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Milford chronicle., 1930-10-31
BANKING

Bank day! Every Tuesday morn
ing! How the youngsters scramble
for their pennies! It always seems
that father, mother, or some one in
the family have to remind them
that it is bank day, as little folks
make small efforts to remember. AL
though this is largely true, most of
the banking, it seems, is done in the
grades rather than in the high
school. In fact three rooms: Miss
Watson's, Miss Kitchens and Mrs.
Rogers have had a hundred per
cent in depositing this year.
To bank thus weekly in. the
school side by side with classmates
adds pep" to banking and gives the
pupils their first ideas of thriftiness.
Probably some of the children new
er would learn to bank unless an
opportunity such as this were open
ed in the schools. Indeed we should
appreciate the efforts of the banks
to cooperate with the school.
In the new school the highest
amount that has ever been collect
ed was $66.4O and the lowest was
$27.48. Twenty per cent of the sem
iors deposited last Tuesday; six
teen per cent of the juniors; twen=
ty-five per cent of the sophomores,
and seventy-seven per cent of the
freshmen.
Milford chronicle., 1930-10-31
300 Students Get
Typhoid MOcuLGttOn

About 300 students in the new
school have been, with the consent
of their parents, taking the inocula-
tions for typhoid fever. DR.. Sar-
gent, the State doctor, has been Civ
ing them.
Today, Monday, we have had our
last inoculation, the third one.
Though for the following two or
three days we will still be yelling,
"Ouch my sore arm," you can cas-
lily realize how very glad we are to
have the incubation all over with.
When we received our first inocu-
lation the Plane Geometry class had
a bit of good luck. AS we entered
the Plane Geometry room and took
our seats, Mrs. Rosa told us, "Since
1 know your arms hurt, 1 am not
going to give you written lesson
nor have you write on the black
board"
OF course we were sorry, and so
was Mrs. Rosa when she found out
at the end of class that we had had
the incubation in our left arm.
-Elva Davis
Milford chronicle., 1930-10-31
new TEACHER
IN COMMERCIAL
APARTMENT
Grace farrell, Tennis En-
thusiast And MOtOriSt
Par Excellence.

Miss farrell has always been a
neighbor of ours, for her home is in
FELTON,. She has graduated from
Beacom's College in Wilmington and
has attended the summer schools OF
the University of Johns Hopkins i'll
Baltimore, of the school in Ashe-
vile. North Carolina, of William
and Mary College in Williamsburg,
Virginia, and of the school at Lock
Haven in Pennsylvania.
Her life here with us is a busy
one, for she teaches bookkeeping
and part of the tipping classes and is
also the secretary in the Office OF
the new school building.
Before Miss Jarrel came to us.
she taught four years in the com
rnercial department at Hurlock,
Maryland. 1t was there that her
love for her Ford car became such
a joke,
Miss farrell is good sport and is
as willing to tell joke on herself
as on some other person. She is an
ardent lover of tennis. Wouldn't it
be good to see her play Mr. Boston?
Miss FARRELL is of medium height
with dark, bobbed-hair. She is al
ways smiling, but is serious and
sincere in her work.
Elizabeth James
Milford chronicle., 1930-10-31
STEV ENSON
INSPECTS THE
FURNACE ROOM
Finds Three Furnaces In
stead Of One.

AS one enters the outside en-
trance to the furnace room of the
new Milford High School he is on a
steel platform with a stairway lead
ing down to the floor about eight
feet below. Looking out over this
room we see two large asbestos COW
cred steam heaters which heat the
school and one smaller one used for
hot water. In back of these is
network of pipes that lead to the
different rooms where the radiators
are.
Going on down the stairway you
see a wheelbarrow loaded with
buckwheat coal. the very small kind.
One pauses before the massive heat
ers with their great doors that look
like mouths calling for food. If one
opens the doors we can see the blue
and red flames creeping forth from
between the coal.
Along the wall in front of these
heaters is a row of cans in which
to put ashes. In the corner reach
ing to the ceiling is derrick by
which they lift the loaded cans out
a door above to be hauled away.
Milford chronicle., 1930-10-31
BRIDGE VILE
DEFEATS MILFORD
BY SCORE OF l5-O

