Milford chronicle., 1960-07-15

drowning in Delaware, July 3rd.
Plans have been made by the
Mems Club of St., Peters Episco-
pal Church for the annual Lewes
Horse Show, to be held July 81, at
Bay Manor Farms of Mayor Otis
H Smith, on Gills Neck Road.
The show will staFt at 10 am.
and continue until dusk.
General chairman will be Capt.
Howard F. Macfntire, Lewes pilot,
assisted by Charles Sockrider.
Show manager will be William d.
Schell.
These annual benefit affairs for
st. Peters Church attract thou
sands of horse lovers from a wide
area. Silver trophies are donated
by the committee. Roland ID. j.
Raught is the show administrator.
The Lewes Horse Show is assoc
lated with the Combined Eastern
Shore Horse Shows. The Assoc
iation of Maryland Horse Shows,
and the American Horse Show
Association.
Miss Ann Burton Ratledge, the
daughter of Mrs. Ernest Ratledge
and the late Mr.. Ratledge, became
the bride of Mr.. Charles Edward
Marvil, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Robert Marvil of Laurel, Saturday,
July End, in St. Peter Episcopal
Church, Lewes.
A reception followed in the par
ish house.
Mr.. Donald Stewart Ratledge of
Rehoboth gave his sister in mar
riage. Attending the bride as maid
of honor was her sister, Miss Candy
Ratledge. The bridesmaids were
Miss Charlotte Townsend Burton
of Lewes, and Mrs. William Pretty
man of Alexandria, Va.
Mr. Marvil's father served as
best man. Ushers were Mr.. Doug
las Keith Marvil of Laurel, brother
of the groom, and Mr.. Hal West of
Newark.
Among those who entertained
for the bride were Mrs. Leland
Sipple Burton, Sr., and her daugh-
ter, Miss Charlotte Townsend Bur-
ton, Mrs. Howard Macintire, and
her daughter, Mrs. Steve Lyshon
of Lewes, Mr. and Mrs, Donald s.
Ratledge of Rehoboth, and Mrs.
Edwin Rhue and Mrs. Earl Brit
tingham of Laurel
Following wedding trip to At
lantic City, the couple will reside
in Philadelphia where Mr.. Marvil
is associated with the Philadelphia
National Bank.
Officers of the DeVries Business
and Professional Women's Club Of
Lewes for the 1960-61 year were
installed by Mrs. Rosella T. Humes
OF Harrington, State president of
Delaware Federation B.P. w. Clubs,
at their June meeting held at the
home of Mrs. Florence H. Russell.
on Savannah Road.
Mrs. Humes impressive installat-
ion ceremony involved the lighting
of candles of various hues by the
officers and their recitation of Sc
lected lines from the Club Collect.
The officers installed were: Mrs.
Dorothy Scudder, president; Mrs.
Ruth Maull, vice-president: Mrs.
Irene Cole, corresponding secre-
tary; Mrs. Florence Russell, re-
cording secretary, and Mrs. Helen
Bryan, treasurer. @t"s p
Mrs. Scudder, who is secretary
to the Administrator of Beebe Hos
pital, has served the DeVries Club
IN many capacities, both as officer
and chairman and previously as
club president during the years
1S55-57, as well as candidate for
the state office of recording Sec
retary.
Miss Phyllis Rush, who complet-
ed her two-year term of office
prior to the installation ceremony
conducted the business meeting.
DeVries Club is again considering
making a valuable for sale, as a
fundraising project, memory plates
depicting the Henlopen Lighthouse
Mrs. Humes told of the support
of both Senators Williams and
Frear on the Equal Rights Amend
ment without the Hayden rider.
which is presently before U. S. Con-
gress for consideration, and urged
the members to express their an
probation to the Delaware sena-
tors.
Mrs. Hazel D. Brittingham re-
ported on her activities during the