Milford chronicle., 1929-10-04
MillsE,oro

on Tuesday morning for a few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Jones, of
New York, spent part of last week
with Mrs. Annie Quattlander.
A surprise birthday party was CIV
en- Robert 1. Houston on Saturday
night, to celebrate the SSth anniver-
.sary of his birth. Many of Mr.. Hous-
tons friends attended and large
birthday cake with SS candles was
a beautiful centerpiece for the table.
William Phillips and family have
moved from Oak Orchard to the Mrs.
Hester Wilson property on State
street. Mr.. Phillips has opened a
candy shop and lunch room in his
home.
William Truitt and family have
moved into the property of Abel
Ableman opposite the Methodist
Episcopal church.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Campbell and
children have moved into the house
vacated by the Truitts and Mr.. and
Mrs. Sipple, of Stockley, have pur-
chased the Campbell property and
will make their permanent home
here. Mr.. Sipple has accepted the
office of assistant cashier with the
Millsboro Trust Co.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Bailey and
son, Richard, have moved to a city
in North Carolina.
Mrs. Priscilla Hudson sold her
personal property on Saturday after
noon and will go to Wilmington to
spend the winter with her son, Rev.
Ralph G.. Jones and Mrs. Jones.
Mrs. Charles Parsons has been
quite ill with lumbago.
Prof. and Mrs. Bennett will short
1y move here from Frankford and
live in the home of Mrs. Priscilla
Hudson.
Mrs. Hettie ]. Lingo is spending
some time in Philadelphia with her
daughters, who live there.
Mr. and Mrs. ]. Reese White are
away for a week.
The literary societies of Millsboro
High will present a small program
Thursday afternoon, October 4th.
The program will be the result of
the combination of the two societies.
The meeting will be called to order
by one of the presidents, and pre-
liminary business session will be
heiG before the program. The cast
for the skit is as follows:
Mademoiselle French - Jeanette
Lingo.
Mary Anne-Mildred Steen.
Mrs. Rittenhouse-Ruth Lawson.
The Dolls-Helen Layton, Calvin
Wells, Joshua West, Gerald Tim
mons, Helen Williams, Helen Lingo,
Anna Dodd, Mae Oke, Beatrice Bak-
er and Kathryn Hall.
Plans are being made to begin full
practice for girls basketball this
week. The material looks promising
for a fast team, and enthusiasm is
abundant. Every girl is shouting,
eve want the championship" Very
few of the girls of last years team
were lost by graduation or leaving
school. We are expecting much from
our girls this year. Miss Anne Cath
crime Thompson will coach the girls
team.
The third grade boys and girls are
very proud of the Reading Table
which was recently placed in their
room. The following pupils con-
tributed books for this table: Dor
othy Wilson, Hazel Belts, Helen
Rust, Chester Hall, Mildred Schrod-
er, Kendall Perry, Howard Smith,
Grace Moore, Betty Burton, Madalyn
Rose and Bobby Lawson.
The high school has put on a
drive to increase the number of
books in the school library. The
committee is working through many
avenues among which is an appeal
to the people of the community to
give to the school all desirable books
they no longer care to keep on an
unused shelf or in the attic. The
results are not only gratifying to
those in charge, but to the entire
school. The people are responding
and the library is growing.
Among the books added to date is
a complete set of the Encyclopedia
Brittanica, donated to the school by
Mr.. L. W. Washburn. AS Prof. S. 2.
Darden was responsible in securing
and delivering this set, the school
wishes to take this means of ex-
pressing it's thanks to him as well as
to the generous donor.
The library books are being cata-
logued by May AXE, Beatrice Baker
and Ruth Lawson. Mr.. Darden is
supervising this work. Some splen-
did maps of Millsboro have been
made by the seniors while working
on the unit Local Government" un-
der the instruction of Mr.. Bennett.
The Shakespearean stage, con-
structed by the 18th grade English
class, is doing much to motivate in
terest and enable the children to
understand the conditions under
which the Elizabethan Drama was
rendered.
Several more new students have
come in during the last week, rails |
ing the total enrolment to near $40
pupils.
The principal and elementary |
teachers certainly appreciate the !
splendid cooperation given and the !
spirit of helpfulness shown by Prof. |
Albert Early, elementary supervisor. |
The bus drivers deserve credit for !
their promptness and splendid atti-
tude. May this continue throughout |
the year.
Miss Dorothy Isabel Townsend en-
tertained many of her small friends |
ON Tuesday afternoon at a birthday |
party. The little folks were delight |
fully entertained and will long have
pleasant memories of Dorothy's fifth /
birthday.
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