Milford chronicle., 1960-05-13

/ erican Revolution, Raymond H. AT
kins of Lewes, state vice president,
and Lewes Commissioner John Nj.
Richardson.
A Citizenship Tea" to arouse
greater interest among cnurch
members and residents OF Lewes
and nearby communities in their
citizenship responsibility, is plannl
ed for May %, in the Fellowship
Hall of Bethel Methodist Church.
The public tea is sponsored by
the Bethel Woman's Society OF
Christian Service between 3 and 5
p. m.
The objective of the affair viii
be carried out through dramatiza-
tion discussions. The society says:
There has never been time when
the need for informed citizens and
responsible leadership has been so
great, nor for the individual citi-
zen to realize his Importance under
our democratic system of govern
ment."
The group points out: World
Refugee Year will come to an end
on June 80, and at its close the
hope of millions of refugees, some
dating back to World War /, will
end. U. S. responsibility in World
Refugee Year and the limitations
and injustices of the McCarran-
Walter immigration Act of 1852
will be among the subjects for dis
cussion by leaders at this tea"
Chancellor Collins j. Seitz has
| issued injunctions ordering the re-
moval of buildings from a tract OF
marshland which he ruled is owned
by the commissioners of Lewes.
Oscar J. Blankenburg and Syl-
vester Edward Bupp had claimed
they owned the land because of
more than 20 years of uninterrupt-
ed occupancy. They applied the le-
gal doctrine of adverse possess
sion"
The land is on the south bank
of the Lewes and Rehoboth Canal
near Roosevelt Inlet, and is Zoned
industrial.
The chancellor ruled a claim of
adverse possession is applicable
against the state only when per-
mitted by law. His opinion said a
1895 permissiye statute exempts
salt marsh, beach, or shore land
from such claims against the state
and that Blankenburg admitted
that what he claimed was part of
salt marsh area.
This law was repealed in 1858.
The chancellor held the town is
entitled to an injunction directed
Blankenburg within a fixed time
to remove the structures and en-
joining him from further building
on the land, but he added that
fairness demands that defendent
(Blankenburg) be offered again
the opportunity to lease other
available land"
Action against Bupp, also known
as Sylvester West, was begun on
the theory that he was squatting
on the land without lease. The
chancellor found the land was
leased to his brother in 1910 for
Is years and that the brother erect
ed the buildings and let Bupp live
there. The lease was renewed by
written application October 1, 1855,
but no such application was made
and Bupp's brother has been miss
ing since the middle 1940s..
The opinion said Bupp continued
to live on the property and paid
rent some of the time but not since
1855. It ruled that Bupp has no
right to possession, and said an in
junction will give Bupp a reason
able time to remove the buildings.
A c0mely student of the Lewes
Beebe Hospital School of Nursing,
Suzanne Mae Vincent, 18, of near
Wilmington, captured the title of
Miss Lewes of 1860, Friday night
in the Lewes High School auditori-
um before a capacity audience of
more than 500 spectators.
Capt John Wallerstein was gen.
eral chairman.
Sponsored by the Lewes Rotary
Club, Miss Vincent competed with
IL other contestants in the senior
group category.
Among the 33 small girls six
years of age and under, five-year-
old Anita Lee Farrin, won the Jun
ior Miss Title in her group. She is
the daughter of DIR. Leon H. Far
rim, school superintendent. Both
will represent Lewes in the annual
beauty contest of the Delmarva
Chicken Festival at Selbyville in
June, in competition for the Miss
Delaware Queen.
Miss Vincent is the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Vincent of 81
Whitehall Circle. Klar Estates.
She was eligible to compete in
the Lewes contest as she has been
living in Lewes while studying for
the nursing profession She is a
member of the Glass of 1862 of the
nursing school. The brown eyed,
dark haired girl, FIVE feet, six inch
es tall, captured the attention of
the out-of-town judges in two ap-
| pearances, first in a blue net bath
| ing suit, and then in a floor length
evening gown of ice-blue crystal
ette.
Judging points were on charm,
personality, and beauty. She re-
ceived as first prize winner a sill
yer trophy and $500 in cash from
the Rotary Club.
She is a graduate of Conrad High
School, where she was active in
sports and as a member of the
Spanish Club. and is treasurer OF
the Beebe Hospital Student Gov
ernment
Placing second in the senior girl
| group was Miss Patricia Ann Hop
kins, II, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
John A. Hopkins of Milton, RID
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