Milford chronicle., 1962-03-30
LEWES

An assessment of the e C n
flood and storm damages in Le-
ives due to the March 6, Z north
easter has been compiled by John
Richardson, Lewes police commits
siOner. Or the total of 440 homes
in the beachfront area over 800 or
more were damaged, he says.
This included $2775,0 900 in damag-
es to houses and furniture.
Business damages came to $9S,345,
and road damages $4,000.
The Lewes Canal bridge damage
was not included as this is the
property of the state. The town
expects a new bridge to be built
but to date it has not been de-
termined whether a new one will
replace the present bridge leading
to Lewes Beach, or will supple
ment it and give Lewes two
bridges from the mainland to the
beachfront, which has been an OBJ
jective of the Lewes Chamber of
Commerce for some time.
When the present bridge was
put out of commission at the
height of the storm, Mayor Otis H.
Smith, owner of the Fish Products
Co., lent his repair crew and fur
nished steel lating to make neces-
sary emergency repairs on o n e
side Of the damaged bridge for a
one lane passage across it.
Work continues on the million
| dollar sewer program in L e w S
Beach. The beach area will be con-
nected with the new disposal plant
still under construction. The Sc
wer will pass under the canal to
serve the beach homes. No ap-
preciable damage was cause by the
storm.
A two headed turtle was found
by Mrs. Viola Fisher after the re-
| cent storm, in the garden of her
home Green Hill Lighthouse"
located on Pilot Town Road in Le-
ives. Mrs. Fisher was working in
her flower garden and lifted a pot
| which she had used to protect her
| flower buds from the winter
weather, and there was Mr. Two
Head ready to go into action. He,
she or it, is very active and is
constantly on the move i'll its new
home, which is a large Hawaiian
style turtle bowl.
Mrs. Fishers son, Sgt. Lou Fish
er and 1t Emory Birmingham,
both of the Lewes Police Depart
ment, and Police Commissioner
Jack Richardson, had the terrapin
out for an airing on Monday of
last week and there was no doubt
this valuable little specimen was
we'll guarded. Sgt. Fisher stated
that diamond back terrapins of
this species could grow to a Is
inch size, and that they are usual
ly salt water turtles and are sell
dom found around where fresh
water flows, such as by the creek
near his home. He said that Mr..
healthy condition now but if
something should happen and t
passed on to Turtleland he in
tends to have it embalmed or pet
rified. 1t. Birmingham explained
the turtle was about elev n
months old because turtle eggs are
usually laid in the spring and the
warm sun matches them. Thus Mr..
Two Head should have been born
about late last April.
Although it has been designat-
ed this diamond back terrapin
specimen as Mrs, there is still
the question to be decided Wheth-
er the two heads are both male,
or both female or one head is
male and the other female In this
case it is not known whether two
heads are better than one. T h e
opinion is that it might be a prob
lem for calling Doc Ben Casey or
Doc Kildare.
Mr. and Mrs Willis Lofland Sr.,
o f. LeweS, announce t h en-
gagement of their daughter, Ruth
E. Lofland, ito John Martin Walls,
of Lewes. Miss. Lofland attended
Lewes Special School She is now
employed by Fred l.. Myers and
Company of Lewes Mr.. Walls is a
graduate of Lewes Special School
class of 1857. He is now employed
by the State Highway Department.
A fall wedding is planned
Miss Edna Short, secretary of
the Commissioners of Lewes has
announced that the Board of Pub
lie Works will hold an election on
Saturday ADril 18th hetwepn n O