Smyrna times., 1963-03-21

second year in medical school
She subsequently assumed the
position of Assistant Superin-
tendent of Nurses at the Infant
Summer Hospital in Rochester,
where her husband was ther
pursuing his medical studies,
Later she accepted an app
ointment as assistant Superin-
tendent of Nurses at Clifton
Springs Sanitarium and contin-
ued in this position until 1890
when she resigned and became
"just a house wife,. In March
of 1882, the Lewis first son,
Robert DENLY, was born.
The years that followed we're
marked by many changes. h
1888, the now DR.. Lewis moved
his small family to Lima, N. Y,
where he set up a rural gen.
eral practice. A second son.
Eric Karl, was born at Lima
in March of 1884 and third
son, David Howe, was born In
November of the following year
at Leicester, a small commu-
nifty where DR.. Lewis had re-
Gently set up practice.
The Lewises moved TO Penn
Yam, a community of 5000 ir
1888 and here the Lewis chill
dren--numbering four as result
of the arrival of Alan Taylor
in l939--didmost of their grow
ing-up.
For the next fourteen years,
Mrs. Lewis attention and ac-
dvities we're largely centered
about her family. Yet these
we're busy years with each child
studying a different musical
instrument. AS local instruc-
ion became inadequate, 1t fell
to Mrs. Lewis lot to drive
the boys TO the Eastman School
of Music at Rochester, Smiles
away, every Saturday morning,
and to various recitals, school
band rehearsals and concerts
and regional music compe-
idons on other occasions. Den
by and Eric starred on the foot
ball team and David on the
track team and Mrs. Lewis
was nearly always among the
spectators whenever any of her
boys performed.
Yet, Mrs. Lewis found time
for other activities. She sang
in the church choir, taught Sum
day School and was active In
the Women's 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 as
sisted with the Bundles for
Britain" program and trained
Red Cross Nurses Aides while
also servin. as Instructor ir
Nursing Ethics in the newly
organized School of Nursing
at nearby Keuka College.
In 1882, DR.. Lewis re-
sponded to a call from Girls
field, Maryland, which, at the
time, was experiencing cri-
tical 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>a,
home.
Quickly adapting themselves
to their new home, the Lew
ises, for the next three years,
entered into the civic and So
cial life of Crisfield. David
became captain of Crisfield's
first football team with brother
Alan as a teammate, and Mrs.
Lewis resumed her former role
of No. l rooter for her boys
and their teams. AS David was
within one year of graduation
In violin from the Eastman
School, arrangements we're
made to have him finish at Pea
body School of Music in Bal
timore and so for one year he
and his mother got up every
Saturday at 4:30 am. to drive
l20 miles for an s am. class;
David subsequently played in
the graduation exercises and
was awarded a medal for ex-
cellence In violin. Meanwhile,
Mrs. Lewis resumed her P.T.A.
activities and became In turn,
County Chairman of the P.T.A.
and later State Health Chair
man for the Maryland Congress