Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1961-05-12
The 1861 Delaware
Tourist Season NOU
Well Underway
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homelife from 1910 to 1910 may
be seen in the Museum. Tour hours
are 10 q. IN. to y. m, Tuesday
through Saturday (only the gar
dens are open on Sundays). Win
terthur is only a few moments
drive northwest from Wilmington
on Delaware Route 81.
Particularly attractive at this
time of the year are the grounds
of the Hagley Museum. Located
on the BraKdywine River just a
short distance from Winterthur,
the Hagley Yard, where the famed
dupont enterprises were born,
presently offers profusion OF
spring flowers in natural settings.
The Museum, which features. in
dioramas and displays. the early
industry of this area, is open from
$3.50 a. nj. to 4:30 p. M, Tuesday
through Saturday, and between 1
p. m. and p. m. on Sunday.
The 47th annual Delaware Elk
hibition of Watercolors, Prints and
Drawings at the Art Center in
Wilmington opened May and
continues to June 4. The Reno
both Art League is also offering
outstanding exhibitions at its Hen
lopen Acres Studios in the Ma
tiOn's Summer Capital" each week
end during May.
The week end of May 12-13-14
offers a wide range of activity
choice with the 10th Annual Will
mington Flower Market, a COM
munity wide endeavor benefitting
children. in full bloom" at Rock
ford Park, Wilmington, on both
the 18th and 18th; TheArdensing-
ers' production of Gilbert and Sui
livan's "Ruddigore" at Gid Hall,
Arden; scholastic track meets at
Baynard Stadium. Wilmington,
and at the Dover High School, on
the 18th; an Alumni Reunion and
baseball game at the University of
Delaware, Newark, on the 18th !;
and New Castles Annual Flower
Mart, also on the 18th.
On Saturday. May 20, one may
exercise a wide range of choice
among such outstanding attrac-
tions as: Armed Forces Day OBJ
servances at the Dover Air Force
Base and at the New Castle Coun-
ty Airport; "A Day in Old New
Castle" when Delaware's colonial
capital additionally recaptures its
historic past and shares it with
others: the annual Brandywine
Rail Ramble, nostalgia rail tour
through the beautiful Brandywine
Valley; the annual May Hart. and
Horse Show at Seaford; and the
Annual Hospital Benefit Fair at
Milford.
Large crowds, including many
out-of-state visitors, are expected
at New Castle where the residents
Of Delaware's colonial capital, in
Dutch and early American attire,
open their museums, homes-aIfd
arms to those who would renew
acquaintance with or visit for the
first time what has been described
as one of Americas best presery-
ed colonial communities.
The approach of Memorial Day,
which, incidentally. is .appropri-
ately marked by parade and out
door patriotic exercises in many
Delaware communities. also brings
the opening of Delaware Park, ore
of Americas most beautiful thor
oughbred racing plants. A 54-day
meet at the Stanton track gets
underway on May %.
May % marks the opening of
the 1861 season at Delaware's bay
and ocean resorts, and the resi-
dents of Lewes. Rehoboth Beach,
Dewey Beach, Bethany Beach and
Fenwick Island are getting ready
for what is expected to be a rec
ord influx of early-season vaca-
tionists.
Also beginning May 81, boat
transportation will again be avail
able, week ends and holidays, from
Delaware City to historic Fort
Delaware on Pea Patch Island in
the Delaware River. This pictur-
esque old bastion. whose principal
| claim to fame is based upon its
having been used as a prison foi
Confederate prisoners during the
American Civil War, is developing
into one of the states greatest
tourist attractions; according tC
the Development Department.
The First States more than sc
well-stocked lakes and ponds, and
the briny surf of the Delaware
coast beckon to those who prefer
fishing to sightseeing or other
| forms of May activity.
Wherever one goes in Delaware
during May, or for that matter
any time of the year, warm wei.
come will accompany the invita-.
ton to See the First State
First" concludes the Development
| Department.
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