and cut-back of the armed
forces. An official report was re-
ceived by the Commanding Off
Ger of Fort Miles. Major Frank V.
Pechulis, that another step in the
inactivating of the post was in the
making and soon to be put into
effect, which means any large
scale operations at the Lewes base
would be at an end. When this last
step in gradually inactivating the
Fort goes into effect it will leave
it manned by only one officer and
from twenty-five to thirty civilian
employees, a reduction from the
present curtailed corps of six off,
GERS, As enlisted men and SO civil
ian employees.
The Harbor Defense Unit will
still be based at the Fort with one
warrant Office, a lieutenant and II
enlisted men; also the Air De-
tense Unit composed of one officer
and four enlisted men; and the
current Coast Guard and Civilian
Defense Unit will remain. The Ma
tional Guard and the Army Reserve
Units will still hold training pro-
grams from Fort Miles during the
summer months. The latter pro-
grams will entail the use of ap-
proximately 5000 enlisted men and
officers, more than has been ac-
commodated at the Fort in prev
ious summers. 1t will also neces-
state an increase of active Army
personnel needed to support the
training programs, which at pres
ent is set at five officers, 81 enlist
ed men and 95 civilians. This in
creased summer activity will do
much to alleviate the winter cut
back.
The Army estimates that saw
ing of $290,00O will result in oper-
alton and maintenance costs after
the first year of winter inactiva-
ton.
The Annual Candlelight Service
Of the Lewes Presbyterian Church
was held at 1880 o'clock Sunday
evening, December 21. Soloists
we're Mrs. William Burton and