Milford chronicle., 1960-04-08
LEWES

FORMER OLdL0 O0lidtOl A11ChiOA
Cowgirl Barnard, of Dover, acting
state game warden and supervisor
of dog wardens, and two Sussex
County dog wardens have been
suspended by the State. Board OF
Game Fish Commissioners pending
an April IL hearing in the slaugh-
ter and dumping of "a dogs.
The two Wardens who worked
with Mr.. Barnard as a team are
Clayton Smith of Bridgeville, and
Willie Lewis of Selbyville. The in
cident, which gave rise to shocked
protests from residents and Off
cials of the communities involved,
took place on March "a. The sus-
pension became effective last Fri.
Norman G. Wilder, director of the
Game ond Fish Commission, said
that those filing complaints against
the three will be asked to attend
the hearings at the commissions
regular April IL meeting in Dover.
Until that time, Mr.. Wilder indi-
Gated, the commission is reserving
any commitments as to the future
status of he suspended wardens or
the legalities involved.
c. Parker Wheatley, secretary OF
the board of Game and Fish Com
missioners, in confirming the sus-
pensions on Saturday, said:
Members of the commission
want to hear both sides of the
story. Therefore, nothing will be
done until the commission meets
on April IL to consider the matter.
Both sides will be heard-the city
fathers of the communities invol-
we'd and the wardens-before action,
if any, is taken.
I'VE have been told that none of
the dogs wore a collar or a license
and that some residents went along
with the Wardens, telling them
which dogs had no owners. How
ever, their mistake was in Dump
ing the bodies instead of burying
them-and in not detrmining if all
of them were strays."
The bullet-riddled bodies of the
"a dogs were left on dumps in
Lewes and Rehoboth Beach.
Mr.. Wilder said the commission
had received letters of protest from
Mayor Otis H. Smith of Lewes and
the Lewes Board of Town Commits
sioners, the Business and Profess
ional Women's Clubs of that com
munity, Lewes police and number
of private citizens.
Col. Samuel .Eschenbach, u. S.
Army Reserves, was elevated to the
presidency of the Lewes Rotary
Club last Monday night at the an
nual election in the Lewes School
cafeteria. He succeeds Norman B.
Baylis.
The nominating committee was
Raymond R. Atkins, DIR. Leon H.
Farrin, and Halsey G. Knapp.
Colonel Eschenbach served in the
62nd Coast Artillery during World
War II. He is a member of the COM
mittee planning the dedication of
the new Army Reserve Center at
Lewes later this spring. A native
OF Baltimore, Nd, shortly after his
discharge from active duty in the
Army he moved his family to Lew
es where he is engaged in business
as a land surveyor and engineer.
He owns and operates home laun-
dry at Rehoboth Beach, and is also
engaged in real estate development
in this area. He has been a member
of the Lewes Rotary Club since
Feb. IA, 1855, and is active in the
Lewes PTA, the Lewes Yacht Club
and the Boy Scouts.
Other new officers are William
Stevenson, vice president; William
Craig, secretary; Charles Aikens,
treasurer; John Souder, assistant
treasurer. New directors are w.
Glenwood Harrington, W. Herald
Brittingham, Jr., and the retiring
president, N. B. Baylis.
A guest of honor was Mallov C.
Vaughn of Cool Spring, Del, Dep
uty District Governor of Rotary
International He announced that
the District Convention will be held
in Atlantic City, April %, 23 and "a.
at the Traymore Hotel, and gave
an outline of the program.
Capt. John Wallenstein. chairman
OF the 1860 Miss Lewes Pageant, to
be held in the Lewes School audi
torium May 6. said that information
for the pageant programs must be
received by April Is. President
Baylis announced that Miss Aman-
da Richards of the Richards Charm
School, Wilmington, has again
been engaged to coach girl con-
testants before the pageant. The
date of April IL was set for the
Intercity meeting and Ladies Night
when the speaker will he Never