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Milford chronicle., 1963-09-20

In 1875, Duke of York grants
had been issued to people named
Npshaven, MoelStren Pieters,
Tom and Wiltbanck, covering the
land along Lewes Greek from
Canary Greek to Pilot Town.
After the re-opening of the road
by court order in 1857, the bury
ing ground became a public ceme-
terry at least until 1893. The
cemetery plot over grown by
weeds for many years, was ex-
cavated by the Sussex County
Archaeological Association In
1852 to 1855. Under all the
rubble, the diggers found four
unmarked graves. They assumed
these interments were probably
from the second Dutch settlement
at Lewes in 1858. The old ceme-
terry contained nine marked
graves. The old sandstone slab
bore the name Of John Jacobs
who died in 1871. The latest
stone was that of Sarah Art,
Milford chronicle., 1963-09-20

Some Lewes citizens have
taken a firm stand against using
the Unknown Sailors Cemetery
land for construction of a high
way linking the proposed ferry
dock with the Delaware main
land. They may find solace In
the knowledge another old grave
yard was involved In a hassle
at the end of the 18th. century :
and the graveyard's still there.
That dispute concerned the
"Ancient Burying Ground" on
Pilot Town Road, Sussex County.
Court records OF 1887 described
the places as the only known
ancient place of aburying ground
for the town of LeweS.
+ A prominent farmer of the
area, Jonathan Bailey, acquired
the cemetery land as part OF
his farm in 1885. He closed the
road to the cemetery and the
marshes beyond. The move
stirred protests and the issue
finally went to court. A court
order compelled Bailey to set
aside one acre of the burial
ground for further intermentS
Now the cemetery is owned by
St. Peters Episcopal Church
here, having been donated to the
church by the late Mrs. Mar
shall Bertrand.
After the church acquired
ownership, Benjamin j. Albert
son, Jr., was buried there or
April %, 1851.
Milford chronicle., 1963-09-20

serve, develop and utilize such
resources for the benefit and
enjoyment of the American
people.
Special historical exhibits pre-
pared by the Lewes pilots were
on display in the Burton Ingram
and Maull houses for the Second
Preservation Conference held In
Lewes this past Saturday, Sept
ember l4th. Featured among
these exhibits were examples Of
the work of Antonio Jacobsen,
famed marine painter of the
10Th. century. Among Jacobsen's
paintings exhibited were those
showing schooners and vessels,
/ including pilot boats of the LeWes
Area. Many Of the paintings have
been in the families of the pilots
| for years and were assembled
for the first time. The display
included ship models, brass
cannon used to fire SaluteS,
brass telescopes, old quadr ants
and a mahogany ships wheel.
In the Cannon Ball House.
there was an exhibit Of old hand
tools assembled by Franklin
which date back to the 18th
century.
The wedding of Miss Linda
Mae Robinson, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. j. Frank Robinson,
Lewes, and Mr.. Ronald Wilmer
Souder, son of Mrs. Wilmer
Souder, Lewes and the late Mr..
Souder, took place Sunday after
noon, September 8, at 2 Pm. in
the Bethel Methodist Church,
Lewes, with Rev. VIM. Hudson,
officiating. A reception followed
the ceremony at the Lewes Yacht
Club.
The bride was given In marri-
age by her father.
Miss Patricia Knotts, Newark,
was maid of honor. Bridesmaids
were Mrs. James F. Robinson,
sister-in-law of the bride, Fort
Dix, n. J., and Mrs. Michael
Wertz, LeWes. Flower girls were
Miss Lisa Monigle and Miss Jane
Monigle, cousins of the bride,
Short Hills, N. J.
Mr.. Donald Burton, Lewes,
brother-in-law of the groom, was
best man. Ushers were, Mr..
James F. Robinson, brother of
the bride, Fort Dix, Nj, Mr..
David Robinson, brother of the
bride, Lewes, Mr.. Fred Carlsten
and Mr.. Howard Greene, Lewes.
The bride is a 1868 graduate
of the Beebe Hospital School
Of Nursing, Lewes. The groom
served two years In the U. S.
Air Force and is presently en-
ployed at the Seaford Nylon
Plant. Both are graduates Of
Lewes High School. The couple
is now residing near Seaford,
Delaware.
Archie B. Brittingham, presi-
dent of Lewes Dairy, said last
week that he will employ a sur
veyor to determine the actual
boundaries of the Unknown Sail
ors Cemetery at Lewes.
An opponent of the proposed
Milford chronicle., 1963-09-20

