A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > Delaware > Sussex http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=642 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=51224 Submitted by: Harrison H Howeth Article Title: Philadelphia Inquirer Article Date: December 14 1912 Article Description: Lewes Woman Fills Health Officer Post. Article Text: Lewes, Del., Dec. 13, 1912: Fillling the position of Health Officer for the town in the absence of her husband, who was elected, MRS. CLARA M. BARTLETT has now been officially appointed to the position and is the only woman officer of the kind in the State. JAMES BARTLETT, her husband, was health officer for several years but during many trips out of town, Mrs Bartlett acting as deputy filled the position satisfactorly. This week her husbands health compeled him to leave town indefinitely and council appointed Mrs Bartlett to he position. She is considered a most efficient officer. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ DE-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com