III spite of the marvellous hight
made by the Milford High School
foot ball team, Bridgeville defeated
her by a score OF 1910.
In the first quarter Milford shut
out the invaders. r. Davis, Bridge
willie fullback. was slightly stunned
when tackled by Frank Mccullough.
Milford guard.
In the second quarter jinx
seemed to have struck Milford and
two touchdowns were scored ON
her.
In The third period Milford began
a steady march down the field.
Ralph Reed made two splendid
catches of two forward passes, but
failed to score. Bridgeville passed
but the ball was received by Roosa
who was tackled for a tcuchback.
In the last quarter Milford agail
held off Bridgeville Tor no score in
spite of two long runs made by the
visitors. At the end of this period
the final score was 15-0.
w. Nichols
Milford chronicle., 1930-10-31
Jolly Time At Freshman
HdLLOLUe'en Party

On the twenty-fourth night of this
month, the freshmen had their Hal
lowe'en party. It started at seven
thirty and ended at nine-thirty. 1t
was held in the auditorium of our
new school with the officers of the
upper classes and the members of
the faculty as our guests.
AS the masqueraders gathered,
they took their places in an uncan-
ny manner. AS yet no one mad un-
masked. A long line was formed for
marching around the room by put
ting one hand on the shoulder of the
one ahead. This gave the judges,
Mr.. McGee and Mr.. Boston, a chance
to decide who was the best disguis-
ed among the masqueraders. We
marched until the decision was
made.
The one considered the best dis
guised was Webster Eckstorm, who
made charming little girl. He re-
ceived for a prize a horn, which,
like all prizes, helped to make more
noise and add to the jolly good
time of the party.
In the spooky atmosphere, which
the red lights, the few others shad-
ed by orange paper and the jack-'o-
lanterns helped to make more un-
canny, merry group of masquer-
aders sat huddled close together
like Indians around a campfire lis
tening intently to Dorothy Fitzger-
AIDS spooky ghost story, also to
Babe DerricksOn's, Duck HudsOn's
and Willard Pierce's funny negro
jokes and songs.
After. all this had been thorough
1y enjoyed peanut race took place.
Everyone Joined in. We played var
ious games and had several con
tests such as. the suitcase contest.
We were counted off in three's,
making three rows. Row one was
successful. As Bob Yerkes headed
the row, he received the prize,
which was a little black kitten with
red bow of ribbon around its
neck.
The kittens former owner was
thus successful in finding an ap-
preciative home for it.
After this jolly good time refresh
ments we're served, The party end
ed by having snake dance led by
Miss Kinder.
Elizabeth Truitt
Milford chronicle., 1930-10-31
JACOB WILSON
SOLDIER AT Is
Recalls The Horror Of A
Night Spent In Helpless
Agony By Roadside.

When President Lincoln issued
the first call for $4,000 volunteers,
Jacob Wilson, then a lad of fifteen,
begged his mother that he might go
to fight for his country's flag and
honor. After great deal of
thought his mother allowed him to
go. Probably she knew that the
blood that surged through his veins
was just as full of the love for his
country as that of his grand old an
cestor. Col. John Pettigrew. who
had fought for the flag when it con
tanned but Is stars. So with gay
heart Wilson started out on what
was to prove the greatest adventure
of his life. After having received
his uniform and equipment. Wilson
was assigned to the Seventh Della
ware Regiment, and ordered to duty
at q fort near Baltimore. 1t was
while there that Mr.. Wilson had his
experience, which happened some
thing like this. The company to
which Mr.. Wilson belonged was or
dered to unload a consignment OF
provisions for the fort and it was
while thus engaged that a barrel Ot
salt pork dropped on his foot Al
though suffering terrific pain, Will
son wrapped his foot in an old shirt,
and the next morning when the
company was mustered out for duty
at a point further south, found him
i'm line ready to march. For miles
they marched until at length. dizzy
from the pain in his foot, Wilson
collapsed near the roadside. His
regiment marched OH. but promised
to send an ambulance back at once
The shadows of twilight soon fell
and still his friends did not come:
then came night. and with il the
sounds that can be heard in the
dead of night. Imagine if you can
how it must have felt to be lying
out in the open unable to move or
protect yourself. And then, as if to
add still more to the unpleasantnesS
of his condition, it rained all night
long il rBined and with the coming
of the dawn Wilson could hear the
sound of horses. He thought it was
his friends but it was scouts of the
Rebel army. II was not until mid
day that his friends finally came for
him. and told him that they bad
been unable to come sooner ON ac-
count of the battles that had taken
place during the night
Bob YGrkes
Milford chronicle., 1930-10-31
VISITORS

