Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1929-02-22
Houston

county, Miss Leila A. Thomas, takes
pleasure in reporting the attendance
report of Houston Public School. II
being the best attendance of the
graded schools in this county to
date, the children as we'll as the
teachers realize that tits to their
advantage to be in school each day
1t is the big business of their
youth.
The Houston Public School, dis
trict No. 1875, of Kent county, has
won the distinction of leading the
graded elementary schools of the
county for the last four consecutive
months-October, November, Decem-
Der and January. The school is not
large school. There are only four
teachers, each teacher having two
grades. One thing which makes this
record of good attendance the more
praiseworthy is that it is a rural
community and one-half of the pu-
pills are brought to school in truck
Another thing which is commend
able is that when the snow has
made it impossible for the school
buses to run, the patrons have made
every possible effort to get the chill
dren to school.
The teachers of the school and
the pupils all have the idea of get
ting to school. The children have
passed the idea on to the parents,
until there is never anything but a
real excuse offered for an absence.
There are ia pupils enrolled in all
grades and of these 45 have perfect
attendance for the five months. This
is over 80 per cent with a perfect
record. No teachers record of at
tendance has fallen below 80 per
cent in the five months. The per-
centage of attendance for the five
months for each teacher is as fol-
lows: Birmingham, 1920; Slaugh-
ter, $3.50; Vineyard, 96.1@o; Whar-
ton primary, 1920; entire school,
96.39o. Those who have perfect |
record for the five months are:
Eighth grade-Josephine Caldwell, |
Delma Salisbury, Ella Morgan, Vel
ma Gray, William Marvel and Will
son Carr. 18th grade-Catherin
Wilson, Ruth Armour, Florence Bur-
ris, Joseph Marvel, Frank Sapp,
Henry Wagemaker. 9th grade
Elizabeth Holston, Evelyn Hurd,
Hattie Johnson, Margaret Minner,
Evelyn Thistlewood, and Edward
Plotts. 9Th grade-Lewis Brown,
David Vineyard, Russell Hayes, Geor-
giana Johnson, Florence Messick,
and Sara Grant. 4th grade-John-
son Colborn, John Armour, Elmer
Collins, Sara Simpson and Isabelle ,
Simpson. Bird grade-James Collins, +:
Ernest Holston, Johnson Parks, +
Mary Burlingame, Madeline Hayes, t
md Ellen Vineyard. End grade-Jane
Scott, Grace Sapp, Marion Reynolds, !
Betty Prettyman, Eleanor Brown.
st grade-Helen Carter, Reese 7
2attray, Cornelia Vienot, Marian I
'lotts and Elmer Wilson. t
notored to Philadelphia on Monday a
N business trip. n
Church news for Sunday, February n
4: Sunday school at $3.50. Howard r. f
Ioore, superintendent. Preaching at c
l:S0 by the pastor, Rev. j. L. Carr. b
pworth League at 6.45 and preaching c
t 1880.
Mrs. John Cain who has been quite e
is very much improved ut this writ Z
lg and is able to be up and around
gain. h
John H Johnson who fell off a ladder d.
lille working at the Setson Ellison
licking house over a week ago and W
trained his ankles, is very much bet
+ and is able to get around again W
ithout the aid of crutches. c.
Mrs. Annie B. Wooters is improving
Id has left the University Hospital, ia
and is at the home of her al
.ughter, Mrs. Wilbur Camper near S.
,wers.- Mrs. Wooters expects to be
me in a short while and we will GER ed
inly be glad to have her back again. lie
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Downes of Milford
eek are again receiving congratula- te
ms upon the birth of a fine baby girl Pl
IN February IL.
Mrs A. G.. Thomas, wife OF the Rev. SUI
G. Thomas of Queenstown, Md, is nj
sitting friends in and near Houston. an
rs. Thomas is not in very good health
d is being treated by DIR. James of I
ford.
3. R. Smith returned to his home in
est Philadelphia on Friday, after hav-
: spent the past week with his nep-
W, Herman Marvel aad family. wi
The Misses Lillian and Evelyn no
wines of Milford Neck are spending wi
netime with their grandparents, Mr. by
d Mrs. L. H. Cohee. We
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Ralph Blizzard and pu
: aad Mrs. Geo. w. Cohee of George en-
vn weie Sunday callers at the home gr
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Marvel. tn
edwin ". Marvel of Chester, Pa, a
ited his brother, H. NJ. Marvel on so'
nday. 20