Milford chronicle., 1962-07-13
LEWES

| tinction among boat racing en-
| thusiasts. She has been given a
salute for finishing last.
''The Judges were SO happy to
see me finally cross the finish line
so they could go home that they
shot off the fun" laughs good
humored Ruth.
A member of the Lewes Yacht
Club. Mrs. Beebe confines h r
nautical ventures a IS sai1f sh, "
which might be described as a
surfboard with a sail.
Every Sunday the yacht clubs
sailfish fleet forms C o i o RI u
armada and participates in two
races. The first is for juni o r
members and the second for every
one beyond high school age In the
latter category both men and wo-
men vie for honors.
1--WE once had a special race
each Sunday for women, and
| have finished second in it," says
Mrs. Beebe. 81 don't do as we'll
against men. Actually, I stopped
racing last year but think I'll go
back to it this summer"
The Beebes own two nodded
fibre glass sailfish named "Ruja, :"
for Mrs. Beebe and her husband
DR.. James r. Beebe, Jr., and
"Ruhbarb,' because, as Mrs. Beebe
explains, my family says I'm al
ways arguing about the racing
rules"
Mrs. Beebe's 16-year-old son,
Richard, was junior sailfi s h
champion last year, and her 12-
year-old son, Kirk, also races in
the junior division. Daughter, Nina,
Z, enjoys sailing as much as her
brothers and parents.
The Beebes have lived at Lewes
Beach for II years, but just got
the boating fever five years ago.
1--WE had a young friend in town
who was very good sailor, and
he let us go out on his boat" Mrs
Beebe says. 1--WE decided to build
a sailfish of our own from a kit
We called it "Rikini," using the
first two letters of each of our
children's names"
Maneuvering a sailfish isn't as
easy as it sometimes looks to a
non-Sailor.
They're very tricky" according
to Mrs Beebe IF you have a
heavy wind or sea, they're hard
to hold, especially for a woman" ="
Mrs. Beebe has always b e n
athletically-inclined. She h a a
golf story that is hard to top.
81 had only played six or seven
times and was with friends when
I hit ball over the water on one
of Rehoboth's shorter holes and
couldn't find it." she smiles. 1--WE
looked everywhere. Someone sug-
gested looking in the cup, an d
there it was, a hole-in-one. [ got
a medal for that"
A hobby she enjoys when she
has time is painting, and every
Christmas she paints a large scene
on the picture window in her
living room.
81 use tempera paints and usual
ly copy a Christmas card" she
says. i've painted a fat Santa
with little tiny feet and one year
l painted three toy soldiers play
ing musical instruments. My only
complaint is that 1 have to paint
on the outside of the window since
it has no partitions, and | get
awfully cold"
Mrs. Beebe also paints in water
colors and concentrates on scenes
around Lewes.
Among her present activities she
lists Dewes area ticket chairman
for the All-Star football ga m e,
Lewes Beach area ticket chair
man for the Beebe Hospital AuXil-
fary's annual ball, Lewes Beach
PTA membership chairman, and a
member of the house committee as
we'll as membership o m m i
chairman of the Lewes Yacht Club.
She is also on the Altar Guild of
st. Peters Episcopal Church and
a member of st. Anne's Guild
A registered nurse, Mrs. Beebe
sometimes acts as a vacation re-
lief nurse at the Beebe Hospital
Clinic in Lewes. Her husband is
the hospitals chief surgeon.
Born in Wilmington, Mrs. Beebe
moved to Rehoboth when she was
in the sixth grade, and prior to
that had spent every summer in
the beach area. Her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Ernest Van Pelt, still live
in Rehoboth.
After high school graduation she
attended Mary Washington College
for a year and then went into
nurses training at Beebe Hospital
Besides nursing in Lewes she has
been supervisor at Philadelphia
Lying-in Hospital and the Burling-
ton County Hospital in Mount Hol-
ly, N. J.
Outgoing and congenia1, Mrs
Beebe is a person who can laugh
at herself and enjoys people.
Her oldest son gave her a slight
jolt recently when he announced
that one of the projects of the
junior committee of the Lew s.
Yacht Club was going to be fam
lily water skiing contest.
Good gosh," laughs Ruth Beebe,
'once a year on Labor Day I used
to water ski just to show the kids
I could still do it, but now I'm
scared to death"
Progress being made on t h e
new wing of the Beebe Hospital
was explained by Frank L. Larsen,
business administrator to the Lew
es Rotary Club last Monday night
Mr.. Larsen said the work is pro-
crossing nicely, and that he hopes