Milford chronicle., 1959-08-28
LEWES

Two townsmen last Friday razed
the 110-foot high steeple and wea-
thervane of the old Bethel Metho-
dist Church, one of the tallest land
marks in Lewes.
w. Miller Shaw, Jr., and Don
Worster climbed up the spire OF
the century and half old church
and lowered the vane by a piece OF
rope to the ground after dismant-
ling the singlespire.
They performed the hazardous
demolition job because the town
had condemned the spire as dan
gerous.
Since 1854, the church has been
used as a garment factory, and
more recently as an electronics
plant.
Shaw has presented the weather
vane to the congregation of Bethel
Methodist Church. They will keep
| it in the social hall.
He will use the structure to
house surplus furniture and boats.
Shaw is grandson of the found
er of the Benjamin F. Shaw Com
pany in Wilmington.
Taxpayers at special referen-
dunn Saturday overwhelmingly ap-
proved a 100000 bond issue for a
sewer improvement program, at a
higher interest than previously
agreed upon. There were 1861
votes in favor of the project and
only 286 votes against it.
The turnout was comparatively
small with SO persons casting bal
lots, each taxpayer being allowed
one vote for each dollar valuation
of property.
Bayard v. Coulter, general man
ager of the Board of Public Works
said: I'VE had to increase the in
terest rate on the 100000 worth
of bonds to five per cent instead OF
the four per cent which was agreed
upon at the previous referendum
| in June 1858.
Since then the interest rate on
bonds has gone beyond four per
cent and in order to sell our bonds
the rate had to be increased. This
was agreed upon at a town meeting
recently.
cat the first referendum it was
assumed four per cent would be
the highest rate we would have to
pay"
He said work on the sewer pro-
ject would begin in January and
is expected to be completed by jan
uary 1861. The total cost of the
project is expected to be around
1857 900 for which federal aid of
around $214,000 has been granted.
The new program of sewer i'm
prOvements includes the laying of
sewer line on Lewes Beach for
the first time. The line will ex-
tend from the Coast Guard station
on the east to Roosevelt Inlet on
the northwest.
Part of the expense for the Lew
es Beach line will be borne by a
federal grant from the condemna-
tion of Fort Miles several years
ago. The federal fund at the time
was earmarked for the. Lewes
Beach sewer project.
With the addition of a Business
Education teacher, the instruction.
al staff of the Lewes Special school
district is now complete for the
1959-60 school year which will be-
gin on Wednesday, September,
8.
Mrs. Jane P. Locke of Seaford
has been oppointed to Business
teaching position because of an in
crease in enrolment. Mrs. Locke
is graduate of the University of
Georgia, where she majored in
business administration. She has
taught for the past three years in
Greenwood.
The Board. of Education at the
August meeting revised the teach
ers' salary schedule by adding
$3.50 to the beginning teachers
salary and $50 to the salary of
teachers with six or more years ex-
perlence. Lewes teachers with a
bachelors degree now begin at
$3.50 and can rise to $3.50 in IA
years. A masters degree adds S4OO
to this salary and a masters degree
plus 80 points of graduate credit
entities teacher to $500 above the
bachelor level
This salary increase will not re-
quire any increase in the present
tax rate.
The Board of Education reviews
the audit of school accounts per-
formed by the State auditor. The
audit commenced school officials for
the excellent condition of all re-
cords and accounts.
The thirty-third annual COM
mencement exercises of the School
of Nursing of the Beebe Hospital
will be held this Friday evening,
August 2S, at 800 p. m, in the Le-
ives High School auditorium. The
public is cordially invited to at
tend the ceremonies. Alfred r.
Stands Jr., NJ D., will give the
principal address of the evening.
The program includes: Welcome,
William r. Campbell, M. D.; solo.
Mary Munford; accompanist, Mrs.
Louise A. Aikens; presentation of
the hospital auxiliary award, Mrs.