Milford chronicle., 1929-09-20
Selbyviue

Miss ElDerta Lynch VIM 40 ~"
teaching at Blackbird and her Dro-
ther. Thomas, of Beacon College
were weekend guests Of their par
ents.
Mrs. H. V. Tubbs who has been
visiting her parents in Wilmington
has returned home.
Miss Mildred McCabe motored TO
Wilmington and Atlantic CITY ior
the weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Williams Ul
Milford spent the weekend WILL
their parents here in toWn' -, of
CIifford Simpler and family VI
Felton were the guests OF MI pm PIN
-,Iar's mother. Mrs. Catherine Sln-
pler on Sunday. .,,o,uov of
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Hoilom"y NO
Philadelphia are vlsltlns Ine'i
ther and sister, Viola 1o,,a
Miss Christine Baker was n0in0
for the week-epd. vic
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Murray are '4'
iting relatives n'town. 4o
Mrs 7. Hurst Beauchamp anu wv
zons who have been visiting her
events ~ Mr.. and Mrs. James Jonn-
pa paneho hoyA returned to their home N
pittsburgh, Pa. i.;+od
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Holloway ylslteu
~ +ba home of Rev. and Mrs. Spark-
lin, her parents, in Newport Oh 0un
day. g 1ro1+on snent
the weekend in their own Holn'
here. ., oao teachers
and the principal attended the meet meet
;no of southeastern Sussex at Mills
Oo1oi Iobn Davis entertained his friend
11orold Timmons, on his house poaC
at Riverdale over Sunday ora
w p McCabe and family are
.nonding week with their SOIL
Sfavor w. w. McCabe at ocean Oi'S'
Md. 1ng entertain
cd Jacob Gouldey and trlenus
philadelphia over the weekend md
Mr.. and Mrs. Jonah McCape snont sM
Mr. Birch and Mrs. z. Il. Lons epd la
Sunday at the Holiness meeting nelU
IN the tent at Georgetown
IL MIC E1izabeth McCabe lett VI
r,,asdav | for New York City wnere
1,o u ;s an instructor in the Horace
1,s sne % School. She is also takins
Snnraa yt' work at Columbia UnlVersiCy'
yTi1Iiam McCabe from Beacon ~
~ snent the weekend win nls
-'arents. r Mr.. and Mrs. John L. "0
Cabe. -,,.1.+on of Bish- |
ons. Md, was a guest OIL NAis0
McCabe recently. ,,oov and
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Holloway a."
son Frank Marshall, returned no ~
S0,ndav s from an extended trip "
HTi1T,oineton and Brookline, ia. 1neS
snont a mart of their vacation as Ino
Guests of Mr.. and Mrs. j. Vaughn
G NJ and Mrs. George Casper, son
rJnord and friend, Mary 1nners VI
9olIv Oak, spent Sunday WIFI MI
and Mrs. Hillary Holland. of
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Matthew's "
cr;sfaid were entertained at BeIn-
anv Beach by Mr.. and Mrs; 5n WI, -
law at their cottage over ounu@y' lC nSi,
Four school buses now carry ~, NJ
dren to the Selbyville scnool. Ine'
ore onerated by these drivers: aeI
~ r. Johnson, Harry Goodwin wal
Tor Long and Clarence Grey. .
The members of the SelpyVllIe
sobool hoard are all prominent Dus-
;ness ~ men and bankers. The person
neI 1 is highly representative OF tne
teaching as all three men nave ser
.,od &c teachers in their day. f. "
paker cashier of the Selpyvllle
Rank and head of the Baker can
ming Company, is president Oh Ine
school board and has serVeu A0-
more than 25 years. .,uor of
Senator I. L. Long, treasurer oI
the Baltimore Trust Company mas
long been active in the affairs Oh
church. school and community:
v. r. Simpler, secretary OF tne
hoard. is a director of the SelpyVllIe
Rank a former postmaster and a
etrawberry broker who perhaps mas
bought more berries than any one
nan between the North and the
South Poles. .bo
The Selbyville High School in the
snring testing program conducted py
Mr. Shilling, the results OF whlcn
wore inst received, made a record
that any school might be prouo ol'
Among the 26 high schools, Selpy-
Vile scored two first places; tnree
second places; one third; TWO
fourth. one fifth, and one sixth.
Evidently somebody taught some
thing that somebody learned, ana
somebody learned something that
somebody taught.
In first year algebra, Selbyv1lle
ranked first in the State, score 10
next. Newark, IA. In second year al
zebra our school ranked first with
a score of go, while Bridgeville came
second. at %. In biology, Delmar,
with 1873 stood first, Selbyville sec
ond at 73. In second year Latin;
FELTON, scored 1925; SelbyVille, Har-
rington and New Castle each III.
In U. s. history, Georgetown scor-
ed 1OS and Selbyville at S2.5, was
second.
In senior arithmetic, Selbyville
scored third at 82.5 while Bridge
Vile scored 82.6 and Newark, "a.
Plane geometry, first, Milford; sec
ond, FELTON,; third, BridgeVille;
fourth, Selbyville.
In first year Latin: First, Freder-
lea; second, Greenwood; third
Bridgeville; fourth, Selbyville.
Senior spelling ranked in this or
der: Greenwood, 92.5; Alexis I. du
Pont, 90; Smyrna, S5.6; Dover, SS.7;
Selbyville, S2.5.
In first year Home Economics Sell
byville scored sixth place, while