Cape May : Lewes Ferry term
tnal site at the Coast Guard
Station, said the boundaries of
the cemetery as set by the leg
tslature In 1899, should be mark
ed SO that the public will know
Just how much of the cemetery
would be disturbed by the ferry
approaches. Last Monday, three
longtime Lewes residents in
sisted that they knew bodies were
buried there. Brittingham said
he has found two more persons
and expects that many more will
come forward, who have SINH
lar knowledge.
Their testimony, he said, off
sets the contention of William
j. Miller, Jr., director of oper-
ations Of the Delaware River
and Bay Authority, and Lewes
Mayor Otis H. Smith that no
human burials were ever made
In the cemetery and that any
bones found there were animal
bones.
Brittingham said he had been
assured by Mrs. Henry P. Mar
Shall and Mrs. VIM. T. Atkins,
both of Lewes, that they knew
the site was used as cemetery.
He quoted Mrs. Atkins as say
ing that her late husband who
was funeral director, had
actually buried sailors in the
plot many years ago. Britting-
ham also said Mrs. Marshall,
who was raised at Cape Hen
lOpen and was familiar with the
whole area between the cape
and Lewes, told him she could
point out the places where bod
les had been buried.
Opponents of the proposed
Lewes ferry terminal road may
find solution to their problems
and support for their cause by
delvtng into historic records
concerning another old ceme-
terry.
Milford chronicle., 1963-09-20

ington. others were Gov. Ebert
N. Carvel, State Planner John
A. Bivins, Jr., and Peter Gedof,
Jr., state superintendent of
parks.
McDowell'S Bill, HR- 6678, has
two sections:- One provides for
the return of l55 Ft. Miles acres
without cost to the state, since
they were ceded without cost.
The other provides for the re-
turn of the remainder of $50
acres declared surplus at cost
paid by the government for the
land In l94l.
In a statement prepared for
the committee, Mcdowell said
that the enactment of his bill
will protect the public and fos-
ter the National interest. The
bill will not disturb the acreage
remaining within the reservation
which the Department Of Defense
will continue to use for national
defense purposes, he said. The
bill would relieve the federal
government of the need and heavy
cost of providing suitable re
creation areas for all citizens
In Delaware and for those re-
siding in nearby states, he said.
Mcdowell points out that Del
aware, unlike most states, does
not have a single national sea-
shore recreation area, a single
national park or a single nation
al recreation Of any kind.
Mcdowell said that the de-
partment of the Army and the
Bureau of the Budget offer no
objections to this Legislation. He
also noted that his bill is con-
sistent with the recommends
tionS of the Outdoor Recreation
Resources Review Commission.
It's report urges that surplus
federal lands suitable for out
door recreation purposes be
made available to state and To-
cal governments with appropri-
ate reversion clauses.
Mcdowell, In statement, also
called attention to the law re-
Gently signed by President Ken
nedy which establishes as pub
lie policy the desirability that
all the American people, both
present and future generations,
be assured adequate outdoor re-
creation resources. The law also
says 1t IS appropriate for all
levels Of government and prt-
vate interests to take prompt
and co-ordinated action to cor
Milford chronicle., 1963-09-20

