Milford chronicle., 1960-02-19
LEWE.S

MIL Mdull Is OuO VI thS NASS
presidents of the Delaware Heart
Association and member OF the
State Executive Board. She has
designated Feb. 26 as Heart Sun
day" when volunteers will make
house to house canvass for dona-
tions during the afternoon hours.
Mrs. Forest Kenyon is sector chair
man for the Lewes Beach area and
Mrs. Franklin Maull for the Pilot
town Road area. The business dis
strict will be solicited by Mrs.
Franklin Maull and Miss Catherine
Maull. Approximately rs of her So
licitors will be named for the, Lewes
and rural areas.
John H. Wilson, master OF the
Henlopen Grange of Lewes, has
placed approximately 35 heart con-,
tainers around Lewes, Midway, and
Nassau for volunteer donors to
make their contributions.
Mr.. Paul r. Reed, LIB, was the
guest speaker at the Zwaanendael
Club meeting, Tuesday, February
the 18th, at eight o'clock in the
clubhouse on Savannah Road, Lew
es. The Zwaanendael Club is a
member of the State Federation OF
Women's Clubs and a member of
the General Federation of Women's
Clubs. .st
Mr.. Reed, a member of the Spea-
kers Bureau for the New Day For
Delaware Committee, gave talk
before members and guests, on
Governor Boggs' program which is
the New Day For Delaware pro-
gram for reorganization and const1-
tutional reform.
Mr.. Reed is a native of McKees-
port, Pa. He attended Amherst
College, graduated from the Uni
versity Law School. He served sew
eral years in the Army, and was in
Korea. Mr.. Reed was formerly as
sociated with the Law Firm of Tun-
nell and Raysor; but now has his
own offices in Georgetown. On Jan.
1, 1859, Mr. Reed was appointed
Assistant Deputy Attorney General
for Sussex County.
Mrs. Nellie C. Naylor, club presi-
dent, presided at the meeting. Mrs.
Riley E. McGarraugh, Art and Lit
erary Chairman, gave short talk
on 1.-The Gettysburg Address, in
recognition of President Abraham
Lincoln Mrs. J. Edgar Morris, Pub
lie Affairs Chairman, introduced
the guest speaker. Piano solos were
presented by Miss Patsy Yost,
student of Lewes Special School.
The closing prayer was given by
Mrs. Edwin CuStiS. Hostess for the
evening were: Mrs. Clifford l..
Trader, Mrs. Howard o. Greene,
Mrs. Alfred Stango and Mrs. El-
verson Ingram.
One of the joys of living in Lew
es is the annual marsh fire.
Each spring since 1870 the vol
unteer fire department, as civic
service, has burned out several
miles of marsh grass on the edge
of town.
The big bonfire, and attendant
ceremonies, draw the whole town.
This year, for the first time, the
burning was moved ahead. The
| grass was set afire Saturday and it
promised to be a good blaze
Then it snowed-four inches fell
and a tradition was buried" for
the first time.
| u. S. Senator j. Allen Frear, Jr.,
has announced that funds sought
| by the U. S. Navy in the pending
military construction bill for use
at Fort Miles, will be used to trans
fer the oceanographic facilities at
Cape May, N. ]. to the Sussex
County installation
Some 100 Navy personnel will be
transferred to Fort Miles, as re-
suit of the proposed move, Senator
Frear revealed.
The Navy, the Delaware law
maker explained, has indicated
that the funds amounting to 81, ,293,
900, will be used to provide for op-
Grafton, maintnance, supply, medi-
cal and administrative facilities, as
well as troop-housing and utili-
| ties.
| The Navy has stated that details
of the proposed construction at
Fort Miles will be presented to
Congress later.
The fort is being used in part
by the Sussex County Civil De-
fense. The reservation covers some
1880 acres bordering both bay and
ocean. Last April, it was thought
the site might be used as a state
park.
Fort Miles was deactivated in
1858, based on the opinion that its
use could no longer be justified. II
was stated that coast and harbor
could no longer depend on emplace-
ments of 20-inch guns. The ones
installed at Fort Miles in 1912 have
long since been cut up by blow