Milford chronicle., 1959-05-08
LEWES


Against a backdrop of blooming
white dogwood on the stage of the
Lewes School Auditorium on Fri
day night, the Lewes Rotary Clubs
third annual Miss Lewes Contest
attracted 600 spectators from a
wide area.
Miss Virginia Walls, II, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence H.
Walls, won the title of Miss
Lewes" in competition with 16
other girls. She was awarded the
Rotarians 5000 scholarship. A
member of the 1859 graduating
class, treasurer of the Year Book
staff and parliamentarian for the
Future Teachers of America, the
new Queen will attend Southern
Seminary in Beuna Vista, Va, this
fall. This June she will enter the
Delmarva Chicken Festival beauty
contest to compete for the Miss
Del-Mar-Va title.
Second prize of 800 was award
ed to Miss Betty Jane Rice, IL,
and placing third was Miss Janet
Ranker, 18, to win an award of
$50. All three top winners also re-
ceived engraved charm bracelets.
This years pageant was regard
ed as the most beautiful and pro-
fessionally executed event since
they were started in 1857. Coached
by Mrs. Amanda Richards, Will
mington beauty counsellor the IL
young ladies in the senior division
entered through doorway cut
in the stage backdrop of dogwood
sprays and were greeted by uni
formed airmen of the Dover Air
Force Base standing at attention.
AS each took the arm of the air.
man they sag the Air Force Song
in unison. Out-of-town judges of
both the senior and junior divi-
siOns were William Rodney of
Laurel; John Dowdey, of Snow
Hill, Md, and Mrs. Barbara Dono-
van, of Georgetown. The senior
girls were judged in bathing suits
and evening gowns.
In the Junior Miss Lewes con-
test of 21 small girls up to six
year old little Marian Louise Cox,
five, won the crown, with Cheryl
Dawn Sweeney, three, in second
place and Amanda MiIspaugh,
three, third. Each of the evenings
contestants was interviewed by the
master of ceremonies, William S.
Jefferson. Music was interspersed
throughout the program this year
with the senior girls in evening
gowns singing Some Enchanted
Evening" At intermissions during
the judging the new school organ
was played by the featured tele-
vision organist, Larry Ferrari, as
| guest artist. Door prizes of Fer
rari recordings were won by Mrs
| VIM. Irving.
The 1858 Rotary president, DIR.
Leon H. Farrin, superintendent OF
the Lewes Special School, started
the ceremonies with an address OF
welcome. After the contest DIR.
Farrin entertained fellow Ro-
tarians the senior beauty con-
testants, and their Air Force es-
corts at a reception in the Lewes
Yacht Club on Lewes Beach. AT
that time he awarded meritorious
plaques to the general chairmen
of the last two beauty contests,
Capt. John Wallerstein, 1859, and
Joseph Bean, 1858.
The date of Friday, May Is, has
been set for the appearance of the
18th Children's Theatre of the
University of Delaware at the
Lewes School. The presentation
will be MANY Moons, a comedy
by James Thurber about a prin-
cess who wanted the moon. The
Lewes production is sponsored by
the PTA, and will be in two per-
formances. Overnight lodging for
the 18 members of the cast will
be arranged by Mrs. Harold E
Wallin.
The building of a second bridge
across the Lewes and Rehoboth
Canal was discussed recently at a
regular dinner-meeting of the
Lewes Chamber of Commerce, held
at Florio's Restaurant. This is