Milford chronicle., 1930-08-29
HARRINGTON
Harrington School Ready For
Building CCSf $50. .OO9


ORening-Building Cost $150,000
The town of Harrington is just
about the proudest town in the state
because it believes it has one of the
finest school plants in Kent County.
The new JuniOr-Senior High School
building has been completed this
year at cost of $150,000 1t con-
tains thirteen rooms and auditorium,
besides office and rest room. The
rest room is equipped with a cot
and easy chair and washstand. The
new beuilding is connected to the old
building by long hall, in the hall
way is located 2OS all steel lockers
with accommodations for two pupils
in each locker.
Probably one of the most interest
ing departments in the new building
is that assigned to the Home Eco
Monies classes. They occupy TWO
rooms, a sewing room and cooking
room. The kitchen is furnished with
all new equipment including cleo
trio ranges, gas ranges, kitchen CAL
inets, running hot and cold water
and stationary wash tubs.
AlC CAAIAlG 'oCAlOOl Oy0LGlll ID COiA-
nected with electric call bells and
electric fire alarms in each room.
The preliminary work for loud
speakers for. each room has been fin
ished and aSradiO will be Installed
at later date. All Railways are
fire proof being constructed of steel
and concrete. Several sections of
1 12 inch fire hose are convenient
ly placed throughout the building
for emergency. The system will be
heated by three huge boilers all new.
One boiler will be fired at time un-
til during the coldest days then all
will be in operation. A new feature
in the plant is vacuum system that
will pump all the cold air out, per-
the heating plant to work
more quickly. A small gas making
plant is located i'll The basement,
this will furnish gas fOr the range
in the Home Economies Department.
1t is well worth ones time to look
is about the busiest
nan in this community but he always
greets visitors with courtesy and de-
spite the fact his leisure time is lin
tied, he will show one over the build
ng.
With the new building in opera
ion, several changes were made in
he old building and many more are |
as money is aVailab Bile. !
The old office of the superintendent |
md some smaller cloak rooms were |
sr,Ao ~
lrt room. The old boiler room will !
become the cafeteria, this
annOt be equipped just now account
f no finds, it may be in operation
1hen cold weather starts. The old
was converted into two
lass rooms and four small class
Ooms were made into two large
ooms.
With the opening of the new build
lg several more rural districts are
with the Harrington
pecial district. In order to take care
t the many new scholars several
ew teachers were employed. The
blowing teachers will be members
f the faculty this year: Superin-
endent, J. G. Messner; principal,
nglish and History, Ira M. Staley;
attn and French, Miss Helene Um-
Home Economics, Miss Vir-
inia Swain; English, Exploratory
rench and Guidance, Miss Sallie
7infrey; Music, Miss Charlotte
Art Supervisor, Miss Mil
red Eells; Science and Mathemat-
IS, Miss Leona Dickrager; English
unior High, Miss Ethel Roberts;
geography and Science, Junior High,
Iiss Margaret Cooper; History, Mrs.
AIRY Dolby; Mathematics, Archie
eagan; Agriculture and Science, ].
McWilliams; Hygiene and Ath-
tics, Charles A. Murray. Elementary
rades-sixth grade, Misses Mary
J. Kinnard and Suzanna Warning
n; fifth grade, Loretta Paskey and
essie A. Wright; fourth grade,
hea Mae Todd and Mrs. Minnie
rice Slaughter; third grade, Misses
la Baker and Grace SOuders; sec
Id grade, Mrs. Mary Brown and
iss Edith Smith; first grade, Mrs. I
arriett Staley and Miss Margaret
ickerson. Miss Nexie Brown,
'aduate from Harrington high
hool and also a Wilmington Busi-
,ss College will be the stenograph-
in the superintendent office. The
Guilty of du Pont colored school
as follows Principal, Mrs. Nettie II
lort wilson: assistants, ID. d. H
errod and Beatrice Ryland. II
Ir. and Mrs. Frank Wright, of Phil II
elphia, are spending this week II
tn local relatives. II
Mr.. and Mrs. David Harrington II
We been recent visitors to Wash iii
gton, D. G. llN
Miss Eloise Chapman has returned III
me after spending the past week III
tn relatives at Salisbury, Md. II
Miss Vivian Below, of Wyoming,
spending this week with Miss Hat
Mae Belts.
Miss Betty Knox has been spend III
! the past two weeks with Mr.. and III
s. Jack StinsOn at Chester, Pa. Ill
Miss Evelyn Knox has been a re- III
Philadelphia. III
Rev. and Mrs. ]. r. Dehl, of YER iii
n, Md, have been the guests of the iii
ter's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles iii
ne, this week. Jul
Sc Enters Hall Of Fame iii
Rose, a former Newark high iii
lool pitching star, pitching for iii
rrington Saturday afternoon, en- III
ed the Hall of Fame when he held III
fast EastOn, Md, ball tOssers to
itless and scorless game. Several iii
ndred fans expecting fast game Hi
re well rewarded by attending and Hill
the game progressed, they began I'LL
realize that he had not allowed Hi
ingle hit. Only three men reach Till