Milford chronicle., 1959-01-30
EVE. ::


New officers OF the Leweg Cham
Der OF Commerce were installed at
the January dinner meeting in the
Lewes School Cafeteria.
! The retiring president, w. s.
Howard. paid tribute to Henry #.
Hall and c.. Edward Wyatt, for
staging successful Christmas
campaign In the town as co-chair-
men.
Mr. Howard installed the new
president, G. v. Foley. and Mr.
Foley inducted into Office Charles
Kemper, vice president; Fl. P. Mar
shall. secretary, and Alton l.. Britt
ingham, treasurer, and four direc-
tors, Mayor Otis H Smith, Frank
Shapiro, Mr.. Howard and Mrs.
Wyatt Mr.. Marshall the Secretary,
announced that he will prepare a
thumb-nail sketch of the history
of Lewes for mailing to the many
inquiries who have written in ask
ing for such information.
Miss Dorothy Gambler. member
of the staff af the Peninsula Girl
Scout Counsdl and director of Camp
Todd. at Denton, Md. was the
guest speaker s< Neighborhood
Meeting fareGirl Scout work in
this area, Wednesday evening, at
Is p. m, in the Zwaanendael Club
on Savannah Road.
The area consists of Lewes, Re-
hoboth Beach, and Milton. Girl
Scout leaders and troop committee
members attended the meeting. Mrs.
J. Edgar Morris is neighborhood
chairman for the Zwaanendael
Club which sponsors the Girl Scout
movement in Lewes. Plans were
discussed for Scout activities dur
| ing the spring months.
One activity in the near future
is the annual Girl Scout Cookie
Sale from January 81 to Feb IA.
The general chairman for the Mil
ton-R Rehob0th-Lewes area is Mrs.
Perry T. Burton of Lewes. Chair
men in the towns are Mrs. John
d. Hukill, Mrs. Eva Figurski, Mrs
Dolores Richards, Mrs Gerald
Schreirer. and Mrs. Doris DeSylva
Lewes: Mrs. Fred Sposto, Milton
and Mrs. Sallie Mitchell and Mrs
Ellen Brown, Rehoboth Beach.
AT last the Sussex County Chap
| ter of the Delaware Humane Asso-
citation will have an animal shelter
/ for stray and unwanted animals.
after MANY months of oDeratinp
under difficulty, with no place to
house hundreds of dogs and cats
offered for adoption.
Mrs Catherine Ellis of Lewes
Reach, chairman of the SUSSEX
Chapter, reports that one of the
| ICCC barracks of the Delaware Mos
luuito Control Commission of tbr
thirties. has been made available
for shelter.
| "The building must be moved"
she says, ssto a lot on the highway
leading to Fort Miles, which has
lleen given us by the town of Lewes
We need some volunteer helpers te
help us move the building. and
others to help fix it up suitable for
housing stray animals"
She added "Of course we need
some funds for rehabilitating the
building, and we want to get our
orphans in it as soon as possible
and made as comfortable as posi-
bie.1 The former CCC barracks is
approximately 20 by 10 feet ir
size, and is believed to be Ideally
lsuitab1e for housing the animals
She said the chapter now has about
lis or 20 DOGS already on hand for
adoption. She asks that anyone
having dog or cat for adoption to
teleuhone Mrs. Thomas Orr. Lewes
$500, so she can list them for pros
pective new homes.
Mrs. Ellis saws ''as this is the
beginning of 1859 voHr new doe
/ tags can be purchased. How much
easier it would be for us if everv-
one would keep tag on their
|'dog.
eff a person reports to US thev
have found tagged dog. we can
locate the owner in the matfer of 2
few honrs. If anvone is willing r.
give dog a home for short naviod
let US know Anyone who is wi1lin"
to offer assistance in moving fFa
new dog shelter is asked to notify
me at Lewes COLL"