cause of death was not known,
pending an autopsy. Police have
released a description in the
hopes of identifying the dead
man. The man was white, about
40 years old and 5 feet 8 l/2
inches tall, and weighed about
l60 pounds. He had brown hair.
He was dressed in a blue and
white striped shirt, blue or
black work pants and brown low
cut work shoes spattered with
paint. He had blue, green and
red Marine emblem tattooed on
his right forearm.
The body was spotted floating
about 5 Pm. in the bay by the
East Hampton, a menhaden fish
ing boat belonging to Fish Pro-
ducts Co., LeweS. The skipper
radioed the Lewes Coast Guard
life boat station, which dispatch
ed a 4O-foot cutter to where
the body floated In the bays
shipping lanes. The Coast Guards
men fished the body from the
bay and turned 1t over to Sussex
County Coroner Vollie G. Gray
at the Boat Haven, Lewes, at
6:l5 pm. It was transferred to
the mortuary at the Hospital
for the Mentally Retarded at
Stockley for the autopsy, to be
performed by Dr.. Otakar j.
Pollak. At this date no one has
claimed the body.
Delaware wants only "tradi-
tional, fair and equitable treat
ment" In asking return of ex-
cess land at Ft. Miles, U. S.
Rep. Harris B. Mcdowell, Jr.,
told Congressional Investigators
last Wednesday. The Democratic
congressman was the first Of
five Delawareans to testify last
Wednesday before the sub-com-
mittee Of the Armed Services
Committee Of the House In Wash
Milford chronicle., 1963-09-20
LEWES

Lawrence B. Knapp Of Nassau
has succeeded Harold w. T
Purnell Of Georgetown, as chair
man of the LeweS Memorial
Commission, under which Lewes
Zwaanendael Museum functions.
Purnell, who had been chairman
since 1856, resigned because OF
the pressure of other business.
Named to the commission In
1861, Knapp had been serving
on the building committee be-
fore his election as chairman.
Mrs. Robert H. Orr was elected
Vice chairman and State
Archivist Leon de Valinger was
renamed secretary.
The commission considered
arrangements for placing In the
museum the Goblin Tapestry anC
a silver model Of a whaling
vessel. The tapestry belonged
to Capt. David Peterson DeVrieS,
promoter of the Dutch expedi-
ton which landed at Lewes In
1851. The model is a ship SINH
lar to the one used by DeVrieS
On his whaling ventures on
American shores. The pieces
are to be presented to the mu-
scum in November.
Z An attendance of 1890 was
reported at the museum during
the recent fiscal year, an in
crease Of 77o over the previous
year.
2 The decomposed body Of an
unidentified man was ftshed out
Of Delaware Bay last Tuesday,
nine miles due north of Roose-
velt inlet here. The body, be-
Heved to have been in the water
a month or more, was missing
a foot and part Of leg. Exact
Milford chronicle., 1963-09-20
For ElNAL RESTING

DIES MONIES, Iowa (AP)- Don
E. Bermann Of Des Moines was
driving on an Iowa highway be-
tween independence and Halle
ton in the northeast part of the
state. He spotted sign which
said crest Area"
Bermann followed the arrow
and found himself at the entrance
Of a Gene terry.
Milford chronicle., 1963-09-20
who died 81 1897.

who died IN 1877.
Some believe the unknown
cemetery, approximately III feet
east of Lewes Coast Guard Sta
tion on the Delaware Bay shore,
contained some 800 graves. The
presence of the cemetery was
disclosed IN 1899 with the find
ing of human bones disterred by
heavy seas against the shore.
The cemetery project and monu-
ment became forgotten issue
until the ferry project arose.
Milford chronicle., 1963-09-20
NON-GROUP MEMBERSHIP

IMPORTANT: You may apply if you are seIf-em,
poyed unemployed, or work where there are fewer
than 10 employees. Call your nearest Blue Cross and
Blue Shield office for information and application,
which will be mailed to you immediately. New men,
berships effective December l, 1868.
Milford chronicle., 1963-09-20
GROUP MEMBERSHIP

