Milford chronicle., 1960-01-29

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tions"
Mr.. Hoff felt that a Senate bill
should be passed which will cover
spots worthy of conservation. He
recommended that members of the
Sussex Gardeners attend the hear
ing in Dover on Senate Bill No. 81,
and manifest their interest in the
reservation of these spots in Sus-
sex, especially the Senate Substi-
tute Bill No. which deals with the
conservation phase.
At the business session a letter
was read by the president, Mrs.
Walter L. Bennett of Lewes Beach
from the Pennsylvania Federation
of Garden Clubs expressing it's re-
gret in the Sussex clubs withdraw
al from membership to become af-
filiated with the newer Delaware
Federation of Garden Clubs.
The next meeting of the group
was set for Feb. Is in the Social
Hall of Lewes Presbyterian Church,
at 2 D. m CO-hOstesses will be Mrs.
William T. Atkins, Mrs. Carl Barley
and Miss Marguerite Poynter
Miss Diane Elizabeth Hopkins, a
Lewes High School senior and pre-
sident of the Student Council has
been chosen by members of the
senior class and school faculty as
Lewes' recipient of the OAR Good
Citizenship Award.
/ She was chosen as the senior
girl possessing to the fullest de-
gree qualities of dependability, SER
vice, leadership and patriotism.
She is competing in a statewide
essay contest, in which local win
ners will submit essays.
Her continuous membership in
Junior and Senior Honor Societies
since seventh grade led this year
to president of the Senior Honor
Society. She is serving her fourth
year as treasurer of her class, is
a member of the Anna E. Beebe
Chapter, Future Teachers of Am
erica, and is Sussex County dele
gate -at-large on the State Eta ex-
ecutive committee; and has been a
member of Thespian Troupe 1921
and the band for six years.
Her interests include membership
in Methodist Youth Fellowship and
Bethel 5, intermediate Order of
Jobs Daughters.
She is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. William N Hopkins of Lewes,
RID, she plans to enter the Univer-
sity of Delaware and major in
elementary education.
Mrs. A. Tatman of Greenwood
is the area chairman for arrange
ments in Sussex County schools;
Mrs. Robert j. Kennedy, is the To-
cal chairman; and Miss Marguerite
Poynter is the regent of the Col.
David Hall Chapter, Daughters of
the American Revolution
Last years Lewes winner, Miss
Bonnie L. Bryan, won the state
essay contest.
Two of the last surviving char
ter members of the Zwaanendael
Club of Lewes were honored last
Tuesday night by the club when
they were made honorary members
and presented with an engraved
scroll in testimony of their "long
enduring leadership"
They are Mrs. William T. Atkins,
85, last April and Mrs. Thomas J.
Virden, also an octOgenarian. They
were among the original group
who founded the club, Feb. 6, 1905,
one of the oldest organizations in
the State Federations of Women's
Clubs. The presentation of the
scrolls was a surprise feature of
the clubs January meeting in the
clubhouse on Savannah Road.
Designed by the art chairman,
Mrs. Riley E. McGarraugh, the
scrolls were presented by the club
president, Mrs. Nellie Clifton Nay
lor. The name Zwaanendael Club
was chosen in honor of the first
Dutch settlement at Lewes origin
ally called "Zwaanendael"
The scroll reads in part: "Now
in your sunset years the pleasure
of achievement are yours. Today we
gather to salute your enduring and
inspiring leadership, and fidelity in
your long stewardship.
Mrs. Irven S. Maull, chairman
of the international affairs, pre-
sented as speaker Mrs. Marjorie w.
Speakman, Smyrna, president of
the Delaware branch, National Lea
que of American Pen Women. She
spoke of her recent trip to Laos
and Nepal, where she visited Drs.
Elizabeth and Edgar Miller, Della
ware medical missionaries in NepaI.
She showed slides of her trip.
Mrs. NaylOr announced the NOM
mating committee which will pre-
sent the new slate of officers to be
elected in the spring. Mrs. Howard
o. Greene, Mrs. Elverson Ingram,
Mrs. Leon H. Farrin and Mrs. San
ford Clifton.
1t was also announced that the
Zwaanendael Club will again parti-
cipate in the federation's sewing
contest this year. Mrs. James Will
son was selected to represent the
club.
Mrs. Frank Tharp gave the clos
ing prayer.
The hostesses for the evening
were: Mrs. Herbert Orton, Mrs.
Richard S. Shields and Mrs. Will
lam T. Atkins.
E. Winfield Brittingham was
elected president of the Lewes
Chamber of Commerce last Friday