During the past two weeks we
have had three sets of visitors. On
Tuesday. October II, Miss Marion
Breck. State Supervisor of Home
Economics. and Miss Eideman of
the Federal Board of Vocational Ed
ucation at Washington visited the
General Science and Home EcOnOm-
les classes. They both visited q
class in General Science, conducted
by Miss Moss. and class in Home
Economics. conducted by Miss
Schmermund. Miss Eideman stop
ped at Milford School as one of the
points on her tour of the vocational
schools of Delaware to see how
science is being taught for the pur-
pose of closer correlation with
Home Economics. Both Miss Breck
and Miss Eideman remained for
lunch to observe the cafeteria sys-
TEN.
On Wednesday. October %. Mr.. r..
b. Stegmail was sent by Mr.. HOlz-
mueller to visit the school in view
of lowering the fire insurance rates.
After inspecting the building, Mr..
Stegmail gave little indication of
any fire hazards.
The third set of visitors were
Dean George A. Dutton, of the Mems
College, University of Delaware, and
Mr.. w. A. Wilkinson, also of the
University of Delaware, who spent
some time looking over our school
facilities. Mary Vinyard
Milford chronicle., 1930-10-31
SIXTH GRADE HAS
PERFECT BANKING
Seventy Pupils Haze
Bank Books.

Seventy pupils have perfect
banking records in the sixth grade.
This makes 1OO96 banking for two
consecutive weeks in Miss Kitchens
section 62.
Mrs. Rogers and Miss Kitchens
are very proud of the effort being
shown by the sixth grade boys and
girls on banking days.
The sixth grade regrets very
much the absence of Elizabeth Clea-
YER and Catherine Stevens. Eliza
beth and Catherine have developed
typhoid fever We hope that they
will soon recover and come back to
school.
In the art work of the sixth grade
the boys and girls are making leaf
booklets. The object of the project
is to teach the children the names
of few trees growing in the woods
of Delaware. to teach the love of
nature and the appreciation of the
beautiful. and to study the pretty,
warm, autumnal cOlors.
Milford chronicle., 1930-10-31
SCHOOL NEWS

The two sections of the eighth
Grade have decided to have Hal
loween party on the afternoon OF
October 80 in the auditorium. A few
of the boys have volunteered to
bring all of the apples we want.
You may be sure that. they will
have some job.
Marguerite Hall of Section 81 has
Just returned to school after seven
days absence due to illness. 1t
seems good to see her seat occu-
pied.
Section 72 of the seventh grade is
studying the Revolutionary War in
history class now.
Room Y is having Halloween
program Thursday in the home
room period.
A few of the more industrious
seventh graders have already COM
pleted their units in science. 9-
Mrs. Russell gave the pupils of
Section 81 another unit in geogra-
ply this week. The subject being
the Middle Atlantic States. In
short time we are planning to make
a thorough study of Delaware. We
are expecting to gather many in
teresting facts.
Milford chronicle., 1930-10-31
Love OF BEAUTY,
CHIEF REASON FOR
LARGE NURSERY
Fifth To One Hundred
And FIFTY Men Busy
AU Year Round.

Why are Lovett's Nurseries loeat-
ed i'm the vicinity of Milford? First,
the soil is better adapted to nursery
plants and shrubs than elsewhere;
second, the land is cheaper. and
third, the labor conditions are bet
ter.
Mr.. Lovett started in the nursery
business in 1914. buying a farm
from Mr.. Clarence Dawson. His
business has increased so that he
now has seven farms in cultivation,
totaling about one thousand acres.
In an interview with Mr. John
Allen, manager of the nurseries, we
we're told that the growth on SONS
plants was cut about six inches by
the drought of this past season, but
taken on the whole, that the
drought had caused no appreciable
loss. Mr.. Allen said that they
would soon be ready to put ON the
market about 100000 budded roses
and about 125,000 ever-blooming
roses. The main products of the
Lovett Nurseries are PrivOt, Bar
berry and Evergreens of every kind.
As one would expect. the spring
of the year is one of the busiest sea
sons. this being the time when they
get the ground in shape for the
paintings. In the summer they are
not quite so busy, as they have lit
tie to do except keep the ground in
shape SO that the plants will mature
properly They also bud roses at
this time. In the fall they plOw the
ground and send out shipments.
The products are the best obtain
able. due to the good roofing sys-
tenn to which the soil is especially
adapted. They employ about fifty
men all year round. In the spring
and fall they employ about hum
dred and fifty men who work out
of-doOrs until Christmas, depending
wholly upon the weather conditions.
The nursery is equipped with five
large tractors. twelve horses and
mules, spraying machines, and all
sorts of farm implements necessary
to a nursery managed in the mod
ern manner.
The products are shipped to all
parts of the United States. Most OF
the shipments. of course have to be
very carefully and skillfully wrap
ped in burlap bags with soil packed
around the roots. These products
are sold to florists and individuals,
and are used for landscape garden
ing and general home beautifying.
Tom Williams 81
Milford chronicle., 1930-10-31
SHIP IS
SHOWN IN PHILA.
"City Of NelU York" Full
Of Interesting Things
From Polar Trip.