IMPORTANT: You may apply for any membership
available Get full details now from the person who
handles Blue Cross and Blue Shield where you work.
Or. to form a group where there are or more
employees contact your nearest Blue Cross and
Blue Shield office. New memberships effective
November l, 1868
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-19
Appraisers Sponsor
4 Pencil Sessions
Melting Snow

Hydronic heating Cheating
with hot water can help elm
mate the task Of snow shovel
ing. Hydronic snow melting
is easily installed when a new
house Is under construction or
where walks and drives al
ready exist.
Pipe coils, similar to those
In a radiant heating system,
are embedded in the walks
and driveway. Heated water,
containing an anti-freeze So
luton, is circulated through
the coils to melt snow and ice
before it cakes. The water is
heated indirectly by a heat
exchanger connected with the
boiler.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-19
Montgomery Realtors
Cite Post Presidents

j. Ingram Medley, Ralph
p. Ripley, c. r. Graham and
A. ]. Kessinger have received
honorary membership certifi-
Gates from the Montgomery
County Board Of Realtors.
John H. Beers. president,
announced that the four, all
past presidents Of the board,
were hOnored for meritorious
service to the board and to
the community.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-19
Seasonal
SIeepers

Are picnic baskets, bever-
age coolers, patio candles and
barbecue tools alternating in
your kitchen:
If they are off duty until
spring, the Gas Appliance
Manufacturers Association ad-
vises that you store them in
the attic or basement, out Of
the way.
II you wrap them in trans
parent plastic film they'll stay
clean and you won't need Ia
bels to find them quickly next
season.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-19

Inquire about Reynolds unique
Trade-ln Plan on your present
home and the special Swear
Buy Back Plan. Quality con.
Struction and workmanship
guaranteed.
This well established commun.
ity is only minutes from new
Cabin John Bridge, Chain
Bridge and Key Bridge. 1t is
also convenient to excellent
shopping, schools and churches.
Also available are center.hall
and slit-foyer ramblers, split
levels and true center.hall
Colonials.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-19

Florida Chain PIons
Restaurant in D. c.
The Embers Restaurant
chain, operating in four Flor
ida cities, has signed a long
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Realty Revue
Reoty Revue
Prince Georges dominates Moore

: Andrew ]. Moore, has been
nominated for president Of
the Prince Georges County
Board Of Realtors, it was an
nounced this week by Frank
K. HALEY, IT,, the incumbent.
Others in line for election at
the membership meeting No
vember 7 are Edgar c. Hilley,
for first vice president; Abra-
ham Chasanow, second vice
president; T. D. Burgess, sec
rotary, and Lee A. Cohee, IT,,
treasurer.
Two Of the following will
be elected to the board Of
directors: Karl A. Baranek,
John H. Hughes, Joseph H.
Jacobs, William c. Knopf,
Eugene W. LaRochelle, Fred
eric B. Lauterbach, E. W.
Peterson and James ". Rog-
ers, F.
The meeting at the Oak
crest Country Club will begin
at $50 pm.
Stote Rsaltors Elect
Lloyd COotes Today
Lloyd r. Coates Of Hyatts-
vile was to be elected today
president Of the Maryland As
sociation Of Real Estate
Boards at the groups annual
meeting in Hagerstown.
Others expected to be
named are William o. Hayes,
IT,, Of Baltimore, vice presi-
dent; Hamilton L. DaShiell,
Cambridge, secretary, and c.
Windsor Miller, Silver Spring,
treasurer.
Directors representing the
Prince Georges County Board
Of Realtors will be Abraham
Chasanow, Frank X. HALEY,
IT., Edward c. HiIley and An
drew ]. Moore. c. william
Payne and Max c. Schwartz
will represent Anne Arundel
County.
The Montgomery County
Realtors placed John G.
Beers, Leonard N. Raffell,
AdOIph C. ROhland and Carl
r. Sturges on the Statewide
group.
Mr.. Coates was born and
educated in Hyattsville. A
graduate Of the American In
stitute Of Banking, he has
been In the real estate and
building business for more
than so years. He Is a vice
president Of Edward r.
Carr, Inc, Of Washington.
Mr.. Coates is a past presi-
dent Of the Prince Georges
County Board Of Realtors and
is now a director Of the county
Chamber Of Commerce and
Boys Club and Of the Home
Builders Association Of Metro
politan Washington.
Appraisers Sponsor
4 Ponsl Sessions
The American Institute Of
Real Estate Appraisers is
sponsoring four panel discus
sions in conjunction with the
annual convention Of the
National Association Of Real
Estate Boards, to be held in
Chicago November lila.
The sessions, to be held
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-19

