REHOBOTH – INDIAN BEACH
CLUB HOUSE
1944
The Rehoboth-Indian Beach
clubhouse, south of Rehoboth, once a swanky summer
rendezvous for Delaware's
elite, a ocean front modernistic clubhouse, built in 1939,
sold at a public sale to
A. Felix duPont of Rehoboth in 1943.
For the summer of 1944, A
Felix duPont has permitted the entire property it to be leased
by the St. James School
of Lydia, Maryland for their summer session for boys of near
draft age.
The compound will serve as
an excellent place for a rigorous academic program for boys
soon to be drafted who
have desire to secure additional credit or make up past works.
It also provides favorable
conditions for outside exercise and relaxation. .
The several 'beach houses'
of the compound will be used for quarters for the young boys.
The nearby Rehoboth
Country Club will offer facilities for the students to golf and
play
tennis.
The 102 year old St. James
School of Maryland, is a Episcopal boarding school located
in Washington county
Maryland near Hagerstown .
The Rehoboth Chamber of
Commerce , through it's treasurer , Mae Hall McCabe, was
responsible for securing
the the summer vacation school for near draft age boys, at the
resort.
Abstract: July 20, 2018,
by Harrison H. from Wilmington News Journal , Tuesday,
April 25 1944.
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