Milford chronicle., 1930-02-14


these two leaders in the same section
are Elizabeth Cleaver, Margaret Ham
mond, Catharine Stevens, Edith Ben
son. Billy Kenton. and Teddy Manlove,
with a record of SO per cent. Those in
Mrs. Blades section having SO per cent
are Alma Tease, Margaret Deputy end
Alice Witt.
We were all glad to see Marguerite
Hall and Edwin Johnson return to
school after being absent.
Mrs. Nemish's section had a spelling
bee on Friday. Dorothy Joseph and
Vivian Shute were captains There was
a tie between Pierce Watson and Dor
othey Joseph. Friday afternoon there
was an English spelling bee between
Mrs. Nemish's section and Mrs. Rus
sells section. Mrs. Nemish's section
won Mrs. Nemishs section fell down
in banking. Mrs. Nemish's section is
still ahead in the tardy contest.
In Mrs. Warehouses; section the fol-
lowing were present every day during
January: Webster Eckstrom, Edward
KINNEY, John Mills, Willard Pierce
William Stevens, Helen Coffin, Jean
johnson, Beatrice Marvel. Pearl Nc
Cullough, Bella OrlSin, Wilma Wilkins.
The following poem was written by
an eighth grade girl:
SNOWFALL
I sit alone in the twilight
NY eyes past the curtain doth see
The soft and down snowflakes
Drifting down from tree to tree.
The snow piles higher and higher
While the sky grows dark ana ann
And the trees all stand and shiver,
While the snow falls thick on the hrnO'
The trees have shed their bright colors
The green grass has turned to brown
The people pull their coats tighter
AS they scurry through the town.
The darkness deepens, the ground is
The stars MltS overhead throw out their
But the World is hushed with silence
Shut in by the snow banks white and
steep.
The following pupils of Mrs. Har-
rington's section of the eighth grade
received perfect attendance during jan
uary: Windsor Emory, Russell Frey.
Parker Hitch, Emory Lynch, Jonn
Whaley, Burton Willis, Dorothy VIII
Viola Warren, Thelma Vibbert' Marian
Morgan.
The eighth grade is very glad to vel
come Lafayette Burlingame who mas
entered our school for the rest OF the
term.
We are very sorry that Elizabeth
I,ofand one of our eighth grade pupils
NTH the chicken DOX.
For the past three weeks in the Mil
ford school opportunity has Deen given
at 1890 daily for children to have
serving of one-half pint of milk at as
near cost as could be figured.
This has been done in the six lower
grades. and has been affecting ABOUT
100 children daily. Among these are
many who were found to be under-
weight at the time of the annual phys-
ical examinations conducted by the
state Board of Health in the school on
last week the children who are
known to be underweight and drinking
milk regularly were weighed at the
school to see. whether there were any
indications of improvement.
Out OF forty children weighed none
had failed to gain. One pupil had gain
ed pounds; one 4 IL pounds; three
8 pounds; two 12 pounds; fourteen z
pounds; eight 1 1-2 pounds; eleven l
pound. 1t is worth noting that several
children report that they are drinking
milk more or less regularly at home.
Several pupils who remain at school all
day bring milk from home and enjoy it
with the others at the regular time.
Twenty-four quarts are served day.
The Seniors and Juniors accepted an
invitation from the New Century Club
to attend, on Tuesday, February 4, Mr..
George MacIntire's lecture on the Vic
torian Period of Literature" He en-
phasized the soundness and glory OF
Victorian literature, especially that in
fiuenced by Christianity.