Hugh A. Motheson
and John S. Devine,
both former investi-
sotors for the D. c.
Reel Estate Commits
sion, have opened q
realty brokerage office
at 1880 jefferson
place NV. Mr..
Matheson was with the
commission for neorIy
six years, and Mr..
Devine for three years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-19

sued by James L. Dixon &
Co. and Is available free upon
request 70 the firm ct 11l4
Eighteenth street NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-19

term lease for a restaurant
In the office building being
erected at the northwest cor
ner Of Nineteenth and NJ
streets NV.
Max JeWeler Of Snider
Brothers, Inc, brought the
chain and the buildres to-
together. The restaurant, to
be opened early in 1864, viii
seat $50 to 600 persons and
will specialize in hickory
cooked American food.
GFeenhoot Manosins
New Mclean Center
GreenhOot, Inc, has been
named to handle the leasing
and property management Of
the new four-Story Mclean
(Va.) Medical Center.
The building, containing 20
offices, is occupied mainly by
a group Of Virginia physi-'
clans. They bought the
ground and erected the build
ing.
Laurel Seen as Center
OF New Metropolis
"a Hale Of Three Cities" is
the name Of a pamphlet pre-
dieting that Laurel will be-
come the center Of a new
Greater Baltimore aShing-
ton metropolitan area.
With Washington now
ranked as the Nations 10th
largest metropolitan area and
Baltimore 18th, the two COM
bined are seen as making up
the fifth largest urban COM
pick In the country.
The pamphlet has been is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-19

November II and Is, are on
highway condemnation pro-
ceedings, condominiums,
multifamily housing and the
office building market. Wash
ington speakers will be C.
Franklin Daniels Of the Fed
eral Housing Administration
and DR.. Homer HOyt.
Capitol Appraisers
To Heor Col. Kelley
Col. Roy W. Kelley, head Of
the Baltimore District Of the
Army Corps Of Engineers,
will address the Washington
Chapter of the Society Of
Real Estate Appraisers Mon
day at a $50 dinner meet
ing at the Presidential Arms.
Col. Kelley will discuss the
corps report on the Potomac
River Basin and show a film,
Twentieth Century River"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-19
HILLS
of VIRGINIA
Elegant Residential Oasis Minutes from Heart Of D. c.
From S59,o5O to $s9,9sO

Live in the gracious Colonial Virginia Enjoy old
time spacious entertaining Potomac Hills where homes
designed for grand scale comfort relatively low scale prices
Three bedroom homes with distinctive individual arch
lecture. prestige community with increasing value These
just few why $50 delighted families have already
chosen Potomac Hills
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Gregory BetoF Jeins
First Funding Corp.
Old Dominion Corp.
In LnraeE Qffieaa

