Milford chronicle., 1963-03-22

marked by many changes. m
1888, the now DR.. Lewis moved
his small family to Lima, N. Y,
where he set UP rural general
practice. A second son, Eric
Kark, was born at Lima In
March Of 1884 and a third son,
David Howe, was born in
November of the following year
at Leicester, a small community
where DR.. Lewis had recently
set UP practice.
The Lewises moved to Penn
yam, a community of 5000, In
1888 and here the Lewis chill
dren numbering four as re-
suit Of the arrival of Alan Tay-
lor In 1899 did most of their
growing-up.
For the next fourteen years,
Mrs. Lewis attention and ac-
tivities were largely centered
about her family. Yet these were
busy years with each child
studying a different musical in
strument. AS local instruction
became Inadequate, 1t fell to
Mrs. Lewis lot to drive the
boys to the Eastman School OF
Music at Rochester, SIS miles
away, every Saturday morning,
and to various recitals, school
band rehearsals and concerts
and regional music competitions
on other occasions. DENLY and
Eric starred on the football team
and David on the track team,
and Mrs. Lewis was nearly al
ways among the spectators
whenever any of her boys per-
formed.
Yet, Mrs. Lewis found time
for other activities. She sang in
the church choir, taught Sunday
School and was active in the Wo-
mems Society of her church. She
was a Den Mother for Cub Scouts
and served as president of the
local P. T. A. During the war
years, she assisted with the
ssBundles for Britain" program
and trained Red Cross Nurses
Aides while also serving as m
structor in Nursing Ethics in
the newly organized School of
Nursing at nearby Keuka Col
lege.
In 1852, DR.. Lewis responded
to a call from Crisfield, Mary
land, which, at the time, was
experiencing a critical need for
doctors, and the Lewises left
their beloved Penn Yam for what
was to them a distant and
strange area. The two oldest
Lewis boys were by that time
enrolled in college, leaving Just
David and Alan at home.
Quickly adapting themselves
to their new home, the Lewises,
for the next three years, en-
tered into the civic and social
life Of Crisfield. David became
captain of Crisfield's first foot
ball team with brother Alan as
a teammate, and Mrs. Lewis
resumed her former role of No.
! rooter for her boys and their
teams. AS David was within one
year of graduation in violin from
the Eastman School, arrange
ments were made to have him
finish at Peabody School of
Music In Baltimore and so for
one year he and his mother got
up every Saturday at 4:30 am.
to drive 120 miles for an 500
am. class; David subsequently
played in the graduation exer-
cises and was awarded a medal
for excellence In violin. Mean
while, Mrs. Lewis resumed her
P. T. A. activities and became,
in turn, County Chairman Of the
p. It. A. and later State Health
Chairman for the Maryland Con-
gress of Parents and Teachers.
In the Spring Of 1855, DR..
Lewis decided to limit his prac-
tice to anesthesiology and ac-
cepted an offer to take over as
anesthesiologist at the Nanti-
coke Memorial Hospital at Sea-
ford, Delaware. Upon moving to
Seaford, Mrs. Lewis became ac-
tive in church work (choir,
W.S.C.S.); in the affairs of the
local, county and state medical
society auxiliaries; and in the
activities of various civic and
women's organizations.
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