No one who. was at all interested
in Rear Admiral Richard H. Byrd's
recent two-year trip to the Antarc
tic should miss going aboard his
ship, "City of New York which is
now at the foot of Market stseet in
Philadelphia. 1t contains nearly
everything that has anything to do
with the exhibition.
The ship itself Is surprisingly
small when you consider the rough
use it had. but il is built very rug
gedly and of wood. which with
stands humping into Ice packs bet
ter than steel does The "City of
New York" is only l62 feet long
and 81 feet wide and is "barque rig
ged'-at least according to Mr.. Kes-
sler. one of Byrd's men, who, with
eleven others, is now acting as a
guide to the hundreds who visit the
ship daily. 1t was originally built
for sealing around Greenland by K.
Larsen A years ago, and is there
fore an excellent ship for a polar
expedition
In the rear deck are two large
holes through which the propeller
and rudder may be pulled UP to
avoid damage by ice. There is also
q very complicated little device at
the stern which sends sound waves
to the bottom and records the time
required for the echo to return,
thus telling the depth of the water.
Next we saw Byrds own sleeping
quarters. The tiny room is almost
completely filled by the little bunk
and desk and chair. On the desk
are a few of the Admirals books
and on the wall hangs a picture of
his friend. Floyd Bennett, and also
the Admiral's fur jacket and hood.
Then we were shown the radio
room. which contained the most
powerful broadcasting and receiv-
ing apparatus ever put on boat.
This room was none too big for a
radio room. yet 1t was used as a
chart room also.
After going through the kitchen,
which contained stove and many
pots and jars. we went down below
the deck. Here we're glass cases,
stuffed animals, fur clothing, and
equipment galore. The most inter
esting of all was q thirty-foot model
of Little America. This showed all
the buildings. which were built
mostly under the snow and con
nected by tunnels through the ice.
the radio towers. flags. etc. The
whole camp is spread out over an
area of about, one square mile and
outside of each building is a life
boat for safety. should any part of
the ice Unexpectedly give way.
In other parts of this room are
various costumes worn by the men,
pictures. dehydrated fruit and vege-
tables. a bright orange tent which
shows up very well on snow,
portable wireless-telephon set for
use on the trails" many stuffed
seals, penguins. and gulls, and a
tiny model of the Ford plane in
which Byrd flew over the South
Pole. Around the walls of the room
are the tiny but coy hunks where
the 40 odd men who accompanied
Byrd OH this ship slept. AS we left
the ship we saw two of the expedi-
tion's dogs, both acting very dis
satisfied in spite of the fact that
large blocks of ice were kept under
them.
The exhibition is open from 10 a.
Milford chronicle., 1930-10-31
Senior Play Progresses

The Senior Play Committee has at
last agreed Oh Deacon Dubbs" for
its first play of the year. AS the
name suggests the piece is a COM
edy, and killingly funny-so they
say. The whole cast has not been
chosen but. few of the parts have
been assigned. They are: Deacon
Dubbs, Bob Yerkes; Yennie, Mildred
Burlingame; Mrs. POpOver, Flor
ence FarrOw; Rose, Jennie WOOten;
Emily, Mary Vinyard; Amos Cole
man, Henry Sipple; Trixie, Ger
trude Shew.
Milford chronicle., 1930-10-31
Junior Campaign

The juniors whose roll room is
used as Study Hall and Library by
all pupils of the Senior High and
many pupils of the Junior High are
having an active campaign to keep
this room presentable at all times
Frequently they find 1t neces-
sary to remove quantities of waste
paper from the floor and desks at
p. m.--paper left there by other pu-
pills who have used the room dur
ing the day. If each pupil made
himself or herself responsible for
his or her own scrap paper, this
condition would never arise.
Come on, let's go and keep our
new building always presentable for
visitors. Won't everyone help?
Milford chronicle., 1930-10-31
JGRttOrS Made Special
Officers

Did you know that the School
Board has seen fit to have our four
janitors sworn in as special officers? :?
The four men are Mr. Ryan, Mr..
Wright. Mr.. Hudson, and Mr.. Will
kins. The police badges which they
now wear give them the right to
make arrests for any Offenses COM
mitted on school property.
Milford chronicle., 1930-10-31
Ask Us Another

Mrs. Harrington gave group 81 a
problem to solve. If one and half
hens lay one and half eggs in one
day, how many eggs will three hens
lay in three days? It hasn't been
solved yet.
Group 81 has started another unit
in geography on the Middle Atlantic
States. The unit will soon be COM
pleted. 1t will be followed by a
test.
The pupils of group 81 have had
their science test. Another contract
will be given them soon.
Milford chronicle., 1930-10-31
FOURTH GRADE
AUTO R RACE
Austin Leads Cadillac By
Eighteen Miles.

