Milford chronicle., 1960-02-05
LEWES


instruction in charge of Second
airy Education, told PTA memDes
about his tour Of schools In Eur
ope and Asia.
DIR. Rows talk was illustrated by
colored slides. He was one OF four
Delaware school administrators
who were among sixty U. s. ad-
ministrators who spent October,
1859. on a tour including schools
i'm the Soviet Union. The group
spent about 20 of their 30 days a.
broad behind the iron curtain.
DR.. Evelyn G. Orton was the
chairman OF program.
Flowers Through the House"
program on flower arranging will
be a special feature of the three
day Farm and Home Week OBJ
servance at the University of Del
aware, Feb. 8. 10, and H..
This feature will be on Feb. 10
at 1880, in Agricultural Hall, con-
Quoted by Mrs. Raymond r. Atkins
of Lewes, a member of the Sussex
Gardeners Club of the Cape Hen
lopn area. Mrs. Atkins will serve as
chairman and cordinator and in
troduce the other speakers who in
clude three other expert arrang-
ers, Mrs. Lowry Dunzier, Cheny,
Pa, Miss Carol Landa of Longwood
Gardens, and Mrs. Nancy Kelsey of
Newark. The program is open to
the public and is expected to be
well attended by Home Demonstra-
tion clubs, garden clubs and other
interested in the art of flower ar
rangement.
Mrs. Atkins is making plans to
conduct a flower arranging course
here in March in the Social Hall OF
Lewes Presbyterian Church. The
class will be limited she says and
will consist of four weekly sessions.
She will not only demonstrate ar
ranging but will teach color, des-
ign and mechanics of the art. She
is one of the best known arrangers
in this section having won many
blue ribbons in flower shows here
and all over the Delmarva PEN
insula and Eastern Shore of Mary
land.
Ford NJ. Warrington, president of
the Sussex Trust Company has an
nounced promotions for two women
bankers at the Lewes office.
Miss Edna Short has been pro-
NOTED from assistant secretary to
assistant cashier. Mrs. Madeline r.
Stango has been promoted to as
sistant secretary.
Miss Short was born in Lewes
and graduated from Lewes High
School. In July 1914 she accepted
a position with the Sussex Trust
Company of Lewes In 1945 she was
made assistant secretary in the
bank. She is a member of the AS
sOciation of Bank Women and of
the American Institute of Banking.
Mrs. Stango was born in Normal,
ILL., In 1852 she moved to Lewes,
Del, when her husband opened the
Western Auto Associate Store. Mrs.
Stango taught school in Lewes in
1856 1857 and in July 1857 she ac-
cepted position with the Sussex
Trust Company, Lewes. She is a
member of the American institute
of Banking.
Thrifty, patriotic-minded boys
and girls of the Lewes Elementary
School purchased $1,400 worth of
Defense Savings Stamps during the
first half of the present school
year.
The defense stamp program is
sponsored by the Lewes Parent
Teacher Association under the di-
rection of Mrs. Norman B. Baylis.
Her assistants this semester have
been Mrs. Robert j. Kennedy, Mrs.
Archie B. Brittingham, Mrs. Edison
Y. Lodge, Jr., Mrs. ID. Anthony
Potter and Mrs. Robert Yost.
Stamp Day" is held each Wednes-
day. Approximately 125 children
purchased stamps.
The Lewes Special School DNs-
trict dismissed classes at / d. m.
today, Thursday, so that the tea
chers may attend a meeting in
Seaford in the afternoon.
At the meeting Lewes teachers
will have an opportunity to exam
Inc text books and other instruc-
uonal material to be on display.
over forty companies will have
teaching material on display.
On January "a, 1860, Mr.. Horace
t. Culver, manager of the meat de-
partment, in the Lewes Acme store,
was presented with a Quarter of A
Century pin for % years of service
by the American Store Co. The pre-
sentation was made at dinner and
business meeting of the Eastern
Shore Acme managers, held at the
Dover Hotel, Dover.
Attending from Lewes, were Mr..
Howard o. Greene anG Mr.. Ralph
Karl.
The Beebe Hospital of Sussex
County has opened Pharmacy in
the Shaw Building in the section
fronting on Savannah Road. Milton
p. Lewis, who has had about forty
years experience as a qualified
pharmacist, is now operating this
needed new addition. Mr.. Lewis
will not only fill prescriptions, but
he will be in charge of the coordin-
ating and purchasing of drugs,
which means he will interview
statesmen and thus relieve one of
the medical staff.
AL Stango, chairman for the ST.
Peters Ball, has announced that
Tommy fuckers Orchestra will
furnish the music for the dance,
which will be held in the Field
House of Fort Miles, April 22nd.
Other details and committees are
being formed and will be announced
at later date.
Funeral services for George S.
Messersmith, 76, u. S. career dipIo-
mat and former teacher in Della
ware schools were held at g u. m.