Milford chronicle., 1930-05-16
MILTON BOY
MAKES GOOD
AS EDUCATOR
Other Neus OF General
Interest From This LiUe-
Iy Little Sussex TOlOR
MOTHERS HONORED

NAO II I1AOO AAOANN -
The NorristOwn Pa.) Herald has
the following to say of a former
Milton boy who has made good IN
his chosen profession: "One OF the
most popular and at the same time
most able educators is Ralph X Q.
smith. supervising principal OF
Lansdale public schools, active IN
every worthwhile community enter
nrise and a keen student of educa-
tional problems, Mr.. Smith is indeed
an asset to any community and
Lansdale is fortunate TO have man
of his type and capabilities at the
head of its school system. Even To-
dav Principal Smith is one OF the
busiest of county school authorities
ulaving a major part in conducting
the annual May Day play festival
at Ursinus College. Professor SIllth
is q native of Delaware. He first saw
the light of the day in Sussex coun-
tv. near the town of Milton. lie went
to Milton's school, graduated from
the high school and then prepared
for his teaching career with acad-
emic courses at Millerville Normal
School. Pa, and the University OF
PENNSYLVANIA, graduating from these
institutions. During his carry days
he was a farm hand on his fathers
farm. then a rural school teacher.
His ability quickly became recos-
n;zed and il was not long before he
was supervising principal of Milton
schools. where only few years be-
fore he had been student himself.
From Milton. Mr.. Smith entered the
PENNSYLVANIA field, locating at Up
ner Moreland High School, in VIII
low Grove. about decade ago he
served there for five years, ana by
that time his ability had attracted
attention of county authorities. They
selected him to become assistant
connty SUPERINTENDENT of schools.
Durine his two years OF work, at
tho NorristOWn headquarters, MI.
smith won many friends throughout
the county. He was looked upon as
one of the most influential oil lhe
Younger educators and. when va
cancv developed for the head Of the
Tansda1e schools, the directors there
looked toward NorristOwn and hnal-
Iv secured the native of Delaware to
contract. He has been there since
and has introduced many innoVa-
cations and improvements into the
school system of the thriving NoTIh
Penn borough. Mr.. Smith IS intense
" interested in boys and girls. lie
aained considerable experience with
his work by serving as secretary Oh
the Abjnaton branch of the Young
Mems Christian Association. lie ne
longs To the Lansdale kiwanis CluD
and takes an active part in the al
fairs of that organization. He recent
lv refused the presidency OF the cluD
and is a past secretary. He IS chitlr-
man of the clubs program commit
tee. MIR. Smith is also a member Oh
tbe Masonic order and a member OF
the National and State school su-
perintendents' associations lie IS Il
member of the Methodist Church.
Hohbies of the Lansdale educator
are reading and fishing. His interest,"
is in his home where he resides WIN
his wife and two daughters"
Miss Ida May Carpenter, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew L. Carpen-
fer of Milton, and James Henry car
nenter of Milton, were married at
the NJ. p. parsonage Saturday night
bv Rev. Dorsey X. Sturgis.
There was birthday party Satur-
day afternoon, May 10, at the nome
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Leighton Donovan,
given in honor of Doris AIMS third
birthday. Those present were Jessl-
fv. Irna and little Audie Macklln.
They played games after which lhey
wore invited into the dining room
where the table was beautifully dec
GRATED in white and yellow win
yellow baskets filled with candy
cake. fruits and ice cream. Many
pretty gifts were received.
Milton base ball team will play at
Dagsboro. Saturday, May II. on
Saturday, May "a, Dagsboro Will
play at Milton. On Memorial Day the
Milton team will play a dOuble-head-
er at the Milton ball park with the
Philadelphia Artisans. Morning
game called at 1920 o'clock. After
noon game called at 2:3O o'clock.
Services at the NJ. p. Church last
Sunday were well attended. More
than 800 persons attended the ser
vices all day. 1856 were present at
the Sunday school in the morning,
which, with one exception, is the
largest attendance for some time:
More than 125 persons attended
the Mothers Day service at the NOR
ming worship hour. The pastor
nreached a special sermon on the
theme Mothers of Men" He also
gave a little talk to the children
that were present. The Junior c. e.
Society gave flowers to each one at
tending, and the pastor gave little
Mothers Day tag to each person
nresent. The Junior Society also had
mart in the services, by singing u
song that they had learned for the
occasion.
A reward was given by the pastor
TO the mother who was present with
the largest number of children. The
reward was a book of poems by Ed
ear A. Guest on Mother" and was
presented to Mrs. Winifred Walls
and Mrs. David Jefferson, each nav
inc four children present at the ser
vice.
The evening service last Sunday
was Women's Night, and a large
number of women were present.
Rev. VIM. H. Litsinger, D. D., of