The Old Dominion Manage
ment Corp. has moved to
new and larger offices at go
North Glebe road, Arlington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-19

sued by James L. Dixon &
Co. and Is available free upon
request to the firm ct liza
Eighteenth street NV.
YWcA oFfsrs couss
In Reel Estofe
Richard L. Stanton Of the
FLA viii conduct a series Of
seven weekly classes on real
estate fundamentals begin
ming Thursday from 2 to Q
pm. at the YWCA, Seven
teenth and K streets NV.
Prospective statesmen, home
buyers and sellers are in
vited to register for The
course. For information, call
NE. S-2100, Ext. %.
Gregory BetoF Joins
First Funding Corp.
Gregory A. Betor, q native
Of Washington, has joined the
residential loan department Of
the First Funding Corp. as
a loan officer.
Arthur POmpOniO, preSi-
dent, announced that Mr.. Be-
tor will originate and process
Montgomery County loans at
the Silver Spring office. He
was educated at the Univer-
sity Of Virginia and American
University, and was formerly
with the mortgage servicing
department Of Walker & Dun
lop.
Old Dominion Corp.
In Larger Offices
The Old Dominion Manage
ment Corp. has moved TO
new and larger offices at go
North Glebe road, Arlington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-19
Attorney TO Address
Management Group

Ralph S. Cunningham will
be the guest speaker Thurs
day at the 6 pm. dinner
meeting Of the Institute Of
Real Estate Management,
Greater Metropolitan Wash
ington chapter, at the Wind
sor Park Hotel.
Mr.. Cunningham, an attor-
ney, will speak on the Fed
eral minimum wage law.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-18

is split. The Intransigent Radi-
Gals. the party Of former Pred-
dent Frondizi, once formed q
united Radical Party with the
present Peoples Radical Party
Of ulia.
Today DR.. Frondizi Is work.
ing hard TO recapture the Lead
ership Of his own party he lost
during the election campaign
when the party machine re-
fused TO follow his lead in
forming q national front"
with the Peronists.
When Honeymoon VIII End
The honeymoon is bound to
end when the President puts
forward concrete proposals for
making Argentina the dynamic
''humanist democracy" he pro-
misses.
Economic recovery Is the
most pressing problem. Fortu-
nately room now exists for
quick new expansion. Despite
its political failings, the former
Frondizi government did lay
the groundwork for q modern
industrial machine during four
years in office.
Also for the first time In
years. Argentina has q substan-
tial 5000 million surplus in
foreign earnings this year
thanks mainly to q spectacular
rise in agricultural exports and
q drastic drop in imports due
to depression.
With the help Of the United
States, payments on the SO bill
lion foreign debt have also
been rescheduled through 1864
and 1865. Further United
States help comes in nearly
500 million in development aid
loans.
The problem is how to tran
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Funds for New
Adums-Morgun
Studyto be Asked

The District Commissioners
authorized the Redevelopment
Land Agency yesterday to re-
quest approximately $4,000 in
Federal funds for q new survey
to determine whether the
Adams-Morgan area Is stu eli.
gible for urban renewal.
The commissioners had de-
cided to do this last month, but
action was held up until the
city's legal office could submit
an opinion clarifying the ques-
ton Of what constitutes blight
under city and Federal laws.
The Urban Renewal Admin
istration win be asked to ap-
prove funds for the new
A amS-Morgan survey because
the commissioners want to be
certain the area qualities for
urban renewal before voting on
proposed renewal plan.
The survey is expected to
take from three to four
months. according to Phil A.
Doyle. RIA executive director.
A House District subcommit-
tee investigating Washington
renewal programs last July
questioned the eligibility Of the
Adams-Morgan neighborhood
for urban renewal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-18
ROYAL MARINES
PLAY FANFARE
USING RIFLES

LEE-oN-soLENT. Eng
land (AP)-Three Royal
Marine trumpeters played
q fanfare last night on
rifles.
The occasion was a fare
well banquet for Vice Ad-
miral Sir John Hamilton,
who is to be the Royal
Nays Mediterranean
commander.
The Marines removed
the bolts from the rifles
and fitted mouthpieces to
the muzzles.
IF we can shoot it."
said one Marine, I'VE can
play it."