Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1928-03-02
Georgetown

Trustees of eleven rural schools
in the vicinity of Georgetown, to-
gether with the members of the
Georgetown Board of Education,
held a meeting on Friday night,
February 18th, in the home econO-
mics department of the Georgetown
High School to consider the CONSOLE
dation of the schools and the con-
struction of an adequate building on
West Market street, Georgetown, to
meet the needs of the districts. DR..
Harry V. Holloway, superintendent
of the Department of Public In
struction; George S. Williams, of
Millsboro, president of the State
Board of Education; James M Tun-
nell and Dr. Joseph B. NAPLES, OF
the Georgetown Board of Education,
and Prof. E. Paul BurkhOlder, rural
supervisor of schools in the north
ern section of Sussex county, deliv-
cred addresses on consolidation and
pointed out the benefits of the con-
structiOn of a school i'll George
town adequate to meet the situation.
1t was pointed out that within a
short time many of the schools will
have to be abandoned, and that the
time was ripe for the erection of a
building here which would afford
better housing and educational ia
cilities.
Prof. Alexander Harrington, SUI
perintendent of the Georgetown
Public Schools, acted as chairman
of the meeting, and stated that the
community needed such building
and he was heartily in favor of it..
James M. Tunnel and DR.. Joseph B.
NAPLES, members of the local Board
of Education, told of the benefits of
consolidation and urged that it be
done, stressing the point that the
present quarters here were not
commensurate with the needs and
that the present school building
here was wholly inadequate. 1t was
pointed out that already forty-eight
of the children of these districts be-
low the eighth grade were attending
school here, availing themselves of
better educational facilities.
The schools represented at the
meeting, together with the names of
the trustees and the enrolment of
the schools as of January, follow:
Marvels, No 94-Harry Short,
Carl Tyndal; enrolment 16.
Springfield, No. 33-William Will
son, G. A. Pettyjohn; enrolment "a.
Andersons, No. 52-Rodney Smith,
John Short; enrolment IL, and IL
now attending the Georgetown Pub
lie Schools.
Peppers, No. S4-Alexander Short,
Edward Rogers, WilmOre M. Rog-
ers; enrolment 10. Four now at
tending school here below eighth
grade.
Lingo, No. S1-Asa Reynolds; en-
rOllment 10. Five below eighth
grade attending school here
Tyndall, No. 154-Edgar Lopez,
Walter Tyndall; enrolment II. Two
now coming to school here.
Redden, No. 1SO-Rufus Rust,
Charles Donovan, C. A. Rust; en-
rollment II. Four below eighth
grade attending school here.
Isaacs, No. 62-Rodney Wilson,
George Jester, Peter N. King; en-
rollment Is. Three below eighth
grade attending. Georgetown Public
Schools.
REYNOLDS Hill, No. S6-Luther
Pollitt, George C Graham, Charles
Wilson; enrolment 26. One below
eighth grade coming to Georgetown
school.
King, No. 54-Irvin N. Smith,
Frank Day; enrolment Is. Thirteen
being brought to Georgetown Pub
lie Schools, below eighth grade.
Rogers, No. 42-Charles W.
Spicer. Cyrus r. Williams, Charles
H. Elliott. The enrolment of Rog-
ers school is not given.
Smiths School with an enrolment
of IA. Conoways with an enroll
ment of 16 and Pine Hill with eleven
did not have representatives at the
meeting. The total enrolment in
January of the several rural schools
was 1876 and As pupils, below the
eighth grade, are now attending the
GEORGETOWN Public Schools. Five