The Automobile Race to Florida
being conducted i'll the fourth grade
is still progressing. In Miss Hud-
sons section, the Studebaker is still
leading with 426 miles. while the
Buick is a close second with 37S
miles.
In Miss Carter's section, the Aus
tin is ahead with 263 points, and the
Cadillac is second with 245 points;
plainly q case of the least shall be
first"
Milford chronicle., 1930-10-31
NeLU Books This Week

The additions to the school Ii
brary during the past week have
been mostly collections of readings
i'm English literature Among these
are the three volumes of Literature
in the Junior High School," by BO-
lenius; the two volumes of Read
ing and Literature" by Haggerty;
English Literature with Readings
and Pioneer Trails" Other new
books of interest to upper Clagsmen
are: planning A Career" by Smith
and Blough. and very interesting
collection of Familiar Essays of
Today" collected by Benjamin A
Heydrick.
The High School Orchestra under
the direction of Mr.. Hudson prOvid-
cd the music for the Christian En-
deavor Convention held in town last
weekend.
The L. G. BalfOur representative
visited school on Monday to take
the measurements for the class
rings which the juniors have chosen.
The rings are to cost about $3.50
and are being purchased by about
fifty of the class. A few have de-
cided that they prefer pins and will
order them instead.
Milford chronicle., 1930-10-31
THIRD GRADE
RECEIVES GIFT

Mrs. Marshall Townsend pre-
sented a reading table and four
chairs to the third grade. The class
greatly appreciates them.
The third grade reached high
mark Of attendance last month with
an average of $3.50.
Billy Manlove, who has been ill
for sometime, is greatly missed by
his little pals at school. We hope
that Billy will soon be with us
again.
The pupils of Miss Sipples Sec
tiOn of the third grade have elected
Ray Maloney, President, and Ruth
Anne Tease, Secretary. of the Art
Club.
Milford chronicle., 1930-10-31
EIGHT MAKE
HONOR ROLL
Only Girls Win Honor In
September.

The Honor Roll for September in
the fourth grade is: Elizabeth Lord,
Priscilla Deakyne, Helen KAISER
Alice Cleaver, Irene French. Mary
Catherine Hammond, Norma Hollis
and Irene Lynch In order to make
the Honor Roll one must have had
all AS or AS.
The girls in the fourth grade had
perfect spelling on the twentieth
and twenty-first of October.
Milford chronicle., 1930-10-31

m. until 10 p. M. every day and
charge of 25 and so cents is being
made in an effort to diminish the
100000 deficit of the expedition.
The ship will be in Philadelphia for
some time longer and is certainly
worth seeing.
H. D. S. 81
Milford chronicle., 1930-10-31
* MILFORD SCHOOL NEWtS===#==$$$$%%$aEHaa=$ x
THRU THE WEEK
WITH THE FROSH
Lessons And PGFtie s
Make A Busy Week.

On Monday of last week the sci
ence class under Miss Moss was
very interesting. The class made
various experiments which were
successful.
Tuesday the boys tied with the
girls in the banking contest. The
score was IL to II.
The School Board found out
which schools in the State of Della
ware had the highest percentage in
banking for the year 1929. The re-
suits were as follows:
Wilmington first, with
total sum of ..........$ $l92, ,595.35
Claymont second, with
total sum of .......... 7,534.7l
Milford third, with a
total sum of .......... 3,663.79
Dover four, with a
total sum of ......... 3,542.92
Smyrna fifth, with
total sum of .......... 3,314.S2
Newark sixth, with a
total sum of .......... S,300.9l
Seaford seventh, with
total sum of .......... 2,407.6O
The total deposits being. .$216, ,404.50
As Milford was third it gave the
school a good showing for the year,
and hopes are that this year Milford
will be first.
During the latter part of the
week the classes went on as usual.
and the book reports were heard by
Miss Hill and Miss Tatman, teach
ers of English.
The Halloween party held on Oc-
tober "a started out with a lively
snake dance. The first prize for the
best dressed was won by Webster
Eckstorm. The milk drinking con-
test was won by the seniors. Bob
Yerkes carried home the live cat
which was the prize for winning
the suitcase race. The refresh
ments were served and the party
ended as it started with lively
snake dance.